Sam Armstrong (pseudonym)

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Jack of all trades, master of none. Have done stuff spanning from low voltage wiring in new houses, to tax accounting, to low-code application development (my current role). Wanna be writer, avatar and header are art of my MC.

Avid audio entertainment consumer, music, podcasts, audiobooks, etc, are all great.

Anyone know of a MDM solution for home users? I understand it isn't designed for that purpose, but Apple's choices around parental controls leave me few other options.

#AppleAdmin #AppleMDM #apple #parenting

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I didn’t mention this on my watchOS review because I didn’t have the new hardware (and no one knew until the series 10 was out) but as @jsnell perfectly puts it, the lack of development on Apple Watch faces is ‘stupid’.
Apple is killing it in so many other ways on the watch but watch faces have been treading water for years.
@atpfm Visible transferred my phone and watch perfectly during the phone to phone transfer.

Well after asking about dogs on Threads, I got a lot of good advice, useless advice, and mutually exclusive advice.

I probably shouldn't be surprised, but kind of am.

Also the number of people dropping in just to order me to adopt from a shelter rather that getting a puppy from a breeder... sure, I'm glad they have opinions, but that doesn't make me more likely to go to a shelter. Not that I'd rule it out.

My wife and I are considering getting a dog. Our children (5.5 & 7) have been asking for one about as long as they have been able to talk and we have started considering if it is time.

Trying to figure out what breed would be a good dog for us. My youngest likes short haired dogs. My wife and I prefer smaller dogs. I really prefer dogs that don't have smooshed noses. We need a breed that will be fine with our friends coming over frequently. We need a dog that isn't going to decide they only like one of us. We would like a dog that will be active and want to play with the children, but won't require an hour of walks every day.

If anyone has any breed recommendations, I'm all ears.

From what I've read, Japanese Spitz, Eskies, and Pomskys are the ones that I really like. My youngest likes Pugs and French Bulldogs.

#dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon

Well, someone in Disney legal is getting fired, or should be. Talk about your frivolous arguments. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/08/disney-fighting-restaurant-death-suit-with-disney-terms-absurd-lawyer-says/

@jsnell semi-downstream related.

Disney fighting restaurant death suit with Disney+ terms “absurd,” lawyer says

Disney wants to force suit over restaurant allergy death into arbitration.

Ars Technica

I think the only way Apple or any App Store should take a cut from these types of apps are if they are processing the payments and then you can charge your 5% or whatever. I feel the same way about Apple trying to take a cut of people who buy ads on Facebook in the Facebook app.

But the real solution, I think, is for Patreon and Substack to just leave the App Store. Fuck it. Leaving is the only way to maybe win. Yes, that might make it worse for your users. Fuck it.
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Work updated their wifi infrastructure and now 2.4Ghz is turned off... found out when my Kindle Oasis wouldn't connect to the wifi any more. Anyone have recommendations for better options? Page turn buttons are a must for me.

@cranz @jsnell @dmoren

@stroughtonsmith It’s remarkable how Apple wrote such a long press release and yet completely ignored the question of whether or not Apple Music gets privileges that Spotify doesn’t get.