John Siracusa

Programmer, tech writer, and co-host of Accidental Tech Podcast, Reconcilable Differences, and Robot or Not.


nostr:npub1v2q5am4syj4k7tl3ds85zkhvn4t6ngn5lhtv7nq8p00zhyqyrhnq9xzlq2 Citation?


nostr:npub13suyyrjtt27074069q0rgu9effypa9r84nfjfj7elz04egxyx4ts4wgtrs (Both of my Mac apps are written in Swift, FYI.)


nostr:npub1k3m2q6qat8e4v8tu4vn0qwmyyzst07mludd0scnamf0mvzyfgpgqphksn8 I didn’t look.


nostr:npub1302ctw6x37rxzu8qqxx4qly4xgt3rglzn9ckn4fse9l4nmj0t53q28cz5x I doubt it.


nostr:npub1kr25a0t4yg33q6tdh4uxy99atht0s4h9qsze6490cdmta0c049wsj5we3y Try it with two users logged in?


nostr:npub1f2le5s38zkesq6tdxcwcyxk43js8wfvyxdv84jd38aaepuwvq7wsk0kqm9 I do use iCloud Photo Library, but that’s not a backup.


Example: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc21/10194


The tone and cadence of nostr:npub1rcpaa37mjxjrz6kecqut35cqahk38l86jh0n8f54wn29dkrdj5lsy4m4qx’s voice in WWDC videos makes me feel like everything will be OK.

(Spoiler: everything will not be OK.)


nostr:npub1dujk240lkudv04gjus5w76xundg6e7d20sqsekg9fgdv03dd8j9sayraqq https://mastodon.social/@jenxi/111193076794305341

https://mastodon.art/@lukecoalman/111188567945355124


nostr:npub1eqe5vep20cv7mrcc9wl0dzrhw5w2a6m0va7zxwktvtpv0ega56sqnxzjmy Try it!


nostr:npub1jq74rp7gwdhd9yydqw44tkheqzp7yjpa7xkv0m7x7tquxsge54ustawe28 By location, usually. BBEdit also has a window list palette that helps a lot.


Ice cold https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxNfg0MqibRn48AUlRyLrc4HoTQZuHkEjI


nostr:npub1zaxwk6m2v8yzukjlmvtddkehj4ft6er295prw5pludufx93ht6eqkv7jaj I added it! We were looking for a way to distinguish the new member-specials-only feed, and I came up with the stitching (because the members-only feed is supposed to look like Alcantara, and this kind of colored stitching, is common on Alcantara in cars.

Once we had the stitching, Marco suggested that we use it (in a different color) for the regular members feed as well, to help distinguish it from the public feed more clearly than just the existing Alcantara-looking background.


nostr:npub142tpw9xfth5egmklphm84u2jmqwzduayvffvmh30dpl824sj7gasgsrwaj (No.)


nostr:npub1lvxjluelnufvgr2wf4yg08jrrnpqdjvj79p25qrz8v7y7u9eu0usk66up0 Try two users!


nostr:npub1sg7n5kcn36metcej9hlznau67u30r2unjy53rjqjjyqmlj38eassnlq8vr The second user doesn’t have to have even a single window open.


nostr:npub1rwdmuzwtt3sws595x6g4mp7cll96vh5lr0h76kkr7g3vg42fs3es536j68 Apple Silicon Macs don’t really have “VRAM”…and my Intel Mac Pro has 32 GB of it.


nostr:npub1xfdwqmfns0ts6nm4rgrut0j9dn720u8fxwzkyx63taql5ceqn6pseganns Hard to tell. I’ve had up to four users logged in, but it’s so bad with just two that I’m not sure four is worse.


https://mastodon.social/@fjoachim/111188688259422153

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/189/047/338/958/902/original/bb08b1cc3047e50b.mp4


nostr:npub1k3m2q6qat8e4v8tu4vn0qwmyyzst07mludd0scnamf0mvzyfgpgqphksn8 What’s the theory behind this?


nostr:npub12j7l66z6msufd9g724dmmg8r950w6v943tk49rm5khya8gjm3zlqnffd2p If you can get a CableCard, it will work. Not sure for how much longer, though.


nostr:npub1pu3grgzrjv45la6nqylm20vdvhf7l2jfmtda8fqjgnchcte8n8hsym5rzc I haven’t, but I’ll try it.


Some advice for everyone trying to reproduce this bug https://youtu.be/5Aq2GZpKkLU

Log in a second user! Yes, you can reproduce it with just one logged-in user, but it requires many, many more windows.

(Also try a wired USB mouse, if you can. But the second logged-in user is the important part. It makes it MUCH easier to reproduce.)


nostr:npub1eqe5vep20cv7mrcc9wl0dzrhw5w2a6m0va7zxwktvtpv0ega56sqnxzjmy Do you have more than one user logged in?


nostr:npub196mclen6dssrv665auyhjqanavar70t4zrmejywjuqgtf2qlklysxc3tdt Try logging in a second user. Also try a wired mouse.


nostr:npub1rq0v475dknkft4r9qfkspvmlu7p9mlvnxcdhvmv6532s58wq650q8u63gw It’s seems about the same with four users as with two, but it’s hard to tell since it’s so bad with even just two.


nostr:npub1mzet573rxu0fu3sum0kle23cytq599p8hghrej7vlh49kps9f50qfap7s2 Did you have more than one user logged in?


Julia (nostr:npub1upkp7fd7rc3lrjg23r8gy0wc723vze7mxlx5984ut6zurjzpf5xss4tcwy) is amazing, and this talk is a great introduction to her work and her whole deal. If you do anything with computers, you should check it out.

https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/10/06/new-talk--making-hard-things-easy/


nostr:npub1qqukvtud3d690getk78r5xvg558rjuwlq36xk0eeddkygqhr8qxsgttjp4 Did you have two users logged in?


nostr:npub1kfnuvtxe457tkjfl0d5dq7htfmnynw58dexcdgg8pwaysw32w3jq82f0c5 I did try a USB hub, but it didn’t seem to have any effect.


nostr:npub14e54cwcgdezjh4n886cs9mmj5mxkey927evzmyxjm2gkkzdn62ts5n368d Nothing.


nostr:npub13f2ty735een5d5ujkdg8w53eg3pdrt7q3cjtwmjnul3gdhucy6yqr0z5p9 OK, I gave it a try. Now I wait…


nostr:npub1lzfk9vtpr99dhj0nepxy7l36nusz0c9hqstsjmfqk59j4f4fjsvskxf7ge FB13237070: Photos identifies my dog's body as a person

FB13237083: No error message when trying to merge a person and a pet in Photos


nostr:npub1lzfk9vtpr99dhj0nepxy7l36nusz0c9hqstsjmfqk59j4f4fjsvskxf7ge Hah, OK, will do.


nostr:npub1lzfk9vtpr99dhj0nepxy7l36nusz0c9hqstsjmfqk59j4f4fjsvskxf7ge Now that I understand the issue, I’m not sure what the Feedback should say. Maybe just asking for an error message when trying to drag and drop a pet onto a person or vice versa?


nostr:npub1kjysuqlheg82k458mxlawa73trhtkvdta2cqtp7a4eg3w8dlx0tstq9u5p There’s more on my Instagram https://instagram.com/johncsiracusa


nostr:npub1lvxjluelnufvgr2wf4yg08jrrnpqdjvj79p25qrz8v7y7u9eu0usk66up0 Aww, poor puppy. I think he just wanted to be loved! (And to be the only dog in the house.)


nostr:npub1lvxjluelnufvgr2wf4yg08jrrnpqdjvj79p25qrz8v7y7u9eu0usk66up0 Horrible!?


nostr:npub13f2ty735een5d5ujkdg8w53eg3pdrt7q3cjtwmjnul3gdhucy6yqr0z5p9 What did you to do “delete” it? Right-click and "Remove this Person”?


Turns out the issue is just as nostr:npub13f2ty735een5d5ujkdg8w53eg3pdrt7q3cjtwmjnul3gdhucy6yqr0z5p9 (and others) described: https://mastodon.social/@ddlevine/111182827326542972

My“Daisy Mae Body” collection is a *person* collection, according to Photos, so it can’t be merged with a pet. nostr:npub13f2ty735een5d5ujkdg8w53eg3pdrt7q3cjtwmjnul3gdhucy6yqr0z5p9 said he fixed this by deleting the “person” collection and then letting Photos do more analysis, resulting in a new “pet” collection which was then mergeable.


nostr:npub1lmp7wznka7jtucq05qsrym5e7mr09pcxmaxxedf3f0wf9fh3p6uqvnwlv2 I have. It won’t let me do it there either.


nostr:npub1slh7qy8veez86ulqjas3tchwtpamdmzgz3nfed7hht3ls67xv82sdu6cv3 I don’t think I did that, but at least it’s a plausible explanation! If I did do it, I wonder if I can undo it…


I did try naming both collections the same thing, but it had no effect. The two collections remained separate despite having the same name.

When I select both collections and right-click, I don’t even see the “Merge …” menu item. It’s not grayed out; it’s just plain not there. (It is there when I select other pairs of collections, so I know it exists and works.)


I eventually just decided to give a name to the second collection. My dog’s name is Daisy Mae. The name I gave to the second collection will make sense once you see the “face circles” in that collection. I have no idea what Photos thinks it’s doing, or why it won’t let me “fix” this problem by merging the collections. Just look at this mess…

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/182/720/576/435/852/original/4b7a9011d81218d6.png

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/182/722/313/291/493/original/670d5413fdc1d498.png

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/182/721/326/565/045/original/6bd11299acb1c9f3.png


The new “pet detection” feature in Photos on macOS is doing some weird stuff. It put photos of my dog into two different collections in the “People and Pets” section.

When it does this with people, I can drag one collection onto the other to merge them. But with these two collections of my pet, it doesn’t allow the merge. The drag target doesn’t even “activate” (a slight grow animation) to indicate that it can accept the drop.

As usual, no error message or explanation in the app.


nostr:npub1drv84ayv6ss9dj5f98esau9hmvu60jl52mnedkpvt6mu5gmaleaqe4auf7 I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m usually waiting for face detection and not syncing…


nostr:npub1wvdmfxs62slf8rfaekrzfxfkxx022wpz0exud8a523yg3palujtsvz8pwj Yeah, I also mentioned that in my demo. Check it out if you want to see how bad it is with my Mac and my mouse and just ~25 windows. https://youtu.be/5Aq2GZpKkLU


nostr:npub1wvdmfxs62slf8rfaekrzfxfkxx022wpz0exud8a523yg3palujtsvz8pwj Hold down Option when dragging to remove the jumpiness, leaving only the lag. (Option disables the OS-level window snapping.)


nostr:npub1wvdmfxs62slf8rfaekrzfxfkxx022wpz0exud8a523yg3palujtsvz8pwj A wired USB mouse and two logged in users should get you down to 150 windows for similar lag. It really is a wild bug!


nostr:npub1wvdmfxs62slf8rfaekrzfxfkxx022wpz0exud8a523yg3palujtsvz8pwj Add a second user and try it. (You can easily delete the user later.) You should tip over at closer to 300 windows instead of 800.


nostr:npub1wvdmfxs62slf8rfaekrzfxfkxx022wpz0exud8a523yg3palujtsvz8pwj Did you have more than one user logged in?


nostr:npub1x9em2p9jx68aun6342zuz65egj82ljjqvt30f0yy7dck8qp2376s0xzz52 Keep reading…


nostr:npub1p9e8af2jwjk56xtuw7hwl2y0aag288dq4lwukxwhtj8kxvz3pessn8qcnv Keep reading!


nostr:npub1fwus4880z2mfus49f44e2w2nh7zlwwh9ve750r32ge5a8ygl5aes4jz8uv You could reset the entire database that tracks that stuff, but I wouldn’t recommend it. Just disallow it and you should be fine.


nostr:npub1j6jqgtyh68gy2ynmqu4rudv5ptpgyvl660skujrewyd8tjmddetqzmryyn I think it's the pre-Unified one, but I also reproduced it with a Logitech MX Master 3 which I think uses the Unified receiver.


nostr:npub1ssdeuu562tpdqn4969392n4wfc6ldheclg86snudd935vx0f5umsw0v2n7 They're in the show notes! https://www.relay.fm/rd/218  (You should be able to see these in your podcast app as well.)


nostr:npub1l8mylxtl04gvft57drt4ljy6qlg2qefpk2dueegqnem6a3lte7rs42kxp3 nostr:npub1gqn4mglfftd6292303jp2r060qwy69mpgdfprlumsuhf68wft27sxq0pj6 nostr:npub18z794gwfj0t93aqckz4dc6nlc2atfkcq8m4y8hg36tl4ty998p7se0s2pv nostr:npub1sa8l85tpnzh6367xlnujay6a7wf49reqvhz49pv9zu65hzaz74nq79nqcm Ah, yeah, Perl will need a little help there, for legacy reasons. But just a little! A one-line function should do it, I think.

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/176/816/123/001/070/original/825fb44e98204de9.png


nostr:npub1gqn4mglfftd6292303jp2r060qwy69mpgdfprlumsuhf68wft27sxq0pj6 nostr:npub18z794gwfj0t93aqckz4dc6nlc2atfkcq8m4y8hg36tl4ty998p7se0s2pv nostr:npub1sa8l85tpnzh6367xlnujay6a7wf49reqvhz49pv9zu65hzaz74nq79nqcm It’s Perl, which predates UTF-8, but has always had one of the best and most complete set of Unicode-related features. That “use” line at the top actually just declares that the *source code* in this file is in UTF-8 encoding. https://perldoc.perl.org/utf8


nostr:npub13jwuv2mwhm8fuh9dfy6wenf9q2djes2zurmzet3grmj0emap5sps4yhudh Log in the second user and then try it.


nostr:npub142zacnn3yd9derwf3kgphj7hau76fj4nh2z8lummw7e5ra5nmf0s3muqgq It does not have to be USB. It happens on Bluetooth too, though it takes more windows to reproduce it in that case. I haven’t tried it with the current Magic Mouse, but it happens with an Apple USB Mighty Mouse.


nostr:npub1gqn4mglfftd6292303jp2r060qwy69mpgdfprlumsuhf68wft27sxq0pj6 nostr:npub18z794gwfj0t93aqckz4dc6nlc2atfkcq8m4y8hg36tl4ty998p7se0s2pv nostr:npub1sa8l85tpnzh6367xlnujay6a7wf49reqvhz49pv9zu65hzaz74nq79nqcm Define “modern”…

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/173/550/661/072/299/original/177f8e06a239eac2.png


nostr:npub1vffrl6jqresczt4gammhg64pasa26m5fnaxnde7ykuaugdcvnynqlvu00n Keep reading!


nostr:npub1rvdus67nezdwln4sqzqcphw9dtz0rfcgx2zgzf8dzu6v30tzwy7smjkza4 A7III


nostr:npub12n0zzjjtgp6f35e9um8837jmwe53h9ay39zc4mrnhygdkfdugqmq98v2mg Could be.


It is reproducible with the Apple Mighty Mouse (model A1152)


(I haven't tried an Apple mouse yet because I don't have one handy. I'll dig one out of the attic eventually…)


nostr:npub1n3vav6dl973c8dgcha63558q7wecfmufhhyvfkcf420jz6shwj9szuyvsf See my recent update: it does happen with my Microsoft mouse connected through Bluetooth! It just takes 60-70 visible windows instead of ~25.


nostr:npub1n3vav6dl973c8dgcha63558q7wecfmufhhyvfkcf420jz6shwj9szuyvsf I'm not sure if the fact that holding down Option stops the jitter, leaving only the lag, exonerates that part of the windowing system or implicates it!


nostr:npub1hnxwlfkspp2kr8c0yvj5t3p76jfyslqz5690xs2mk5swj9ajwerqft5vu5 I can get it to happen with the ancient Logitech MX300 which has to have a very low polling rate.


nostr:npub1756peeu3qxyxtclscs645mra4kqckjkt6ya8ghpslscxcfd5djnsvn6gp2 This is still Apple's bug! It happens with many third-party mice using Apple's drivers only.


nostr:npub105wdn6es8p7qk0n2v5dh2jlf5xfyqh5qgdm3egfrfdkx6fnv7e2smljv9s It's trivially easy to reproduce! You just need an affected mouse, of which there seem to be many.


With 70+ windows visible, it even reproduces with the ancient Logitech MX300 USB mouse.


Oh no…I was just able to reproduce it when using the Microsoft Precision Mouse when connected via Bluetooth. But it takes around 60-70 windows visible on screen to make it happen (as opposed to ~25 when connected via USB).


nostr:npub1jjqptjtv5jgsgdsplfs8ndnwt44zn0gv2jcsut77t37pgcahxuss6aksgt I tried it with four users, and it seems about the same as with two.


nostr:npub19d07g0xv6vvmysgret9u8h0dzemmj82kmpgjapcg58yrghs8ercq8nart3 I already have one.


nostr:npub1dwdkgh5c9uwyg45pes29rnk5uxydj0jtqsa9qcrt28fyw7z2juwqfkk3j9 Yes, the 1x and the 3x camera do better, but still not great. The text is a similar size, but it's a darker gray so there's less contrast.


nostr:npub13jwuv2mwhm8fuh9dfy6wenf9q2djes2zurmzet3grmj0emap5sps4yhudh The only windows that matter are the ones visible on the current user's screen.


nostr:npub1jjqptjtv5jgsgdsplfs8ndnwt44zn0gv2jcsut77t37pgcahxuss6aksgt Also, it happens on an Intel MacBook Air and an M1 Mac Studio, and with at least two other mice when connected via USB: SteelSeries and this weird retro thing STS tried https://youtu.be/miN8sADrsgA

And don't forget the requirement that more than one user is logged in!


nostr:npub1jjqptjtv5jgsgdsplfs8ndnwt44zn0gv2jcsut77t37pgcahxuss6aksgt Man, I pulled out every third-party thing I could think of before I eventually confirmed that it also happens on a bone-stock fresh install of Sonoma with zero third-party software installed.


nostr:npub13jwuv2mwhm8fuh9dfy6wenf9q2djes2zurmzet3grmj0emap5sps4yhudh Don't forget that it also requires more than one user to be logged in!


nostr:npub1k2dlan7eksuxk6xn3jg0plrylce7xvj8ffscgughfxj2jpspuqjs2j80rx Don't forget about the requirement that multiple users be logged in at the same time!


nostr:npub1fu97wvzql3hg90ehcc2gn6c4x4886dy9fps89wtqdl697j72ldasrzmcud No worries, I just wanted to make sure it had been resolved.


nostr:npub1n3vav6dl973c8dgcha63558q7wecfmufhhyvfkcf420jz6shwj9szuyvsf An “Acorn" clone of the original Macintosh mouse!?


nostr:npub1n3vav6dl973c8dgcha63558q7wecfmufhhyvfkcf420jz6shwj9szuyvsf What specific model of mouse are you using? My ancient USB Logitech MX300 doesn't reproduce it.


nostr:npub1ajf5vt9p6nck3m677jaa74esdvwhsgc6360lnmywddx04kx6dvvq8nx46h Same here!


nostr:npub1h9xca4y4s4qpkzrd9kxase0h42k7t9gqvkf08rhtj825xsr36mwqy0xmsp It happens on a totally clean install of macOS with zero third-party software installed, so if any driver is loading, it's Apple’s.


nostr:npub1ajf5vt9p6nck3m677jaa74esdvwhsgc6360lnmywddx04kx6dvvq8nx46h Yes, although not *all* USB mice. I have a Logitech USB mouse that does not exhibit the problem. What mouse are you using?


nostr:npub1jdkn2k7m6trespagmjvfht7z9rswlvnfkkjuh2ryp4dqjsk4erlq5adn20 No, I read on my iPhone or iPad.


nostr:npub14d9trfp2gt0hjzs4n08exca7q9p923fcyzdaewgvzn0c60vf36hs29dcxj What mouse?


nostr:npub1fu97wvzql3hg90ehcc2gn6c4x4886dy9fps89wtqdl697j72ldasrzmcud 👍


Incidentally, I just tried to take a photo of the underside of my mouse (to attach to FB13211706 along with all my new info) and my iPhone 14 Pro  produced the first image. (It auto-switched to the ultra-wide camera for macro mode.) (Also, all these images are crops of the originals.)

The second image is a RAW from the same iPhone 14 Pro ultra-wide (converted to JPEG for posting here).

The third image was taken with my Sony A7 III. (This is the one I attached to my Feedback.)

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/171/900/686/615/489/original/ef28f73dddc8b8bf.jpeg

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/171/900/433/865/643/original/99e1653f5fdad8a3.jpeg

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/171/900/550/581/336/original/eb1865c788341551.jpeg


nostr:npub1n3vav6dl973c8dgcha63558q7wecfmufhhyvfkcf420jz6shwj9szuyvsf I tried it with four users logged in, and it seems about the same as with two, but it’s hard to tell.


I can reproduce the problem on an Intel MacBook Air and an M1 Mac Studio using the same mouse connected via USB.


nostr:npub19z5vutd30ev3lcsaytfv57vazgpu3gdgzw9rq89qnz6a0zgcm5dskyzeev Maybe macOS communicates back to the mouse via USB when it's going to reposition the cursor, like it does when dragging one window near another in macOS?


nostr:npub12n0zzjjtgp6f35e9um8837jmwe53h9ay39zc4mrnhygdkfdugqmq98v2mg Yeah, and I also tried plugging it into different USB ports.


nostr:npub1n3vav6dl973c8dgcha63558q7wecfmufhhyvfkcf420jz6shwj9szuyvsf That sure looks similar, though not as severe. But I’m at a loss as to what in the world could require the specific set of circumstances on my Mac: USB connection to my Microsoft mouse, multiple logged-in users, and many visible windows near the window being moved.


The same mouse works fine when connected via Bluetooth. It’s only when connected via USB that the bug happens.


Oh, FFS…it's my mouse! My stupid Microsoft Precision Mouse that has already been replaced under warranty once! When I use my wife's mouse, it no longer happens.

My mouse is connected via a USB cable, and the issue reproduces on a fresh install of macOS Sonoma with zero third-party software installed. So it has to be a hardware issue with the mouse—a hardware issue that only manifests when more than one user is logged in and window dragging happens with other visible windows, which is wild!


nostr:npub1n3vav6dl973c8dgcha63558q7wecfmufhhyvfkcf420jz6shwj9szuyvsf I tried it on an Intel MacBook Air and it doesn’t reproduce. I’m using the keyboard that came with the Mac Pro (connected via USB) and a Microsoft Precision Mouse (also connected by USB). I’ll try another mouse…


nostr:npub14d9trfp2gt0hjzs4n08exca7q9p923fcyzdaewgvzn0c60vf36hs29dcxj Also, what version of macOS are you using?


nostr:npub14d9trfp2gt0hjzs4n08exca7q9p923fcyzdaewgvzn0c60vf36hs29dcxj No windows need to be open on the account you're not using, but you need a bunch of visible windows on the account you're using, and they need to be close to each other. Try to reproduce the arrangement shown in the video. https://youtu.be/5Aq2GZpKkLU


I'm looking for someone with access to a 2019 Mac Pro (preferable with a Radeon Pro Vega II GPU) to try to reproduce FB13211706 as demonstrated in https://youtu.be/5Aq2GZpKkLU

Has Apple tried to reproduce it internally? I don't know. I've had no response in the Feedback app since I filed my original report six months ago. So I'm looking for a someone who is willing to actually communicate with me to tell me if it's just my Mac or what.


nostr:npub1fu97wvzql3hg90ehcc2gn6c4x4886dy9fps89wtqdl697j72ldasrzmcud Has this been resolved, or is it still failing?


nostr:npub1wkyrr4pnk5chvzjp4y64fjfu3xtv9c7al4sryyvy9244a5h87s2qur6c6c If you’d come to me in friendship, then the scum that ruined your bibliography would be suffering this very day.


nostr:npub1wkyrr4pnk5chvzjp4y64fjfu3xtv9c7al4sryyvy9244a5h87s2qur6c6c I’ll just pirate it. It’s what the kids do these days.


nostr:npub1wkyrr4pnk5chvzjp4y64fjfu3xtv9c7al4sryyvy9244a5h87s2qur6c6c Nice try, professor.


nostr:npub1eq4q0gl6q3tu3suem5udfhdde55tl44ya3gt7mr7704myty8w70sf63vqd I haven’t read it yet.


To everyone who replied to my post about Isaacson’s terrible Elon Musk biography to tell me that his Steve Jobs biography was also bad: I agree. Here’s what I had to say about it at the time: https://hypercritical.fireside.fm/42


nostr:npub184g3wz98antq5wvnd2gma7n99a4y3u8ylnen4cmrzezd2gp7mfpsy2u05u What email address did you send it to? Did you get an automated reply acknowledging that that received it?


“We are dealing with not one but two unreliable narrators: Musk and Isaacson himself.”

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/1/23895069/walter-isaacson-biography-musk-review


nostr:npub1fxnrux7juc9usqnav3zsxs7v9tluqcchq6d0q9vh428ekn234acq42s93x Love Island UK season 1.


nostr:npub1ftgs39rg5nl2a230lsxqk0w2jvxttx0xz9m57hmt0x36mqvznq6qrkpnxq Did they do two-hour shifts all day and all night?


nostr:npub1umc3lk0qzzy0ylavzxutkn45ls5vvyd0ecrcxevz3rhlhz3qcm2qpkay7e Nope.


nostr:npub1dce87sj0prw2ajrnd7wjl40pz9kn8qmjfa626quut609tu0230yqnazs5s 😬


nostr:npub120k676y3tufwzxy2yxsa8rzn8lfqzw405rknwpyqvr4lkyxw3mtq340pux I haven’t, but it looks neat.


nostr:npub19t4fmsge48w7hldr6f5eh32tg4vmmf2e0jrud2ax3e8mypf2emqseln3dd 😎


nostr:npub1el8he466t4t89xa4kll9wk6l2e6tttde73wzh2drapnqeml9ssvspp4l26 Tale as old as time.

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/151/173/863/995/241/original/c503939c063e9a46.mp4


nostr:npub1uqj3yx7nc0r40vmey4qrvm74qykjjs6cm8pmdg04jww4l08d35vqy9qx0a Yep, my bad. Unboosted.


nostr:npub1p9rt3e4hqtvujfyu96s88pn8gddhg0hwn3jcht2s5lj7mue2e4kqttt28q 👎


nostr:npub1g02lnhn0ueguqlk9dfl7ycxfvr4aecuxdqm9t8pk7kwcvfjrv9fsx22763 Nope.


nostr:npub1p4y7cva0mzhzz5l2pztym9dzql8rl2l8uk6v7qa3ztyzldfkrzwqlekk6s 🤷♂


nostr:npub1magm8knvcw83phvfykmur978mxrdtrc6jcdav3t26fh9gqhnnpqqdrmt9x The same.


nostr:npub1m6pr9jjrhr8cmagqv46egfs8yut47rge3ch0kn5pl6g9jmwxqntsf2xu3y It’s new! Says so right on it.


nostr:npub1x2clstlekmmlwvk765pwntkr5zqjqd6v0uqfsqte43hv6syvltpsckrtha I think you have something different. This is 100% reproducible, not rare.


nostr:npub1ctr5j8acta8y2dzvlnkghsluyymknvev96msq2xmm7c7frerxzrqetaqzq I don’t do any video, so I’m not sure what to recommend (other than to get a mirrorless camera, not a “DSLR”)


nostr:npub1magm8knvcw83phvfykmur978mxrdtrc6jcdav3t26fh9gqhnnpqqdrmt9x I have.


Here’s my new demo video for FB13211706. (Please forgive the awful audio. I had a bunch of stuff on my desk that was in the way of setting up my podcast microphone.) https://youtu.be/5Aq2GZpKkLU


nostr:npub19nekvyd0qd0swl76csjz3mtzma7qqgssxu5x7akfduy63pmf5l3qea4eh5 See update: https://mastodon.social/@siracusa/111143112172990910

It’s now reproducible on a clean install!


Important update to https://mastodon.social/@siracusa/110255326994000695

The bug *is* reproducible on a clean install of macOS 14.0 (23A344).

It was not reproducible in an earlier Sonoma beta, but that changed some time between then and the release version.

At least I can stop tearing third-party software out of my system now…

…but now it’s time to try removing some hardware…

(Reminder for Apple folks: this is FB12122106.)


nostr:npub176d4qvn5eyaqc4rq0affavwqpfq9khgh8h062dw235q8jdwwgrpsxwx085 No, it works on Intel…eventually.


nostr:npub168303eezkmd40tdp5kvpaapr5uky8s66u6uaexz5qr334ft77jrsvaf0qg I used to fly to the Chicagoland area on Midwest Express airlines. They had metal silverware and freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. Too good for this world, alas.


nostr:npub19nekvyd0qd0swl76csjz3mtzma7qqgssxu5x7akfduy63pmf5l3qea4eh5 Modern versions of macOS use what’s called a “sealed system volume.” The OS is booted from a read-only snapshot that is cryptographically checked. If a single bit is not as expected, it won’t boot. Reinstalling the same version of the OS won’t change anything about the OS installation.


nostr:npub18yq8jlngfe8dcx06edctq08z09qzns2uyl0phktdaplsy9u8prds22nm6j I’m doing it all manually. It’s terrible.


nostr:npub1umc3lk0qzzy0ylavzxutkn45ls5vvyd0ecrcxevz3rhlhz3qcm2qpkay7e There’s always a ton in the Console, but nothing stands out so far.


nostr:npub1umc3lk0qzzy0ylavzxutkn45ls5vvyd0ecrcxevz3rhlhz3qcm2qpkay7e Yes, idle. Same display settings. I’m already well into diffing /Library with a clean install. No luck yet.


nostr:npub1gl0t0f2x0saazu8w0vl7euvp49qthw5neypx8wgjldd2lfzl4ktqua303c I haven’t seen that.


nostr:npub126lq0adja6t0auwhw5w50zw7t6nngphesmn926cdtvj2eflhnj4qa4fzuh Yes, both users are logged in. The spindumps for the bug and normal case are both baffling to me.


nostr:npub1dp66ukcp6c5krpwqm8vnrsz6rturn54xq64xh2h2nnve8k2grflsmrunh9 Casey uses fish, and he didn’t set a required env var correctly in his fish shell before he ran my docker container. Fish is not involved in the container at all.


nostr:npub1uj5ms4lamh9mc8lc3xn74c0xk3fsfglcrasye9dyws527x8c27jq3nh93q A clean install of what?


nostr:npub15fq7uauq4qkexje8pautd389kq2ac7c2cukwjtl8kw2n8yvdlhmqe5j8f3 Here are three favorites:

https://youtube.com/@M539Restorations

https://youtube.com/@tavarish

https://youtube.com/@MatArmstrongbmx


nostr:npub19m7t8d7kf4mzrx0k36txztmqgyuphle0anlu9ntljjah827ru86q2j3qua It started around the time I updated to 13.3.


nostr:npub1dp66ukcp6c5krpwqm8vnrsz6rturn54xq64xh2h2nnve8k2grflsmrunh9 It seems fine to me on my car mount.


nostr:npub1y094nznnwsfu2ks08serk8h5ke0u34l6lrxafcglan20tey9w4zswhv0ph It doesn’t happen on a clean install, so I don’t think it’s a hardware issue.


nostr:npub19nekvyd0qd0swl76csjz3mtzma7qqgssxu5x7akfduy63pmf5l3qea4eh5 A clean install of what? The OS?


nostr:npub19d23m2h83q4s9ze7hvsgw9tufnah32msz83aujxnr5jw753d5xjs3zaaty Sadly, the bug started happening after I updated to 13.3, so I don’t think it was a change to non-OS software that triggered it.


nostr:npub1m6pr9jjrhr8cmagqv46egfs8yut47rge3ch0kn5pl6g9jmwxqntsf2xu3y No downside for me, but thanks for asking.


nostr:npub1gagsvhd4kz6sve2zzkx9rpynyesau70h9et08w03t4qelk4sz8pqsvte3c Does SwiftUI enlarge a bordered element by the width of the border, or does the border draw within the un-bordered bounds?


nostr:npub18f7yrju73mr7symauk6y76a0x5cwu5f20em9a83ntcrwtu20k6cqddnjx5 A single, ungainly, hideous monster of a cable…


nostr:npub1y29mve2zdep7rjfxp3tr2zdflmc0gkjach4w295x97m96800akysg390a7 It works the same way here,  but the the carrier still identifies the watch with a different number. Maybe they do call forwarding internally.


nostr:npub145h4rdman4q8fdd8zazm6mlrgxpq8pucj4fmjtcvgc2hfcgrg7tq0xl4kw I don’t think it’s animated, but I’ll check next time.


nostr:npub16fvm73hf9kp24x24fvdl2m7t7uxc2fgqnagzau26w6jz9hj9kkwqzclf3l Just be glad it’s doing it at all!


nostr:npub1el8he466t4t89xa4kll9wk6l2e6tttde73wzh2drapnqeml9ssvspp4l26 Things need to leave your office.


How many times have y’all seen this overlay? I think I‘ve seen it more than ten times now on a single iPhone with a single pair of AirPods.

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/134/098/440/109/258/original/a40d51e40b3ea994.jpeg


nostr:npub14e9plv55htxs6anjsltr3ep7p9nrpz7tkpeeusf83fctaxawyvlqzyk85w OK


nostr:npub1faw9pcfrx02d3vfkqxtd8ql4yxgp98eyaxqcahpcyy8d0960h8vql0ww9d I believe the menu APIs were rewritten in Sonoma. Bugs are to be expected.


Do you seriously think I’d link to my apps if there remained the slightest chance of them not being updated for Sonoma?

I did it 35 minutes* ago.

https://hypercritical.co/apps/

*Actually, 12 days ago.


This might as well be my printer’s screensaver. With every firmware update, I hope that “this will be the one that fixes it!” Still hoping…

(It's an Epson ET-4850. At least it still prints…)

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/131/951/168/537/678/original/2daf2c8b06e5dd3a.jpeg


nostr:npub1qq43hw2uucervzt4ddsv4mmsgjgdqw6p4znqqhqxzukdeftrx54qza634f Try just “iPhone 11”


nostr:npub1jmq2ry6w2qzu4rlv02h9gpsxka9f7hxdr95uxmpw0d7vk38a4p9qjqwpuj I like it, but the one for the 14 Pro looks a bit different than that one.


nostr:npub1qq43hw2uucervzt4ddsv4mmsgjgdqw6p4znqqhqxzukdeftrx54qza634f Yes, I have smart albums like this myself. Just filter on the “camera.”


nostr:npub1vrkt2shupdpe6klm8t35h2g62ahyskzppkzejsu0zxps8e9radsshgmdpu Samsung’s TVs don’t support DolbyVision, and they tend to have weird accuracy issues. If viewing angles are mostly head-on in your room, I’d definitely consider the C3 over the S95C. I would ignore the S95B.


nostr:npub1zaxwk6m2v8yzukjlmvtddkehj4ft6er295prw5pludufx93ht6eqkv7jaj Ours just grew organically. Start with an outline and go from there.


nostr:npub15r346ycznzxq2xhxm3w3ph9tggeyrzjuw9ah54zgjyh9gxk05mmqzalqkd You have to strictly order them, with just one number 1, one number 2, one number 3, one number 4, and one number 5.


nostr:npub1nafjta54dys5mmvsx56e80u5jnkljvdlfa6aegvzk7qztaf8wepqewl9cc I don’t think all the colors are even available from the manufacturer.


nostr:npub1nr8nzsp58rx2r0nt65auj8rq27dc5ph8uqsaqz67puszlpstup3qnmn997 I don’t, sorry.


nostr:npub18v9sqgtdpzm89lph2evdcgp7tun9s76uryykdmjwqkyg702vv7ss92ng9v We use separate blankets.


nostr:npub18j2uvk5wmra9khnsxysegsng3gzw746fusvqdhuerr52e08pdk6qzt37hp My actual account is johncsiracusa (without the leading underscore that the impersonator is using).


nostr:npub1a50urj95dxqltjzqpj3jwgye8033sdqgm46aapj57nxrqtewxx6szxakyn Thanks!


nostr:npub1gnjhzv2hwlpvk9kcupwu3jlw9tyhg3xzy23d5qd9842gls6spgasgwjwft That’s the reverse of the adapters I was looking for.


This Instagram account with the leading underscore on the username is NOT me. Please report it for impersonation. (I think it’s blocking me, so I can’t report it myself.)

https://mastodon.social/@alimoeeny/111074265163175965

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/075/636/145/550/013/original/3a8a410824ad8b4f.png


nostr:npub18j2uvk5wmra9khnsxysegsng3gzw746fusvqdhuerr52e08pdk6qzt37hp I think this account blocks me, because I can’t find it to report it. Please report it for me!


nostr:npub1el8he466t4t89xa4kll9wk6l2e6tttde73wzh2drapnqeml9ssvspp4l26 …do you live in the woods?


nostr:npub14e0jkyf2wz3yh7jg823z9kfxsckj8r823g08meqxf22yrf7qns9s60xl2y I don’t know, sorry.


nostr:npub17c22kna6prve0fffx35rh0xz725dcs7qymruz2ngh96ywsdg2k4sgv06js The Internet says “usually a young boy or teenager”


nostr:npub17c22kna6prve0fffx35rh0xz725dcs7qymruz2ngh96ywsdg2k4sgv06js I was watching bad UK reality TV recently and realized that they’re to blame for the prevalence of cutesy Australian word shortenings. It’s not as severe in the UK, but it’s there.


An nostr:npub1xprjm6jw0dgy30r8sw2e4k2gh79z4lnr6k4wev475vk2s2aqd94qk3f5k0 post reminded me that David Lanham nailed what would become today’s PlayStation 5 aesthetic seventeen years ago: https://dlanham.com/ui/amora/


nostr:npub17c22kna6prve0fffx35rh0xz725dcs7qymruz2ngh96ywsdg2k4sgv06js Uh, can you tell me what it means in English?


nostr:npub19vfka66gm8mjsu4tryn8en8u3m225g407s8anjf7faq83t4e0mlqus3gdr To be clear, that is not me.


nostr:npub1sqvyd2p3cfnp3vyudaf83dgdstpzf5snashl856xs2hnuz04c44s2urlp0 Try emailing support@cottonbureau.com to see if there's anything they can do for you. (Failing that, maybe it'll fade in the wash…)


nostr:npub1r0g60svc2usy3aqf44dt6uz94a940tc6taumm4t8tmhcdn56veps8x3r94 I just looked, and the Wikipedia pages say what I was trying to say on the show.


nostr:npub172klhk2ju0w4qevxusk9afdrd5534fzm4te2mqzycemfapj0er4q3amm3t Yeah, that was the display driver chip going from 40nm to 28nm. That’s a separate chip, not part of the A16.


nostr:npub172klhk2ju0w4qevxusk9afdrd5534fzm4te2mqzycemfapj0er4q3amm3t I don’t recall saying that, nor do I think it’s true. Some chips on the iPhone logic board that are not part of the A16 SoC are fabbed at much older, larger process sizes. Maybe that’s what your remembering?


nostr:npub1k5fyg4edx0sesamqymqgkaysyzv4dtzq37cnwf953yqdxu39rjvqexfysk Marco already paid me for this bet in December 2022.


nostr:npub1sg7n5kcn36metcej9hlznau67u30r2unjy53rjqjjyqmlj38eassnlq8vr Sand!


nostr:npub1c533k6pj5zvhrt3424e700czt9e0krge5dr6exuzcdk6zmhnkhjsdpl54w Mimeo.


Can't wait for the A17 Max and A17 Ultra!


Great to see the empire's new DIE fighters.


Mmmmm…series naan… 🫓


Yeah, what ABOUT iPhone shuffle?


Starting with the what now?


nostr:npub1hgdtyuen7kagvn56u55yp0aerf5qtwnxl58hh6u3p096j7tc0j2qlfye6k I always go with awake with Photos open, but who knows if that’s actually the fastest?


nostr:npub1au3cms0mqzce8f58lscn5zfzvvj6qnx3zk0vczcz7mxm9nu4w38s667au3 No, the zoom camera just replaces the 3x camera, I think. The 1x and 0.5x cameras are still separate.


nostr:npub1pssrp4fck6msvylz83vdrljmgawpgmt5yuc9n2r859ug85sel5uqhwn6p7 It’s only preferable if you would have otherwise canceled before paying for 12 months of monthly. Some people just want a single charge instead of 12.


nostr:npub1le3s4uv46j3xpsk2sdldewprdn0sxalm07hq2p57lztsdgqykyyqdedgav What is the threshold for “light permitting”? And when there is insufficient light, presumably it uses binned pixels and upscales?


nostr:npub1zc0aqqmsg2agrfnkr7lzv6fdtl7jz3g3q8erqap2d7j8kgj652aswyzm8k nostr:npub1qctxsm3hrc372jcfc7ey4cn3ux8u2xa2l9e30sfpuvgzc2gck0pq9k7yyw nostr:npub106j9ezdyfpg4u205z5hgz35x2xq88lauu90n63uq0ehscwvtylsqd85wsy Apparently it’s only an unbinned 12 MP crop if there is sufficient light.


nostr:npub1ruzsmcm9z824zmtlu3x4s0mk4httjzylm0a04pg9hh2xfr7hhm0qtg5apg I’m told that it will switch to capturing the unbinned center-crop of 12 MP when 2x zoom is selected, regardless of your 48 MP RAW settings—but only if the amount of available light is sufficient. Otherwise, it uses binned pixels and upscales.


nostr:npub1le3s4uv46j3xpsk2sdldewprdn0sxalm07hq2p57lztsdgqykyyqdedgav You can also capture 48 MP at 1x and then crop later to 12 MP.


nostr:npub1jajssyka7pxqvay57lugyf7pfdrs2ay6xz7lwsa0qw264k7ss5xqza54mc (But not Friedman and Fridman.)


nostr:npub1ruzsmcm9z824zmtlu3x4s0mk4httjzylm0a04pg9hh2xfr7hhm0qtg5apg Binning also uses “each pixel individually” to “optimize for detail” when deciding the value of the resulting single pixel. (It doesn’t just throw away 3 of the 4 pixels.) 🤷♂ I’ll ask my source.


nostr:npub1ruzsmcm9z824zmtlu3x4s0mk4httjzylm0a04pg9hh2xfr7hhm0qtg5apg That’s only true if the camera is set to capture unbinned pixels (assuming that setting even applies when not at 1x)


nostr:npub19th4h5zn6zykdw79zpvjfzdf9up2lp9czl4ljgzx53kuxg48cnsqlfpvnj Yes, and yes (once it disappears from the “recently deleted” folder, that is).


nostr:npub1ruzsmcm9z824zmtlu3x4s0mk4httjzylm0a04pg9hh2xfr7hhm0qtg5apg “Full resolution” of the 1x camera sensor is either 48 MP or 12 MP of 4x4 binned sensor pixels. A 2x crop capture is 12 MP of unbinned sensor pixels, which is not “full resolution” for that sensor by any measure.


nostr:npub1yen4tgzttrqjmt9rrfwwp3jpydgkmckt8h6m7eu20z99t7pu78asyu7u6p That’s only the case if the camera is set to capture unbinned pixels (assuming that setting even applies when not shooting at 1x).


nostr:npub1fvz6v0agax67hzzqta6znhky58n49pfuzr4x0jkp5x3gzjuhgkmqm68wwv Yes, because “full resolution” of the 1x camera sensor is either 48 MP or 12 MP of 4x4 binned sensor pixels. A 2x crop capture is 12 MP of unbinned sensor pixels.


nostr:npub1yen4tgzttrqjmt9rrfwwp3jpydgkmckt8h6m7eu20z99t7pu78asyu7u6p (It upscales.)


nostr:npub106j9ezdyfpg4u205z5hgz35x2xq88lauu90n63uq0ehscwvtylsqd85wsy nostr:npub1qctxsm3hrc372jcfc7ey4cn3ux8u2xa2l9e30sfpuvgzc2gck0pq9k7yyw You can capture 48 MP of unbinneded pixels at 1x. (Though that may not actually result in a better image than 12 MP of binned pixels at 1x, depending on conditions.)


nostr:npub1qctxsm3hrc372jcfc7ey4cn3ux8u2xa2l9e30sfpuvgzc2gck0pq9k7yyw Like I said, it’s unrelated. No matter how the sensor pixels are or aren’t grouped during capture, the advantage of capturing zoomed-in over capturing at 1x and cropping later is solely related to the multiple frames available to combine during capture when processing the zoomed image that are NOT available later when cropping a captured 1x image yourself.


nostr:npub1ftgs39rg5nl2a230lsxqk0w2jvxttx0xz9m57hmt0x36mqvznq6qrkpnxq It’s there now, but your podcast client may not pull the updated notes. You can always see them on the web, though: https://www.relay.fm/rd/216

As for the member aftershow, if you subscribe to the member feed for the show, the episode is just longer and includes the aftershow at the end. To become a member or log in and find your member feed, start at https://www.relay.fm/membership


nostr:npub13ln8g3tfqeq3aazld8n7uzp3l7nf3thtw0qzwct3nxxw90rhxc4s8ute29 Looks like nostr:npub12w9pl0tws0a2wure0qxnh9vts5jvamvjacv6ehmr9nruqltcjtdqdfskv4 beat me to it: https://mastodon.social/@whereami/111021076265982042


nostr:npub13ln8g3tfqeq3aazld8n7uzp3l7nf3thtw0qzwct3nxxw90rhxc4s8ute29 It’s a serious comment, but it’s a more complex issue than you might guess at first glance.


nostr:npub1rzl02mw972l5v3qn7edqdk92vlsshhevmpd7u92qqnft7uplfykqdvl096 Our one member special each month(ish) is already behind membership! (We’re recording our next one tomorrow.)


nostr:npub12lrrmeznmsn8gwnqrgyezeqxd5wlpf7yl77hflv94fjgklgr2cqsrd7jzc 48!


nostr:npub1a5qsad32rztz6cquj7qwyra5zgf3ma0neqfdk9u5974r9kd7nrlqf30r7s Hah, I crop with regular old intelligence, thanks.