Ky
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· Feb 13
Welp.
I didn't want to go all in on the Apple ecosystem but I think I don't have a choice now.
Hello to KyNorthstar@iCloud.com
I didn't want to go all in on the Apple ecosystem but I think I don't have a choice now.
Hello to KyNorthstar@iCloud.com
Really enlightening, moving from Google Photos to Apple Photos... just how featureless Apple Photos is. It doesn't even let you make a panorama from existing images!
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Really enlightening, moving from Google Photos to Apple Photos... just how featureless Apple Photos is. It doesn't even let you make a panorama from existing images!
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It works!
This is user-supplied control points converted to an SDF then the SDF converted to a mesh, allowing you to define terrain that mixes a heightmap with floating additive features and subterranean subtractive features
Still blocky for now but it's a relief to know the approach is sound
This is user-supplied control points converted to an SDF then the SDF converted to a mesh, allowing you to define terrain that mixes a heightmap with floating additive features and subterranean subtractive features
Still blocky for now but it's a relief to know the approach is sound
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
It works!
This is user-supplied control points converted to an SDF then the SDF converted to a mesh, allowing you to define terrain that mixes a heightmap with floating additive features and subterranean subtractive features
Still blocky for now but it's a relief to know the approach is sound
This is user-supplied control points converted to an SDF then the SDF converted to a mesh, allowing you to define terrain that mixes a heightmap with floating additive features and subterranean subtractive features
Still blocky for now but it's a relief to know the approach is sound
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TFW you endlessly studied class inheritance in school only to gradually realize that inheritance is superfluous and all you ever needed, or ever should have studied, was interfaces.
I was learning some Rust last year, and it's the first language I've seen that finally gave up inheritance.
I was learning some Rust last year, and it's the first language I've seen that finally gave up inheritance.
December 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
TFW you endlessly studied class inheritance in school only to gradually realize that inheritance is superfluous and all you ever needed, or ever should have studied, was interfaces.
I was learning some Rust last year, and it's the first language I've seen that finally gave up inheritance.
I was learning some Rust last year, and it's the first language I've seen that finally gave up inheritance.
Me, a Swift dev, watching Rust devs argue about the use of Rust's `Result`'s `unwrap()` which took down Cloudflare.
a woman is drinking a cup of coffee from a white cup .
ALT: a woman is drinking a cup of coffee from a white cup .
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Me, a Swift dev, watching Rust devs argue about the use of Rust's `Result`'s `unwrap()` which took down Cloudflare.
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can job listings be serious please
October 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
can job listings be serious please
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Massive @github.com Copilot moment 😭
October 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Massive @github.com Copilot moment 😭
The Xcode 16 icon was objectively better than Xcode 26…
The new one just feels like someone didn’t have any ideas and threw something together slapdash. The old one was more fun, especially with the minor breakout from the squircle
The new one just feels like someone didn’t have any ideas and threw something together slapdash. The old one was more fun, especially with the minor breakout from the squircle
October 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The Xcode 16 icon was objectively better than Xcode 26…
The new one just feels like someone didn’t have any ideas and threw something together slapdash. The old one was more fun, especially with the minor breakout from the squircle
The new one just feels like someone didn’t have any ideas and threw something together slapdash. The old one was more fun, especially with the minor breakout from the squircle
> not called iPhone 26
a man is talking on a cell phone while standing next to a fire hydrant .
ALT: a man is talking on a cell phone while standing next to a fire hydrant .
media.tenor.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
> not called iPhone 26
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I don't have the data to back this up, and tbh I really hope I don't find data that backs it up, but I'm thinking there might be a global famine in 2045.
Guessing because of IPCC's forecasts and modeling that we will hit bad enough climate change by then for it to happen.
Guessing because of IPCC's forecasts and modeling that we will hit bad enough climate change by then for it to happen.
September 8, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I don't have the data to back this up, and tbh I really hope I don't find data that backs it up, but I'm thinking there might be a global famine in 2045.
Guessing because of IPCC's forecasts and modeling that we will hit bad enough climate change by then for it to happen.
Guessing because of IPCC's forecasts and modeling that we will hit bad enough climate change by then for it to happen.
I'm proud to live in Colorado 🫡
September 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I'm proud to live in Colorado 🫡
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Font size and contrast affect readability more than stacking order. #graphicdesign #typography
September 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Font size and contrast affect readability more than stacking order. #graphicdesign #typography
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friend just called hyper boobs on a nb person "Big Neutrals" and now that phrase is seared onto the front of my brain thanks
September 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
friend just called hyper boobs on a nb person "Big Neutrals" and now that phrase is seared onto the front of my brain thanks
@colorado.gov should I be concerned that I hear sirens going off at Buckley Space Force Base, around the same time that Trump was supposed to say that the Space Command is moving from here to Alabama?
September 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
@colorado.gov should I be concerned that I hear sirens going off at Buckley Space Force Base, around the same time that Trump was supposed to say that the Space Command is moving from here to Alabama?
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This old oven might be my favorite Little Free Library I've come across! I love it!
#denver #colorado #littlefreelibrary #books #shotoniphone
#denver #colorado #littlefreelibrary #books #shotoniphone
May 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This old oven might be my favorite Little Free Library I've come across! I love it!
#denver #colorado #littlefreelibrary #books #shotoniphone
#denver #colorado #littlefreelibrary #books #shotoniphone
Gonna start keeping track of how many of y'all violate Goodhart's Law every sprint. I want to see that number go down!
April 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Gonna start keeping track of how many of y'all violate Goodhart's Law every sprint. I want to see that number go down!
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I majored in Art, Math, Science, English...maxed everything out. Needless to say, I can sculpt, paint (acrylic, watercolor & oil), ceramics & throw. Photography. I've maintained my photography over 45 years. I do landscape, wildlife & macro. I also create AI ART! It is ART when it is done as such.
April 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I majored in Art, Math, Science, English...maxed everything out. Needless to say, I can sculpt, paint (acrylic, watercolor & oil), ceramics & throw. Photography. I've maintained my photography over 45 years. I do landscape, wildlife & macro. I also create AI ART! It is ART when it is done as such.
You have nothing to lose but your chains!
When the company you work for tries to break your chains, don’t reinforce them.
Build a community, build a union, build a syndicate… together we are strong
When the company you work for tries to break your chains, don’t reinforce them.
Build a community, build a union, build a syndicate… together we are strong
April 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
You have nothing to lose but your chains!
When the company you work for tries to break your chains, don’t reinforce them.
Build a community, build a union, build a syndicate… together we are strong
When the company you work for tries to break your chains, don’t reinforce them.
Build a community, build a union, build a syndicate… together we are strong
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March 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
@brianmc.bsky.social what does it mean when a podcast I’ve been listening to for years has slowly taken on more and more scam products in their ads?
March 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
@brianmc.bsky.social what does it mean when a podcast I’ve been listening to for years has slowly taken on more and more scam products in their ads?
It's one of those nights where I run into a strange problem I don't know how to solve and there's only 1 result in web search, and it's a StackOverflow page where I see this on the question, and there's no answer..
March 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
It's one of those nights where I run into a strange problem I don't know how to solve and there's only 1 result in web search, and it's a StackOverflow page where I see this on the question, and there's no answer..
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