The next in the series of podcasts from 2004. This one was done driving from Banff to Kelowna, on the way to Seattle.
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I found a bug in opml.visitAll in the OPML package I use in various software including Drummer and FeedLand. Had to fix it, even though there's a slight chance of breakage.
More on Spotify Connect and iPhone Volume Buttons
theverge.com/2024/8/29/24231516/spotify-apple-physical-iphone-volume-controls
Emma Roth, reporting for The Verge last week:
Spotify users on iPhone will no longer be able to control the
volume on connected devices using their physical volume buttons.
In an update to its support page, Spotify said Apple
“discontinued” this technology, forcing iPhon...
Why journalism doesn't come back
There's a difference betw journalism in 2023 and 2024, it really is changing that quickly. They are a mechanism for delivering some really tragic lies now, without correction, and a lot of people will believe them. Esp the two Trump is pushing now about Roe v Wade and Democr...
★ The iOS Continental Drift Widens
What’s happening with Apple Intelligence and iPhone Screen Sharing this year is what I expect to happen with every new product or service Apple creates that integrates with iOS: they will come late, or never, to the EU.
Journalism doesn't come back from the election of 2024, any more than the Republican Party does.
I got a beautiful new Pixel 9 Pro yesterday. It was amazingly easy to move the data from the old phone to the new one. Just turn both on near each other, and click a couple of dialogs and it works. Haven't used it for anything yet. Will report.
Spotify Wants to Use iPhone Volume Buttons to Control Connected Devices, But Refuses to Support AirPlay, Which Would Solve the Problem
Sarah Perez, writing for TechCrunch:
Spotify claims Apple may again be in violation of European
regulation, the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which requires
interoperability from big technology companies dubbed
“gatekeepers.” This time, the issue isn’t about in-app purchase...
Adaptations
I asked ChatGPT to adapt two images.
Grandpa from The Munsters and Ted Cruz, US senator from Texas.
The adaptation is pretty nice.
Another pair, the logo of Los Pollos Hermanos from Breaking Bad.
The adaptation is thoughtful.
I've never written a review on Amazon even though I shop there regularly. I was about to write a negative review for a product they can't seem to support, that I depend on, but got this message. Weird. I bought the product from the page I wanted to review it on. How else would they determine if I actually purchased the product? They don't say. They do offer to tell me a joke if I rate products I've bought. I've heard the company isn't doing that well now that Bezos has stepped aside. Hopefully this is just a bad set of coincidences.
I got a bit of pushback on what I wrote about The Newsroom yesterday. If you think it was great, you should watch it again. They got everything wrong, imho -- and the storytelling is as simple as Atlas Shrugged. If you loved it in 2012, okay -- but we've all been through hel...
Liz Cheney: ‘Not Only Am I Not Voting for Donald Trump, but I Will Be Voting for Kamala Harris’
nytimes.com/2024/09/04/us/politics/liz-cheney-kamala-harris-vote.html
Annie Karni, reporting for The New York Times:
During an event at Duke University, Ms. Cheney told students
that it was not enough for her to simply oppose the former
president, if she intended to do whatever was necessary to
prevent Mr. Trump from winning the White Hous...
Funny story
I asked ChatGPT to "colorize" the first picture. The second picture is what it produced. Note I didn't say "editorialize." I don't know what you think but I think it's art! (I'm serious, I'll write more about that. I love that it's making us define art.)
The first picture.
The second picture.
Aaron Sorkin is like Ayn Rand. Reviewing his stories after you've grown up makes you wonder why you liked it in the first place. 😄
I'm watching the HBO series The Newsroom from 2012, it's an Aaron Sorkin show. It's fairly insipid, but for some reason I keep watching. They have a multi-episode controversy as they go crazy trying to source a rumor they've heard that the US bombed a town in the Middle East...
Trump Threatens Zuckerberg With ‘Life in Prison’ in New Book
politico.com/news/2024/08/28/trump-zuckerberg-election-book-00176639
Alex Isenstadt, writing for Politico:
“Save America,” a Trump-authored coffee table book being
released Sept. 3, includes an undated photograph of Trump meeting
with Zuckerberg in the White House. Under the photo, Trump writes
that Zuckerberg “would come to the Oval Offi...
The Secret Inside One Million Checkboxes
Last year Nolen Royalty made a website called One Million Checkboxes, which presented to the user exactly what it claimed on the tin. The gimmick was that the million checkboxes were shared globally. If I toggled checkbox 206,028 in my browser, you’d see checkbox 206,028 fli...
Daring Fireball
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[Sponsor] 1Password: You Can’t Ignore GDPR Anymore
When the EU enacted GDPR in 2018, executives and security professionals waited anxiously to see how the law would be enforced. And then they kept waiting ... and waiting ... but the Great European Privacy Crackdown never came. For a while it seemed like the only way you’d ge...
Oprah Winfrey Is Hosting a Prime-Time TV Special on AI
Benj Edwards:
On Thursday, ABC announced an upcoming TV special titled, “AI
and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special.” The one-hour
show, set to air on September 12, aims to explore AI’s impact on
daily life and will feature interviews with figures in the tech
indu...
I don't understand using an email to send a code to verify the email address, that you then have to enter into a dialog. Why not just send a URL that the user can click on? What's the design rationale for making the user do the extra steps in remembering the number, switching back to your app, and entering the number by hand, when it could all be done with a single click?