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 It would be really nice if I could go a day without my internet randomly cutting out.

It was rock solid for so long, but over the past month or so, it’s been terrible. 
 Are people still talking about the Vision Pro?

I don’t see anything about it anymore.

But, to be fair, I don’t pay as much attention to Apple focused outlets like I used to. 
 KFC for breakfast. AMA. 
 @Karnage original, extra crispy, or another type of menu item? 
 IntheEnd-linkinprk-DBZedit.WMV 
 I guess Super Mario Bros. Wonder leaked. 
 Step by Step is an underrated sitcom. 
 @bddb582d I dig it.

Personal preference, but I think you could have more than one full length post on the homepage and it would be a net benefit.

If you had, say, three full length on the homepage, you’re unlikely to have too much vertical scroll before you hit the footer and the people that make it to your homepage to see more of what you do can immediately read your recent articles without having to click through to another page. 
 So is the going impression that the Action Button is situated in an awkward spot? Or is this more... 
 @f0f37266 it’s confused several times when trying to adjust volume in my pocket. But I haven’t found it difficult to press.

Biggest issue I’ve had is figuring out how to get the most usefulness out of it. All of the things that seem like natural fits have easy access in the OS through other methods that are hard coded — flashlight and camera access from Lock Screen, for example.

There isn’t much that I want quick access to at all times that I can’t already access easily elsewhere. 
 Which is worth more, a Bluesky invite or a JPEG of a bored boat monkey? 
 @6354d94d is one or both tokenized?

If yes or no, they’re both worth an equal amount. 
 Ok, so this was the toot that I think sounds mean spirited but I’m not trying to be…

If you ... 
 @f69b5032 not mean. Accurate. 
 If your emergency alert last for more than four hours, be sure to seek medical attention immediately. 
 nostr:npub1sentdv2ate79lkgdl64cxsrd9kyn6ngdqrae53ugyyxqhd9vtgqs2fycjl you probably don't get syst... 
 @54bdfd68 there should be no option to bypass the user setting.

If there is an alert that’s capable of doing so, that should be listed in settings and, preferably, an option to disable those as well. 
 I have all the government alerts disabled on iOS and it still came through.

Lame.

I guess those options do, literally, nothing. 
 On iOS:

Settings > Notifications, scroll to the bottom. 
 My nomination for Speaker of the House:

Bose Wave Radio

https://youtu.be/fiAZ3cB6uuo?si=rRSA-8LiJ6ORV68y 
 The amount of people freaking out on social media about tomorrows fema alarm test is astounding. ... 
 @92b07012 you can also just disable it, right? I’m pretty sure the options at the bottom of Settings > Notifications does it on iOS and I imagine similar options exist on Android. 
 @7396bceb remember when everyone thought voice assistance were going to be The Next Big Thing™?

That was, what, like four years ago? 
 I wish you could configure where files go when you AirDrop them. 
 If you’re the sort, please pray for my wife and son she just fell and our baby is in the third ... 
 @Ademan you’ll be in our prayers. 
 What’s the deal with KevinJames.jpeg? 
 @b3e72378 where’s this version of Dave been? 
 @48a605d8 what’s the sourcing for this? Is it the Atlantic? I’m not seeing a link to it. 
 What a Fool Believes by The Doobie Brothers

https://song.link/i/323436676

#music 
 Just setup a shortcut for the action button.

It checks if audio is currently playing. If there is audio playing, it pauses it.

If audio isn’t playing it will start playback of my go to station in Broadcasts. 
 I’m thinking it’ll be a quick and easy, no look way to play music in the car. 
 @8714de25 I complained to their support team when I noticed that the feature was listed as “recommended”.

I don’t necessarily mind it being an option, but it definitely shouldn’t be framed as a security issue or be listed as “recommended”.

I’m more than a little annoyed that they haven’t changed that. 
 FedEx claims that my new iPhone will arrive today, but it supposedly left Tennessee at 4:30 this morning. I have a feeling it’ll get here tomorrow. 
 I accidentally got 2 orders of studio display and must return one. But man, it’s sooooooo tempt... 
 @Karnage I was once sent two iPhones from AT&T when I only ordered one.

I tried to return it to my local AT&T store, but the manager basically told me that he didn’t have anything in his system saying he’s supposed to take it from an inventory standpoint. It would just sit in the store safe for weeks/months and his district manager would make a big thing out of investigating where it came from.

In the end, he told me to just keep it. 
 The company that’s been running fiber lines in my area were working on our block today. Hopefully that means we’ll have an additional ISP option soon. 
 @53c578bc when a user deletes their account, don’t actually delete it for 30 days. During those 30 days, the account is deactivated — appearing as deleted for all intents and purposes.

If the user logs in during that 30 day window, reactivate the account.

Continue to offer the option to delete immediately but make it difficult to find. 
 @Caleb James DeLisle it’s amazing what decades of atrocious civics education can do. 
 @f0f37266 I type fairly fast, so that could be a contributing factor, but the speed of my typing has never felt like a bottleneck to my work.

I think typing well is simply a function of doing it frequently. I don’t think you necessarily need to come out of high school as an excellent typist. As long as the school introduces typing and spends some time on it, the people that will need it will manage from there.

When I graduated high school, my typing speed was maybe half of what it is today. 
 @f0f37266 but I think there’s plenty of room to learn typing, printing, and cursive.

I think we as a society tend to underestimate the value of handwriting and cursive in general. Not just the fine motor skills that it brings but how writing/typing in different ways can help you think differently about problems and come up with different solutions. 
 nostr:npub1sentdv2ate79lkgdl64cxsrd9kyn6ngdqrae53ugyyxqhd9vtgqs2fycjl Side question: What is your... 
 @f0f37266 I type fairly fast, so that could be a contributing factor, but the speed of my typing has never felt like a bottleneck to my work.

I think typing well is simply a function of doing it frequently. I don’t think you necessarily need to come out of high school as an excellent typist. As long as the school introduces typing and spends some time on it, the people that will need it will manage from there.

When I graduated high school, my typing speed was maybe half of what it is today. 
 In 40 years, cursive handwriting will be one of the strongest methods of encryption. 
 De-googling is so hard. I can remove all apps but the one I cannot touch is Google translate. It... 
 @Karnage maybe LibreTranslate?

https://libretranslate.com/ 
 Surfing the information superhighway. 
 @48a605d8 you should stop reading BoingBoing because of the proprietary ad code they run. 
 nostr:npub1sentdv2ate79lkgdl64cxsrd9kyn6ngdqrae53ugyyxqhd9vtgqs2fycjl I don’t have an answer an... 
 @f0f37266 I ended up with natural. Based on the videos I’ve seen from the hands-on area after the event, the white is too light and the natural is too dark compared to the silver MacBook. But the lighting in that area is so bright and the room is just white tables and floors — it’s hard to say for sure. 
 nostr:npub1sentdv2ate79lkgdl64cxsrd9kyn6ngdqrae53ugyyxqhd9vtgqs2fycjl Are you gonna do any cases ... 
 @62b43a6d I’ve never been a case guy. I plan to just use it as is. 
 iPhone 15 Pro

White or Natural?

Which color looks closest to a silver MacBook? 
 I went with 512GB in natural titanium. 
 nostr:npub1sentdv2ate79lkgdl64cxsrd9kyn6ngdqrae53ugyyxqhd9vtgqs2fycjl Lol, at least in the early ... 
 @394b5c0e there’s very little changes from year to year.

I’m getting a new one because I want more storage, new battery, and better camera for the little one we have on the way. 
 iPhone
iPhone 3GS
iPhone 4S
iPhone 5S
iPhone 6S
iPhone 8
iPhone 11 Pro
iPhone 13 Pro

Every two years like clockwork. I’m likely ordering the iPhone 15 Pro soon. 
 nostr:npub1sentdv2ate79lkgdl64cxsrd9kyn6ngdqrae53ugyyxqhd9vtgqs2fycjl Do you own a Pi? If so, tho... 
 @197ccede I do not. :\ 
 I ended up switching to Nobara — installing GPU drivers and running games through Proton are pretty much seamless.

I haven’t been able to get VNC working, though. So I’m stuck using RDP for now, which isn’t supported by my preferred app — Screens.

Hopefully, once I have the system setup, I can use SSH for most of what I would want to do so the lack of VNC isn’t so annoying. 
 Replying to someone asking an easy to answer, normal question with “you wouldn’t understand” is so funny. 
 An AI that only talks economics — ChatGDP. 
 nostr:npub1sentdv2ate79lkgdl64cxsrd9kyn6ngdqrae53ugyyxqhd9vtgqs2fycjl perfect—thank you! 
 @3bbe8aaf you’re very welcome! 
 nostr:npub1sentdv2ate79lkgdl64cxsrd9kyn6ngdqrae53ugyyxqhd9vtgqs2fycjl Thanks! (Or any help pointi... 
 @3bbe8aaf you *might* be out of luck. But your best bet is to fill out the account recovery form with as much as you can (not everything is required):

https://wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=recovery

That form will put your message into a special queue where you’ll hear back from someone on the account recovery team. 
 nostr:npub1sentdv2ate79lkgdl64cxsrd9kyn6ngdqrae53ugyyxqhd9vtgqs2fycjl Hey! Can I throw a WordPres... 
 @3bbe8aaf I’m primarily doing mobile app support, so I may be a bit rusty, but I’ll certainly help with what I can! 
 @mcshane it looks like someone put a Yoda puppet inside of a food dehydrator. 
 nostr:npub1sentdv2ate79lkgdl64cxsrd9kyn6ngdqrae53ugyyxqhd9vtgqs2fycjl I don't think most phones c... 
 @Eric Zhang i found that they do have support for it — I see this on the 15 Pro’s tech specs page:

> Video mirroring and video out support: Up to 4K HDR through native DisplayPort output over USB-C or USB-C Digital AV Adapter (model A2119; adapter sold separately)

https://www.apple.com/iphone-15-pro/specs/

No idea if there is latency like the Lightning video output has, though. 
 nostr:npub1sentdv2ate79lkgdl64cxsrd9kyn6ngdqrae53ugyyxqhd9vtgqs2fycjl I HAVE BUST MODE THO 
 @55def789 woah, you might want to consider a content warning for that. Lol 
 lol I forgot this account existed 
 Favourite colour is white titanium so far but want to see a closer look at the black 
 @850726e6 I’m looking at natural or white. Not sure which I prefer. 
 nostr:npub1sentdv2ate79lkgdl64cxsrd9kyn6ngdqrae53ugyyxqhd9vtgqs2fycjl nostr:npub1aczwys9f7xxl2l6p... 
 @94fe616a @ee04e240 I’ve never been a case guy. :) 
 This sketch stinks. 
 nostr:npub1zmcxr47gj8yc5tj7hlszt6fkje8naql6u2tjprujq7jh6793wn6qrjf02c nostr:npub1sentdv2ate79lkgd... 
 @f69b5032 thank you! :) 
 nostr:npub1zmcxr47gj8yc5tj7hlszt6fkje8naql6u2tjprujq7jh6793wn6qrjf02c Congratulations to you both... 
 @ee04e240 thank you so much! 
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 @55def789 but you can’t record video, brother.