quigs

@quigs@hachyderm.io

Porridge lover, software engineer and reticent* opinion-giver. (he/him)

#SaltyAndFree #iOS #Developer #SoftwareEngineer #Books #Podcasts #Outdoors

  • Pre-pandemic

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brunoph, to random
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Since Stack Exchange decided to jump the shark as well, this is a reminder that the whole network's data is licensed cc-by-sa 4.0 (a decision made in the beforetimes, and one which they're likely regretting at this point). This means anyone can setup a mirror/browser of this data as long as it's attributed back: https://archive.org/download/stackexchange

quigs,

@esoterra @brunoph Yes, what is this in reference to?

mekkaokereke, to random
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io avatar

(Sharing this because it keeps coming up amongst my friends that don't work out).

I am not getting bigger! I'm getting smaller! It's an optical illusion. When I am at my strongest, I am at my biggest, but I don't look it. When I look my strongest I am at my smallest and weakest.🙂🙃

My shoulders are freakishly wide. That's bone structure, not muscle. When I have high bodyfat, my waist is as wide as my shoulders. Lower bodyfat, my waist is narrower than my shoulders, and my traps look steeper

Mekka Okereke standing up, giving a Tech talk. In this picture his shoulders are wider than his waist.
A simple geometric illustration of human composition. A blue trapezoid that is wider at the top than the bottom represents the shoulder to waist ratio. Behind it a darker blue trapezoid that is wider at the bottom represents the obliques. A darker blue triangle represents the traps. Behind these shapes is a large Gray trapezoid that is wider at the bottom than the top. A gray circle segment sits behind the triangle that represents the traps. The overall silhouette looks like the profile of a loaf of bread. There is no v taper
A simple geometric illustration of human composition. A blue trapezoid that is wider at the top than the bottom represents the shoulder to waist ratio. Behind it a darker blue trapezoid that is wider at the bottom represents the obliques. A darker blue triangle represents the traps. Behind the blue shapes is a smaller gray trapezoid that is wider at the top than the bottom. Behind the triangle representing the traps is a slightly larger gray triangle. The overall silhouette is a v taper. Okay more of a w taper, but the point is it's wider at the top than the bottom!

quigs,

@mekkaokereke As a skinny person here: You look fantastic in both photos!

schwa, to random
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    quigs,

    @schwa I’ll take Steam any day over the Epic Game Store. A UX dumpster fire.

    Guess which company is opening an alternative app store? Not Valve (yet). 😄

    schwa, to random
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    quigs,

    @schwa I would love to know what utility they think that source code and 1x artwork will bring them 16 years later.

    quigs, to random

    Oh you wanted feedback? I'll give you some.

    quigs, to random

    Our Company Is Doing So Well That You’re All Fired - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/our-company-is-doing-so-well-that-youre-all-fired

    mike, to random
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    It's wild how, "Car manufacturers elected to electrify the premium and luxury segments of their product lineup and interest rates are sky high," gets turned into, "people don't want electric cars," in the media.

    quigs,

    @bynkii @mike True, but EVs have fewer parts to break, so theoretically there’s less the average DIYer would want to fix.

    I replaced my serpentine belt and MAP sensor on my (BMW) Mini Cooper, but I’m not planning to replace the transmission or clutch by myself any time soon.

    I’ll replace a bumper sensor or coolant pump on the Bolt, but I’m taking it to the dealer/theoretical EV repair shop to get the motor serviced.

    quigs,

    @bynkii @mike Also have you tried to DIY repair any modern ICE vehicle made after 2020? It’s a nightmare. I’ve had to buy $500 in BMW specialized tools to repair a 2006 Mini Cooper over the last 8 years. The newer stuff is even worse/more proprietary.

    BlackAzizAnansi, to random
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    Drop one of your controversial opinions.

    quigs,

    @inquiline @BlackAzizAnansi Percentage or absolute numbers? 😁

    caseynewton, to random
    @caseynewton@mastodon.social avatar

    The Taylor Swift harassment campaign on X is a warning. These same tools are already being used to harass average people across lots of platforms, and the response from tech companies and lawmakers hasn't been nearly good enough https://www.platformer.news/taylor-swift-deepfake-nudes-x/

    quigs,

    @Viss @VirginiaHolloway @caseynewton So is it immoral to pay the 4chan trolls to make deepfake n00ds of all the CEOs so that this gets shut down faster? 😜

    quigs, to TeslaMotors

    I bought an EV and boy do they like to gaslight you. Blaming me for 97 miles of reduced range largely due to my “technique” which was driving in the winter with cruise control set to 60mph and driving on mostly flat terrain with the heater off.

    GM really ought to update their cars software for winter awareness like many other manufacturers have done.

    A photo of the Bolt’s total energy used to travel 239.6 miles.

    quigs, to random

    Guess I won’t cross-post to Medium then. Shameless plug for #GhostCMS, and my blog which runs it and allows people to comment and boost via the Fediverse and Mastodon.

    #Medium #enshittification

    https://quigs.blog/ @quigs_blog

    augieray, to random
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    Eric Topol OpEd: Opinion: “The U.S. is facing the biggest COVID wave since Omicron. Why are we still playing make-believe?”
    I appreciate his concern, but in Sept 2021, he decried people like me for “pervasive pessimism.” Then, amid the Omicron surge, I asked if he regretted that, and he blocked me. Like so many public health experts, if he'd maintained a cautious stance rather than leaping so quickly to optimism, it's possible more people would've remained careful. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-01-04/covid-2024-flu-virus-vaccine

    quigs,

    @augieray He blocked me too. No clue why. 🤷‍♂️

    I still follow his account using RSS in my feed reader.

    quigs,

    @augieray That is so weird that you would get blocked for a sane question. I mean, maybe it’s an ignorant question (playing devil’s advocate here) but if you don’t have patience for legitimate ignorance, why have a platform?

    ricmac, to ghost
    @ricmac@mastodon.social avatar

    Came across this fediverse connector from Ghost CMS to Mastodon, by @quigs. I’m interested in somehow connecting my newsletter at Cybercultural.com (currently on Substack) to the fediverse. Not immediately, but am looking into feasibility. Quigs, are you still working on this project? https://forum.ghost.org/t/i-wrote-a-mastodon-fediverse-activitypub-integration-for-ghost/37819

    quigs,

    @ricmac I am still working on this project! Started a new job a few months ago that has been keeping me busy, but I’ve been slowly slogging away at writing unit tests to ensure it behaves correctly and adding some more customization options.

    It’s been pretty stable and still is serving posts over at @quigs_blog

    augieray, to random
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    Just made reservations for a trip in April to see the total solar eclipse. I've seen partial eclipses before, and it's been a bucket-list item to see a total eclipse. Now, I have five months of hoping for nice weather to look forward to! No spring showers on April 8, please!

    quigs,

    @augieray I’m looking forward to driving a few hours and hanging out by the side of the road on a random back-country road. Hopefully the weather is good!

    atomicpoet, to random
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    Just got both my flu and COVID vaccines. Got a shot in both arms.

    It wasn’t bad. Needles always look more intimidating than they actually are. I barely even felt a poke.

    I’m doing all I can to minimize sickness.

    quigs,

    @atomicpoet Were you wearing a (K)N95 mask and they made you downgrade?? 😬

    augieray, (edited ) to random
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    It's frustrating to be "the #COVID19 guy" when everyone should be COVID-aware. I had a friend ask if we could get together for the holidays on December 16. I said sure, if they could be safe for the week beforehand and wouldn't mind socializing at our home. He declined. 😢

    This is not the life I expected in my 60s. I expected concerts, professional public speaking, and fun events. But I refuse to risk my life or the lives of people I love. I'll make the best of what this world sensibly allows.

    quigs,

    @augieray I don’t understand why it’s so hard to be safe for a week beforehand.

    Put on a mask, avoid crowds. It’s not like you’re requesting he get a booster shot like people were doing in 2021.

    augieray, to random
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    I feel sorry for all the news companies that launched research for stories on “Who is Tom Emmer?” only to have him drop out of the race for Speaker in four hours.

    Conservatives on both sides of the Atlantic are getting effective at creating new measures of time! A Scaramucci (or Mooch) is 11 days. A Liz Truss is 44 days. And now an Emmer is four hours! (“Man, it's only 1 pm? I have a whole Emmer before I can kick off from work!”)

    quigs,

    @augieray Don’t forget that a “Liz Truss” is also shorter than a “head of lettuce”. Many measurement units to choose from these days!

    bitprophet, to random
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    ME: dang, #Exercism is such a slick site, including their signup process (not just "what are your pronouns" but like, an extremely well done way of entering them too), and their CLI tool.

    ME: ok time to download their C hello world, just for fun

    THEIR C HELLO WORLD EXERCISE: spells Makefile with a lowercase ‘m’

    ME: immediately uninstalls their client and deletes his account

    (not really doing that, but wow. I'm not sure I've /ever/ seen a lowercase-m Makefile before! 🤯)

    quigs,

    @bitprophet @BajoranEngineer It’s nice to see that the co-founder of agile is just as opinionated and wrong about code as agile is about software development. This kind of explains a lot for me. 👏

    quigs, (edited ) to ai

    Reuven Lerner: “I teach courses in Python and Pandas. Never mind that the first is a programming language and the second is a library for data analysis in Python. Meta’s AI system […] assumed that I was talking about the animals (not the technology), and banned me. The appeal that I asked for wasn’t reviewed by a human, but was reviewed by another bot, which (not surprisingly) made a similar assessment.”
    https://lerner.co.il/2023/10/19/im-banned-for-life-from-advertising-on-meta-because-i-teach-python/

    #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Fail

    tvler, to random
    @tvler@mastodon.social avatar

    StreetPass now displays user avatars! This feature's a long time coming, and even took me contributing a small code change to the recent Mastodon 4.2 update 😉 https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/26558

    Along with that, the entire UI's been tightened up a bit -- hope y'all like it!

    Available for all major browsers at https://streetpass.social

    #streetpass

    quigs,

    @tvler Any idea if a mobile safari version is possible?

    Migueldeicaza, to random
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    Not sure if this is ios17 or my new phone, but you can now locate your Apple TV remotes with your phone:

    There was a cute tip that showed up last night but I couldn’t capture it on time

    Showing the remote location

    quigs,

    @Migueldeicaza I’m sticking with an airtag in a case because, #children. It migrates around the house far too much for such an inaccurate range finder.

    neurovagrant, to random
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    quigs,

    @neurovagrant @Wolven And with Kagi you can downrank garbage websites so that they never pollute your results!

    The lenses context filters are great too.

    glennf, to random
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    Nobody cares about your logo redesign except logo redesign specialists. Why do companies think we care? A good logo tells its own story. https://news.patreon.com/articles/patreon-redesigned

    quigs,

    @glennf A logo redesign tells a great story. A story that there's nothing they think they can innovate on 😉.

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