Posts by jon_alper@mastodon.online
(DIR) Post #AQEmswbnOa3w4OoBYe by jon_alper@mastodon.online
2022-12-03T14:44:26Z
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The video isn’t great but it is a good ten minute start on understanding why macOS Finder’s list view is the One True Path To Managing Your Files. Learn how this works, really, and your whole computing life can improve. Truly grok it and you will find a slowly building rage at every horrible alternative like Google Drive.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A4ETSExcNoA
(DIR) Post #AQEmsxcXdIFlD0AIMK by jon_alper@mastodon.online
2022-12-03T17:18:55Z
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@octothorpe It’s a crime against productivity and any sensible archiving.
(DIR) Post #AQEmszk3kJSHmthKM4 by jon_alper@mastodon.online
2022-12-03T17:24:09Z
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@octothorpe It’s instant and, worse yet, irreversible entropy. One can add energy to an HFS to old back the tide of chaos. Nothing can be done with G Drive.
(DIR) Post #AQnryEDwd5VgSDaZ16 by jon_alper@mastodon.online
2022-12-20T13:44:28Z
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Dammit, dammit, dammit…https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-12-18/when-will-apple-aapl-release-the-apple-silicon-mac-pro-with-m2-ultra-chip-lbthco9u
(DIR) Post #AQot7HE38IILTxTaT2 by jon_alper@mastodon.online
2022-12-21T04:10:31Z
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@Eggfreckles We can only hope they don’t read ill-informed posts on Ars.
(DIR) Post #AQt72VrlRq1DQpVygi by jon_alper@mastodon.online
2022-12-23T05:05:22Z
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@Eggfreckles What features do I EXPECT? No clue. My trust in Apple’s hardware was dented in the Trash Can era. It has been bolstered post 2019 but teeters. Want? Same as 2019 top to bottom with modern PCI, RAM perhaps moved to a tier further off than main memory. The Ars piece was idiotic.
(DIR) Post #AQw0Iw7ZU4G7HwfkYK by jon_alper@mastodon.online
2022-12-23T04:34:06Z
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With this LastPass breach: https://blog.lastpass.com/2022/12/notice-of-recent-security-incident/ and 1Password’s rent-seeking cloud only subscription play, we really need a good local sync only solution. Anyone have any recommendations?
(DIR) Post #AQw0Ix302YCEA3Xc48 by jon_alper@mastodon.online
2022-12-23T05:06:41Z
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@octothorpe Given how I use 1Password (no integration, just as an encrypted db) and how bad its UI is,.. Any suggestions for a macOS/iOS keeper-baed option?
(DIR) Post #ATEDgiMvKPjF0cJ6ae by jon_alper@mastodon.online
2023-03-02T23:45:52Z
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@ismh @chockenberry Really glad you’re doing this. I hope others follow suit. I worked at a ‘large media company’ early in the emergence of social media and I was not a popular fellow for pointing out how many millions in promotion they were providing free to FB et al they could better have used otherwise while building their own presence. We created the monsters as we were duped into promoting them while thinking we were promoting ourselves.
(DIR) Post #ATEDgjdcbogCwh7xFw by jon_alper@mastodon.online
2023-03-03T04:35:40Z
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@chockenberry @ismh Arguably that’s already true with Twitter under Space Karen. ;-)
(DIR) Post #AWS6JEPW3ySMhiYAOu by jon_alper@mastodon.online
2023-06-07T14:42:32Z
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Using BBEdit to basically*instantly* open and parse a .csv with 1.3 million rows while Numbers and Excel both effectively fall over and die is a reminder of why BBEdit isn’t JUST a ‘code editor’ and that every Mac user who can POSSIBLY afford it should buy it. ($%^&* me do I love this app… )
(DIR) Post #AWS6qPfxCUq3CN3q6a by jon_alper@mastodon.online
2023-06-07T15:38:34Z
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@shacker Just tried it. It worked, and was reasonably quick (crushed Excel and Numbers) but it has window drag/resize artifacting which I’m going to GUESS is likely a side effect of Electron.
(DIR) Post #AWS7pcqSqpAVhwAJrk by jon_alper@mastodon.online
2023-06-07T15:49:36Z
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@shacker I am biased (I love the BarebBones people, the Macassed Mac App nature of their stuff, their business practices, I mean they just ‘do the right thing’ by me EVERY single time) and I don’t really code (I’m management scum) but BBEdit has been the first app I install on every Mac I own for decades.
(DIR) Post #AWS9QTJ3NZBgnAfgCu by jon_alper@mastodon.online
2023-06-07T16:07:30Z
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@shacker I’m not nearly expert enough to give you useful answers but because they rock, you can get a fully functional 30 day trial here: https://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/
(DIR) Post #AXKuLnbbJFQEOJ4wlc by jon_alper@mastodon.online
2023-07-03T18:27:46Z
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If you’re ‘trying out BlueSky’. Reconsider getting back under Jack’s wing: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4034584-ex-twitter-leader-jack-dorsey-endorses-rfk-jr-for-president/Jack’s as bad as Musk only slightly more competent and, therefore, more dangerous.
(DIR) Post #AXu4n5TKNLiROVAmiu by jon_alper@mastodon.online
2023-07-21T01:19:36Z
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@Trilobyter A family member of mine worked on Apollo guidance too. Major point of pride! (Cagey about specifics for privacy reasons. )
(DIR) Post #Aj64yy4XJlq3jw2guO by jon_alper@mastodon.online
2024-06-19T20:51:05Z
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@futurebird @lisamelton It’s funny but when I read this, my first thought was ‘of course an interior designer should have at least a passing familiarity with how a lathe works how else could they understand form, function and enough basics about how things are made to specify them’. This may mean I have insane expectations.
(DIR) Post #AkhhPSg4AbqYl3EhCC by jon_alper@mastodon.online
2024-08-04T22:49:11Z
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The idea that, if we vote and successfully elect Harris we can never think of Trump again is as foolish as it is dangerous.Trump’s engine (Bannon, his donor base, Jones etc.), his kids, Ivanka will all continue and they will eventually rally around someone smarter, younger, more effectively closeted in their indiscretions and they’ll win if we can’t stop being self defeating idiots.
(DIR) Post #AsfHWlloKSkIrjSMaW by jon_alper@mastodon.online
2025-04-02T00:49:22Z
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There are valid things one might say about race and Harvard but…https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/republicans-harvard-funding.htmlIs not about “anti-semitism" and allowing that framing is has got to stop. it's about the administration insisting on absolutely loyalty to the current Israeli regime and blind acceptance of their conduct in the war. The narrative cannot be allowed to be “failure to carry the water for Netanyahu == anti-semitism”. And, maybe check some context: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/republicans-harvard-funding.htmlhttps://apnews.com/article/israel-netanyahu-trump-evangelicals-jews-gaza-52126902c8dc767238099a1cc1930a16
(DIR) Post #AztxQ4bk9Ic9kC6pwO by jon_alper@mastodon.online
2025-11-03T22:53:23Z
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1) If you’re a Spotify user, even without this issue, you’ve been enabling the destruction of music and the screwing over of artists you profess to love.2) What intrinsic elements of Spotify’s business model should make you conclude they’re guilty AF?https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/115487788167622898