Mastodawn

The senate (re-)introduces a bill of attainder aimed at outlawing the work of Public Resource (known in thousands of court documents as “PRO”). https://www.coons.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senators-coons-cornyn-colleagues-introduce-pro-codes-act-to-protect-and-improve-access-to-safety-standards/ Guess I should be proud and honored they named it to the “PRO Codes Act.”

Senators Coons, Cornyn, colleagues introduce Pro Codes Act to protect and improve access to safety standards

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) today reintroduced legislation to enhance public access to universal safety standards and codes. The Protecting and Enhancing Public Access to Codes (Pro Codes) Act of 2026 ensures safety standards do not lose copyright protection when they are […]

Senator Christopher Coons

Matt Zagaja 2d ago

Steve Troughton-Smith 3d ago

Here's one for the icons-in-menus haters on macOS Tahoe:

defaults write -g NSMenuEnableActionImages -bool NO

It even preserves the couple of instances you do want icons, like for window zoom/resize

/cc @gruber

Matt Zagaja Mar 15

I would like to ask all the civil liberties crowd if my Ring camera is a big threat to freedom and definitely a “surveillance nightmare” why do my packages keep getting stolen?

Matt Zagaja Mar 3

On a City of Boston public hearing in Zoom and 90 minutes in they haven't even started calling members of the public.

Matt Zagaja Mar 3

Longreads Mar 3

AI in IVF could be “awesome, or terrifying.”

Randomized trials show AI tools picking embryos almost as well as humans—but 10x faster. But who will control the algorithm? Phineas Rueckert digs into the new fertility frontier in our latest #Longreads piece: https://longreads.com/2026/03/03/ivf-and-ai-infertility/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#AI #IVF #fertility #AItools #algorithm #writing #reported #essays

My Unlikely Existence

Is AI helping prospective parents game the fertility lottery? Should it?

Longreads

Matt Zagaja Mar 2

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Matt Zagaja Mar 2

Trying to love the newest Star Trek Starfleet Academy but feels like rubbernecking a bad wreck on the highway. The two saving graces are Holly Hunt and Tig Notaro. Otherwise the writers are only boldly exploring well worn tropes. The directors lazily compensate for the poor acting of rookie cast members by finding every chance to have them be eye candy in skimpy outfits. Such a bummer to see what was a great franchise continue to get wrecked by the folks at CBS/Paramount.

Matt Zagaja Feb 27

Steve Troughton-Smith Feb 27

"I scraped 500+ one-star App Store reviews so you don't have to. Here's what actually killed their ratings"

TL;DR
1) Unwanted notifications
2) Forced account creation at launch
3) 'Slow'
N) Ads. No dark mode. Not saving logins. No timely customer support

Grain of salt required, as sourcing is flimsy, but interesting.

https://www.reddit.com/r/vibecoding/comments/1rg7sdh/i_scraped_500_onestar_app_store_reviews_so_you/

Matt Zagaja Feb 27

Ricky Mondello Feb 27

Just this week I’ve heard people on two different podcasts talking about how in macOS Tahoe, AutoFill of verification codes received in Messages or Mail work in more Mac apps than before, including popular web browsers. The people seemed very happy about it.

I just wanna say that people talking about this brings me joy, because I worked hard and did unspeakable things to get that to work.

Matt Zagaja Feb 26

Kaleidoscope Feb 26

Comparing screenshots that don’t quite line up?

Kaleidoscope 6.6 now aligns them automatically using AI. Works with UI tests, web pages, and real-world app screenshots.

Manual adjustment is still there when you need it.

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