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@gruber 😂😂My only previous prompt in this thread was “is this accurate?...

@gruber
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My only previous prompt in this thread was “is this accurate? https://velvetshark.com/ai-company-logos-that-look-like-buttholes”

@gruber Did China google-hack iOS 18’s Safari recommendation engine? Any idea what’s going on here? I’ve never been to this chinapedia...

@gruber Did China google-hack iOS 18’s Safari recommendation engine? Any idea what’s going on here? I’ve never been to this chinapedia website, and yet…

@gruber Fast Company thinks Distraction Control is controversial and unnecessary. The irony seems lost on them…

@gruber Fast Company thinks Distraction Control is controversial and unnecessary. The irony seems lost on them…

@gruber Regarding your post on screen time vs dumbphones, my wife and I setup screen time passcodes on each others’ phones so when we turn...

@gruber Regarding your post on screen time vs dumbphones, my wife and I setup screen time passcodes on each others’ phones so when we turn on screen time we can’t disable it without the other. I definitely don’t have the willpower to keep it off if I know the passcode. I’m surprised this isn’t more common. A great screen time feature would be allowing a friend you don’t live with to have that control (with perhaps a $100 fee to take back control 😆).

@gruber I noticed you mentioned you couldn’t get EyeSight to show your eyes open. So are all the Apple PR images just false advertising?

@gruber I noticed you mentioned you couldn’t get EyeSight to show your eyes open. So are all the Apple PR images just false advertising?

@gruber I agree with your take on Apple’s anti-steering policies. But I’m curious, if a link is allowed, shouldn’t a webview be...

@gruber I agree with your take on Apple’s anti-steering policies. But I’m curious, if a link is allowed, shouldn’t a webview be allowed? And if a webview is allowed shouldn’t in-app non-apple payment? Feels like a slippery slope with no clear line besides “no mention of payment”.

@gruber Thanks for posting Biden’s speech on your website. It means a lot that you’re willing to put yourself out there despite the...

@gruber Thanks for posting Biden’s speech on your website. It means a lot that you’re willing to put yourself out there despite the internet being what it is. ❤️

#NATO just opened a restaurant.

#NATO just opened a restaurant.

Anyone else who uses Airtags keep iPhone location services off in general to prevent battery drain? My AirTags ring every few days when I...

Anyone else who uses Airtags keep iPhone location services off in general to prevent battery drain? My AirTags ring every few days when I haven’t turned on iPhone location.

If my phone is in Bluetooth range shouldn’t the Airtag know I’m close & know it doesn’t need to ring?

(Similarly, my wife shouldn’t receive a tracking notification if we’re in bluetooth range of each other.)

This “feature” whose only fix is to turn on location services feels anti-privacy.

@gruber

@gruber Caveat to ”the new interest-paying savings accounts are just an alternative to having your Apple Card cash-back go to your Apple...

@gruber Caveat to ”the new interest-paying savings accounts are just an alternative to having your Apple Card cash-back go to your Apple Cash account “ and “the new savings accounts simply offer Apple Card customers a way to earn interest on cash accounts that heretofore did not pay any interest at all.”

You can transfer money into Apple Savings accounts. At 4.15% interest many will put all their money in it. Thieves can move that $ to Apple Cash with iPhone passcode.

@mastohost It looks like links to my toots (hosted on Masto Host) aren’t showing previews, but links to toots on other servers do show...

@mastohost It looks like links to my toots (hosted on Masto Host) aren’t showing previews, but links to toots on other servers do show previews. Is there a way to turn this on?

If you run a platform that is used to cause harm, you have a responsibility to consider ways to reduce that harm. As long as we allow the...

If you run a platform that is used to cause harm, you have a responsibility to consider ways to reduce that harm. As long as we allow the conversation to be “Privacy vs. Safety” we allow platforms (e.g. Whatsapp, Signal, etc.) to get away with not working to promote safety (e.g. of child abuse victims) in privacy-conscious ways.
https://herstand.social/@Micah/110220497708122320

Trying to get work done while your work computer counts down to a “mandatory update”? Just start a personal Zoom meeting and it will...

Trying to get work done while your work computer counts down to a “mandatory update”? Just start a personal Zoom meeting and it will prevent your computer from restarting.

#TheMoreYouKnow #LifeHacks #WorkHacks #jumpcloud

From the people who brought you security theater, the government just pinged all iPhones in #STL with a LOUD EMERGENCY SIREN at 9:45pm on a...

From the people who brought you security theater, the government just pinged all iPhones in #STL with a LOUD EMERGENCY SIREN at 9:45pm on a Sunday because someone shot a cop 75 miles away. How is this worth our rapt attention?

And if we turn off Public Safety Alerts we won’t be told if there’s a mass shooter event in our vicinity.

This is why we shouldn’t give government the keys to our technology.

Am I over-reacting? Tell that to my nephew who’s Indian father played Mozart while he was in utero, thinking that white classical music...

Am I over-reacting? Tell that to my nephew who’s Indian father played Mozart while he was in utero, thinking that white classical music has some monopoly on making babies smart.

Did I mention that that Indian father actually plays sitar, which he learned from a Hindustani master?

And yet he still believed the lie.

Y’all out here with your newspeak thinking you’re simplifying language by removing the “white-“ prefix are robbing babies of their birthright. Is that really worth saving 6 chars?

Preorders for Apple’s white supremacist “Classical Music” app are now open!Oh, am I not supposed to acknowledge that using the term...

Preorders for Apple’s white supremacist “Classical Music” app are now open!

Oh, am I not supposed to acknowledge that using the term “classical music” when you mean “the classical music invented by white people” erases the classical music of other cultures (like Hindustani and Carnatic) and perpetuates the lie that white music is supreme?

Or is it just an accident that “the world’s largest classical music catalog” with “over 5 million tracks” only has the white genre of classical music?

@gruber Thought you’d find this interesting.In-depth reporting on the latest Safari/WebKit updates and Apple’s history of intentionally...

@gruber Thought you’d find this interesting.

In-depth reporting on the latest Safari/WebKit updates and Apple’s history of intentionally stalling web standards from @slightlyoff:

https://infrequently.org/2023/02/safari-16-4-is-an-admission/

@aral Hope you don’t mind me including you in my questions here. I bought a domain and used @mastohost on your advice so thought you might...

@aral Hope you don’t mind me including you in my questions here. I bought a domain and used @mastohost on your advice so thought you might have some more advice :)

@aral @mastohost Do Mastodon servers only know about other servers if a user on that server explicitly follows someone from another server?...

@aral @mastohost Do Mastodon servers only know about other servers if a user on that server explicitly follows someone from another server? Is there any way to list some other servers to use for search without actually following anyone from the other server? Or should I just create a dummy user on my server to follow accounts from every server so my server’s search will actually find toots?

@aral @mastohost Any advice on how to get useful search when running one’s own Masto.host domain? I seem to only see hashtag search...

@aral @mastohost Any advice on how to get useful search when running one’s own Masto.host domain? I seem to only see hashtag search results from people I follow. Hard to believe no one’s posted on #privacy in the last 2 days anywhere on Mastodon…