The show when run action acts like a confirmation. I don’t know if it actually solves the problem, but it’s at least a placebo.
Edit: Thank you all for making this a truly expansive discussion. —-
I’ll start off by saying that Shortcuts have changed my life. I have one for almost any repetitive task or a series of time-consuming steps. There was a point where I was so hooked on to them, but I think I’ve reached that point where I’m happy with the shortcuts and automation I’ve set up and I’m not really spending the same amount of time coming up with them.
It took me months to get good at it. I especially struggled with the API calls and regex.
I was fascinated by the complexity of some of the shortcuts available like the Instagram Media Downloader, which I used extensively for some time.
Just made me think that people with a developer or programming background would’ve had it SO MUCH easier.
I am trying to create a shortcut which I can use for the action button. At a certain time I’ll turn on the camera and at another time, the torch. The only problem I have is, how to get it to also turn the torch off again if activated a second time. How do I get it to check if the torch is already on and then turn it off? Help please
I created a shortcut that I set my action button to. It allows my action button to do different functions depending on the state of my phone. If I am driving, it will open my apartment gate. If it’s before 7AM it will open my apartment gym. If I am in my work focus, it will open my outlook email, if it is none of those things, it will open the camera. Which is what I had the action button doing originally. This adds significant functionality to the action button. I don’t know how the nested if functions will work long term, but as of now, they work great.
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/591b36b4a42a464ab983cb0047294439
Those are shortcuts I don’t necessarily use every day but are important in ways I think most users didn’t they need them. I’ll be concise so please shoot questions, suggestions, your own shortcuts. Some of them are from some of you unfortunately I can’t remember all your names :/ but I triple thank you: Apple seem to give tools without really any tutorial and so a lot of people I know don’t even use the action button and else so thanks to this sub, we actually take case of the opportunity and we can share. enough talk, let’s go:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/121131
New in iOS and iPadOS 18.0, macOS 15.0, watchOS 11.0, and visionOS 2.0
This update includes enhancements to the Shortcuts app across all platforms, including dozens of updated or new actions as well as hundreds of new glyphs for personalizing your shortcuts.
New Actions
Accessibility • “Set Switch Control Switch State” can manipulate switches on iOS and visionOS • “Set Hover Text Enabled” can now enable or disable displaying larger versions of text on macOS
Freeform • “Create Board” and “Open Board” are available on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS
Journal • “Create Entry,” “Create Audio Entry,” and “Search Entries” are available on iOS and iPadOS
Magnifier • “Describe This,” “Detect Items,” “Start Point & Speak,” “Open Reader,” and “Start Activity” are available on iOS and iPadOS
Music • “Set Music Focus Filter” is available on iOS and iPadOS
Wallet • “Open Card” is available on iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS
Shortcuts • “Create Folder” and …
As much as I agree with the host and would love to participate in listening to this show, I just can’t get over how it’s produced. From Evans’ style of just reading a script verbatim in mostly monotone sections, to the wavering audio quality, and having guests on that just don’t contribute much of anything, I really can’t listen to more than a few minutes without my brain turning off even while agreeing with the content. I just wish it was presented with higher quality production. Is there an alternative podcast to this one that gets to the point a little faster? Maybe I need a tl;dr version. I hope I’m not being too harsh because the taking down of bastards is always a good thing, I just wish it was done in a more enjoyable manner.
If helping someone find the perfect podcast is your jam, here’s the request! I have ADHD and the best thing that helps me stop doom scrolling and finish tasks is having a fun, interesting, fast-paced podcast that I can’t stop listening to that I can binge while I work/clean/etc.
But not every one hits the right spot in my brain, and I haven’t found a “good one” in forever!
Previous ones have been: Reply All, Invisibilia, Mystery Show (rip), My Favorite Murder, Normal Gossip, Dead Eyes, Welcome to Nightvale, Alice Isn’t Dead, and some actual play podcasts (NADDPOD, Dimension 20, WBN)
Clearly my tastes are all over the place, the theme/topic of the podcast doesn’t matter as much as the pace of it. It just has to be engaging enough to keep me starting the next episode so I find myself 8hrs deep in productive mode without having to think about it.
Additional Info:
- Voices/pacing have to be non-sleep inducing (couldn’t do Lore, In Our Time, SYSK).
- Multiple hosts/interviews are …
Does anyone else feel like there are too many podcasts and so many of them are just recycling the same conversations, the same guests, the same gurus to say the same ol? Anyone getting podcast fatigue ?
This podcast left me with so many emotions. Heartbreak for the families who lost their loved ones. Disgust at the crimes committed by U.S. Marines. Outrage at how the whole situation was handled. Awe at the journalists who put together this masterpiece of investigative reporting.
I know it’s probably naive, but I want this show to make a big splash, inspire change, and bring some kind of meaning to the tragedies that happened in Iraq (and all the similar atrocities in other places).
It’s a hard listen, but I can’t recommend it enough.
Has anyone else listened to this show?
Anybody else get frustrated at spin-off podcasts being released under the same podcast name and filling up your timeline? Ones that come to mind is The Past Times showing up on The Dollop and Game On Suckers showing up on The Meateater channel
One of my favourite education people shared this Google NotebookLM generated podcast episode that was derived by just feeding the text of one of his books into the program.
Everything seems so natural, it’s beyond the uncanny valley. I don’t think I would have picked it as AI if I had just happened upon it. It makes me sad for all the creators who put all their heart and soul into their work.
Are any podcasts out there leaning this far into AI use?
Not your FAVORITE book, that’s too vague. So: ignoring plot, characters, etc… Suggest me the BEST-WRITTEN book you’ve read (or a couple, I suppose).
Something beautiful, striking, poetic. Endlessly quotable. Something that felt like a real piece of art.
One of those rare gems that completely pulls you in and keeps you turning the pages until, before you know it, you’ve finished it in a single day. What book did that for you?”
I really like the Rivers of London series and one of the reasons is that the city is such a big part of the story (as implied by the title of the series). I’m looking for more of those types of books, so a fiction book (series), preferably urban fantasy, that is set in a city with lots of recognizable spots, but also characteristic customs, slang, and food. I prefer London or maybe Amsterdam, but open to other cool places. I’m not looking for YA, non-fiction, or historical fiction.
Edit: wow this really has blown up overnight. Thank you all for your suggestions. I will look them all up and my reading list is suddenly a lot longer.
Hi everyone I am looking for the best books from Ireland for the Read the World challenge over at r/bookclub. The book can be any length, and genre but it must be set or partially set in Ireland. Preferably the author should be from Ireland, or at least currently residing in Ireland or has been a resident of Ireland in the past. I’m looking for the “if I could only ever read one book from Ireland which book should it be” type suggestions.
Thanks in Advance
A woman like Esek Nightfoot, from ‘These Burning Stars.’ Powerful, obsessive, egotistical, and genuinely sociopathic. I love when women are terrible people but even moreso when they don’t try to hide it at all.
I’d prefer it if she was a main character / has significant involvement in the story or the lives of our MCs. Any recommendations?
(Feel free to substitute Storygraph or any other book tracker you use instead of Goodreads)
For me, it’s Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee which is at a rating of 3.93.
I’ve been trying to find games that actually have an enjoyable open map. Most of the games which I played just offer soulless experiences with the world and npcs.
I’m looking for games with a similar vibe of exploration like RDR2, BOTW and Elden Ring? Something that genuinely feels like it’s alive?
So tired of games where clearing out a pack of wolves, uncovering one rogue agent, doing 5 fetch quests, and finding the seemingly lost macguffin of prophecy is all it takes to take you from a “who are you stranger?” to “High Archdruid General War Leader of the Circle, Master Seeker of Unknowable Truths”.
I want to find a game where getting to the top of the chain of command takes actual effort, time investment, skill, and all that. Morrowind was the closest I know of, but even it had quite a few shortcuts.
I am not looking for games that are PvP leaderboard focused, looking for single player experiences.
Usually when I want to play a new open world game, it’s because I want to go exploring a new world to see what’s out there. However it seems like many open world games want to gate off access to this open world with long introduction sequences, small tutorial zones, endless cutscenes, or railroaded linear sequences of obligatory missions/quests, or just straight up punish you for going out into the world without collecting certain obligatory skills/items.
So I’m looking for a game that doesn’t make you wait very long to just pick a direction and start running. Something where within 10~ minutes of hitting New Game I can just “go climb that mountain over there”. Oh and I want human-designed open worlds, no procedural/random generation like Minecraft.
I enjoy real-time with pause (RTwP) but I really prefer turn-based games. I adored BG3, and I am currently playing XCOM2. Regardless of genre (strategy, JRPG, RPG) which turn-based games rock the most? Thank you!
There is a alot of games that people say it’s bad but it’s good comment you opinion
Title says it all.
But more specifically, what game that you started, stopped because it was meh, then you continued and it became one of the better game that you ever played?
And why?
Edit: Damn! So much answers! I can’t answer to all of them! But I will read everyone when I will have time but let me assure you that you guys reassure me about gaming.
All I have to do is commit to it and lots of gems are hidden out there.
Thanks!