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   Matthew Haughey (mathowie@xoxo.zone)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 05:35:29 JST Matthew Haughey

   the funniest thing about Apple is the last version of MacOS features "video reactions" where if your camera sees you do a thumbs up or heart symbol with your hands, stuff happens behind you like fireworks in ANY video app you are using BY DEFAULT.

   A friend was in an online therapy session, describing his trauma so the therapist asked if he was alright and he did a thumbs up and then HUGE FIREWORKS BEHIND HIS HEAD.

   It's so bad that online therapy sessions now start with a warning dialog!

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 05:35:47 JST feld

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     haha this is so stupid and amazing i love it
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 16:45:48 JST 翠星石

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     @mathowie Have you learnt the consequences of proprietary software yet?
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     egregious philbin (ieure@retro.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Oct-2023 23:52:33 JST egregious philbin

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     @mathowie I hate this shit so much. Used to work for a place where the ticket system had a unicorn fly across the window on a rainbow when you closed a ticket.

     Just let me liiiiiiiiive

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     millennial falcon (falcennial@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 16:07:53 JST millennial falcon

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     @mathowie apple is to shit, unuseable software what tesla is to shit, unuseable cars

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     Inhabitant of Carcosa :emacs: (carcosa@emacs.ch)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 16:07:56 JST Inhabitant of Carcosa :emacs:

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     @mathowie each day we fall further from the presence of God.

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     RodneyPetersonTalentAgency (rodneypetersontalent@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 16:08:02 JST RodneyPetersonTalentAgency

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     • Inhabitant of Carcosa :emacs:

     @carcosa @mathowie

     Good. Basing beliefs on fairy tales has led to massive death and destruction throughout history.

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     Hanno Terbuyken (dailybug@kirche.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 16:08:13 JST Hanno Terbuyken

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     @mathowie The fact Apple turned this on as default was a terrible decision. I've also run into this (much less severe, the "thumbs up" emoji showed up in a business meeting).

     PSA: You can turn this off under "Reactions" in the little green camera symbol on the top of your screen, but you apparently need to do this for every app that uses your Mac's camera.

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     sebsauvage (sebsauvage@framapiaf.org)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 16:08:16 JST sebsauvage

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     @mathowie
     The fuck.
     Who had this stupid idea 🤦

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     RodneyPetersonTalentAgency (rodneypetersontalent@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 16:08:17 JST RodneyPetersonTalentAgency

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     • sebsauvage

     @sebsauvage @mathowie

     Probably the same fucking moron who says “ya know, we really should be advertising on Twitter still.”

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     Jochen Wolters (jochenwolters@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 16:08:21 JST Jochen Wolters

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     @mathowie Just one more example of how Apple’s software design focus has shifted from outstanding interaction design and overall usability to gratuitous gimmicks and a massive waste of precious processor cycles.

     It’s a damned shame, really.