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melanie kat: Great, did you make a tablet or a really bad computer? Because I’m starting to think the parts of the iPad I like just make it a bad computer. @zicklepop Just saying is all … 🦆
14.3.2025 23:27melanie kat: Great, did you make a tablet or a really bad computer? Because I’m starting to think the parts of the iPad I like just...AP: Schools use AI to monitor kids, hoping to prevent violence. Our investigation found security risks Parents, buy your kids their own laptop and teach them not to use school equipment for person matters. 🦆
12.3.2025 16:16AP: Schools use AI to monitor kids, hoping to prevent violence. Our investigation found security risks Parents, buy your kids their own...The Verge: Apple has 90 days to allow app sideloading in Brazil F*ck yeah, Brazil! 🇧🇷 🦆
7.3.2025 13:45The Verge: Apple has 90 days to allow app sideloading in Brazil F*ck yeah, Brazil! 🇧🇷 🦆Daily Beast: ‘So Dumb’: Kimmel Exposes Big Problem With Trump’s ‘Transgender’ Mice Rant This isn’t a laugh line. This is a pretext for genocide. We have to stop acting like Trump is an idiot instead of a propagandist. 🦆
6.3.2025 11:42Daily Beast: ‘So Dumb’: Kimmel Exposes Big Problem With Trump’s ‘Transgender’ Mice Rant This isn’t a laugh line. This is a...BDN: Janet Mills says Maine’s transgender athlete policies are ‘worthy of a debate’ And the real Janet Mills is back. There is no “trans athlete” debate. It’s never about sports. Its about whether trans people are allowed to legally exist. 🦆
4.3.2025 14:12BDN: Janet Mills says Maine’s transgender athlete policies are ‘worthy of a debate’ And the real Janet Mills is back. There is no...I’m convinced that tccd is Apple’s version of Chaos Monkey. One of the hallmarks of modern MacOS is that applications routinely fail to do basic things at random times because tccd got an ice cream headache. 🦆
3.3.2025 12:50I’m convinced that tccd is Apple’s version of Chaos Monkey. One of the hallmarks of modern MacOS is that applications routinely...… liked this!
2.3.2025 20:46Comment on by Buck ( Richard )Reuters: Trump names cryptocurrencies in strategic reserve; prices spike Why do we need to keep these in reserve? Will we tap this when the country runs low on bullshit? 🦆
2.3.2025 20:22Reuters: Trump names cryptocurrencies in strategic reserve; prices spike Why do we need to keep these in reserve? Will we tap this when the...… reposted this!
2.3.2025 15:11Comment on by Buck ( Richard )… liked this!
2.3.2025 15:11Comment on by Buck ( Richard )Rolling Stone: FAA Officials Ordered Staff to Find Funding for Elon Musk’s Starlink Who says fascism doesn’t pay? 🦆
2.3.2025 14:53Rolling Stone: FAA Officials Ordered Staff to Find Funding for Elon Musk’s Starlink Who says fascism doesn’t pay? 🦆NPR: Microsoft will end Skype in May, leaving some users upset I never loved Skype. It was great for podcasting and phone calls but it was complete rubbish as a chat app. This is a textbook case of how acquisitions are usually death warrants. 🦆
1.3.2025 18:01NPR: Microsoft will end Skype in May, leaving some users upset I never loved Skype. It was great for podcasting and phone calls but it was...And shame on my senator Susan Collins for suggesting the issue was that Zelenskyy could have expressed “more gratitude“. 🦆
1.3.2025 10:22And shame on my senator Susan Collins for suggesting the issue was that Zelenskyy could have expressed “more gratitude“. 🦆I can’t think of a more clear signal to Europe and the West that they need to form new institutions and alliances absent of the US. 🦆
1.3.2025 10:19I can’t think of a more clear signal to Europe and the West that they need to form new institutions and alliances absent of the US....You can criticize NATO expansionism but you can’t claim as Trump did that Russia isn’t the aggressor. The way Trump spouted unhinged paranoid conspiracy theories suggests senility. 🦆
1.3.2025 10:15You can criticize NATO expansionism but you can’t claim as Trump did that Russia isn’t the aggressor. The way Trump spouted...I’ve been critical that the US has not as vigorously pursed peace in Ukraine as much as it has pursued escalation, but Trump’s meeting with Zelenskyy (and failed shakedown) was disgusting. 🦆
1.3.2025 10:14I’ve been critical that the US has not as vigorously pursed peace in Ukraine as much as it has pursued escalation, but Trump’s...Reuters: US launches ‘end DEI’ portal for public complaints about diversity in schools Pro tip, if you want to understand the GOP’s DEI obsession, replace the word “DEI” with “Civil Rights” in a headline and it makes more sense. 🦆
28.2.2025 11:59Reuters: US launches ‘end DEI’ portal for public complaints about diversity in schools Pro tip, if you want to understand the...The Verge: Starlink poised to take over $2.4 billion contract to overhaul air traffic control communication Hey, who said fascism doesn’t pay? 🤑 🦆
27.2.2025 20:08The Verge: Starlink poised to take over $2.4 billion contract to overhaul air traffic control communication Hey, who said fascism...Is it just me or did the Verge just start publishing a lot of “Partner Content”, i.e. advertising posing as articles? I mean, it’s clearly marked, but it’s still gross. 🦆
27.2.2025 15:39Is it just me or did the Verge just start publishing a lot of “Partner Content”, i.e. advertising posing as articles? I mean,...NPR: A rare ‘parade’ of all 7 planets will move across the night sky this week 🦆
27.2.2025 14:59NPR: A rare ‘parade’ of all 7 planets will move across the night sky this week 🦆Howard Oakley: Last week, after a long period of deliberate abstinence, I returned to the subject of permissions, privacy and security protections, and how they…
23.2.2025 14:12Comment on by Fred McCannI haven’t been the biggest fan of Janet Mills, but go Janet! 🦆
22.2.2025 01:16I haven’t been the biggest fan of Janet Mills, but go Janet! 🦆… liked this!
20.2.2025 21:54Comment on by Buck ( Richard )The Verge: The iPhone is done with home buttons — here’s why I’ll miss it I had an iPhone 13 mini for a week before I returned it and got an iPhone SE with a home button. The problem wasn’t the lack of a physical home button it was that FaceID sucks compared to TouchID. … Continue reading
20.2.2025 19:59The Verge: The iPhone is done with home buttons — here’s why I’ll miss it I had an iPhone 13 mini for a week before I returned it and...Coup updates from Wired: Three weeks ago the [US] believed in humanitarian aid. It helped people who had been ripped off by big corporations. It funded the infrastructure necessary to make America a beacon of scientific innovation. Now the [US] Agency for International Development is gutted, the [CFPB] is on ice, and [NIH] grants are … Continue reading
13.2.2025 19:23Coup updates from Wired: Three weeks ago the [US] believed in humanitarian aid. It helped people who had been ripped off by big...Bruce Schneier: DOGE as a National Cyberattack 🦆
13.2.2025 15:29Bruce Schneier: DOGE as a National Cyberattack 🦆AP: Trump administration set to purchase $400 million worth of armored Teslas I’m sure SCOTUS will see this as a gratuity and not blatant corruption. 🦆
13.2.2025 14:52AP: Trump administration set to purchase $400 million worth of armored Teslas I’m sure SCOTUS will see this as a gratuity and not...AP: White House says it has the right to punish AP reporters over Gulf naming dispute AP: Trump’s remarks on Canada becoming the 51st state raise a lot of questions AP: Given Christianity’s dominance in US, Trump raises eyebrows with anti-Christian bias initiative Really weird headlines that should say Trump attacking freedom of the press, … Continue reading
13.2.2025 14:49AP: White House says it has the right to punish AP reporters over Gulf naming dispute AP: Trump’s remarks on Canada becoming the 51st...Pro Tip: Setting your region to Canada fixes spelling errors in Apple Maps. 🦆
12.2.2025 17:45Pro Tip: Setting your region to Canada fixes spelling errors in Apple Maps. 🦆NPR: Jan. 6 video evidence has ‘disappeared’ from public access, media coalition says 🦆
12.2.2025 13:34NPR: Jan. 6 video evidence has ‘disappeared’ from public access, media coalition says 🦆… and deleted 🦆
12.2.2025 00:39… and deleted 🦆MacRumors: Apple’s Latest Updates Re-Enable Apple Intelligence on Some Devices Pro tip: install Little Snitch or Lulu in addtion to a blocking DNS server like PiHole or AdGuard and start treating Apple like an adversary. 🦆
11.2.2025 14:56MacRumors: Apple’s Latest Updates Re-Enable Apple Intelligence on Some Devices Pro tip: install Little Snitch or Lulu in addtion to a...The world’s largest bullshitter took the afternoon off from his coup to try (and fail) to buy the world’s largest bullshit machine. Remember when tech companies used to build things? https://archive.is/20250210232416/https://www.wsj.com/tech/elon-musk-openai-bid-4af12827 🦆
11.2.2025 14:38The world’s largest bullshitter took the afternoon off from his coup to try (and fail) to buy the world’s largest bullshit...TechCrunch: UK’s secret Apple iCloud backdoor order is a global emergency, say critics You can drop the “say critics” part of the headline and still maintain journalistic objectivity. 🦆
10.2.2025 18:01TechCrunch: UK’s secret Apple iCloud backdoor order is a global emergency, say critics You can drop the “say critics” part of...<p><a href="https://micro.blog/duckrowing" rel="nofollow ugc">@duckrowing</a> Infuriating. </p>
9.2.2025 14:59Comment on by WiredDifferently… liked this!
5.2.2025 14:55Comment on by Buck ( Richard )<p><a href="https://micro.blog/Mtt" rel="nofollow ugc">@Mtt</a> <a href="https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253943315?sortBy=rank" rel="nofollow ugc">Based on this</a> I'm not sure it would. MailMate works with standardized email protocols like SMTP, POP, and IMAP. If there's something going on outside of email protocols with your host it probably won't work.</p>
4.2.2025 19:19Comment on by duckrowing<p><a href="https://micro.blog/duckrowing" rel="nofollow ugc">@duckrowing</a> Does Mailmate work with iCloud Custom Domains?</p>
4.2.2025 19:08Comment on by Mtt<p><a href="https://micro.blog/duckrowing" rel="nofollow ugc">@duckrowing</a> to be fair, it IS a pretty great Netflix viewer! :) </p>
27.1.2025 17:56Comment on by cheesemaker… liked this!
24.1.2025 14:21Comment on by A/V Revolution… liked this!
9.1.2025 20:41Comment on by HïMY SYeD🟩:mstdn:<p><a href="https://micro.blog/duckrowing" rel="nofollow ugc">@duckrowing</a> I wonder if there’s any random tools on Brett Terpstra’s website, dude has all sorts of awesome script things. </p>
26.12.2024 23:55Comment on by matjpacker<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/13/24320748/texas-lawsuit-telemedicine-abortion-doctor-new-york" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc">The Verge</a>: Texas sues New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills via telemedicine</p>
<p>I’m feeling <a href="https://micro.duckrowing.com/2024/03/27/6942/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc">pretty vindicated</a> this morning. <a href="https://social.duckrowing.com/@fred/statuses/01JF2ZYXZEAHB1J48E39TSYEKM" rel="nofollow ugc"></a></p>
<p>Woke up today and <a href="https://syncthing.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc">Syncthing</a> stopped working on all my macs because <a href="https://ss64.com/mac/tccutil.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc">tccd</a> forgot I gave it full disk access. Again. <a href="https://micro.duckrowing.com/2024/10/14/7130/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc">tccd doesn’t fucking work</a> and it breaks things. I would opt out of the whole system if there was a setting for it in MacOS. <a href="https://social.duckrowing.com/@fred/statuses/01JEDXHDMYC6P79A6AY3RNN69C" rel="nofollow ugc"></a></p>
<p><a href="https://micro.blog/duckrowing" rel="nofollow ugc">@duckrowing</a> thanksfor sharing this post. I thought that I have read everything by him. But I have not seen this one yet. I can relate quite a lot to the first part of the blog post. About one's productivity. </p>
1.12.2024 17:44Comment on by V_<a href="https://zeppelin.flights/@jsnell" rel="nofollow ugc">@jsnell</a> You should mention in your way forward article that Apple <a href="https://micro.duckrowing.com/2023/10/03/6841/" rel="ugc">promised a preference to completely opt out of Gatekeeper</a> and has silently reneged.
20.11.2024 16:32Comment on by Fred McCann<a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/2525708" rel="nofollow ugc">Jason Snell</a>: It’s called the Mac. When we consider the future of computing devices, the Mac is the model we should aspire to, not the iPhone. Yes. Someone needs to tell Apple this because they keep trying to <a href="https://micro.duckrowing.com/2024/08/06/7061/" rel="ugc">lock users out of installing software</a> on their own macs.
20.11.2024 16:23Comment on by Fred McCann<a href="https://micro.duckrowing.com/2024/10/14/7130/" rel="ugc">tccd WTF of the day</a> – I have a link to a folder in OmniFocus. I click the link and the folder opens in Finder. And then tccd pops up an alert saying that OmniFocus doesn’t have permission to open the folder it just opened.
22.10.2024 13:15Comment on by Fred McCann<p><a href="https://micro.blog/duckrowing" rel="nofollow ugc">@duckrowing</a> beautiful scenes, enjoy!</p>
11.10.2024 20:22Comment on by ptrck<p><a href="https://micro.blog/dfj" rel="nofollow ugc">@dfj</a> It was a lot busier than I expected for October. I was cycling the carriage roads and there were lots of people on rented eBikes taking in the changing leafs.</p>
11.10.2024 13:12Comment on by duckrowing<p><a href="https://micro.blog/duckrowing" rel="nofollow ugc">@duckrowing</a> Nice! I love Acadia National Park! </p> <p>How were the crowds? Last time I was there, it was too busy to make it to some of the places in your photos. </p>
11.10.2024 12:21Comment on by dfjHere’s my top of the head <a href="https://micro.duckrowing.com/2024/09/12/7089/" rel="ugc">ranking of Queen albums</a>: A Day at the Races A Night at the Opera News of the World A Kind of Magic The Works Jazz Sheer Heart Attack Queen II Queen The Game The Miracle Made in Heaven Innuendo Flash Gordon Hot Space
12.9.2024 13:28Comment on by Fred McCann<p><a href="https://micro.blog/duckrowing" rel="nofollow ugc">@duckrowing</a> Let's hope so. </p>
<p><a href="https://micro.blog/duckrowing" rel="nofollow ugc">@duckrowing</a> Thank you so much!</p>
11.8.2024 19:10Comment on by xxxx<p><a href="https://micro.blog/xxxx" rel="nofollow ugc">@xxxx</a> I got that one from OWC. They don't sell it anymore but it looks like they have a different model:</p> <p><a href="https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MR3UBDRW16OB/" rel="nofollow ugc">16X OWC Mercury Pro</a></p> <p>I think this UHD 4K Blu-Ray drive works too (with a firmware downgrade):</p> <p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Archgon-Premium-Aluminum-External-Apple-MacBook/dp/B07BC9F98J" rel="nofollow ugc">Aluminum External USB 3.0 UHD 4K Blu-Ray Writer Super Drive for PC and Mac</a></p>
11.8.2024 18:53Comment on by duckrowing<p><a href="https://micro.blog/duckrowing" rel="nofollow ugc">@duckrowing</a> Is that a USB Blu-ray player? I don't know why I can't find one.</p>
11.8.2024 18:40Comment on by xxxx<p><a href="https://micro.blog/duckrowing" rel="nofollow ugc">@duckrowing</a> agree. CDs still a bargain. Get hi-fi sound, and a physical back up!</p>
11.8.2024 04:41Comment on by robj<a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/09/apple-maps-on-web-firefox-support/" rel="nofollow ugc">MacRumors</a>: Apple Maps on Web Now Supports Firefox Browser <a href="https://micro.duckrowing.com/2024/07/28/7044/" rel="ugc">Are you sure</a>?
9.8.2024 17:18Comment on by Fred McCann<a href="https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2024/5/7.html" rel="nofollow ugc">Jeff Johnson</a>: Apple silicon MacBook Pro batteries can’t be replaced under warranty by third parties I ran into the <a href="https://micro.duckrowing.com/2024/05/29/6997/" rel="ugc">same thing</a> – independent shops have to send the laptops into apple to get a whole top case replacement. Why design the computer to make it hard to replace a consumable part?
30.5.2024 16:09Comment on by Fred McCann