sam dove

I’m in Texas

[sam dove @notsamdove]

This is Madeleine. It’s her birthday. Insta saw it first

[Project Hail Mary @projecthailmary]

11.9 Light-years from home.
6th grade science teacher.
1 chance to save us all.

Watch the trailer for Project Hail Mary – based on the novel by Andy Weir, starring Ryan Gosling, and directed by filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Only in theaters and IMAX - 3.20.26

[Ted Nguyen @FB_FilmAnalysis]

Because of this

[Zac Bowling 🥑 @zbowling]

I did a video on why Apple designed their mouse to charge from the bottom. Let me explain. I know it looks odd but there is an absolutely valid reason. Several actually.

1) the mouse charges rapidly. A single full charge will often last over a month. 5 minutes of charging is good for hours too in a pinch.

2) Lightning cables don’t have the stain relief to be used on a mouse that is flying around on your desk all day. Tips would break off and wear out. They would also have to greatly reinforce the lightning port. This would also be true if they used USB-C or micro-USB. People would wear cables down and they would break. Not a great user experience.

Other mice like the Logitech G Pro mice have had to invent wild nonstandard USB cables just to reduce strain on the cable while in use in a wired mode (as pictured) Apple entirely avoided the problem.

3) the mouse is designed to be a wireless mouse and only wireless. It doesn’t support HID over USB protocol as if it were a wired. If the cable came out the front people might assume you can use it while plugged in with wireless disabled on your computer but you can’t. Sure they could add HID over USB but that would encourage you to use it as a wired mouse which is what they are entirely trying to avoid.

4) Apple is doing everything to try to make sure you don’t try and just leave the cable plugged in all the time. It’s better for the battery to discharge and recharge rather than stay fully charged because you leave the cable in 24/7.

5) wires get in the way and clutter up the aesthetics of using the mouse. They don’t want a cable dragging the mouse down to screw the up the free experience of using an untethered wireless device. They also want their computers to look clean and if some has brand new iMac with a wired Magic Keyboard and Mouse then that won’t look as sexy.

Now the mouse is an ergo nightmare and that is valid criticism and why I hate this mouse. But charging from the bottom was thoughtful and well reasoned.

Sure they could have designed a great wired mouse or even a combo mouse but they wanted to make a truly wireless mouse and that’s what they did. Remember the earlier version that looked identical took AAA batteries. This one now is just rechargeable but still the same mouse. Just because now it can use a cable to charge doesn’t mean it’s trying to be a wired mouse now.

[pandas @pandas_dev]

We are open source, make it better. ;)

[Cincinnati Bengals @Bengals]

It's Skyline Time in The Jungle‼️

We are excited to announce @Skyline_Chili as our new official chili partner.

[Andy Weir @andyweirauthor]

Astronaut Kayla Barron reading Project Hail Mary aboard the ISS. :)

[Dave Jackson @ESPNRefNHL]

…1/ I feel the need to add some insight as to what goes on in the Situation Room. I worked a total of 34 years for the NHL, both on and off the ice. In that time, I spent a total of 10 minutes inside the room, taking a quick tour. Last month, because of my position at ESPN….1/

[Rodger Sherman @rodger]

what we're learning here is Brian Robinson is an incredible friend

[Umpire Scorecards @UmpScorecards]

🚨PERFECT GAME🚨
Umpire: Pat Hoberg
Final: Phillies 2, Astros 5
#RingTheBell // #LevelUp
#PHIvsHOU // #HOUvsPHI
#Postseason

More stats for this game 👇
https://t.co/Ic52HanqPA

[Read Jackson Rising @JPHilllllll]

Elon Musk is again claiming that he’s all about free speech. So let’s look at the record. Here’s thread with just a few of the countless examples showing he couldn't care about it less (🧵)

[John Green @sportswithjohn]

This is just extraordinary. A 40-year-old who has played six matches this year just beat the number 2 tennis player in the world because SERENA WILLIAMS IS THE GREATEST ATHLETE OF MY GENERATION.

[Amtrak @Amtrak]

trains

[Ben Rothenberg @BenRothenberg]

#1 Novak Djokovic loses to qualifier Jiri Vesely in the Dubai quarterfinals.

That means Daniil Medvedev will ascend to the #1 ranking on Monday, becoming first player outside the Big 4 (Djokovic, Federer, Nadal, Murray) to occupy ATP’s top spot since way back in 2004 (Roddick).

[Brian Tashman @briantashman]

Great real time example of how pointing out basic facts often does very little to change someone’s mind once they’ve bought into so much misinformation

[WV SnowDay @WVSnowDay]

All schools in #Berkeley Co closed Fri 1/7/22 due to weather Includes PreK. Evening activities canceled.

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

.@PatMcAfeeShow donated $2 million to his former high school’s athletic department today.

What a legend.

[wta @WTA]

"With the full support of the WTA Board of Directors, I am announcing the immediate suspension of all WTA tournaments in China, including Hong Kong."

[TexAgs @TexAgs]

Jimbo Fisher: "That atmosphere and that environment tonight, if you don't want to play in something like that, there's something wrong with you. ... Bar none, that's the best fan base in college football."

[MetroNews @WVMetroNews]

#WV legislators explore critical race theory but without anyone who knows about it

https://t.co/0coKQOUUuk

[Respectable Lawyer @RespectableLaw]

It needs to be LOUDLY emphasized that this is a lie. Wind and solar power actually overperformed expected winter capacity in Texas. The state was crippled by frozen coal and gas plants, knocking out over 30 gigawatts of power. Sources below.