What if liquid glass had skipped iOS 7…
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David Beck 
@david@tnku.co
mastodon 4.7.3Husband of Kristin, father of 3, pastor at Living Stones Sparks, iOS developer at DoorDash, addicted to DIY projects.
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RE: @DeepDishSwift@iosdev.space
I’m absolutely beyond excited for this. Like I will make this my entire personality going forward.
Also my friends and family will probably be relieved I have someone else to talk to about connectivity.
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@helge@mastodon.social Agreed. Some of them apply to one specific view type, but are hard to find because they exist in this soup. Some apply to multiple types of views, but have slightly different effects. And sometimes, different views will have different modifiers to do the same thing.
Here is my talk from @DeepDishSwift@iosdev.space: https://davidbeck.co/posts/2026-04-14-deepdishswift
So much fun to be there as always.
The little finder guy ads make me so optimistic for the Mac. They remind me of the old “I’m a mac” commercials. Just casually explaining cool things about the Mac.
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@rnd@toot.cat @bigzaphod@mastodon.social I legitimately thought this for the first couple years I was programming. It made no sense but I didn’t even consider it meant something else.
I think a good way to describe the MacBook Neo is the Mac that will work for anyone but not the one anyone would prefer (other than for cost reasons).
It should be able to edit video or compile code etc. but even if all you do is browse the web I think pretty much anyone would be happier with at least an Air.
But that’s ok. People ask me for advice on buying a Mac all the time, almost always with an attitude of “how little can I spend”. And it’s nice to be able to give them this option.
RE: @nikitonsky@mastodon.online
Perhaps an unpopular opinion, but I think “TUI”s are a really bad idea. Either give me a natural CLI or an app but rewriting my terminal’s content 30 times a second is problematic.
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@tomlokhorst @siracusa don’t sleep on recovery suggestion and failure reason either: https://figure.ink/2021/07/18/practical-localized-error.html
Is this just referring to macOS in general?
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@khaost man that Apple Pay one gets me every time. I wouldn’t call it a bug but it the most ass backward UX decision across all of Apple software.
I’m use to paying more than I want for Apple products, but there is a certain category that is so expensive, every time I see the price I’m shocked all over again. Pro Display was one of those. AirPods Max is another. And I even own those!
A 24 hour 3D print makes me nervous but I’m sure this guy will be worth the wait.
I have the Dell 6k and it really is a very nice size. Weird to see Apple going backwards.
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@marcoarment I can understand that wording for services that are actually making structural changes. For instance a hosting provider charging by minutes instead of bandwidth.
But just raising the price? Nah.
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@valentinegb@hachyderm.io comfortable in meaning I don’t have to look up how to do a for loop: 2. Although it’s been a different 2 in the past.
I’m sure every one of these emails shows great metrics when they were rolled out, but this is just crazy. Imagine looking at a pair of headphones at bestbuy, having your son be very mature and say his current ones were good enough, and then while you’re out at dinner the manager kept coming in and asking “are you sure?”
Is it just me or has Xcode's git status gotten really buggy? The changed file indicators never seem to get cleared. That's always been the case but it use to be that I could restart and it would refresh them. Now the side of the editor is just a permanent stripe.
RE: @film_girl@mastodon.social
I really wonder how Apple thinks about the refurb / used market when introducing these budget devices. With the iPhone 16e, it seemed like a good deal compared to all the new options, but a used Pro was about the same price and had better specs.
I think a lot of people are nervous about refurb devices though. And I suppose if people bought them more the supply would dry up.
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@nicklockwood I’ve noticed this with all of the harnesses other than the command line TUI with both Claude and Codex. Quite frustrating especially with Xcode because you lose out on the additional tools and context.
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@helge fair enough. I’d still take the space over the refresh rate, but maybe that’s just me.
RE: @daringfireball@mastodon.social
Just as the prophecy foretold
Do you think more tv and movies are watched on iPad or Apple TV (the device)?
@siracusa@mastodon.social is there any way to pinky swear I'm taking my life into my own hands and get around this check?
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@davedelong@mastodon.social the only thing that comes to mind is reminders in calendar, which I’m guessing came from the reminders team that *does* seem staffed.