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barkerja··on New WebKit features in Safari 15.4
This is one of the best features Twitter Blue has to offer; the "Reader" feature for threads.
barkerja··on New WebKit features in Safari 15.4
I got 110.

Your score is quite the improvement over Safari (15.4) on my late-2019 Intel (i9 2.4) 16" MacBook Pro.

barkerja··on Apple AirTags draining battery of devices close by
I believe it was a bug that was resolved in one of the latest iOS 15 point releases.
barkerja··on Apple AirTags draining battery of devices close by
You can disable the Find My network, which is a separate option/setting from Find My for your specific device(s).

It's found under your iCloud Settings > Find My

The only major caveat to disabling it on your devices is it removes the ability for those devices to be located when they're turned off.

barkerja··on Apple turns monitor height adjustment into a $400 upsell
Are these arms large/long enough to allow for a 27" to go portrait?
barkerja··on Apple and Major League Baseball to Offer “Friday Night Baseball”
You don't need cable for ESPN. In fact, there's a great Disney bundle that includes Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN+.
barkerja··on Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other offices from April 4
I believe they mean from the perspective of the employer. If a team has been able to fully function these past two years and the employees prefer working from home, there's little — if any — justification the employer can make for the return to office.
barkerja··on Google could have updated the Pixel 3 until Android 13, it just didn't want to
> The iPhone doesn't even let you turn off its version of Google Location Services

Can you elaborate on this a bit more?

barkerja··on 1Password for SSH and Git (Beta)
They have a nice little tidbit on this: https://developer.1password.com/docs/ssh/agent/security

> The standard OpenSSH agent (ssh-agent) that comes preinstalled on most systems requires you to add keys to the agent (ssh-add) every time it launches. After you've added your keys, any process can use any SSH key that the OpenSSH agent is managing. It is then up to you to remove those keys when they're not needed anymore.

> The 1Password SSH agent uses a different approach. 1Password will ask for your consent before an SSH client can use your SSH key. Because of this, there's no concept of adding or removing keys like with the OpenSSH agent.

> When your turn on the SSH agent from the 1Password preferences or settings, every eligible key is automatically available to use for SSH, but your private keys will never be used without your consent.

barkerja··on Apple unveils contactless payments via Tap to Pay on iPhone
Does the use of a terminal tack on more fees in addition to the fees the processor already takes?
barkerja··on Apple in 2021
Yes! This is one of my biggest desires in HomeKit, and the native Home app. Having access to historical data. This is one of the main reasons I have Home Assistant running. I don't use it for any automations, but I do often use it to reference historical data.

I'm not sure how Apple would approach this though. Would it be part of your iCloud data and require a minimum plan (similar to how HKSV operates). I don't ever see them allowing the option to control /where/ that data is stored exactly.

barkerja··on Every M1 Mac is due for a 2022 refresh with faster M2 chip, new designs
Seriously! I have been awaiting a "Pro" Mini for a while now. Only reason I haven't pulled the trigger on the current M1 Mac Mini is due to the limits on ram (16GB).
barkerja··on Apple in 2021
I have to believe that HomeKit has fallen so far to the wayside due to their work on Matter. And we can expect something big in the near future. Right? Please?
barkerja··on Silenced AirTags with disabled speakers are popping up for sale online
I recently replaced my dog's collar -- which had GPS with LTE-M -- with an AirTag simply because it saves me money, I get about a ~year battery life and I find it's just as reliable.
barkerja··on Heroku Is Down
Any insight into the Heroku Connect platform? We're a BIG user of this product and the only reason we have any direct dealings with Heroku.
barkerja··on AirPods don't “just work”
If device switching is more of an annoyance/issue than it is a pleasing feature, you can configure it. And it's configurable per-device.

When AirPods are connected, go into the bluetooth preferences, select "Options" next to the connected AirPods. Change the value for "Connect to This Mac"

barkerja··on Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo grew by 46% in 2021
> How does Neeva tackle this?

Neeva is a paid product.

I’ve enjoyed using Neeva, but not having the ability to make it the default engine in iOS/macOS (Safari) has made it cumbersome to use.

barkerja··on Ask HN: News site that provides world updates only when relevant?
It's not a "site" per se, but I have been thoroughly enjoying winno https://winno.app. It's news that you subscribe to based on very specific topics and/or categories.
barkerja··on Twitter has a new CEO – what about a new business model?
They already have a subscription model for this: Twitter Blue https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2021/introduci...

It enhances the experience on Twitter for those that desire more features: a thread feature (which is /really/ nice IMHO), ability to cancel tweets after send, more color themes and customizable icons, etc.

The Twitter "as we know it" will likely always remain free and ad-driven, but if you want an enhanced experience, you're going to have to pay for it. And that's fine by me.

barkerja··on Low Framerate in Safari on M1 Mac
For Pro users, maybe. But the average user will value battery life over frame rates.
barkerja··on Google introduces mandatory 2-Step Verification for Google Accounts
Your example is correct, but your 1Password account can be protected by MFA that's separate from 1Password itself. They also support U2F.

I personally have all my MFA codes in 1Password, but 1Password is protected with my Yubikey. In the unlikely event that a bad actor did acquire my master password, they wouldn't get far unless they also physically had my hardware security key.

barkerja··on Please Shrink the Trackpad
When I use my iPad with the keyboard + trackpad, it's often a reminder that I don't want /both/ a keyboard and touchscreen.
barkerja··on California tried to save the nation from tax filing, then Intuit stepped in
You vastly underestimate the number of people that:

1. Don't even know they have to file taxes.

2. Don't even know where to begin.

barkerja··on Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in the Brave browser
Neeva has been pretty good in my experience, but the lack of ability to make it the default search engine in Safari (macOS and iOS) is what prevents me from using it 100%.

That's obviously not at all a knock against Neeva. Safari needs to allow more flexibility in its search engine defaults. I've filed multiple radars/requests to Apple to make this setting more flexible and/or provide Neeva as an option.

barkerja··on Apple Maps' Acceleration (2020)
This is actually somewhat surprising given that Hawaii was one of the first states to get surveyed directly by Apple. Is it a recent address? And have you tried reporting it? My personal experience is Apple is pretty responsive to (all) Maps reports.
barkerja··on Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple case
My concern is less about random one-off purchases but more the management of on-going subscriptions. Having Apple handle that, is a blessing, from a user perspective. I have a single place to manage all the random $1 - $10 subscriptions that I have, making it easy to change/cancel at any moment's notice, and from any device.
barkerja··on An Open Letter Against Apple's Privacy-Invasive Content Scanning Technology
Hopefully this is another configurable option that falls under the already very extensive family screen time feature. I understand where you're coming from and respect your position, but I fall on the opposite side. This is something I do want for my kid.
barkerja··on Safari extension rejected because developer not “reputable”
Technically, you still have that capability. After the user is authenticated with their Apple ID, you can present a profile to provide username/password/email.
barkerja··on Apple's “iCloud Private Relay” broke risk based authentication
How many average Etsy users do you think would know that iCloud Private Relay is the cause of their issues?
barkerja··on Ohio GOP ends attempt to ban municipal broadband after protest from residents
I live in a small village in central NY and we are months away from rolling out municipal broadband.

For years, Spectrum has had a stronghold on this region with prices they set without any competition. The citizens of this region have pleaded with numerous carriers to bring better internet, but all balk at the prospect.

We finally said enough is enough and decided to rollout FTTH for every resident, without a single penny spent of tax dollar money. We've been fortunate to get enough grant money from both state and federal to get this off the ground. The service will be fully subscriber-funded and end up making the town money in several years.

There is absolutely nothing about this service that is:

1. A handout from government. You must pay for the service.

2. Expanding the role of government.

3. Increasing taxes

4. Hostile. The only hostility until now has been Spectrum bullying the competition.

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