dan seifert

dan seifert @dcseifert

when i was in sixth grade (i think?) i saw an IMAX film about Shackleton at the Liberty Science Center. this was when IMAX meant you sat in a huge room with a domed screen, sat at a 45-degree incline, and watched science documentaries and not the “IMAX” that we get in movies now — PolitiTweet.org

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i must see this film this is kino https://t.co/ma2mBD6nZo — PolitiTweet.org

dan seifert @dcseifert

i’m here for the shackleton hype https://t.co/kNLFxO0XFO — PolitiTweet.org

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@andyjayhawk my 4th grader was excited about this news because they did a shackleton thing in school earlier this year. i remember seeing an IMAX film about it when i was in elementary school at the liberty science center — PolitiTweet.org

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orbi-warn kenorbi — PolitiTweet.org

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How I became a real trackball sicko https://t.co/Zof4aiPdlQ (not me, the author. i would like to be a trackball sicko tho) — PolitiTweet.org

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@danieljturk yeah, i used to praise Siri for being the fastest voice control for smart home gadgets, but now every voice command takes forever, it’s very frustrating (especially since i switched my whole house over from Alexa) — PolitiTweet.org

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@danieljturk also none of my devices rely on BLE because that is in fact garbage. i’m having very slow response from Hue lights and motion sensors within homekit automations. — PolitiTweet.org

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@danieljturk i have a mix of both Thread and non-Thread devices already. but it’s going to be quite a while before everything is on Thread, there are very few options right now (notably, zero motion sensors, zero BR30 bulbs, etc) — PolitiTweet.org

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@AndrewCarrier even in that screenshot i just sent you, it chose an older Apple TV that isn’t plugged into ethernet, over the newer model that has Thread support and is hardwired into the network. it’s just baffling — PolitiTweet.org

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Home app > Home Settings > Home Hubs and Bridges the “Connected” one is the device that’s running as the Hub, others will show “Standby” — PolitiTweet.org

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@AndrewCarrier home app > home settings > home hubs and bridges https://t.co/JYrquLK4tq — PolitiTweet.org

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literally the only fix is to unplug that HomePod mini from the wall, wait a few seconds for something else to become the Home hub (ideally the latest gen Apple TV 4K that’s LITERALLY HARDWIRED INTO MY NETWORK) and then plug that HomePod back in and hope it doesn’t revert — PolitiTweet.org

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whenever a HomePod mini becomes my main Home hub instead of an Apple TV all of my HomeKit automations run dog shit slow it’s super frustrating that Apple doesn’t provide any control over this, it constantly picks a HomePod mini in the far corner of my house to run automations on — PolitiTweet.org

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@technofou oh no, a logitech or sometimes a kensington trackball. apple’s magic mouse is garbage — PolitiTweet.org

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@pkafka the real value of headphones with noise cancelation is not blocking outside noise, it’s letting you hear your music or podcast or audio book easier without having to raise the volume to dangerous levels to overcome outside noise — PolitiTweet.org

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@thenickguy @nytimes @wirecutterunion @wirecutter wow, don’t know how i missed this! congrats on your run, curious to hear what’s next — PolitiTweet.org

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@RDRv3 sure, but there are things you can do with a tablet that are more comfortable than dealing with a full laptop or desktop OS. i think Samsung is still aiming too high with its Tab S8 line and not serving the $500 8-10” tablet world very well though. — PolitiTweet.org

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@technofou i typically use a trackpad on the left side my keyboard for gestures / scrolling and a mouse on the right side for precise clicks / pointing. but lately i’ve been going trackpad only (on the left side) and ditching the mouse entirely — PolitiTweet.org

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@RDRv3 eh, i don’t know if i fully agree. if you own a samsung phone, there are ecosystem advantages / integrations on Samsung’s tablets that are similar to what Apple offers between its devices. that wasn’t always the case, but Samsung has closed the gap slightly — PolitiTweet.org

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just realized the Mac Studio only comes in silver — is the space gray Mac desktop computer just a thing of the past now? (the old intel mac mini that’s inexplicably still available to buy doesn’t count) — PolitiTweet.org

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@stevekovach i dunno, a wedding or something — PolitiTweet.org

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just thinking of the sick event photography rig i could make with a 12.9-inch iPad Pro mounted on top of my camera — PolitiTweet.org

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Capture One for the iPad (coming in April, in beta now) will let you tether a DSLR or mirrorless camera to an iPad and frame shots / take shots from the iPad’s screen. so the next time someone complains about you taking pics with an iPad, just do that instead — PolitiTweet.org

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@BriannaWu so much “it costs 5x less per mile to drive an EV” punditry going on out there that doesn’t factor in the cost of a new EV. it only makes sense if you’re planning to buy either a new ICE or a new EV and need to decide. it’s always cheaper to not buy something. — PolitiTweet.org

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back in black it’s for a mac been gone too long, i’m glad it’s back — PolitiTweet.org

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@MrCippy we also can only go up from where we are — PolitiTweet.org

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@MrCippy von’s coming back tho, things are looking up! — PolitiTweet.org

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@MrCippy yes but sometimes we get a super bowl out of it — PolitiTweet.org

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@MrCippy we’ll be good again for two years until Wilson retires, as is Bronco tradition. — PolitiTweet.org