@gernot@mas.to

· 4mo ago

Just learned about „WhatCable" that can read out the e-Marker chips on a USB-C cable and tell you what the cable is actually capable of. https://github.com/darrylmorley/whatcable

Apparently works via IOKit. How's a UI for that that not a system feature on every Apple device with a USB-C Port?

GitHub

GitHub - darrylmorley/whatcable: macOS menu bar app that tells you, in plain English, what each USB-C cable plugged into your Mac can actually do

macOS menu bar app that tells you, in plain English, what each USB-C cable plugged into your Mac can actually do - darrylmorley/whatcable

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 7mo ago

The more I work with Claude & Codex, I think two points are equally true:

⁃ I could not have done this without the AI
⁃ The AI could not have done this without me.

I’m no longer stuck and I’m excited for what I’m building. This is going to be sooooo good.

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 4mo ago

I hope at some point #Xcode will be multi-window again. I want the console in an extra window. I want (multiple!) Previews in extra windows. I want the AI in an extra window.

When at my desk I have a Studio Display, the internal MacBook screen, and potentially an iPad screen with SideCar. Yet I can only really use the main Studio Display.

Please go back to what macOS was made for and what it was good at. If they don't make Xcode for iPad, what's the point of the one-window interface anyways?

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 4mo ago

So, jetzt geh ich mit Claude einen saufen.

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 6mo ago

There is already a civilization that died tonight, and that's the American civilization. The person they elected as their leader opted their country out of the „civilized" world, that at least aspires to have rules and opposes war crimes. Every American should be deeply ashamed to be represented this way.

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 4mo ago

Question to Apple folks with access to radar:

When I file a feedback report, is it a good idea to use markdown formatting, or not?

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 4mo ago

This is brilliant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?is=dMCfvtQt1BEE-p87&v=7DlF5Cf4VLM&feature=youtu.be

FULL SHOW: After "Late Show" ends, Stephen Colbert hosts Monroe public access show

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 4mo ago

Watching the Google IO Keynote. Super sceptical about all this, because while it's impressive: Who wants a life like this?

It’s not just Google who's creepy, we are used to that by now. What's new, is that it's the user who's creepy, too.

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 4mo ago

RE: @macguru17@objc.social

This is a sort of bug that should have been caught in beta (or better: with tests) and never been shipped.

Update: They knew about this, included it in the release notes, and shipped anyways?!? WTF?

objc.social

Max Seelemann: "Aaaaaand another few hours that went into diagnos…" - objc.social

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 4mo ago

1. Encounter an Apple/Xcode error (Today: Building Tests for simulators fail if there's a macro in the project, because the macro's macOS thing accidentally gets included in the simulators linker).
2. Have AI analyze it and try a fix.
3. AI confirms it can't fix it, because it's on Apple.
4. Have AI make a minimal sample project.
5. Have AI draft a Feedback report.
6. File Feedback.
7. Wait.

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@343max@mastodon.social Naja, richtig zitiert steht da „Angebote für die sogenannte erste und letzte Meile“, und das ist schon was anderes.

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 7mo ago

@mathew @frankrausch Ah, I get the metaphor! It’s a Thermomix, right?

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@dlx Just log in by waiting for an email with a code 🤡

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 11mo ago

Replying to

@tdp_org@mastodon.social When we hired people we had a team lunch as the "final interview“. We called that „Move Fast and Breakfast“.

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 34mo ago

Replying to

@jad6@mastodon.cloud @hagedose68@social.cologne @justkwin@toot.community Unfortunately it does not work at all for me. All devices are on 17.2 (and it did not work since 17.0) with either iPhone or iPad. It does not matter if the call is initiated or already running. I accept the camera sharing, it loads the UI, but it just can’t get a camera feed. Filed it as FB13220275 it is *some* bug in tvOS, and even resetting the AppleTV to factory defaults does not help.

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 34mo ago

Replying to

@jad6@mastodon.cloud @hagedose68@social.cologne @justkwin@toot.community Looking into Console, I remember seeing something in the tvOS and iOS log that indicates that it can’t find a camera. Continuity Camera with the Mac works just fine however. Sorry for bothering, guess my point is that if you think it’s buggy you’re not the only one :-(

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 10mo ago

Replying to

@klemensstrasser Woah nice! What's with the stem not going to the very bottom? Is that some limitation of the new icon format?

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 9mo ago

Replying to

@stuffmc I don't worry too much about AI related dependencies. If the EU alternatives are equally capable, (big *if*), the switching costs should be small. „There is no moat“.

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@DonDahlmann Jo, wenn man sich halt nicht drauf einigen kann, wie Altersverifizierung zu funktionieren hat, dann nimmt „der Markt“ die schlechteste Lösung. (Mein Favorit ist das, wozu Apple/Google in den USA gezwungen wird: Plattformdienst, den man anonym nach „ist der volljährig?“ fragen kann)

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 4mo ago

Good to see that the #Matter Ecosystem is becoming mature enough for new companies to build on it. Not just existing companies switching to it, but new ones that wouldn't have existed without it. This one sounded weird to me at first — the builder/installer ecosystem is weird — until I saw who backs it. https://mash-home.com

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 4mo ago

Berlin.

https://www.spiegel.de/start/berlin-tu-hauptgebaeude-wegen-erheblicher-baumaengel-gesperrt-a-3247749d-698d-41da-82d4-072e18f154c9

»Diese Universität ist eine Bruchbude«: TU-Hauptgebäude wegen erheblicher Baumängel gesperrt

spiegel.de

»Diese Universität ist eine Bruchbude«: TU-Hauptgebäude wegen erheblicher Baumängel gesperrt

Gefluteter Keller, bauliche Mängel: Die Technische Universität Berlin musste ihr Hauptgebäude schließen, sie schickt Studierende ins Homeoffice und überlegt, Zelte aufzustellen. Jetzt regt sich Protest.

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 4mo ago

Developers paying for Siri integration? This is super weird and doesn’t make sense. https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/13/apple-wants-apps-to-integrate-with-siri-in-ios-27-but-one-fear-holds-some-back-report/

9to5Mac

Apple wants apps to integrate with Siri in iOS 27, but one fear holds some back: report

Apple is reportedly working with developers to get apps integrated with the new Siri, but it’s facing concerns over a key point: money.

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 4mo ago

Smart Home is full of weird and misguided product rollouts, but Moduel, who succeed Ikeas ASKVADER takes the cake:

⁃ They invent and patent modular power strips and do all the R&D
⁃ They license it to ikea for 2 years and it sells succesfully
⁃ Then it's taken off the market for a year
⁃ Inventor re-introduces it on their own, sell via a super sketchy website, for twice the price

https://matter-smarthome.de/en/products/moduel-snap-together-power-strip-with-matter-support/

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 4mo ago

Harter Text zur re:publica und dem Milieu drum herum. Er hat leider in vielen Punkten Recht:
https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/konferenz-re-publica-die-letzte-party-auf-der-titanic-a-5bf8fc9b-c86b-45d7-a25b-41888bd62992

spiegel.de

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@343max@mastodon.social Kannst du da mal ne dsgvo-Anfrage machen?

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Gernot @gernot@mas.to

· 9mo ago

Replying to

@crymond@procial.tchncs.de @christianschwaegerl@mastodon.social Die „entsprechenden Kanäle“ sollten die Notfallmedlung beinhalten, denn Platz ist ja offensichtlich da. Und die „richtigen Informationen“ sind „Strom kommt wieder, bereitet euch darauf vor“. DANN die Details in nen Link zu packen wäre ok. Das was wir haben, ist auf keinen Fall „ausreichend“ (Note 4), das ist ungenügend (Note 6).

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