fubarx @ fubarx @lemmy.world

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It's clearly in reaction to the 'Odessa Steps' scene in 'Battleship Potemkin.'

https://thebabyhistorian.com/2020/06/05/stop-that-carriage/

100+ years old! Wow.

Running it on a current generation iPad Mini. Runs OK. I would wait to see if the on-device AI support will work on base level machines or not. IMO, that's the killer feature worth upgrading for. If not, probably not worth upgrading yet.

Liquid Glass is meh. Those of us old enough to remember 'lickable' Aqua have seen these UI fads come and go.

I'm running it on a latest-gen iPad Mini. It broke screen updates on a whole lot of third-party apps. Turned out the only way to get them to refresh was turning on multi-tasking and resizing the window. After a couple of them updated and fixed the problem, I turned off and went back to normal non-windowed mode.

On a big size iPad Pro I might be tempted to turn it on, but the only reason to do it is if I was copy/pasting from one app to another, and I can already do that by toggling between apps.

If I needed to jump between a lot of windows, I'd stick with a Mac. My regular Macbook sits docked with two large monitors on each side of the regular screen. I can get a lot done fairly quickly between them. Not sure what advantage the iPad offers.

Speaking of iPadOS-26: on 18.5 Safari, I had a LOT of tabs open (1500+) in different groups. These were iCloud shared with MacOS. After the iPadOS-26 upgrade, Safari has become unusable. Down to a crawl with 30-60 sec refresh times per tab. Reported it. Switched over to Firefox for now, but I hope they fix it.

For serious dev work, I need a Mac running Docker, Parallels (Windows/Linux), and USB ports. Apple knows this too. Doubt they'll add background server support to the iPad since it can drain the battery and they wouldn't want to cannibalize Mac sales.

BTW, I HIGHLY recommend everyone watch the WWDC25 developer videos on local Foundation Models, especially the advanced one. This is a mind-bogglingly awesome feature, coming soon.

On the Mac, you can use an iPhone as a remote camera. Just tried it with iPadOS-26. It didn't let me pick a different camera.

However, it can live transcribe / close-caption what is being said during a Facetime call and translate it into a few other languages (tried French). It's not perfect, but then again, it's being done on-device.

Here's the California Avenue train station mentioned in that article: https://maps.app.goo.gl/2eMQc3EPPJiGzaMR8

Look at the Street View, and there is nothing but sparse, two-story buildings right near the station. If they let 5-story buildings be built, that station and the shops nearby would get a lot more use.

Fine, we get it. We're old. Way to rub it in.

Whippersnappers today.

A few suggestions:

Create a portfolio site. Pictures, logos, and a little text. If you have the skills, install Wordpress and set it up with a portfolio theme. Each entry shows off something you did. Built an app that saved $10K? Put that in. Screenshots if you have them. Opensource code, college projects. If you don't have a good screenshot, get a semi-relevant image from freebie image sites like unsplash.com (with credit). Not too wordy. Punchy two liner. Also, make your PDF resume available from the site.

If you don't want to deal with Wordpress, create a static HTML site using Jekyll (with a theme) and host it on github pages or Cloudflare for free. Vibecode it if you don't know how. Set it up with an easy, memorable domain name related to your name.

Next, write some short articles on things people in the same background as you might be interested in. You mentioned Python, SQL, and AWS. All are good. Post them to Medium or Substack. Crosslink them on social media.

If you have the skills, make a video screencast covering the same topic as the blog post, and post it up on your own Youtube channel. Do one per week (or more often) while you wait. Put a link in your portfolio. Link from video description back to your portfolio.

If you have the energy, start a related podcast. Start with a survey of the latest news in areas you're interested in. Just need a cheap USB mic. Post once a week. Again, cross-link with your portfolio or other channels.

Join local Meetups and show up. If one doesn't exist, consider starting one. Host it at a local bar. People will show up just to chat and grab a drink. Invite someone interesting to give a short talk. Post links everywhere. Expect a lot of no-shows. Don't take it personally.

Volunteer to help a local non-profit. Help them put up a website, clean up a database, or run some reports. Maybe a stretch project. Use it all in your portfolio. It'll help you learn new things and stay uptodate.

Ask on Nextdoor or some other local site if people need in-person IT help. Setting up computers, fixing networks, or cleaning up phone problems. Charge a modest fee for individuals. Slightly higher for small businesses. Insta-print business cards with your contact info at Kinkos or Office Depot for $15. Leave 2-3 everywhere you do a job, so they can hand them to a friend, especially if they're elderly. Pin them up in the local senior center and laundromat.

And lastly, consider getting a teaching cert and teaching high school, or going back and getting a graduate degree. Will likely have to borrow money, and it will take a year or two. But by then, job market might have turned around and with a graduate degree, you'll be worth more.

If hard up for cash, pick up gig work, but leave time for doing these other things.

Best of luck!

When approaching a light or stop sign, smoothly press down the clutch and break pedal together. If it's a red light where you might be for a while, pop the gear into neutral and let go of the clutch.

I was taught (rightfully or not) that holding down the clutch too long can damage it.

... And the love of my life, my wife Justin.

Invite a judgemental friend or relative over for dinner. Best way to force you to clean and declutter your space.

I have friends working on ways for content providers to charge AI training models. But I have a feeling that's not enough.

The future will have to be where creators have an incentive to consistently create, and consumers pay for what they like, or services to keep them informed and entertained without them having to do much.

In between will sit middlemen and aggregators to enable a smooth flow. Who that will be and what they do in this next phase is the big question.

Under the current method, Google's search and ads groups are competing against each other. Don't see that going well for anyone.

TV show idea for bottom panel: see how many toilets each contestsnt can hit in 60 sec. Have funny animal mascots randomly jump out of stalls.

Winner wins a high-tech bidet seat and a lifetime supply of adult diapers.

Running from large predators will definitely help with the dementia.

8 / 10.

But it wasn't fair. I actually met Guido at a PyCon conference.

On iPad with multitasking and windowed apps turned on. There's a lot of screen noise. Stuff overlapping and flying all over the place. Lots of excess, laggy animation.

I'm giving it a few more days before turning it off.

I've had good luck with Jekyll, saving the source on github, and setting it up so pushing to main auto-deploys to a Cloudflare site. Using Markdown and for larger media, uploading to S3.

Much easier to set up and maintain than github pages. Since it's static output, pretty snappy. Also includes RSS feeds and permanent URLs.

Have also set up several Wordpress sites. Slower, but if you want wysiwyg editing, user comments, or there are several contributors, would work better.

Have also heard good things about ghost, but haven't actually deployed one yet.

I watched as our little, barely walking toddler walked away from us in a busy department store. I followed behind, hiding behind racks, to see if he would get scared and turn around. Nope. Did not turn once. Just waddled away. I had to race and grab him from behind once he stepped onto the escalator.

It was then that I really understood the need for those leashes. Had a talk with the wife and we decided against it, but it was close.