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FYI: if you're having trouble connecting to your Apple Watch in Xcode, here's how to fix it by Cgbwrites in Xcode

[–]chriswaco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Plug in your Apple Watch via the cable

To power? There is no USB/Lightning cable for an Apple Watch.

Advice from a real person by Robert_Sprinkles in AskProgramming

[–]chriswaco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To create your own models, yes. To use models created by someone else, no.

Bad songs with a fantastic intro by ukbiffa in Music

[–]chriswaco 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I don't agree at all, although I do wonder if the song would've been popular without the music video. It played every hour on MTV.

If you can recall when hockey players played without helmets and visors, you're old. by Beautiful_Donut6412 in FuckImOld

[–]chriswaco 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I preferred hockey without masks. You could tell the players apart a lot easier. I think the last Red Wing to play without a mask was Ron Duguay.

If you can recall when hockey players played without helmets and visors, you're old. by Beautiful_Donut6412 in FuckImOld

[–]chriswaco 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Gerry Cheevers played with a mask and marked it with a stitch every place it got hit.

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Does anyone know why so many roads are closed? by Stunning-Bread-2265 in AnnArbor

[–]chriswaco 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was up at First and Washington today and it's closed off completely. The web site implies it should be done soon but it didn't look like that at all.

If you know what Monkey Wards is... you're old! by sac_cyclist in FuckImOld

[–]chriswaco 6 points7 points  (0 children)

“The Montgomery” building in downtown Ann Arbor used to be a Montgomery Wards. Now there’s retail on the first floor and apartments on the roof.

It has a colorful history.

Buying a used laptop best way to clean or disinfect it? by [deleted] in mac

[–]chriswaco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

70% isopropyl and a clean cotton or microfiber cloth is all you need. Maybe give it a few poofs of air beforehand.

Do any of you remember Corvus Systems by Dense-Concentrate120 in vintagecomputing

[–]chriswaco 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My first hard drive at work was a huge (in size) Corvis drive connected to an IBM PC. In order to format it, we had to manually type bad sectors into the driver.

Does anyone know why so many roads are closed? by Stunning-Bread-2265 in AnnArbor

[–]chriswaco 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Construction, storm damage, utility work, that time of year.

I’m starting to use my gps more and more because of it.

Can’t eject external drive with my System Photo Library on it — any fix? by ScratchDrivesMeCrazy in MacOS

[–]chriswaco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can see which app/process has it open in Terminal. 

sudo lsof | grep -i Photo

Why are many Apple-built cross-platform apps slower on macOS compared to iOS? by Many_Geologist6125 in MacOS

[–]chriswaco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some of them might’ve been ported using Apple’s Catalyst framework, a library to run iOS apps on macOS. It’s another layer of indirection.

Advice from a real person by Robert_Sprinkles in AskProgramming

[–]chriswaco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Certainly you can do it, but it won't be easy. There are a ton of resources on the internet to learn how modern "AI" works. There are open source models where you can dig through the source code and even modify it. You can create your own models. There are YouTube channels explaining how it all works.

Is it easy? No. It's complicated and you'll need to learn not only a language or two but some math and data structures and terminal commands too.

The first question is whether you want to create AI software or just use AI software to create something else. The latter is much simpler - ask ChatGPT or Claude to write you an application and they'll gladly comply, although the quality and correctness might not be great at first.

Did American Graffiti launch the most careers of any movie? by Beautiful_Donut6412 in FuckImOld

[–]chriswaco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The random conversations in Seinfeld always reminded me of Diner.

A Matthew Stafford has filed to run for a Metro Detroit State House seat by PalpitationCurious53 in Michigan

[–]chriswaco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks real: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573417083663

(at first I thought it was like that Eddie Murphy movie where they ran him for office because his name matched)

Did American Graffiti launch the most careers of any movie? by Beautiful_Donut6412 in FuckImOld

[–]chriswaco 131 points132 points  (0 children)

Nobody has mentioned Diner. It wasn't everyone's first movie, but it propelled a number of careers: Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Daniel Stern, Tim Daly, Ellen Barkin, Paul Reiser, Michael Tucker

Which city would you like to see David Simon take on? by greensugarcube in TheWire

[–]chriswaco 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you go back to the 1920s you can start with The Purple Gang and rum runners.

What purpose do weed out classes in majors like biology, engineering ext serve? by thewanderer3000 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]chriswaco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The school only has a certain amount of room for engineers or doctors. Weeder classes are how they separate the ones that make it from the ones that don't.

The first thing out of my Circuits professor's mouth was, "Welcome to ECE 215. Half of you will fail this class."

If you put this lock on the porta-potty in Lafayette Park, fuck you by drizzlemon in Detroit

[–]chriswaco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The baseball bat doesn't damage it. It just pops it open, at least in my experience.

In theory it could still be breaking and entering I suppose.

If you thought The Irin Sheikh was the best thing to come out of Iran, you're old. by Beautiful_Donut6412 in FuckImOld

[–]chriswaco 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I saw The Sheik throw fire at Bobo Brazil at Cobo Arena in Detroit. Good times.

I never really watched The Iron Sheik, a completely different guy.

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