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Daniel Smith
@dansmithcreates.bsky.social
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creative / techy / developer, Cat dad and guitar noodler, lover of puns, raised by sf / la / nyc
vue react node js and more
https://github.com/DanielSmith
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dansmithcreates/
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I was not just imagining things...
(good thing we have standards 🤖)
Alt text: A grid displaying ten different types of USB connectors. From top left to bottom right, they are labeled: USB-C, USB 3.0 A, USB 3.0 B, USB-A, USB-B, USB MICRO-A, USB MICRO-B, USB MINI-B (5-PIN), USB MINI-B (4-PIN), and USB 3.0 MICRO B. Each label is accompanied by an image of the respective black USB cable head.
June 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
dansmithcreates.bsky.social
Cheeky...
Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton on the radio – not having a good day. sarcastically asking team if he should let Carlos Sainz pass him (in a Williams)
May 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
dansmithcreates.bsky.social
wow, how did I not know about Timeline in VS Code? Go to Explorer view and pick a file...

good demo of this in 1st part of Jack's video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOjQ...
a list of edits made to a file the timeline view in vc code
April 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
dansmithcreates.bsky.social
Gemini can make mistakes, but nothing like ChatGPT or that bozo Claude, so double-check it
April 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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a chatgpt prompt, with an addition at the bottom, poking fun at Gemini
April 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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hey, @vscode.dev and @github.com ...
this gets fixed soon, ya? I pay an extra fee for copilot each month...
copilot complaining in vs code that it has run out resources
April 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM
dansmithcreates.bsky.social
Guess what? AI can assist with procrastination!

So, you have code to do...
but.. you can keep pestering an AI to generate ever more elaborate implementation plans
It will feel like you are accomplishing something
and then, oh, look at the time! Time for Lunch
an elaborate looking implementation guide cover page, for doing Server Side Events with laravel, node, and redis
April 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Well, so much for my insight! I am still glad I grabbed the iPhone SE while I could. I had been stuck on iOS 15 with my trusty old 6s Plus. (the SE has 18, and will be able to use 19)
headline which comments on the tariffs: "smartphones and computers are now exempt from Trump's latest tariffs"
April 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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hoping to see a good video soon of the new #vscode copilot features. It looks like they are trying to catch up to Cursor.

this bit looks promising:
code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot...
a dropdown list in VS CODE. It has a list of LLM providers, such as Anthropic and OpenRouter
April 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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four times...
A side-by-side comparison of 4K UHD (3840 x 2160 pixels) represented by a light blue rectangle, and 8K UHD (7680 x 4320 pixels) represented by a light green rectangle. The 8K rectangle is positioned to the right and is clearly twice the width and twice the height of the 4K rectangle. Below the rectangles, text explains that this doubling of dimensions results in 8K containing four times the total number of pixels as 4K.
March 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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#andor season 2 trailer:
wait wait hold up, which creature is this? An albino Wookie, or? Dont think I have seen this one in any #StarWars (?)
tall furry wookie inspired creature holding a gun, from the Andor season 2 trailer
March 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Oh, Melbourne.. how I wish I were there for #F1 season opener! (I went to this race in 2000). And... rain!
“Ruth Buscombe, Jolyon Palmer, and Laura Winter in the Melbourne pit lane at Albert Park on a rainy day before the season opener Formula 1 Grand Prix. They're holding microphones and standing under umbrellas branded with the Formula 1 logo. The overcast weather adds to the pre-race ambiance, with the pit lane and equipment visible in the background.”
March 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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I like your definition. I actually asked Gemini, and I think it is having a hallucination about Jack Dorsey:
grabbed screenshot from Gemini (GPT): ""Outie" in this context isn't a general term or meme. It's a specific, inside joke related to the Bluesky social media platform. It refers to Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter (now X), who is often seen as being "out" of the company and now involved with Bluesky. The meme plays on the idea that Jack Dorsey, despite being "out" of Twitter, is still influential in the social media world and that Bluesky is his new focus. So, the joke is that even though he's "out," he should be using his influence to improve Bluesky, such as by adding GIF support. It's a very specific, tech-insider joke. Unless you're familiar with the history of Twitter, Jack Dorsey's departure, and his involvement with Bluesky, the "outie" reference wouldn't make much sense."
February 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Was just watching The Sopranos
Carmella leafing through a Sharper Image Catalog...
And ya know, I miss that stuff, that time, the rl stores, etc
Text in the image reads "The Sopranos S3 E9: The Telltale Moozadell". The image is a snap from The Sopranos and likely shows "The Telltale Moozadell". Carmella Soprano is looking through a Sharper Image catalog.
February 15, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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All set for February ☕
"A collection of coffee bags: three dark green bags of Starbucks Single-Origin Sumatra Dark Roast with a tiger graphic, and two yellow bags of Gevalia Espresso Roast with the Gevalia logo." The image itself is monochrome, having been shot with a "Noir" filter.
January 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Damn it, I wanted to check out #DeepSeek

To whoever is DDOSing DeepSeek... stop, your lunch is ready, go upstairs and get away from the keyboard 🤖
Banner on DeepSeek registration page, which reads: "Due to large-scale malicious attacks on DeepSeek's services, registration may be busy. Please wait and try again. Registered users can log in normally. Thank you for your understanding and support." -- apparently the site is being attacked in some way
January 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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can you start a share session w/remote tunnel, open up a vscode session in a browser for your second window, and change the theme for the browser session? It falls apart for the copilot stuff though :(
vscode shared to self, native electron and browser sessions of same edit
January 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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the small man dance scene from Twin Peaks, directed by David Lynch. "that gum you like is going to come back in style"
January 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Looks like #ProtonMail has been down for at least 30 mins. I'm not ignoring my emails - they're just taking a break somewhere in Switzerland.
screengrab of protonmail error which reads (and yes the quote is stating an error) : "Something went wrong We couldn't load this page. Please refresh the page or check your internet connection. Error: Servers are unreachable. Please try again in a few minutes"
January 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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"Good morning @bsky.app
How are we all?
I have a wee proposition,
If you wouldn't mind giving me a
few moments of your time....

Would you consider...
Just letting us choose if we want
to be followed by bots and scams!"

Give us the option to approve followers.
Image of Dain Ironfoot, a dwarf lord from The Hobbit, riding a large war boar. He wears a suit of armor and a helmet, and carries a large axe. The background is a mountainous landscape with a cloudy sky
January 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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that'll make Scotty happy
"Image of Scotty from Star Trek, played by James Doohan, holding a computer mouse and speaking into it as if it were a communication device, with two other men looking on in amusement. The scene is set in a wood-paneled room with a computer monitor and keyboard in the foreground. The image is a humorous take on the character's iconic interactions with technology in the Star Trek franchise."
December 30, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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If you are a #dev and need to argue with something today...
go into vscode and ask github copilot when it will have more LLMs available. It gets really upset about this.
Screenshot of an AI assistant in vscode. The assistant is claiming to not be running with an LLM that it has been referencing for weeks.
December 19, 2024 at 9:20 PM
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You find one of these signs and hope it somehow applies :)
(or find your way into the tunnel under Fort Mason)
"Tsunami evacuation route sign with a blue and white design, featuring a wave graphic and clear directional text, mounted on a green pole against a blue sky, indicating a safe path to higher ground in case of a tsunami warning in San Francisco."
December 14, 2024 at 11:02 PM
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"Riff Randall (P.J. Soles) joins the Ramones in a high-energy performance in a graffiti-covered hallway, surrounded by fans, in a still from the 1979 film Rock 'n' Roll High School."
December 6, 2024 at 3:50 AM
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(my own, when replying to something similar ;)
"Image of a man standing in front of a dark, wavy background, reminiscent of Edvard Munch's 'The Scream'. The man, dressed in a dark suit, white shirt, and blue tie, has a balding head with gray hair and appears to be gesturing or shouting, echoing the anguished figure in the original painting."
November 28, 2024 at 10:37 PM