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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 · 20/10/2026

@seldo i assume they’ve got a bespoke AI setup with at least 20 agents that are super busy but they don’t seem materially more productive

Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

@mathowie that OBD dongle trick sounds super handy

Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

@timbray and to be clear, I don’t think someone is a bad person if they look at this and decide to stay subscribed; life is full of ethical tradeoffs and being a DF or Talk Show subscriber is a far cry from being, say, an Elon stan. But I would at least hope someone sees this and it gives them […]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

@timbray It feels like Gruber making a statement on his own values than some change of the vibe on X. There have been a handful of moments where he or a podcast cohost have said some things that gave me real pause about his values and eventually he said one problematic thing too much and I […]

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Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

@jaredwhite one of my professional goals is to become so useless that a company pays millions to get rid of me

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! 🤗🤗🤗

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 · 30/09/2026

The thing that really frustrates me is that Apple's support humans could do amazing things if Apple built out better tools for them. There are so many complex issues that just go unsolved right now because eventually the sysdiagnose isn't enough, support 🤷 and then the customer gives up.

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

I mean, seriously, this is whimsical as shit!

my six color Apple menu icon, courtesy of FruitMenu Redux

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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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 · 20/09/2026

@madfordmac.bsky.social they announced this a year or two ago but the way they do it is pretty sound. their private cloud compute servers run in such a way that they're basically as private as your own device; they just happen to be on remote machines. The lengths they went to are really quite […]

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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.

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.

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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 · 11/09/2026

@samhenrigold also interesting that they only mapped the male fruit fly brain, suggesting that the female fruit fly brain is considerably more capable and is thus a larger endeavor to fully map.

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...

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

@jaredwhite something like this has been on my mind as well. The Apple community especially has felt like this old boys club where the best known ones were friends with one another but felt… walled off in a way? Ruby feels a bit less like that. I’ve seen new voices rise be able to work their […]

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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 · 07/09/2026

@timbray I'm still frustrated that Apple had something with the 2019 Mac Pro and just abandoned it when they switched to Apple Silicon. I kept hoping that when it moved to Apple Silicon they had something clever up their sleeves to let it scale up massively. But instead they just decided that […]

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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…

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

Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

@garland I love that they’re both named after carbs

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.

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!

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 · 26/08/2026

@nelson I've used it and it's nice for certain tasks because otherwise i'm just being a middleman for it figuring things out. but also: you can have claude write browser tests instead which is a little better (i think those chrome instances don't have your profile at least).

Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

@seldo i'm just thinking about how easily someone could make one of their own signs with their own QR code and place them around the city

Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

[Things I Would Tell Past-Me After A Year On #Mounjaro #GLP1] @OpinionatedGeek Past me would never believe how much future me cared about fiber intake

Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

[Things I Would Tell Past-Me After A Year On #Mounjaro #GLP1] @OpinionatedGeek I got those Amazon brand fiber gummies. I take 3 gummies a day (which is a little more than the suggested dose) and let me tell you, that's not an issue 😆 Also: that fiber lowers your cholesterol by absorbing extra […]

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

@jeff the part I’m sad about is that Apple doesn’t seem to have made this convertible in any way. It’s just the laptop form factor but also the screen has touch which sounds relatively unexciting.

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

You can't build common ground with people with every viewpoint, but you've got to start by praising people for what they're getting right. Then, as you've made friends, you can get persuasive and start to shape their worldview to broaden it. This is important stuff! It's not just people […]

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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 · 14/08/2026

@siracusa 😩I feel like Apple's too forward-looking to go back and release remastered versions (if they even recorded on a high quality enough medium for that to be an option)

Aaron @harpaa01.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

@siracusa side note: when the WWDC videos were distributed on discs is this the level of quality they were at? Or can I hold out hope that some day someone will do a higher quality upload?

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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 · 12/08/2026

@OpinionatedGeek GLP-1s seem to be unnecessarily stigmatized too (at least in the US) and I wish they wouldn't be. They are incredible drugs! They are excellent at reducing blood glucose levels in Type 2 diabetics (also useful for LADA/type 1.5 diabetes), they measurably reduce your risk of a […]

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