Accidentally stumbled upon the AI company that was scraping the fediverse. Site design is criminal, keep scrolling and you'll see it in the timeline it draws
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What I told Siri to say (“I hate this sap smear across our windshield”) vs what Siri said.
#VoiceRecognition #Siri #Apple #VoiceUX #NaturalLanguageDetection #NLP
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Back when Apple first revealed Aqua, there was a quote from an executive at a paper company. I haven't been able to find it in years, but it said something to the effect of, “we spend tons of R&D money trying to make paper as opaque as possible, and here Apple is spending CPU cycles deliberately making things translucent.”
That's been on my mind ever since, as UIs have gone through Aqua, Aero, iOS 7, etc.
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I can't believe this exists it's so gruesome
What are you archery hunting that needs this? Might as well put explosive tips on
Tahoe flips the colors in the Finder icon, which has the darker color on the left FOREVER and they gotta roll this change back. https://512pixels.net/2025/06/wwdc25-macos-tahoe-breaks-decades-of-finder-history/ Apple: Feedback FB17840162eworld.social
Looks like Arweave is adopting #LMDB now? github.com/permaweb/HyperBEAM/…
It's amusing to me to see them adopting this code now, since they were the first project to adopt #RandomX. Early to adopt my recent work, late to adopt my early work. Also interesting to see that they use #Erlang - I first tried to develop an erlang wrapper for LMDB years ago to use in #riak, but all of that was abandoned.
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oh my!! I interpreted your post as if there still wasn't one
This should get very interesting now ...
Years ago, I suspected the new dishwasher detergent tablets and pods being heavily pushed were a ripoff. I put a tablet in a Ziploc bag and crushed it with a hammer, then measured the resultant powder: about 2 tablespoons (30 mL). That struck me as grossly excessive, in line with the "always fill all detergent cups to maximum for best results" instrux on detergent powder boxes (and then liquid/gel bottles).
So I bought a box of regular ol' normal ol' boring ol' dishwasher powder and started experimenting. 1 tablespoon (15 mL): dishes completely clean. 2 teaspoons (10 mL): dishes completely clean. Mind, I scrape off loose leavings, but almost no dishes get rinsed before they go in the dishwasher.
The math quickly showed that yup, the pods and powders are a complete scam. So for years now, we've had this what you see here under the sink, with a teaspoon measure in.
The dishes consistently get perfectly clean, but I've never liked that dishwasher-detergent smell they have after. It occurred to me the other night I'd stopped the experiment without inceeding 2 teaspoons, so I tried 1 teaspoon (5 mL — probably more like 6ish; I don't level off the teaspoon, just scoop-shake-dispense).
Result: dishes perfectly clean. They couldn't possibly be any cleaner, so all the marketing babble about the pods unlocking whole new levels of Ultra Platinum Extreme Clean are bulk wrap. And the dishes now come out smelling of…nothing.
I'm not gonna retire on the savings, but every bit helps. There's a whole lot less waste this way, in money and detergent and packaging and production. The powder comes in a recyclable-for-real paperboard box rather than a recyclable-nudge-wink-lol plastic tub.
As I've done this much schtick, I might's well make a complete job of it: Consumer Reports' latest test of dishwasher detergent doesn't include powders, they say, because most people buy pods and tablets. That's antithetical to CR's nominal mission; decades ago they'd've done my same math and experiments and recommended avoiding the scam and buying the powders they found to work well.
I'll need to edit that yellow label.
you actually do want some bits of food in there though as they're used as additional "free" grit to apply mechanical action for scraping the dishes clean.
But I totally agree, I went back to the powder. Cheaper and more effective.
They're selling convenience and Americans are stupid
Today I invited a couple friends to the #NoKings protest this Saturday, and they were more open to it than I thought. (Not my most political friends.) Turning out lots of folks who don't usually protest would be amazing. I hope Saturday is the day many people wake up and realize the resisting this administration is not fringe, it's what most Americans want.
If you're in the USA, I hope you'll join us!
nokings.org/
Trump deployed forces against American citizens to chill dissent, spark confrontation, and create an excuse to seize even more power. We won’t back down, but we need to be prepared to handle encounters with law enforcement and de-escalate tense situations.
Attend tomorrow’s “Know Your Rights” training with the ACLU to help keep No Kings protests safe and non-violent: act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-traini…
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My least favorite work interactions are with customers’ 3rd party “rockstar” consultants. I never know how to respond to certain sorts of queries. Ones where I could answer the question as asked but it really implies a deeper misunderstanding. I feel like I want to write him a treatise on VPNs: what they are and how they work. And Cc his boss (who shares his surname…) to communicate the depth of the problem.
I’m letting my boss handle it. He’s the networking guy anyway…
Google Tightens Android Sideloading—At What Cost to Digital Freedom?
Google has begun blocking sideloaded Android apps in Singapore, citing security concerns over apps requesting sensitive permissions like SMS and accessibility services.
Read more at Purism: puri.sm/posts/google-restricts…
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We're starting to roll out a new screen curtain feature to black out the display when using Narrator - thanks, as always, for folks that have shared feedback about this 😊
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iPadOS 26 introduces a new windowing solution for iPad users, and in the process removes support for Split View and Slide Over.Ryan Christoffel (9to5Mac)
📣 Po pokuse obviniť muža s valaškou a snahách dokázať, že očkovanie robí z ľudí kukuricu, prišiel originálny únos busty.Čo dokáže politická mlaď, Martina Ši...YouTube
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There are four or five different visibility settings which let you control who can see your posts and how easily they can be discovered.
Instructions on how to set Mastodon's post visibilities (and lots of questions answered about this feature) at:
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Thank you to all 11 participants for braving the heat and attending the 17th #OSM #Delhi Mapping Party! 🙂
We hope you will join us again to help make #OpenStreetMap better. Each mapper counts!
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Europoslanci a podpredsedovia Smeru Ľuboš Blaha a Erik Kaliňák kritizujú slovenskú pobočku nemeckej automobilky Volkswagen.Lucia Osvaldová (Denník N)
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Designing the greatest sounding MMO RPG this side of Klagrond!The Kuloran Players (Patreon)
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To reiterate, what I want out of a phone:
- Headphone jack
- Square corners on screen, no rounded edges
- No holes in screen
- Smol like my hands
- Ability to install and distribute my own software
- Ability to turn off anything that bugs me
- Ability, when reading ebooks, to silence visual "noise" like clocks or navbars
- I want to neither monetarily nor in platform political power support a company that sells "AI"-branded features as part of their business activities
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Attached: 1 image So I went into my work Google account and disabled Gemini features. Now *every time* I open Google Drive, I get this big modal I have to dismiss. This is worse.Mastodon 🐘
> Was on international waters
Is there proof of this? I can't find the GPS coordinates for their last reported location, but Israel's territorial waters extend 12 nautical miles off the coast and they were stopped within visual distance from the Port of Ashdod so I'm pretty sure it wasn't still in international waters
Palestine is not a state. Should there be a two state solution? Yes, I think so, but the rest of the world has not committed to that and put the appropriate pressure on Israel.
As it currently stands, that land is recognized as Israel's and so are those territorial waters.
edit: I should clarify, most of the world does think Palestine should be a state but the only official recognition happens within the UN and the USA has veto power and keeps voting against which stops any progress. Really dumb.
@feld I like the thought and what Greta try to do - just the International Waters Idea is wrong or fake news.
> Gaza is recognized as an independent state
not by the UN, which stupidly is what we have somehow decided is what matters internationally and we likely won't see that change until the USA is dethroned as the world's superpower and the UN is disbanded
so USA keeps vetoing it...
good point, but they even lost other rights in the UN in 2020 when they expired
There's also the Oslo Accords...
International agreement on these things is a fucking nightmare
I don't think this is worth arguing the specifics right now. It's easier to just point out that there are no allies stepping in to help Palestine fight back, so if anything that is enough of a signal that governments are OK with Israel denying Palestinian statehood regardless of what they signal in UN votes.
A lot of cruel and cowardly people out there in power
@feld
They secure some Area cause of Military Operations. And with Power and Force present they do. Point.
I do not like it but i think it is.
However i like what Greta try to do. And think or hope The will change something or minds on both sides with this...
Its just dangerous. And can cost Life.
Gee I wonder why these Waymos are getting torched in LA?
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> Waymo’s Driverless Cars Revealed to Be Narcs as Cops Use Them to Probe Crimes
> Footage from robotaxis is the newest data source for law enforcement.
#Waymo #LAProtests #USA
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