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Aaron

@harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

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I own way too many clicky keyboards. I love relaxing in hammock chairs and I have deeply obscure Simpsons references for every situation. 🌉 bridged from mastodon.social/@harpaa01 on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Me, keeping myself entertained at home: <sits in my hammock chair watching TikToks on my phone> Me, preparing to keep myself entertained for a five hour flight: <downloads multiple movies and TV show seasons, packs a mini game controller in case I want to game, packs my Playdate I haven’t […]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

@sarahstreza Congratulations, Sarah! 🤗🤗🤗

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

[DHH and the casual racism of the tech industry] DHH: <goes on a bunch of white supremacist tirades on his blog> Tech Youtubers: <yawn> DHH: I use AI to do everything now, including rewriting major parts of Hey in Rust Tech YouTubers: “DHH has gone completely off the rails" […]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

If you long for your macOS Apple menu to have six colors again, you can once again do it with FruitMenu Redux! totallynotmalicious.com It's a steal at $7 right now too, and the developer @rosyna is the OG of haxies for what we used to call Mac OS X (it was the style at the time).

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Totally Not Malicious Software

Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Probably wise that Apple walked back plans to fire thousands of human support workers in favor of AI given that their AI support told me last Friday that the watch I was using hadn’t been released. www.macrumors.com/2026/09/29/apple-…

A chat with Apple’s AI support. I said “my watch is refusing to unlock with my phone. The setting is on and this persists even after a reboot. The support bot’s reply was “The Apple Watch Ultra 4 is a model that has not been released. What other questions can I help you with today?”

Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

I’m kind of a TikTok packrat and I save all the interesting TikToks to my camera roll to put them in a Dropbox folder later. But renaming hundreds of short video clips is kind of a pain in the ass. So… I made Nameatic! In case there’s anyone out there with the specific need I had, here you go […]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

@atpfm regarding the iPhone Air: I maintain that Apple didn't make the iPhone Air because they wanted to sell a bunch of them; they made it to master some of the manufacturing techniques that would be necessary to make the Duo.

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Democrats need to learn that this practice isn’t okay, and they won’t learn it before Election Day then they are going to have to learn it by losing on Election Day. fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/prof…

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 17/09/2026

Holy shit. Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined. "I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports." This is getting out of control.

Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Random Simpsons thought: I really adored the one-off character June Bellamy (she was in the Poochie episode; she voiced Itchy and Scratchy). She was a voice acting legend but treated Homer as a peer immediately. She was appreciative of him despite his lack of experience and at the end of the […]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@davedelong/1172753… This is such a bummer; I loved how RapidAPI (nee Paw) was a fantastic Mac-assed Mac app.

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

RE: icanthascheezburger.com/2026/09/a-t… I took a test ride on a pedal-by-wire bike today and wrote a few words about it!

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Rivian finally made a vehicle whose lack of CarPlay doesn't bother me.

A POV of the RideALSO TM-B bike from the saddle

Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

I’m glad others are feeling this issue in tech too. If it’s bothering you too I hope you talk about it, even if you feel like you’re repeating same points as this post or mine from a few days ago. schwarztech.net/articles/stuck-at-t…

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» Stuck at the Intersection of Politics and Technology

I've been running this site for a long time and the bulk of content has been about something I generally...

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

The most important question: is the ATP outro music going to get another revision to reflect this new reality? mastodon.social/@marcoarment/117236…

Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Also: new post on @icanthascheezburger! icanthascheezburger.com/2026/09/the… (it didn't auto-post because things weren't configured correctly yet after the hack I posted about right after 😂)

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The vibes are still off in tech

I gave a talk last year at XO Ruby about how it’s felt like the vibes have been off in tech for some time. I feel differently about the overall tech industry vibes a year-ish later, but one t…

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Reading through my read it later list and found this gem outlining some cool stuff that used to require JavaScript but can now be done with just HTML and CSS: chrisburnell.com/html-can-do-that

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HTML Can Do That

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@harpaa01/117191269… Still available if you're in Portland and interested in seeing Coyote vs Acme tonight at the historic Laurelhurst theater! DM me and I'll send you the tickets.

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

[PDX] Anyone following me who's interested in seeing Coyote Vs Acme tonight at the Laurelhurst theater at 7:15? I got two tickets but then I realized I have an appt across town and can't make it. DM me if interested. First come first serve!

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

I aspire to the level of unhinged eccentricity of Cliff Stoll speaking at DEFCON 34 (Seriously, I wouldn’t recommend an hour long video if I didn’t think it was worth it) youtu.be/656058JxTM0?is=3wbDFYsmpkH…

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Glyph @glyph.im · 27/08/2026

Sad that the successor project to Vim — a project which loudly encouraged its users to donate to a charity to help AIDS victims in Uganda — has become an advocate for white supremacy and ethnic cleansing. Just including the DHH endorsement could have been a mistake, but this seems quite explicit […]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

RE: hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/117140267… The really wild thing about all this is that it isn’t ancient history; DHH was saying some white nationalist shit literally a few weeks ago and YouTubers are enthusiastically sharing the OS without even giving this a mention. Not even a […]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

@shanselman I loved the compile after class crossover episode you did! I can’t find their podcast RSS feed; if you do another episode with them can you lecture them about the importance of open standards? 😄

Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@marcoarment/117093… I've been playing around with this and it's perfect for what I try to use Reminders for, which are random tasks around the house that I want it to nag me about. Unforgetful actually nags me with repeated notifications to get the tasks […]

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Matthew Haughey @mathowie.xoxo.zone.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

Since 2024, a specific car was sold in the US with two different names and badges, virtually identical except only one of them comes with CarPlay. Which one do you think sold more? […]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

RE: mstdn.social/@Nickiquote/1171161063… We gotta stop with this "you've got the right sentiment but for the wrong reasons" nit picking and focus on building on common ground instead. You know who doesn't do this? The far right. And their strategy works. If you're kind of […]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

@siracusa was listening to the most recent ATP and your fear of Verizon is well-founded. Some employee at a Verizon store once mistook my last name as “Hartole” in the early 2010s and I haven’t been able to change it since. It even got flagged as a possible name I go by when I was closing on my […]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

My YouTube algorithm has gotten too homogenous lately; anyone got any video recs for something they've seen recently and absolutely adored? I stopped short of sharing stuff that i like bc I intentionally want to avoid more of the same.

Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

My YouTube algorithm has gotten too homogenous lately; anyone got any video recs for something they've seen recently and absolutely adored? I stopped short of sharing stuff that i like bc I intentionally want to avoid more of the same.

Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

PSA: If you've got Dropbox folders on your Mac and you're getting weird behaviors with reading the files, dig into your settings and make sure the new file provider is OFF. Dropbox has been working on that integration for years and it still just doesn't fucking work. Trying to use Alfred with […]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@marcoarment/117071… Also: restricting to App Store seriously holds back the respective platforms. iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV and Vision Pro have all underperformed as platforms, and it's because of this restriction. The iPhone being as successful as it […]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026

RE: www.threads.com/@reckless1280/post/… full-text RSS feeds are sooooooo good. I subscribed the day these became available and I now keep up with articles on The Verge way more than I used to.

Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026

Man, #XORuby is such a perfect conference. It’s just one day, one track, and the speakers and attendees alike are all super humans. If you’re in the PNW and missed it you can still attend in Vancouver next Saturday!

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

RE: beige.party/@maxleibman/11704041443… This is a super good point and it highlights a thing that's been on my mind recently with AI. The ability to churn out way more software is very much real! But it's not mapping to proportional jumps in revenue because as it turns out […]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

Anyone in (or near) Seattle and into Ruby: #XORuby is happening Saturday! Looks like tickets are still available according to their web site. www.xoruby.com/event/seattle

Welcome to Emerald City

Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

RE: xoxo.zone/@Ashedryden/1170328825187… Not that they really need it since they have enough money to operate for the next several years with zero incoming money but next time they post one of those donation seeking popups I suggest you give the $$$ to a better cause.

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

@glennf about your Rosetta post on Six Colors: is there any word on what Apple plans to do about Game Porting Toolkit? I'm guessing it sticks around since they seem to be okay with keeping it around for games?

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@rosyna/11703208983… Let's try to help Rosyna out!

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026

Filed under “finally”: my continuous glucose monitor (Freestyle Libre) made a new app and included support for Apple Watch complications which means I can (usually) see a live(ish) reading of my glucose. It wasn’t exactly burdensome before to see glucose […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

My wrist with an Apple Watch on. Among other things, you can see that my glucose is currently 114 mg/dL and it was last updated 2 minutes ago.

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

To any fellow Rubyists in the PNW: XO Ruby is having a conference in Seattle on 8/8, and you should go! It's a refreshing break from super expensive conferences you have to pay thousands to travel to. It's local, just one day, on a Saturday, and costs just $100. I'll be bringing some fidget […]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

I had gotten disingenuous vibes from Jack Conte’s “not worried about AI” video posted recently youtu.be/17_HcR95YBc?is=rk5Vd_dJFIg… Was he breaking into tears during his talk because he knew he was about to fire 20% of his staff? […]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026

One nice feature of Tru Fru (the frozen chocolate covered fruits) is that it has a built in 15 minute waiting period, so the optimistic version of you gets to portion out a sensible amount, but then when the actual version of you eating it realizes you should have given yourself more, you're too […]

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

rare lore: back in 2018 I came across a 500-page technical deep dive guidebook on SimCity 2000. In a process that took several years because they had so much backlog of manuals, magazines, etc, I sent it to Gaming Alexandria and they made a proper professional scan of it and uploaded it to […]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/11… I’ve been saying this for awhile. We don’t have a “AI destroyed the memory market” problem, we have a “there are only three companies in the world that make memory” problem. That isn’t a healthy state for a market for a thing the […]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026

I picked up a cheap Kindle that no longer talks to Amazon's store and decided to jailbreak it and turn it into a DIY TRMNL device. I love TRMNL's overall approach to products but their CEO has said some pretty anti-LGBT stuff and it made me not want to give […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026

My friend Kristopher has had a YouTube channel for close to a decade now where he's been posting videos about his garden (he also does some woodworking too but not recently). There's such a beautiful calmness to these videos; it wouldn't be out of place on PBS in the early nineties […]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@QasimRashid/116743… This is a really simple tweak we could make to our tax code: if you use a security as collateral for a loan you have to sell it and transfer it to the bank, triggering a taxable event. We could structure it progressively too so that […]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2026

Also, I don’t do longer trips too often but I’m realizing that “range anxiety” is a total misnomer as an EV owner. I don’t mind shorter range at all, or even the wait to fast charge (the breaks are nice tbh). But fast charging stations remain just uncommon enough that you feel the need to plan […]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2026

I got to do a test ride today of ALSO’s TM-B bike in Seattle. Micro-review: - pedaling feels nice! It’s bike-like in the ways you want it to be. - super easy to move forward from a dead stop. And the throttle helps you *really* accelerate - the screen is well designed! Legible in direct […]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026

RE: social.panic.com/@panic/11672061533… I got to play this game a couple months ago with some friends and it is an absolute delight!

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