Mr.Kapowski | Page 74 | An eclectic mix

| June 5th, 2019

💖 Liked: The commoditization of free time by an author

“Why can’t we just do things anymore?”
an author ( )

Somewhere along the line, as a society we seem to have decided that all of those activities must be done as a source of income. You can’t just “make videos on YouTube” or “stream on Twitch,” you are expected to become “a YouTuber” or “a Twitch streamer.” If you make things as a hobby it’s expected that you set up an Etsy store to sell them online; if you collect books or figurines or old video games it’s for making a collection you can sell on eBay. If you record music and put it online you have to put it on all the streaming services and market yourself to make it worth your while, because otherwise how will anyone discover it? Oh, you want your friends to listen to it? Well they’re all using Spotify now, and they’re only going to listen if The Algorithm tells them to.

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Chris M.

| June 4th, 2019

Reposting: Pasan Premaratne on Twitter

“👋🏾This news is going to get drowned out in the WWDC chatter but I was unexpectedly laid off today along with a ton of other wonderful folks. I have 6 years of iOS development experience and would ❤️ any retweets you could send my way”
Twitter

Chris M.

| June 4th, 2019

💬 Replied to: What the crowd made of Apple's $1000 monitor stand

“What the crowd made of Apple’s $1000 monitor stand,Apple announced the long-awaited modular Mac Pro yesterday. It’s expensive, starting at $5000, but the faithful wanted some truly pro equipment and they got it. Even the 6k monitor to go with…”
Boing Boing

I thought I heard a gasp/incredulous laugh from the crowd when the monitor stand price was revealed… I’m glad I’m not the only one who picked up on it! As good as the monitor might be, having the monitor stand cost a grand – or even the $200 for a freaking VESA mount adapter – is probably going to transform it into a meme.

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Chris M.

| June 4th, 2019

🔖 Bookmarked: aaronpk/sign-in-with-apple-example

“Sample code for the Sign in with Apple API. Contribute to aaronpk/sign-in-with-apple-example development by creating an account on GitHub.”

Aaron already has an example of Sign-in With Apple up and running, because of course he has 👍

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Chris M.

| June 4th, 2019

Reposting: Aimee Free Bird Ault on Twitter

“👋🏻Hi Twitter. If you or someone you know is looking to hire a seasoned and fairly humble senior Ruby developer, please let me know. I was very unexpectedly laid off as part of a mass-downsizing today. I have 15 years of development experience, 5 in particular with Ruby on Rails.”
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Chris M.

| June 4th, 2019

💬 Replied to: Christina "I Am Sadly not at WWDC" Warren on Twitter

““I’m sure devs will complain but as a user, I’m glad to see this. https://t.co/IZYBcGVDPV””
Twitter

Yeah, I’m OK with this too.

One thing that seems to be getting glossed over in the linked thread – it’s only mandatory to include the option, if the app offers other third-party logins. If you have your own login system then you do not have to add anything. That… seems reasonable?

Chris M.

| June 4th, 2019

💖 Liked: Delaney King on Twitter

““This is #TheGrowlyDarks project I want to kickstart shortly.
Mental arithmetic free, designed for dyscalculia, ADHD, ADD, vision impaired, and forms of neurodiversity that are a barrier to playing #ttrpgs games!””