@SwampYankee

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Stay at home astronaut and retired philosopher

The $3500 face-covering, world-isolating, anti-social, uncomfortably heavy 3D computer headset with clunky external battery, limited optical quality, awful text input, awful voice input, primitive pointer input, a locked-down OS, almost no software, almost no content, and no good way to share it with anyone else in the household was held back by… poor retail training!

Yeah, that's it.

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/07/vision-pro-troubled-launch-in-apple-stores/

New Book Details Vision Pro's Troubled Launch in Apple Stores

A new book by New York Times labor reporter Noam Scheiber argues that Apple's decade-long erosion of its retail workforce directly contributed to...

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@marcoarment Apple Watch comment. If you use “hike” instead of “walk” as a workout it won’t stop when you take a break. Just keeps on recording. Also, please, please send your watch feedback to Apple. The workout app is so bad I’m encouraging everyone to send feedback. Thanks
@viticci BTW, Do you know somewhere at Apple headquarters, there is a room that has a whole bunch of iPhone Pro 17 aluminum bodies with probably dozens of colors that were considered but ultimately rejected for production? Gold, Emerald, Sapphire and probably a beautiful Ruby color.
@jsnell @gruber why baseball should not have ties. I highly recommend the movie Eepus. This is a movie for people that love the timeless nature of baseball. Nothing happens except an amateur baseball game. It sneak into your brain and slowing explode. If you love the game, you must: https://www.eephusfilm.com
Eephus | Official Website | March 07 2025

Watch the trailer, find screenings & book tickets for Eephus on the official site. In theaters March 07 2025 brought to you by Music Box Films. Directed by: Carson Lund. Starring: Keith William Richards, Bill "Spaceman" Lee, Wayne Diamond, Cliff Blake, Joe Castiglione, <b>Featuring a, voice cameo from</b>, Frederick Wiseman

Eephus | Official Website | March 07 2025
@connected. Gas turbines in Memphis? I wish we could get gas turbines. In coal country Pennsylvania, Sitting directly on top of the largest anthracite coal deposits on earth, in CARBON County, a cryptocurrency mining operation will be powered by BURNING TIRES! https://www.pahomepage.com/news/carbon-county-power-plant-gets-approval-to-burn-tires/

And it's not just that we've taken MacStories off Meta platforms:

For the past year, I've been planning how to go all-in with the Fediverse and ActivityPub for MacStories 5.0.

The future of @macstories' social infrastructure will be based on open, decentralized standards.

I'm so excited to build this with @johnvoorhees, @robb, @alex and the rest of the team.

"The Mayor & City Council cutting $23 million from LA fire dept to give LAPD a $138 million raise is Class War!"

Graffiti in downtown Los Angeles

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | Official Trailer | Netflix

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Went for a #photo walk with a friend in the #london streets of #waterloo , learning how to use my new #fuji #fujifilm #fujifilmx camera, practising my #photography. I took a picture a #streetphotography of the #shard before jumping on the train home.