@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

philsplace

@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org

I have never been accused of being normal.

Not afraid of social justice. He/Him

I have been working remotely since 2002 and find it amusing that people have problems making it work. #Perl helps.

I do “full stack” stuff. No, not just that stack… the whole stack. Hardware and OS stuff too.

BTW, I am also https://mastodon.sdf.org/@philsplace on the bird site… tho I try not to post there any more.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

christianselig, to random
@christianselig@mastodon.social avatar

What's the over/under on installing Sonoma now? Any issues before I take the plunge?

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@christianselig

Mine has a problem with time machine.

I have a synology NAS that I have been using for years as a time machine backup point for several laptops.

Those running Sonoma will stop trying to backup if they fail to connect a single time. It will simply sit at the “trying to connect” message forever.

Clicking skip this backup and then immediately clicking back up now makes it work again until it fails to connect again.

It fails to connect frequently.

dancinyogi, (edited ) to random
@dancinyogi@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

One or the other, for the rest of your life:

#poll

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@dancinyogi

I mean… that much sex might just kill me.

dancinyogi, (edited ) to random
@dancinyogi@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

I had a discussion at dinner tonight that made me curious.

US voters:

Have you voted for a Republican...

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@dancinyogi

I feel like knowing for how long matters…

So… Never, since ‘82.

mcc, to random
@mcc@mastodon.social avatar

And now, a test of wills begins: Which will happen first? I give in and click "Okay, got it!"? Or GitHub gives up and stops displaying this popup on every pageload?

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@mcc

Does your browser let you have a custom style sheet?

Maybe make it go away that way…

wonderofscience, to random
@wonderofscience@mastodon.social avatar

Time-lapse of astronaut Chris Cassidy working outside the International Space Station as it orbits the Earth.

Video credit: NASA Johnson

video/mp4

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@wonderofscience

Not sure what he is doing, but pretty sure I’d have to make at least 3 runs to the hardware store.

jamesthomson, to random
@jamesthomson@mastodon.social avatar

Well that’s not great, my 2021 iPad Pro 11” now has an intermittent faint line appearing across the display…

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@jamesthomson

It isn’t just yours. Mine does too.

I think it is a software bug.

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@jamesthomson

Maybe ours are different. The easiest way for me to reproduce it is in Safari.

If I zoom in a bit and scroll a horizontal line will appear for a moment. Sometimes it will stay there until I scroll.

Here is a video of it happening.

video/mp4

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@jamesthomson

Oof. So sorry!

jann, to random
@jann@twit.social avatar

Screw that! 🤬

The new phone call etiquette: Text first and never leave a voice mail - The Washington Post https://apple.news/AUp6jgYMfSju-A6d1qsYpNA

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@jann

My voice mail literally says that if you are not in my contacts and don’t leave a message… I will immediately block your number.

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@jann

Absolutely. Just make the call… but also leave a message!

RickiTarr, to random
@RickiTarr@beige.party avatar

Phone Technology Question!

The hubs and I were having a discussion about Apple continually releasing new iPhones without any actual innovation. That lead us to a few questions, that I, of course, said, Well, I'll ask Mastodon about it! So here goes:

Have we reached as far with Phone Technology, as it exists as a rectangle piece of hardware in your pocket, as we can?

Is the future in software?

What about a better version of Google Glass?

Are we heading towards implants?

Please don't mention anything with a see through screen, literally no one wants other people to see what they are doing on their phone! LOL

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@RickiTarr @Waitnwallflower

What we think of as an iterative upgrade (yearly) is a hell of a jump when you do it every five years.

hacks4pancakes, to random

My entire life, people have been telling me when I got older I’ll start waking up early automatically, but for some reason after living on 5 hours of sleep for a month straight and burning 1200 calories working out yesterday I’m still totally capable of snoozing until 11AM. Must be a them thing, idk

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@hacks4pancakes

I’ve been waking up early since 4th grade.

So, at least in my case… it isn’t necessarily age related.

That said, at that age I woke at 5am.

These days there are times I can’t sleep past 3am.

dancinyogi, to random
@dancinyogi@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

Happy Wednesday ☕

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@dancinyogi

Grrr… thought it was Thursday!

twostraws, to random
@twostraws@mastodon.social avatar

I upgraded to watchOS 10, and it’s so interesting – like someone joined the team and said, “why do we do that?” 100 times.

  • Was side button multitasking useful? Not really.
  • Was the zooming grid an effective way to find apps? Nope.
  • Did we need the clock in the app list? Nuh-uh.

Controversially, I’m also glad “swipe to change watch face” is gone, because I never did it on purpose 🙈

It takes a lot of time, energy, and bravery to execute this kind of root to branch rethink – well done! 🙌

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@gummibando @twostraws

Can you expand on this?

Please and thank you.

mcc, to random
@mcc@mastodon.social avatar

In one of the strangest tiny failures of algorithmic recommendation systems I've ever seen, the YouTube front page just recommended to me a 30-minute video that I was, at the exact moment it recommended it, watching on my other monitor

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@mcc

It is hard to keep all the surveillance servers in sync.

philsplace, to random
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

Oof.

Reading an article written by a “guy in his 40s” talking about music where he keeps refering to himself as an old man.

I might be older than his dad.

yurnidiot, to random
@yurnidiot@mstdn.social avatar

the rube goldberg of coffee making (amusing video poking fun at those who take their coffee a little too seriously)

humorous video detailing all the steps a coffee nerd goes through to make a single cup of coffee.

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@dannotdaniel @tantramar @noondlyt @yurnidiot

Regarding the hot water sitting on the grounds like that… I hope you never* learn about the inverted aeropress method.

I put about half the water in… let it bloom… then top it off.

*whoops, my bad

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@yurnidiot @dannotdaniel @tantramar @noondlyt

I put enough coffee in it to make a 12 oz coffee… so, yeah… some of the water gets added afterwards. (and why I let it steep a bit)

Does make me wonder why the don’t “innovate” a larger model.

🤔

jamesthomson, to random
@jamesthomson@mastodon.social avatar

Somebody said they could get in-store pickup on the 22nd still, so I had a look, and it suggested the nearest store. The word “near" is doing a lot of work here.

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@jamesthomson

This is, literally, the nearest Apple Store to me.

Two states away.

skinnylatte, (edited ) to random
@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io avatar

Sometimes I read American teens say they really need a ride to (1) the cinema or (2) a gathering and my mind is just blown at what it must be like to grow up in car-dependence. The upbringing I had, taking buses and trains by myself since I was 7 years old, gave me so much freedom: to jobs, dates, meetings, school things. I guess that’s the point for some people, to not have those things for their teens.

(Edit to say: cities & suburbs only)

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@skinnylatte

Wow, I don’t see anyone addressing the rural issue.

My dad was an interstate truck driver and rarely home. My mom worked too. (we are talking 1970’s)

I had to get to school using the bus. But, I also participated in sports… and that was all on me to get home.

I lived about 20 miles from school.

Think a lot of little towns of about 50 people each… and the school kinda central to all those little towns.

No such thing as public transportation.

lauren, to apple
@lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org avatar

Personally, my theory is that #Apple fought against USB-C and the vast affordable array of peripherals that use it because they wanted to continue their profit center of overpriced Lightning peripherals. Nothing really to do with "quality" per se. Follow the money.

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@lauren

I’m sure it had nothing to do with the upcoming complaints about how the new usbc ports don’t work with the piece of shit cable someone bought at the gas station.

Snark, for those so impaired.

Unpopular opinion: there were some actual benefits to using the proprietary cable.

Are0h, to random

So the DDoS attack on #TheBadSpace is escalating, so I reached out to my host for some backup.

There's a good chance I'll have to take it down for a day or two to set up better protection because I didn't anticipate this kind of heat so soon, but stick with me.

I'm going to get it sorted.

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@Are0h

Sorry for posting this as a comment, but it seems to be the only way to preserve a link to this item for the below report.

—

Dear @ivory

When I click on what appears to be a hashtag in this post it takes me to a web site.

I’m not sure how that happens, but perhaps it should not look like a clickable hashtag?

Or, the hashtag should do the normal search and a link inserted at the end of the post?

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@Are0h

In the ivory app your post looks like the included image.

Specifically #TheBadSpace looks like a hashtag… and, in ivory tapping on a hashtag opens a search for posts related to that hashtag.

However, in your post… tapping on that opens a link to a web site. This is not the expected behavior.

So, I needed to report it to the ivory team so they could have a look at your post… so they could consider fixing the way it appears.

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@Are0h

That is why I started my original comment with an apology.

Because of the way your system created the post I could not provide ivory with a direct link to the post AND demonstrate the issue in their app.

But, including them in the comment I made allowed them to see your post in context… and in their app.

Again, my apologies for polluting the replies to you post that way.

Now that they have seen it I can remove the post if you like.

dancinyogi, to random
@dancinyogi@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

A belated Good Morning.☕
Word to the wise.....

philsplace,
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@dancinyogi

That is not nearly as much of a threat as it was a decade ago.

Google can’t find a lot of stuff today.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • megavids
  • mdbf
  • ngwrru68w68
  • tester
  • magazineikmin
  • thenastyranch
  • rosin
  • khanakhh
  • InstantRegret
  • Youngstown
  • slotface
  • Durango
  • kavyap
  • DreamBathrooms
  • JUstTest
  • tacticalgear
  • osvaldo12
  • normalnudes
  • cubers
  • cisconetworking
  • everett
  • GTA5RPClips
  • ethstaker
  • Leos
  • provamag3
  • anitta
  • modclub
  • lostlight
  • All magazines
    •