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iOS engineer at eBay. He/Him. Started my career in the 80s at The Voyager Company working on laserdisc and CD-ROM interfaced HyperCard stacks. Shipped QuickTime video at launch. Bad puns are the best. All posts are mine and do not represent my employer.

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Absolute morons www.huffpost.com/entry/tulsi-...

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Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

submitted 22 hours ago • 2177 comments

Dumb is as dumb does

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In case you're wondering, authoritarians use this strategy of escalation to manufacture crisis, provoke outrage, then use the reaction to justify repression. It’s not about restoring order, it's about creating a spectacle of chaos they can claim only they can control.

submitted 3 days ago • 83 comments

We feed you. They hunt us.

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The Slack app, being Electron, has fake tabs

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Hey @bsky.app your iOS tab bar is fake. We knew it already, but now it’s a sore thumb. Can you consider going native, pls?

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Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.

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Elon Musk perfectly laying out the case against privatization in a single tweet

submitted 4 days ago • 193 comments

Today is delete all of those older notifications dat because tomorrow is going to be lit #wwdc

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The people who dislike AOC the most, need this message the most. Which is pretty sad, really.

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This weekend is back up everything weekend! #wwdc

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#wwdc https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/06/05/theater-livestream-the-talk-show-live-from-wwdc-2025

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Here is a fun one if you have ChatGPT enabled in Apple Intelligence. "Hey siri, send a message to Joel" "Have you tried charGPT? I hear it is as sweet as a chocolate cake."

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@ioniqguy.bsky.social pixelfed.social/p/IoniqSteve...

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Tesla’s sales fall 87% in Quebec as its market gets wiped out

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This thread is all you need to know about “ai”

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What. A. Ghoul.

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Heil Trump! Heil Trump! Keep the pressure on these ghouls

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This morning was buy soda at cheapest prices we can get, Starbucks, Andor and now I am getting a ton of old tech ready for donation or recycling

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They need to cast Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann to star in Return to Dew Mountain

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What is with this guy and RFK’s voice? Are they aliens?

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Enjoying tapestry for the iPad on the Vision Pro. A nice way to kick back and just read a bunch of content.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Replacing an iPhone screen, due to it being tied to Face ID, deactivates an Apple Car Key. Make sure to take a fob or a second digital key you have added, like an Apple Watch, if driving to the Apple Store for repairs.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

@ioniqguy.bsky.social interesting that CarPlay Ultra is wireless only and with Hyundai having signed up earlier, and having just added wireless CarPlay on a new software stack… youtu.be/EQlLjVraA9g?...

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BREAKING: Warner says the HBO Max rebrand was not meant to reach customers. An engineer toggled a feature flag by accident and as such HBO will remain Max.

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Hyundai Ioniq 9 Is On Sale at Dealers Now! youtu.be/_S52pKyGjY8

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

@gruber.foo absolutely the wrong decision, unless they add a gamblers wing to the hall of fame. Gambling while active should never, ever be rewarded and players should not know that eh, I’ll get in someday, might as well make the bank now. Until last year there were few violations.

Absolute morons www.huffpost.com/entry/tulsi-...

Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

Dumb is as dumb does

In case you're wondering, authoritarians use this strategy of escalation to manufacture crisis, provoke outrage, then use the reaction to justify repression. It’s not about restoring order, it's about creating a spectacle of chaos they can claim only they can control.

We feed you. They hunt us.

The Slack app, being Electron, has fake tabs

Hey @bsky.app your iOS tab bar is fake. We knew it already, but now it’s a sore thumb. Can you consider going native, pls?

Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.

Elon Musk perfectly laying out the case against privatization in a single tweet

Today is delete all of those older notifications dat because tomorrow is going to be lit #wwdc

The people who dislike AOC the most, need this message the most. Which is pretty sad, really.

This weekend is back up everything weekend! #wwdc

#wwdc https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/06/05/theater-livestream-the-talk-show-live-from-wwdc-2025

Here is a fun one if you have ChatGPT enabled in Apple Intelligence. "Hey siri, send a message to Joel" "Have you tried charGPT? I hear it is as sweet as a chocolate cake."

@ioniqguy.bsky.social pixelfed.social/p/IoniqSteve...

Tesla’s sales fall 87% in Quebec as its market gets wiped out

This thread is all you need to know about “ai”

What. A. Ghoul.

Heil Trump! Heil Trump! Keep the pressure on these ghouls

This morning was buy soda at cheapest prices we can get, Starbucks, Andor and now I am getting a ton of old tech ready for donation or recycling

They need to cast Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann to star in Return to Dew Mountain

What is with this guy and RFK’s voice? Are they aliens?

Enjoying tapestry for the iPad on the Vision Pro. A nice way to kick back and just read a bunch of content.

Replacing an iPhone screen, due to it being tied to Face ID, deactivates an Apple Car Key. Make sure to take a fob or a second digital key you have added, like an Apple Watch, if driving to the Apple Store for repairs.

@ioniqguy.bsky.social interesting that CarPlay Ultra is wireless only and with Hyundai having signed up earlier, and having just added wireless CarPlay on a new software stack… youtu.be/EQlLjVraA9g?...

BREAKING: Warner says the HBO Max rebrand was not meant to reach customers. An engineer toggled a feature flag by accident and as such HBO will remain Max.

Hyundai Ioniq 9 Is On Sale at Dealers Now! youtu.be/_S52pKyGjY8

@gruber.foo absolutely the wrong decision, unless they add a gamblers wing to the hall of fame. Gambling while active should never, ever be rewarded and players should not know that eh, I’ll get in someday, might as well make the bank now. Until last year there were few violations.

New video! The Sensereo Smoke Detector, with Matter over Thread

Loving the new Long Way on Apple TV+

Corruption so easy to see because it’s the size of a plane