jonpurdy

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   by jonpurdy 8d ago

   As a reference point, I’ve stubbornly been using A4 paper in both USA and Canada for years now with governments and businesses. Never had any problem with IRS, passport agency, CRA refusing to accept them, or even mentioning it at all in p
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   by jonpurdy 10d ago

   Controversial take but this works better for me than just the weekly limit. I have about 1-2 hours of sustained focus per 5 hour period so if I run out of tokens then I can take a break and start again in a few hours. Or just use the top up
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   by jonpurdy 2mo ago

   Also, for files in a directory with the same prepended string with long filenames(like full_show_name - S01E01), it displays just a fraction of the full filename in a list. I need to sit there and wait for the filename to scroll horizontall
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   by jonpurdy 2mo ago

   Thanks for this info. I've been patiently waiting for Thread/Matter devices so that I could just use my AppleTV as the TBR and not need any Zigbee gateway. And not need HomeKit-specific devices; just use generic ones. But I'm
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   by jonpurdy 3mo ago

   Location: Toronto or SF Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Cloud Infrastructure, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Linux, Python, CI/CD, Observability, Networking, Distributed Systems, Ethereum, Polkadot, Blockchain Infrast
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   by jonpurdy 3mo ago

   I didn't, but I'll do so now. I usually don't bother with support, because I forget that good companies like Fastmail actually have a competent support team.
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   by jonpurdy 3mo ago

   I literally switched on "Enable offline support", caching "All mail" offline on my iPhone a few months ago. Tons of free space, only using 4GB for offline. But when my phone is actually offline (on a plane or elevator) i
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   Iris: Local native Mac app for displaying your filesystem-based photo library(irisphotos.app)

   3 points by jonpurdy 4mo ago|2 comments
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   by jonpurdy 4mo ago

   Found this a few days ago. It solves a problem I didn't know I had: showing a map of all my photos locally (like Apple Photos), but not copying them or allowing modifications into its own library. I don't want sync, or the ability
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    by jonpurdy 4mo ago

    > Even if they have taken away other routes that used to exist so that this is the only way? I’ve only been in the system for a year so I don’t know about the history beyond that. Based on some downvotes + your comment I will look into i
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    by jonpurdy 4mo ago

    Very useful comment. I’ve had an A1 Mini for a year now and it has been my favourite purchase in years. Like when I got my first mobile phone, I feel like I’ll have some sort of 3d printer for the rest of my life. Bambu made it super easy a
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    by jonpurdy 6mo ago

    Yes, the model ships with Tahoe, not previous versions. I too would love to try this for simple prompts but won’t be updating past Sequoia for the foreseeable future.
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    by jonpurdy 6mo ago

    I can think of two instances from the past year or two where this happened: "printer cable" (USB-A to USB-B?), and USB-A extension cable (both at separate times). I think I spent ~$10 for each of these, so my total bill was $20. S
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    by jonpurdy 6mo ago

    I’m looking for a recommendation to get beyond TinkerCAD (for 3d printing). I learned it in 2019 and came back in 2025 when I got my own printer. It is comfortable and fine for my purposes but lacks basic things like chamfer and fillets. An
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    by jonpurdy 6mo ago

    Totally correct and a good call out. I did check this as best as I could for this particular model of TV. But I'd have to do the same in a few years if it was ever to be replaced. I suspect I'll have to desolder the cellular modul
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    by jonpurdy 6mo ago

    I wonder about this every time I see a smart TV-related thread on HN. I recently purchased an LG OLED (C5 48") because my old TV died so I'll finally comment. As others have said, just don't connect it to the internet. But yo
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    by jonpurdy 6mo ago

    Now that you mention it, DJI action cameras required the same thing (installing an app to activate the camera). I bought one, discovered this during setup, and promptly returned it and got a GoPro instead.
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    by jonpurdy 6mo ago

    I do something similar with voip.ms (hosted Asterisk). The intercom calls my voip number, which can be set two ways: 1) play DTMF tone 9 to let the person in, then hang up (which is a security risk if random folks at the intercom buzzed me
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    by jonpurdy 6mo ago

    I have the opposite experience (in tech at small or medium companies). Managing remote workers is much easier since outcomes (and outputs) are necessarily more visible. Before working remotely (pre-2019) when managing teams in person, I fou
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    by jonpurdy 6mo ago

    Your description of the test and your replies to questions indicate you've come up with a pretty great assessment for the role(s) you hire for. Especially where you mentioned: > The test was a few of those questions and a few which
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    by jonpurdy 7mo ago

    This is very useful context. Especially around Contact Scopes etc. It's never made sense to me that iOS shares if the user is choosing to not share their contacts. Apple seems to basically do privacy-related things to an 80% level but
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    by jonpurdy 7mo ago

    Glasses would have been the "normal person" fix, but my eyes are great otherwise (better than 20/20 distance vision). So I could focus closer with glasses, but the lenses were worse quality than just sitting farther back.
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    by jonpurdy 7mo ago

    100% agreed. I'm a Program Manager and have been writing tooling for my own internal workflows for years (like Monte Carlo-based forecasting tools), or program-adjacent low-stakes stuff (like an API to generate a WSJF score based on a
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    by jonpurdy 7mo ago

    Yep, 4K is plenty of resolution for me running Sequoia. But running at simulated 1920x1080@2x, as at native 4K text would be way too small.
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    by jonpurdy 7mo ago

    Yep, I played with User Interface Resolution app myself back then in uni. The impact of Apple's choice to skip non-integer scaling didn't hit me until a few years ago when my eyes started to fail...
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    by jonpurdy 7mo ago

    This is correct and also increasingly affecting me as my eyes age. I had to give my Studio Display to my wife because my eyes can't focus at a reasonable distance anymore, and if I moved back further the text was too small to read. I r
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    by jonpurdy 7mo ago

    I do something similar: give it a bunch of ideas I have or a general point form structure, have it help me simplify and organize those notes into something more structured, then I write it out myself. It's a fantastic editor!
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    by jonpurdy 8mo ago

    I had an issue with the original Apple Magic Mouse that would not work correctly with NiMH batteries but work fine with disposable AA. The mouse would be fine for a few days then randomly stop working; using fresh NiMH would revive it again
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    by jonpurdy 8mo ago

    I use Mr Chilly to demonstrate to non-SF folks how many microclimates SF (and the Bay Area has). Only suggestion: separate Inner and Outer Sunset since there can be a massive difference between near Ocean Beach and near Irving/9th Ave
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    by jonpurdy 8mo ago

    Same; this was the nicest unexpected surprise about buying this place. Condo built in 2006 with cat5 . Two bedrooms + living room all wired with rj11 phone jacks. Just snipped those off, wired up rj45, and attached the other ends in my util