Biggles @Biggles@qoto.org

two quality of life improvement apps for using #macOS. These are both in beta, but in my testing, work flawlessly.

FinderFix: windows will open in the exact position and size you want it to.

AutoFocus: an excellent focus-follows-mouse implementation.

Links to both: https://synappser.github.io/apps/

Will we see such implementations for #macOS at #WWDC? Probably not. But hope springs eternal.

Setris - play Tetris with sand!

https://www.freegameplanet.com/setris-downloadable-game/

by #gamedev mslivo #indiedev #indiegames #gaming

Lawyer cites fake cases invented by ChatGPT, judge is not amused
https://simonwillison.net/2023/May/27/lawyer-chatgpt/

Maciej was on target with AI: "Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People"

In 2016.

https://idlewords.com/talks/superintelligence.htm

Sigh.

h/t @epilepticrabbit

A new #terminal to love! I've been using iterm2 on my macbooks forever.

New job handed me a #Linux box. So I found WezTerm https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/index.html (by @wez).

Today I switched to using it also on my Mac. It's so much faster than iterm, just as pretty, and uses a fun #lua config :D The best feature is that my setup now is identical on both machines.

Two minor inconveniences: I can't do opt+n for tilde on mac de keyboard without deadkey hiccups, and it doesn't have the shiny (but unnecessary) status bar of iterm2.

Causal evidence that herpes zoster vaccination prevents a proportion of dementia cases

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.05.23.23290253v1

Huge. And shingles vaccination expected to be covered on PBS this year...

@kdawson when interpreting the results, just remember that there is a sizable group of people who can't state that they got it anymore...

@kdawson Quite a few people can't vote in this poll.

Screw NATO

This guy knows.
#HDMI

Ron DeSantis planning to announce that he's running for president on Twitter during a discussion with Elon Musk is hilarious because it sounds like someone just went on ChatGPT and typed "Write a headline that will make everyone on Mastodon angry".

Just got my F256K in the mail today, a 65C02 based 2023 made retro computer from Foenix Retro System (@StefanyAllaire), mine chosen with blue keyboard switches.
Will post more later.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/google-bans-downloader-app-after-tv-firms-complain-it-can-load-a-pirate-website/
Google bans Downloader app after TV firms complain it can load a pirate website

The Great Aboveground Empire

http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/5528

Author Martin Amis has passed away. Perhaps his greatest achievement was becoming a breakfast cereal mascot in 2007.

3 weeks ago: This server is crashing during production.

Me: Okay why are you calling me

Them: There are error logs with a security app on the box.

Me: Okay I see that but it's not the cause. It's not connected. Please work with the security vendor for info and continue troubleshooting the server crashes.

Today: We confirmed with the security vendor the errors are a known issue they're shipping a fix.

Me: Okay what work did you do to actually troubleshoot the crashing server.

Then: The what

Heroes of Might and Magic II recreation fheroes2 adds widescreen support https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/05/heroes-of-might-and-magic-ii-recreation-fheroes2-adds-widescreen-support/ #FOSS #OpenSource #HOMMII

America isn't going to make it.