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“You keep dismissing these notifications. Do you want to stop showing them?”
At least it asks.
Sometimes I dismiss notifications on sight because I don’t need them, and it would be extremely useful to stop them from interrupting me.
Sometimes I dismiss notifications because I do need them, but I don’t need to follow up (at least not on the phone), and the notification is all I need.
Found a reference to Web Intents on an old post and thought, “Whatever happened to those?”
First page of search results turns up: What happened to web intents?
I’m still getting used to having reading glasses, but it’s starting to be automatic that when I sit down at my computer, I pick them up.
I picked up my sunglasses by accident.
This LCD monitor is polarized horizontally.
That’s a little extreme for “Dark Mode!” 😎
Took the laptop home. It’s still going. And because the time estimate keeps swinging back and forth, the only way I can tell it’s actually working is sticking a Post-It on the screen to see if the progress bar has moved in the past hour.
Would it kill someone at Apple to show a percentage? Or break the bar into segments?
Antarctica scientist allegedly stabs colleague for spoiling the endings of books
A Russian scientist working in Antarctica is facing attempted murder charges after allegedly stabbing a colleague for telling him the endings of books he wanted to read.Sergey Savitsky, an engineer, is accused of stabbing welder Oleg Beloguzov in the chest, the Sun reports.
In the past 5 minutes, the progress bar on FileVault has shown 9 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours, 7 hours, and “More than one day remaining.”
Because macOS isn’t willing to say, “I have no idea, it’ll be done when it finishes.”
Ambiguous typo: Thuesday.
@WelshPixie As long as the truck doesn’t get *too* tired…
(I saw this about 10 years ago, during a traffic jam, so it was actually possible to take the photo. Source: https://hyperborea.org/journal/too-tired/ )
“The Vortex is a user-behavior pattern that begins with a single intentional interaction followed by a series of unplanned interactions. This unplanned chain of interactions creates a sense of being “pulled” deeper into the digital space, making the user feel out of control.”
@KelsonV So I can boost a Pixelfed photo on Mastodon, but I can’t find it in hashtag searches. Let’s try replying!
Also, if I add one of the hashtags to the reply, like #halloween, will it start show up in searches on Mastodon?
Braaaaaains!!!!
Surprisingly simple #brain #cupcakes suitable for #Halloween or any sort of #zombie event. The hardest part is actually getting the icing the right color.
On PixelFed.Social
Shared on Wandering.Shop
Argh! I remember when setting up file sharing between a Linux computer, a Windows computer, and a Mac computer all *worked*!
I finally gave up and used scp.
Wow: Fraudsters bought up a bunch of apps that use in-app advertising, tracked user behavior, then used bots to mimic that behavior to generate fake traffic to the ad network that looks like real users’ activity, making it hard to screen out the fraud & allowing them to collect ad revenue. :blob_dizzy_face:
Given the amount of energy this stuff uses, I’m not convinced.
“Add Climate Change to the List of Things Blockchain Is Supposed to Solve” 🙄
…and of course today a flyer came in plugging one of the 12 propositions on the ballot.
Normally by this point in an election cycle we’re inundated with mailings for every major candidate, several recommended slates from various groups, and half the ballot propositions.
This time? A bunch of mailings from *one* state legislator.
And nothing else.
We’re both still registered, and we got the voter guide & both sample ballots.
Maybe they figure anyone voting in the midterm has already made up their minds? Or they’re focusing online or on TV?
Got an email promoting something on “PCH Blvd.” PCH is short for Pacific Coast Highway. Which would make it Pacific Coast Highway Boulevard.
The footer says it was sent from New York, so I guess that’s at least sort of understandable…
@kemonine I’m still fond of this comic strip: World’s Most Elusive Human Being
