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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · 2d

I see two main problems:

* It’s accurately detecting events in the same general area, and tagging accordingly.
* It often picks the wrong event, and there’s no UI to deselect or change what it picked.

I’m more annoyed by the second one. If we could just say “no, that’s X not Y”, it would be fine.

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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · 2d

One would have thought …

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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · 2d

(On the other hand, I guess this is just yet another facet of #AppleIntelligence that, well, isn’t all that intelligent, and it’s hard to keep track of all the promises at this point…)

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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · 2d

↑ @sixcolors.com @9to5mac.com @gruber.foo @appleinsider.com

I’m surprised I don’t see more mentions of this. The tagging errors are very reproducible, but I mainly see articles saying “event detection has been added for concerts & sporting events” but no follow-up to see if it works (it doesn’t).

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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · 2d

The new #Apple feature for Photos to detect concerts seems useful.

If only it worked.

Alas.

It either detects an event or it doesn’t, but we’re not currently allowed to edit or delete whatever it decides to add as an annotation.

Lord, give me the confidence of a mediocre AI engine.

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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · 4d

Such a strange limitation. If the hardware is capable of detecting that the power source is inadequate, then the OS should communicate this information to the user so that they can, you know, try to find another power adapter. This doesn’t seem like it should be a difficult problem, no?

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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · 4d

@gruber.foo re: daringfireball.net/linked/2025/..., it seems like one obvious improvement would be a software change to cause macOS to raise a warning notification when the detected power supply is below spec for the system. Such a change could even be rolled out in a macOS 26 patch release.

Consumer Confusion Regarding USB Power Adapters

Link to: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/10/20/heer-m5-mbp-charger

daringfireball.net

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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · 4d

Ah yes, the Sav-Mor Memorial Pool And Mosquito Breeding Facility…

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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · 7d

Right up front, too.

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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · 7d

I’m in that photo. :-)

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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · 23d

Yeah, absolutely. :-)

I’ve been here long enough at this point that that whole area used to be much worse, so I’m optimistic that things are bending in the right direction, albeit slowly.

(Hopefully the redevelopment of the former Winter Hill Star Market jumpstarts that part of Broadway…)

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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · 23d

…as a resident of “this part”, I take umbrage with this. East Somerville is a great place to walk around, too, once one gets past McGrath, which both the Community Path and the Gilman Underpass are handy for. :-)

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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · Aug 22

It may be that the norms will evolve and people end up accepting these things, but at least for now, I for one find it deeply weird, in a panopticon way, to be in the presence of somebody wearing a camera & microphone on their face, and a transparent screen I can’t see. It’s like being interrogated.

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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · Aug 22

@gruber.foo re: daringfireball.net/linked/2025/..., there’s also the social stigma to “smart glasses”.

A coworker had Google Glasses. It was annoying to talk to him, not knowing if he was recording/streaming the conversation, web browsing, etc.

“Take those things off so we can just talk, please.”

Meta’s Ray-Bans Have Sold 2 Million Pairs, Total, as of February

Link to: https://www.theverge.com/news/613292/meta-ray-ban-2-million-10-million-capacity-subscription-essilor-luxottica-earnings

daringfireball.net

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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · Aug 15

Ta for the note in the follow-up.

Also, this is Inman Square?

Well then howdy, ~neighbor! ;-)

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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · Aug 13

I can’t see empty screw holes on the sidewalk in the last photo. Was the mailbox actually bolted down, or was it just standing there until the (apparently recently redone?) sidewalk to the right was ready for the permanent installation?

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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · Aug 13

@snell.zone — I’m on the same line of thought about kayaks recently. I’m tempted to get one that I could tow with a bike to Boston Harbor, then paddle out from there. Oru has a bunch of models, including sea kayaks stable enough to use on bays, harbors, and open sea. REI often has them on sale, too…

Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · Aug 13

I’ll play along…

Farthest I've been:

N: Oxford, England (unless flying over the Arctic Ocean counts)
E: Tokyo
S: Ho Chi Minh City
W: Eureka, California

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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · Aug 12

Did anyone ever figure out where that guitar Prince threw landed?

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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · Aug 11

Yeah, it’s ridiculous. Started in June as one sign, then another. For a week or so, it was “Berry” vs “Orange Cat”.

Then, more started appearing. A lot more.

I haven’t been by in a couple weeks, but as of mid-July, there were 32 signs, and I understand that the number has kept climbing since then.

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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · Aug 11

On the same line of thought, I have a thrift-shop copy of an LP where Tolkien himself read & sang passages from “Hobbit” and “Fellowship”, and it really helps to hear how the author himself intended these lyrics to sound.

Luckily, somebody uploaded a copy to YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GsX...

J.R.R. TOLKIEN reads and sings his THE HOBBIT and The Fellowship of the Ring (1975)

YouTube video by Striking Chords

www.youtube.com

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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · Aug 11

I binged Serkis’s “Hobbit” & “LOTR” readings earlier this summer, and yes, they’re fantastic.

I also suggest giving the songs a chance. They’re my least favorite part of the books, just because they take me out of the narrative, but hearing a great actor put a melody & emotion to them really helps.

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Opal @opalescentopal.bsky.social · Jul 27

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · Jun 26

My favorite thing about iVim for iPadOS, aside of course from the obvious joy in having `vi` on an iPad, is that fact that `:sh` works, and gives you a reasonably functional shell environment, including both Python & SSH! It’s not a “proper” Terminal, but it works!

github.com/terrychou/iVim

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Chris Devers @cdevers.bsky.social · Jun 8

Ah, that one does seem nice, thanks!

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