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MikeRichardson··on Docker is weird
> I use docker compose on almost every personal project

Even if you don't need to? Even if there's no benefit?

I was handed a vibe coded project recently, a radio station playout system. For some reason, it's spread across 8 different Docker containers. One container has just Icecast in it, for example.

It's a private system that runs a single station on a dedicated server that we have full control over, but because of all the containers, it's harder to do common tasks like check a log or edit a config file.

OTOH it's a godsend for setting up a local dev machine or something like that, where you need to run different vendor provided packages. but I'm tired of all the mindless over-engineering (which unfortunately the LLMs trained on).

MikeRichardson··on What's the best way to do authentication in modern applications
If the slop wasn't bad enough, halfway down the page you get a newsletter signup lightbox - the use of which ought to be a felony in my opinion.
MikeRichardson··on An update on residential proxies and the scraper situation
Parks and Rec reference?
MikeRichardson··on VoIP brings back old-fashioned pay phones to rural Vermont (2025)
You used to be able to connect Google Voice to a specific brand of ATA (and existing connections still work); that would have been perfect for something like this.
MikeRichardson··on Windows 9x Subsystem for Linux
Did those machines have public routable IPv4 addresses or something?
MikeRichardson··on A macOS bug that causes TCP networking to stop working after 49.7 days
50 users???
MikeRichardson··on Internet voting is insecure and should not be used in public elections
The "no cameras/no phones" rule is absolutely enforced in Harris County, Texas, although as an election worker I have never seen this escalate beyond "Please put away your phone". Workers are to ask the voter to put it away and if not done so immediately they are to notify the election judge (top official for that location/precinct). Judge will approach and ask again and cite the actual Texas law and show the voter a posterboard with the law printed in at least 4 different languages.

At this point, if the voter has not checked in yet, we can refuse to do so. Either way, if the phone/camera is still out after the judge has asked and shown them the law, judge is to immediately call the constable's office (police), who have been positioned nearby (but never directly at any vote center, due to possible intimidation). The constable can and will remove the man from the vote center. (It's never escalated that far!) (arresting that voter for any length of time might be problematic on election day for obvious reasons).

The most common complaint is "but I wrote up all my selections on there!" and for these voters we can provide a paper "sample ballot" and even a pen and they are free to mark their selections outside of the room and then come back to vote on the machine. One location was a church that was even gracious enough to allow a gentleman to AirPrint his notes.

Also of note, we do not have any kind of a "booth", however, the machines are typically placed rather far apart, and no one is allowed to queue at or near the machines, or linger there after voting, so I believe that privacy is effectively maintained. (Workers including judges are not even allowed to linger there unless assisting a voter who has specifically asked for help, and even then, there's more rules - if the voter needs help actually making the selections for candidates, now you need at least one judge and one clerk, one of whom must observe and ensure that the voter's selections were made correctly.)

We also got rid of the problematic "digital only" machines several years ago, but this post is too long already.

MikeRichardson··on What happened to Apple's legendary attention to detail?
You can change the screen resolution and make the notch go away (along with all of the other pixels to the left and right of the notch).
MikeRichardson··on Streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy
For the love of God, or cake, or whatever - PLEASE remove the "smooth scrolling" code from your site. It completely fucks up all pre-existing expectations on how a mouse wheel or trackpad is to operate.
MikeRichardson··on Streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy
I don't think you have to subscribe to Amazon Prime in order to rent movies. Same thing with Apple TV (formerly the iTunes store). For whatever reason though this distinction is not well made.
MikeRichardson··on Streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy
I LOOKed at the MOVIE, and so did my friend DOT, and we came TO the same conclusion that it's not working as specified.
MikeRichardson··on Streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy
Minimize seeding on torrents. I've still gotten a few strikes from various ISPs though. Some ISPs seem to care more than others, in my experience.
MikeRichardson··on Apple needs a Snow Sequoia
The RAM got corrupted?
MikeRichardson··on Decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts
Don't forget prepaid Visa/MasterCard too. (Maybe grandma still sends a $20 every birthday.)
MikeRichardson··on Decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts
> code

I quite like the parts of the code that prevent random electric shocks, and the parts that keep the roof from caving in, etc. (I assume you meant building codes)

The forthcoming mass deportation will definitely fuck shit up though. UK is having a similar issue due to Brexit. I guess Eastern Europeans are to the UK, as Mexicans/etc. are to the US?

MikeRichardson··on Decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts
> There is nobody to offer a first hit if you're hanging out online.

Silk Road/etc.?

MikeRichardson··on The Power Mac 4400
> the collective illusion that 1996-Apple offered anything > substantially different or better than Windows '95

PowerPC

MikeRichardson··on The Power Mac 4400
MacPro5,1 is the new 8500 then
MikeRichardson··on A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
Primary lithium batteries absolutely do leak, given enough time. Often the victim is an old Mac motherboard, search for "mac pram battery ruined motherboard" on an image search engine of your choice.
MikeRichardson··on A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
FireWire hard drives still work fine though. (FireWire 800 to Thunderbolt adapter, connected to a Thunderbolt to TB3 adapter).

Why support the adapter and hard drives, but not audio devices?

(What else used FireWire besides mass storage, audio stuff, the original iSight, and Time Warner Cable boxes from 2005?)

MikeRichardson··on A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
I have an AirTag in wallet. Every month or so it will chirp for no obvious reason. My phone might be with me, or upstairs, or whatever. It's just random.
MikeRichardson··on A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
I wonder a 3rd party tracker (using Find My network) could fool the iPhone somehow. Maybe if it does 1 minute on, 1 minute off, or something like that?
MikeRichardson··on A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
> any dollar they don't spend, they get to KEEP

I'd love a source on that.

MikeRichardson··on Juno for YouTube has been removed from the App Store
Why not implement Juno as a userscript?

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/userscripts/id1463298887 is supposedly compatible with Apple Vision.

MikeRichardson··on Study: Air purifier use at daycare centres cut kids' sick days by a third (2023)
I was a kid in daycare a lot. Also, my mom (sole caregiver, besides daycare) was a registered nurse and at the time specialized in staff (i.e, direct patient care) nursing.

No way was she sick 90% of the time, or even 10% of the time, despite the numerous alleged opportunities for infection ("daycare", staff nursing, etc).

MikeRichardson··on Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans on Patreon
This wouldn't work, unless you actually have some legitimate way to obtain the grain of sand.

So Patreon would have to actually staff a location somewhere that distributes the sand.

MikeRichardson··on Asus' first Snapdragon X Elite laptop (mostly) blows away the MacBook Air M3
If you're in the US and want to save a few bucks, check out the "Walmart MacBook Air M1". It should blow your i7 out of the water.
MikeRichardson··on HP CEO: "Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription."
The issue is that the typical compression used on cellular voice calls completely destroys the modem signal you've just synthesized.
MikeRichardson··on Why Does My 'Efficient' Dishwasher Take a Zillion Minutes for a Load?
archive.is has some weird incompatibility with the 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver. Temporarily use some other one, and it will load fine.
MikeRichardson··on Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs
Oh, ok. So next time I get one of those full page ads that darkens the entire page - I should just concentrate really hard at reading the barely visible content. Maybe it will go away if I scroll really really fast.
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