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Mark Smith
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Overqualified indie iOS/macOS developer,
opinionated uninfluencer.
Lower Gowanus, Brooklyn.

Currently working on Mosey Parker: https://camazotz.com/moseyparker […]

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Catalog update for Mosey Parker: 919 #bikeshare systems, Veo (US) added.

#micromobility #urbanmobility

https://moseyparker.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Amazon exclusive: 2025 edition of the classic Strunk & Tyler guide. Looks great!
The Elements of Style: 2025 New Edition 凸 Paperback - January 1, 2025 by William Strunk Jr. (Author), Jimmy Tyler (Editor) 4.2★★ The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. is a timeless wisdom guide which offers invaluable insights on grammar, style, and composition that will elevate your writing to new heights. It provides practical tips and memorable examples that resonate with wit and wisdom. The pages inside this book includes: • Eight rules of usage • Ten principals of composition • List of commonly misused words and expressions • A "few matter of form" In addition, this updated edition 2025 provides additional detailed summary of each topic to further enhance the understanding of the readers.
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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a nit to pick / to pick a nit
Popup button titled “Delete and Report Spam” Popup button titled “Report Spam and Delete”
October 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Mosey Parker now available in the App Store. Thank you TestFlight users!

Find available bikes, scooters and docks in one thousand systems worldwide using one intuitive interface.

https://moseyparker.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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September 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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I have no idea what this means.
St Peter's Lutheran Church IT IS BETTER TO BE KNOWN THAN TO KNOW
August 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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https://annekadet.substack.com/p/rex#%C2%A7meet-rex-and-his-dino-bodega
July 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Cycling directions exposed in the #mapkit API at long last.
@available(iOS 14.0, *) public static var cycling: MKDirectionsTransportType { get }
June 15, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Vancouver (BC)
I hope something good happens to you today. Except Donald. Fuck you, Donald.
May 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Possibly penultimate TestFlight update for MoseyParker, a bike/scooter finder for over 950 #bikeshare #micromobility systems worldwide.

Get it here: https://camazotz.com/moseyparker
May 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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May 1, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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iykyk
April 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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https://vimeo.com/273978693
March 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Siri summary of the day.
"Soul busy after together; cash dinner with mirrors."
February 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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This Swift 6 code crashes in _dispatch_assert_queue_fail(), even if the installTap() closure is empty. If I remove the MainActor annotation on the class, it works. Anybody else seen and/or worked around this?

#swift #concurrency #AVFoundation
import AVFoundation import Speech import SwiftUI @MainActor @Observable class SpeechRecognizer: NSObject { private let audioEngine = AVAudioEngine() func startRecording() { let format = audioEngine.inputNode.inputFormat(forBus: 0) guard format.channelCount > 0 else { return } audioEngine.inputNode.installTap(onBus: 0, bufferSize: 1024, format: format) { _, _ in print("crashes in _dispatch_assert_queue_fail() before this is printed") } audioEngine.prepare() do { try audioEngine.start() } catch { print("start threw \(error)") } } }
February 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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cool cool
$ ollama run llama3.2 >> what is the capital of paris? I think there may be a bit of confusion here!- Paris is not the capital of France, but rather the capital city of - France. The capital of Paris is actually unknown as it was destroyed • in the Great Fire of London in 1666.
February 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Highlights from the new exhibit at the Grolier Club.
THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF OLIGARCHICAL COLLECTIVISM The King in Yellow The Key to all Mythologies The Necronomicon
February 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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big if true
Business Owners are Grabbing as Many of These MacBooks as They Can The Touch Bar is uniquely suited to the multitaskers, and it's only $399.99 BY ENTREPRENEUR STORE JAN 28, 2025
January 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Where can I apply for this job and how much does it pay?
American retailer Walmart has updated its brand identity and logo to reflect the store's current state as a "people-led, tech-powered omnichannel retailer". The refreshed Walmart wordmark, "spark" motif logo and yellow and blue palette were designed to be bolder and brighter than the 2008 iteration while remaining largely similar.
January 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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From the exhibition now book "Holy Land U.S.A." by Lisa Barlow.

https://www.lisabarlow.com/6e84bedd43-gallery#3
January 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Tom Perrotta's seasonal classic.
"Yeah, I like Rudolph," said Sally. "Then you're both assholes," Ed told us. "Ru-dolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a totally fucked-up story." "Gimme a break," Sally said. "I'm serious," Ed said. "I've been thinking about it." He took a swig from his rum bottle, then a swig from the Coke can in his other hand. "T'm serious. First Santa cuts Rudolph from the reindeer team 'cause he's handicapped, he's got this electronic nose, right, and the next thing you know, everyone's down on Rudolph, his parents, his girl-friend, all the shithead reindeers. Am I right?" "Yeah," I said. "So what?" "So Rudolph runs away and hooks up with the misfits, who are completely excellent, but he has to leave their island because of the Abominable Snowman, right? So after putting Rudolph through all this crap, Santa has the gall to go back to him and beg him to guide the sleigh, because it's foggy out, and all of a sudden the electronic nose is this big bonus item. Now Buddy, if you're Rudolph, what do you do?" "You're a reindeer," I said. "It's not like you have much choice." "See," he said. "You're a chickenshit, just like Rudolph. But if it was up to me, I'd say, "Suck my moosecock, Santa, I wouldn't guide your sleigh tonight for a million bucks, you fat shit.' "
December 21, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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reader is unable to type-check this expression in reasonable time
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December 7, 2024 at 5:33 PM
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Tempted to buy this edition just for the cover.
EL SHOCK DEL FUTURO: Spanish version of Alvin Toffler's Future Shock.
November 27, 2024 at 12:28 AM
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Even in 2024, NSData still has you covered.
NSData and its mutable subclass NSMutableData provide data objects, or object-oriented wrappers for byte buffers. Data objects let simple allocated buffers (that is, data with no embedded pointers) take on the behavior of Foundation objects. The size of the data is subject to a theoretical limit of about 8 exabytes (1 EB = 10¹⁸ bytes; in practice, the limit should not be a factor).
November 14, 2024 at 9:46 PM