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Retired Apple software engineer. I used to polish, refine and fix things, and sometimes I created completely new things. (I made the IIgs Finder icon. It was […] [bridged from https://techhub.social/@jimluther on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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@siracusa when looking for identical files, are all xattrs checked, or just the resource fork xattr?

@atomicbird my wife wants to know where you got your video birdhouse.

@mjtsai I know this may be outside your goals for SpamSieve, but it’s something it could probably do. I’d like software to notice mail from mailing lists that often is not read, and then offer to unsubscribe, add a rule to move to a new mailbox or delete, etc. I often get added to a […]

Did I miss anything g important? I fell behind by 300+ posts and skipped them.

Between mainstream media captured and neutered by the oligarchy and social media infecting people's minds with conspiracy theories, what mechanism could there be for getting back to something approximating a shared reality that's aligned with... reality? Is anyone studying this? Without a […]

I like the reply feature in iOS Messages which lets me reply to specific messages from someone. However, I have no idea how you get out of reply mode and back to seeing the entire message thread. There’s no button or other visual indication of what I should do. I always end up killing Messages […]

@ivory I might be missing something but Is there a way to get to the last unread toot in my home feed? If I search for something, I don’t know how to get back to where I left off before the search.

A story better heard than read. What are Trump’s final rally speeches like? Lower energy, less focused and running late https://www.npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-5164570/trump-rally-speech-2024-election

My dog wants my wife’s cheese bone (Tootsie Roll Pop). It has the same sound in her mouth 🤣

I don’t subscribe to either the WA Post or the LA Times, but I know that BOTH of their editorial boards had endorsements of Harris ready. If my experience means anything, the owners of those papers blocking the endorsements caused more people to know about those endorsements than publishing […]

All done! I’ve voted!