2026-04-14T23:52:49Z https://yabu.me Dr. Drang https://yabu.me/npub1265v4xga4kjptw69x730n9xaysc9nfce8uspkcgkny6zrejp2t8qzflqmu https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/109/750/619/074/444/271/original/96a0613d089051de.png https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/109/750/619/074/444/271/original/96a0613d089051de.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyu9tqvgxf6j40z3u37e0vr5klnzuurn6yjc9y3j0syk3ejrezjjczypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvu4qphk8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxcmgg46fwkd2hv8tpn9gdzjjvpp9lwcu606nhgpue64skxnj4cxsvfpulc'>nevent1q…pulc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Given that El Paso just reopened—9½ days early—I’m thinking the closure was a mistake. 2026-02-11T14:20:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0cw6fzlsrmc69seslk2v0u2rfa0cgeltxpr87mp6wlu45ctf2d7qzypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvuw3yga8 Is there a parallel story I’ve missed? One about shutting down border crossings at El Paso/Juarez? 2026-02-11T14:05:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2dqsx9axwk8wx7psgkfew0s07ca4gs7ngsvw6n3jqsp0g8hrxdrgzypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvuyyjymk Yesterday may seem like a pretty bad day for fans of Big Ten football. But can a day truly be bad when both Michigan and Ohio State lose? 2026-01-01T16:46:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqgn9v653pu0jf5fc46e9kfp5w50lcvwcw377sxrq84xqlzjs9f9szypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvuudthdz A watched progress bar never lengthens. 2025-12-17T14:47:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8rhwu7sqc3yz5s6ly9hcht8ehf4f9lzxzlnjwz58vmx6tf6chncgzypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvuwlgn6t ☃️ A post I was supposed to write after the 2023 season<br/><a href="https://leancrew.com/all-this/2025/09/baseball-durations-after-the-pitch-clock/">https://leancrew.com/all-this/2025/09/baseball-durations-after-the-pitch-clock/</a> 2025-10-01T01:21:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfjx3yt2dpjtq2uyusfq4vjfw7f729n3es03uc7s9hs9uu3cm3krczypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvu2a59ys In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2v4cz4qp3es4ne0gpta7pf2ywmjdew6uljfckm93qw33z98v2kfq73ayyx'>nevent1q…ayyx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I would think so. I’ve been disabling the translucent menu bar since it came out. 2025-06-09T19:01:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdhdlp7uylyyuq8y2xckmr8dkgfex2z4xmdc8a3vk4ysv0fpk0wnszypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvu3fqtq7 Sometimes catching up with Mastodon is like rewinding my own thoughts.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/654/883/942/153/313/original/465fda60da58dfa6.png"> <br/> 2025-06-09T18:44:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdpms7933h89uj8f6awduppt40zh4ul0lgr7s69z8wzfpe8kx7lcszypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvux564u0 Why is OpenAI even at the Google trial? 2025-04-22T21:24:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0fqy05h7cxfhedsf8jeyk8ykqc8nq8t9m2x2jywd8jp3cf2hnh8czypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvuae0qxe Think of what Siri is like now, then imagine how bad the “personaized” version must be for Apple to hold back its release. 2025-03-07T23:23:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvmxqlhv4ctfm0qjuuckjz8zfq80kjgmdzhahyaav3ff9l2lu9c6szypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvue8u7hp Yes, I’m 12 years old.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/111/422/880/154/167/original/27c615a5299c449e.png"> <br/> 2025-03-05T19:15:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy2r6urvp0c6knfzzf5tefnk9gmequjhdsh52v53wyufhjg82arzgzypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvu90c4vu No matter how many times reporters refer to it, there is no Department of Government Efficiency. 2025-02-05T22:35:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd50vuw0fmrlv525lsf7etj8y0wujls8dwklnnxyjdpa2uahxt07szypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvu0mykhp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyvd3p62s2avht75ccn3k34e53l8mzhkxhh6pj2u4p55xqhvswg2ss4l2vg'>nevent1q…l2vg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I go out for a walk to clear my head and return to learn what monsters you people are. 2025-02-04T23:02:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyvd3p62s2avht75ccn3k34e53l8mzhkxhh6pj2u4p55xqhvswg2szypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvuxgnwl3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvtj845qzyqyytmsaquqan2q929ttqz6z52lchasqvmzvv0lask2cfk4gkj'>nevent1q…4gkj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You don’t want to hear my thoughts on “compute” and “spend.” 2025-02-04T20:10:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvtj845qzyqyytmsaquqan2q929ttqz6z52lchasqvmzvv0lask2czypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvu0dxkpl I won’t be using Apple’s new app because I don’t accept “invite” as a noun. 2025-02-04T16:45:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrxvgxac70wzfrkglya24xvrf66qu0d8cgjarwyw9me6h26uhu04czypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvur3quqf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqfh9axhxhve2p5dthpmxf5sd7lf442dxyqre0rvle4zquwt2wrjsc3yvk8'>nevent1q…yvk8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Apparently, I’m not missing anything. There really isn’t a while loop in Shortcuts. My options are:<br/><br/>1. Use a Repeat loop with an artificially high count and stop the shortcut when a condition is met. Ugly.<br/><br/>2. Use recursion, which is fine but pretty computer sciencey for a language that’s meant to be for the masses.<br/><br/>My distain for Shortcuts grows deeper. 2025-01-15T16:00:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqfh9axhxhve2p5dthpmxf5sd7lf442dxyqre0rvle4zquwt2wrjszypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvuxsy0kh I want to make a Shortcut with a while loop, but I can’t find an action that repeats until a condition is met. What am I missing? 2025-01-15T13:31:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2zr7sym9yyyh04q56egj9gma4m7eu8grxxa7tsvakxfqxq7mcf2czypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvugp9tur With no irony, this says the eastern white pine was “once in unlimited supply.”<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/625/364/309/467/060/original/795ba2939c97c748.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-12-09T23:04:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszdnfn5v2lvq4dcc5unsrz5hmfx73usxa6hxdm2mnu0zf0m6t962czypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvu0ekr62 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqxmmqrxkf3k8mwugw3jkj9ztanvxfawz6pepctj22486qz47vw7c9kjthx'>nevent1q…jthx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The purpose of a tariff is to make domestic goods price-competitive with foreign goods. If the tariff doesn’t raise the price of foreign goods, it isn’t doing its job. 2024-11-25T18:11:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgngt598t0n6areqlhq4v44r6003sf5a5dyvsv0h6jz3qgqepkjrgzypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvunnnanr My favorite Bill Atkinson story. I wish him all the best.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.folklore.org/Negative_2000_Lines_Of_Code.html?sort=date">https://www.folklore.org/Negative_2000_Lines_Of_Code.html?sort=date</a> 2024-11-14T00:54:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsphhrf82hfnhnd2uhq69c84zjul0ap6qufm9xcjtsqw4h6wg2574czypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvudgxy09 Me, in early 2020: <br/><br/><a href="https://leancrew.com/all-this/2020/02/autocracy/">https://leancrew.com/all-this/2020/02/autocracy/</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/434/146/910/759/336/original/968607ac1865913d.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-06T04:35:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0vgc93flcz7mglp0ctl8mnkel3vyfwr2t0yz7sfefq6svg0lelpszypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvuzpk6ah In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2tdu4kddd0hs45x94ad485r82h75kputkx5r9qap0hk2w9pltjhg6au6f7'>nevent1q…u6f7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Got it. You mean real links, not just URLs turned blue. I will say that most (all?) Mastodon apps show a preview of the linked page at the bottom of the post, which does make up, to some extent, for the lack of anchor text. 2024-10-11T17:30:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgdh60tjsgly5wxe4vym7yjnxrnghqds7en98emwa4utfr9la0ehszypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvurf90kk I’m confused. In this post, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1e02k33lpur7l5tju50uzsm2swaeglhd03asjq0ld3874zn2979qs427m30" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Dave Winer ☕️</span> (<span class="italic">npub1e02…7m30</span>)</a></span> says Mastodon has followed Twitter and Facebook in not allowing links. He’s really smart about these things, but I can certainly add links to my Mastodon posts. What am I missing?<br/><a href="http://scripting.com/2024/10/11/132736.html">http://scripting.com/2024/10/11/132736.html</a> 2024-10-11T16:41:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy8f4vz8tkwkzjx4qzjfj7ehe03zp7tql43mwgltyjzw3mh44kkwczypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvudxu0mf Hey, dumbass, here’s a “fundamental“ for you: Many of us think the country is headed in the wrong direction because so many of our fellow citizens are stupid/racist/hateful enough to vote for Donald Trump.<br/><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/05/politics/kamala-harris-trump-election-fundamentals/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/05/politics/kamala-harris-trump-election-fundamentals/index.html</a> 2024-10-06T04:31:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq3243k8980kt4gun0v5s0fg2eqthkj6gdhrfh0p7j7faytg658jgzypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvudlcuxl I’ve been thinking about canceling my Netflix subscription for a while, but I’m worried about the timing of doing it now. I don’t want it to look like I’m canceling to protest Reed Hastings’s donation to the Harris campaign. <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/netflix-cancellations-surge-after-reed-hastings-donates-millions-to-kamala-harris">https://www.thedailybeast.com/netflix-cancellations-surge-after-reed-hastings-donates-millions-to-kamala-harris</a> 2024-09-30T15:06:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv6pv2umv8vp2g6krc2a3p9wklsuuecevywtl6k925nxdrwqa09dczypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvuh0zgym In case you missed the announcement last week, free COVID tests are available again. My set is coming today. <a href="https://special.usps.com/testkits">https://special.usps.com/testkits</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/226/530/387/935/632/original/fc6c5685a91cf3d7.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-30T12:35:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq9y6h6kx9c8wlupmgkz894a2dumjfmd4a0vvqtgt5q7hxzz5m3yczypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvukgakrf So they were still using the handheld radios the day after the pagers exploded? Even though the radios were bought at about the same time as the pagers? 2024-09-18T15:17:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9wsrr4wdtenlpc060t3p55mvletgu9elhmw98vmvx0snv42qznlczypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvu40nk2s As I was driving past a yard full of Trump signs, David Bowie‘s “I’m Afraid of Americans” came up on CarPlay. 2024-08-11T00:15:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd5nsyxpjdqrmvklfktd84xu5k6zxnmyp0v59acjgjgjt05fkw5kgzypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvu0fa7kx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0jc3nx9z6dx4a3mg4l37a76q4zlye63w2g6yq04wvkgumdmc7l9sldahhp'>nevent1q…ahhp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I bet every single person who went for Star Wars made a light saber noise while they voted. 2024-08-09T03:11:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0jc3nx9z6dx4a3mg4l37a76q4zlye63w2g6yq04wvkgumdmc7l9szypt23j5erkk6g9dmg5m697v5m5jrqkd8ryljqxmpz6vngg0xg9fvux5nsg9 Whatever your opinions of the books/movies/TV shows, this election should be a wipeout. <a href="https://universeodon.com/@eosfpodcast/112925900489078197">https://universeodon.com/@eosfpodcast/112925900489078197</a> 2024-08-08T14:30:22Z