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ryanboswell

@ryanboswell@sfba.social

šŸ’» Software engineer turned manager.
ā¤ļøā€šŸ”„ Passionate about privacy, security, content systems, emojis, and the outdoors.

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ryanboswell, to Canada
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Every once in a while the magic of modern travel blows my mind. This morning I was taking a walk around Lake Louise in Banff National Park, and snapped this photo.

And now Iā€™m lying in my bed at home in San Francisco, almost as if it was just another day.

ramsey, to Starwars
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Iā€™m only a few episodes into this season (3rd season) of #StarWars #TheBadBatch, and wow! Itā€™s darker and with an ambiance/tone like #Andor. I like it.

ryanboswell,
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@ramsey I finished watching the final couple of episodes in the season/series just now. Such a great story to add to the larger universe, and so well done overall.

Iā€™m also enjoying the darker story telling lately and showing a lot more of the ā€œon the groundā€ reality and internal workings of the empire that the movies couldnā€™t really dive in to.

divya, to random
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    ryanboswell,
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    @divya at this point, Iā€™d root for other countries to start enacting similar policies. Then weā€™ll see the US companies funding efforts to ban TikTok and others step back and re-evaluate if thatā€™s really want they want.

    Also, we could stand to have fewer multi-national conglomerate style corporations.

    ryanboswell, to random
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    You know what would be really cool? Plex, but federated and open source.

    I like that Plex lets users bring their own media servers/libraries to share with friends all with a single account. Except itā€™s a centralized platform and as the last year has shown, their for-profit interests push development of their first party streaming channels and the media server side has suffered.

    I want to see something truly democratize that experience. Let friends connect together from their own servers and have the experience of a single super library. One viewing/browsing experience, and no matter which friend has that movie or tv show episode you can seamlessly watch it.

    #FediverseForStreaming #FederatedMedia

    ryanboswell, to random
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    Hey #SFBA friends šŸ‘‹

    Does anyone know of any #coworking spaces in the Mission / Potrero area in San Francisco?

    Iā€™m in need of a space for something like 4-8 weeks (still figuring that out) with a dedicated private space (Iā€™m a manager = lots of meetings/video calls). I may also have a coworker in need of a space as well.

    Iā€™d love to avoid WeWork if I can, but I honestly donā€™t know what else is out there thatā€™s not a shared hotdesking / open-plan situation only.

    drahardja, to random
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    I am now ā€œI tried to soap my back wrong in the shower and now my shoulder hurtsā€ years old.

    ryanboswell,
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    @drahardja Iā€™m ā€œI sneezed and sent my back into spasmsā€ years old. Nice to meet you.

    drahardja, to apple
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    I guess this is how #Apple does #layoffs these days.

    First they require in-person #returnToOffice, then they relocate business units from one location to another, and force those who canā€™t uproot their lives to leave.

    The Apple location in #SanDiego isnā€™t going away. But they intentionally forced 121 people to choose between moving to #Austin, or lose their jobs. Make no mistake, this is a layoff.

    Never mind the fact that #Texas is hostile to anyone with a uterus, or is not cishetā€”why the hell anyone would move to that state? If anything, Apple should be shutting down their Austin office, and paying for people to relocate to a state that better ensures their safety.

    ā€œApple to Shutter 121-Person San Diego AI Team in Reorganizationā€

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-14/apple-to-shutter-121-person-san-diego-ai-team-in-reorganization

    Unpaywalled link: https://archive.ph/TnOUv

    ryanboswell,
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    @drahardja itā€™s not exactly the same situation, but years ago Univision laid off most of the group I was a part of. A few folks who lived in NYC and Miami where they had big corporate offices were able to apply to other jobs but the rest was distributed around the country and didnā€™t have that option.

    But they informed us in early Nov, with Jan 31st as our termination date. As engineers, they needed us to keep our web properties up until another group had time to migrate things to their own system. But our boss said other than emergencies, we were free to do whatever we wanted.

    So I got almost three months of being on the payroll with effectively no job, plus the full severance because I didnā€™t leave before my termination date. I had found a job mid-December, but said I couldnā€™t start until the end of January.

    My guess is the folks who donā€™t move to Austin will have a similar experience, in Feb theyā€™ll be given a termination agreement with April 26th on it.

    ryanboswell,
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    @drahardja yeah, Iā€™d say the folks at Apple probably will still be expected to do their jobs until April though, since the team itself isnā€™t being disbanded. So itā€™s not quite as cushy as mine ended up being but still gives you more time to get an alternative lined up.

    And at least with it being high profile, other companies may step in and try to recruit folks from that team. As much as I dislike much of the AI hype and B.S. these days, their skill sets are probably fairly in demand because of it.

    ryanboswell,
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    @drahardja Fair enough, I guess it is rare for companies to bring those roles in house, Apple likely only did because of the privacy issues of non-employees listening to those recordings (and protecting their privacy-focused brand).

    wyri, to random
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    17 years ago our ISP gave my housemates and me shit for using 40GB in a month
    17 hours ago my wife and I watched a 4K movie streaming it for the internet, 20GB in less than 3 hours

    Times sure have changed, looking into our past months' traffic: 4.5TB. And that is just watching TV, playing games, and our phones backing up data to the cloud.

    ryanboswell,
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    @wyri I would kill for a provider that allowed me to use 4.5 TB in a month. Weā€™re capped at 1.2, so intentionally have to downgrade streaming quality to stay under šŸ˜ž

    drahardja, to random
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    What the hell. The 737 MAX series seems to be very poorly designed, with a LOT of cut corners. I think whatever trust the FAA representatives have deemed appropriate to delegate to Boeing for self-certification needs to be revoked immediately. There should be an audit of all the designs that were not directly examined by the FAA representative for standards compliance and fault analysis.

    The gall of Boeing to ask for an exemption from safety standards. I hope the FAA tells them to kindly go fuck themselves.

    And lest your bias cloud your judgment, replace the name ā€œBoeingā€ with say, a China-domestic aircraft manufacturer that has this defect (also remember the auto-trim system that caused two planes to crash 5 years ago, killing all their passengers). What would your opinion be on such an aircraft?

    https://mstdn.social/@raymondpert/111707719568795567

    ryanboswell,
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    @drahardja oh itā€™s worse than that. The SF Chronicleā€™s article mentions two other issues that airlines and pilots were advised about over the last year. One just last month about a possible loose bolt in the rudder control system, which seems ā€¦ idk, kinda important?

    https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/alaska-airlines-flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-18592676.php

    drahardja, to random
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    There was a test launch of a missile-intercepting missile over #sfba today.

    https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/contrail-bay-area-sky-monday-18547283.php

    ryanboswell,
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    @drahardja I noticed that on my morning commute today, but didnā€™t think too much of it other than how much it stuck out on such a clear morning.

    malwaretech, to random

    Oh no, the techbros are becoming self aware šŸ«£

    ryanboswell,
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    @malwaretech I went on one of those dates, some 10+ years ago. Granted, it was Mozillaā€™s office so there was a nerd-factor and it wasnā€™t quite as bad as this, but in hindsight a bit cringe.

    SafeStreetRebel, to random
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    The self-driving car encountered an unexpected situation and stopped for everyone's safety (on top of a badly injured human being)

    https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/woman-run-autonomous-vehicle-san-francisco-18403044.php

    San Francisco firefighters arrived and used the jaws of life to lift the car off the woman. She was transported to San Francisco General Hospital with ā€œmultiple traumatic injuries,ā€ said SFFD Capt. Justin Schorr. The victim was in critical condition as of late Tuesday afternoon, according to the hospital. It appears that once the Cruise car sensed something underneath its rear axle, it came to a halt and turned on its hazard lights, Schorr said. Firefighters obstructed the sensors of the driverless car to alert the Cruise control center. He said representatives from Cruise responded to firefighters and ā€œimmediately disabled the car remotely.ā€

    ryanboswell,
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    @SafeStreetRebel the fact that it took the firefighters to take action that notified Cruise operators something serious had happened is mind blowing. That had to be at least several minutes later, while it was just sitting on top of a human screaming in pain.

    How is there not an automatic alert for someone to take a look at sensors or footage when a car detects it has run over something?

    homeassistant, to homeassistant
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    For over a decade Philips Hue offered lights that work without sharing your data to the cloud. This is changing soon and we need your help to make some noise to convince them to revert this decision.

    https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/09/22/philips-hue-force-users-upload-data-to-cloud/

    #homeassistant

    ryanboswell,
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    @homeassistant funny enough, their support form doesnā€™t load if you decline tracking cookies on their site so theyā€™re really doubling down on the whole ā€œif you like privacy you shouldnā€™t be a customerā€.

    They say you can contact them through email or phone instead but from what I can see they donā€™t list those anywhere.

    stroughtonsmith, to random
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    How is it that the Messages data store is still allowed to balloon in size until thereā€™s no space for anything else left and the device grinds to a halt and refuses software updates? Because it forces people to buy larger sized iPhones and iCloud plans, sure. But seriously? This is with Messages in iCloud enabled. I shouldnā€™t need local copies of /anything/, certainly not 50GB worth. Whereā€™s the ā€˜offload attachmentsā€™ option?

    ryanboswell,
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    @stroughtonsmith yeah, thatā€™s definitely a huge problem

    I ended up buying myself some time a few years back (and again earlier this year) by finding where my Mac stored those files and running all the images through an image compression app. It seemed to work with cutting 1/3 of space down the first time and it stayed that way, so presumably iCloud picked up the changes and synced them through to my other devices.

    Sadly, the app I use doesnā€™t work on the new HEIC format. So the most recent round didnā€™t make nearly as much of a difference.

    SafeStreetRebel, to random
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    Thanks @crosswalksLA for the inspo!! Painting a crosswalk is so quick & easy, and it immediately improves visibility & pedestrian safety.

    People painting a crosswalk in daylight

    ryanboswell,
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    @SafeStreetRebel I remember a few years ago when some neighbors painted one in at an intersection nearby that drivers speed through and within 4 days SFMTA had a crew out erasing it.

    SafeStreetRebel, to random
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    There have been at least two major crashes involving a Cruise car tonight in San Francisco. One of them was with a fire truck. Be careful, they might be driving even worse than before

    ryanboswell,
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    @SafeStreetRebel Cruiseā€™s statement is honestly awful.

    How on earth do you have a system that canā€™t figure out a giant fire truck in the opposing traffic lane and is driving towards you needs you to GTFO of the way? Even brand new human drivers can put that together.

    Also, I 100% donā€™t buy that it couldnā€™t detect the siren sooner (and act accordingly until it knew what direction it was coming from). Even modestly cautious human drivers know you donā€™t enter an intersection if you even think you hear a siren for exactly this reason.

    Either they lied or (more likely) their system is willfully negligent in safety protocols, which should come as a surprise to ā€¦ no one.

    ryanboswell, to random
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    I gotta say, Only Murders in the Building is so much better than I thought it would be. Each time a new season comes out I think ā€œI donā€™t know, maybe Iā€™ll just passā€ and inevitably I get hooked right away.

    And the current season with Meryl Streep guest staring ā€¦ oh yes šŸ™ŒšŸ»

    #OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding

    ryanboswell,
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    @cd24 yeah, every season Iā€™m like ā€œoh I got it figured outā€ and theyā€™re like ā€œnope, plot twist!ā€ šŸ˜‚

    ryanboswell, to random
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    Anyone in the #SFBA / #SFBike community know a good accident lawyer or has dealt with chasing down a driver for fault?

    A good friend of mine got doored badly last weekend and had to have major surgery (theyā€™re now doing ok and recovering nicely)

    Theyā€™re hoping to get advise on how to proceed with getting compensation of some kind (at least enough to offset hospital bills), and hopefully some professional help dealing with things.

    drahardja, to SanFrancisco
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    A group of protesters is disabling robotaxis by placing cones on their hoods, and I am laughing my ass off.

    Autonomous cars are a blight, and it is the private-profit-maximizing opposite of what we need in dense, urban areas (i.e. more pedestrian spaces, fewer cars, more transit).

    The energy here is pure chaotic good and Iā€™m loving it.

    ā€œGrumpy Locals Are Sabotaging Cruise and Waymo Robotaxis With Traffic Conesā€

    https://www.thedrive.com/news/rebels-are-disabling-waymo-cruise-robotaxis-with-traffic-cones

    ryanboswell,
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    @drahardja I have been cackling to myself over the video in that article for a solid 10 minutes. This is my favorite thing all week.

    paul, to random
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    Wow I skimmed the news about Twitter forcing auth, but assumed it was just for some edge features. It's for the entire damned site? Tweets, Profiles, everything! I guess this explains why it stopped working in Messages. Probably needs to have all Tweets delisted from search engines too. Total insanity.

    I guess we should expect Reddit to do the same in a quarter or twoā€¦

    ryanboswell,
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    @paul on the bright side I can finally get people to stop sending me tweet links for stuff they saw: ā€œnope, canā€™t read it owell šŸ¤·šŸ¼ā€ā™‚ļø ā€œ

    And offers a nice segue into the fediverse ā€œif you like social media and sharing with anyone, let me tell you about this magical place ā€¦ā€

    ryanboswell, to Cybersecurity
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    #AskingForAFriend, has anyone ever successfully challenged their employerā€™s intentions of rolling out invasive monitoring software?

    Seen lots of anecdotes of it being rolled out, but struggling to find the glimmer of hope that itā€™s been successfully beaten back.

    #CyberSecurity #DataLossPrevention #EmployeeMonitoring #EmployeePrivacy

    sarajw, to random
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    https://emojikitchen.dev

    OK. Fun. I like this a lot!

    And then @sophie's https://emojinator.fun for all the ones you have in your head.

    I am spamming the work slack's custom emoji right now...

    ryanboswell,
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    @sarajw

    You might also enjoy this emoji mashup generator, itā€™s been a favorite of mine (Iā€™ve added to many to Slack):

    https://emoji.supply/kitchen/

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