codyogden

Because there's not much left to kill.

Nope. It's something I suggested the other day:

https://twitter.com/killedbygoogle/status/173591315266219646...

Heads up: this post is from January 2023. Google recently extended the ability to convert controllers to Bluetooth mode by one year. The new deadline is December 31, 2024.

"Killed by Google" has been claiming it was dead for a long time, but I'm sure will now dishonestly find a way to double-count it.

I haven't gotten around to it yet, but my plan was to merge Google Glass entries. The holy trinity of Google Glass Explorer Edition, Glass OS, and Google Glass Enterprise Edition will become "Google Glass."

This is exactly how Google needed to handle this situation, and they need to be praised for it! The shutdown of Stadia was completely predictable, but I am overwhelmingly surprised at them providing refunds to users for games & hardware and going the extra mile to ensure the hardware is not immediate waste.

As the cryptkeeper over at Killed by Google, I'm very happy with the outcome for Stadia users (myself included). However, I don't think this will move the needle of Google's 'killer' reputation as much as people think given all the skepticism about how long this product would last in the first place. The "death pool," and the people who voted basically predicted the timeline within a few days[1].

1. https://whenwillgooglekillstadia.com

No no no. You see? If you want to be a Birdwatch contributor, you'll have to pay them. /s

It's actually pretty okay. The contributor & rating system seems to work well, and contributions are anonymous. I participate mostly through rating contributions a little here and there when I see some things that are wildly unfounded or misleading claims.

My parent worked at a water treatment plant in a small town. They could have easily screwed around with the chemical compositions without anyone knowing. Nearly anyone could have brute forced the control room: a single key/lock would need to be bypassed. There was no access control or logging to the room itself, and everyone who worked there had a master key to all buildings and facilities. Lab tests were done on site and were recorded manually, so they could easily just lie about the results.

Project Loon was killed last year.

Uh, no. Sign languages, like American Sign Language, are not "simplistic" versions of spoken languages. They are complete, complex languages with their own robust syntax and grammatical structures. A better way to explain this is that it's like an adult who is natively fluent in one language trying to read subtitles in a second language with which they don't have working fluency and rarely, if ever, speak.

Source: My degree in American Sign Language.

https://about.google/products/

We actually got the announcement nearly timed by averaging user predictions:

https://whenwillgooglekillstadia.com

Great question! Two people actually guessed correctly (not posting their names for privacy), but the average date across for all users (October 6, 2022) was surprisingly close to the date they announced it would be shutting down.

https://whenwillgooglekillstadia.com

Takes a couple minutes for the PR to merge. :D

Yeah. This is a great point. I would be absolutely lost in life with ADHD and being without stimulants.

The query "my ip address" still works for me.

https://www.google.com/search?q=my+ip+address

It will be wild if this does work. I (@killedbygoogle) would be very impressed if this takes off again. Google significantly harmed Orkut's reputation through mismanagement and modern platforms emerged in its space. Certainly a difficult journey ahead of them to get it off the ground again.

All of the primary reasons I purchased are great. Only a couple snags: the cord was way too short if you don't have a compatible port on the back of your desktop monitor, and the camera gets warm and stays warm. Too warm.

The software runs constantly in the background. The camera runs warm when it's in use (I expected this), but it also stays warm and "doing something" despite not being active when I put my Mac to sleep (screens off). Unless I unplug it, the C1 stays warm as if it's engaged and running. I reached out to their team, and they said "just unplug it when you're not using it." Being forced to unplug it kind of defeats the purpose of having a high quality desktop camera set up.

Opal's team promised a fix for this in a software update, but I've had it for three months and have received zero software updates (though I noticed they have done alpha test releases). None of these have come to GA to the point that the subreddit routinely asks if the company is still going.

Overall, I really like the camera. Howe ver, Opal as a company certainly has reason to get more active and deliver quality if they expect us to start paying a subscription for the software.

Incredible! I'm a big fan this type of archival work. Great job!

Stream Deck lets you run a GET request from the default button set. The code part is pretty uninteresting, really: express handler wrapped around the Slack Web API. Throw in some query vars so I can set the emoji, text, and set the minutes after which it will clear (or 0 for never clear).

https://gist.github.com/codyogden/a8d4d024cdd403e56e2c84335a...

My favorite use of Stream Deck (XL) is hooking it up to a small, custom API to quickly change my Slack status at work. It’s so nice to smash a single button and walk away to lunch or walk my dog.

I also have the top row filled with world clocks.

Apple Maps has this as well. You can report police, hazards, and accidents.

Hah! Ironic that I see them mostly crossing Franklin Ave on my way to the dog park.

Sure. A grown adult can take on a turkey, but that adult will definitely take some blows from the turkey's spurs. Like someone else mentioned, it's not worth it over a public space in the city.

Our true national bird taking to the streets of DC to inflict terror on lawmakers.

We have turkeys all over urban Minneapolis. It is easy to get them irritated. I keep my distance and steer clear of them because once they go into fight mode they do not back down.

I was diagnosed at 8 years old. Was on Adderall for 10 years. Went off of it as I entered my 20s. Started it again at 31 after doing a rediagnosis, and I've been on it for a year. I now regret not starting it up again in my 20s. I don't think it affects (or would have affected) my personality, but it would have positively influenced my life. In the last year, I've been able to overcome a lot of stuff to get my life "back on track," and I'm finally in a place where I feel happy and productive again.

I'd really encourage you to read up on how stimulants affect people with ADHD. It is quite the opposite of "performance enhancing" that you're implying here.

A lot of people using "ADD," should know that it doesn't exist anymore. Now it's all diagnosed as ADHD with three sub types: combined (the most common), hyperactive, and inactive. "ADD" aligns with the inactive type. Anyway...

There's a perspective in some ADHD circles (and likely other mental health circles) that the concept of neurodiversity/neurodivergent are not the correct framing for living with ADHD. It follows this idea that when people highlight (or unmask) the parts of ADHD that make them quirky or entertaining to society, they are not revealing the _very negative_ symptoms of ADHD that are extremely debilitating. The proliferation of sound bite videos that portray ADHD in a very positive light on TikTok, ADHD memes, etc. gloss over the dark realities of ADHD. My personal belief is that while it's good to help people understand some of the more lighthearted ADHD symptoms, it's important that we share even the negative aspects. Of course, negative things don't get engagement (as the author states when he gets to mentioning a battle with depression).

TikTok isn't covering things like ADHDers' propensity to lose their jobs due to poor performance, the financial ruin from overspending and money mismanagement, poor physical health and wellbeing, likelihood to have comorbid depression and anxiety, missing out academic/professional opportunities, fewer if any meaningful relationships because of social disorder symptoms attributed to ADHD. You rarely, if ever, see social media ADHDers talk about how ADHD affects something like dental health because of the "out of sight, out of mind" effects and the inability to form healthy hygiene habits because there are no immediate consequences (the "now or not now" mental modes). How getting a restful night's sleep is a rare delight because of ADHD's ability to delay sleep. You'll never hear them talk about how ADHD people have a significantly shorter life expectancy than the general population--some studies calculating it by as much as 20 years.

These are all very negative, debilitating pieces of ADHD that get glossed over by modern social media movements of the quirky/neurodivergent ADHD crowd. Even this author doesn't really dive into the dirty pieces.

This is a long one, but all of that said: I have ADHD. I was diagnosed at 8 years old. Finally, got on stimulants for the first time as an adult and my life's trajectory turned around in a just few months. I still struggle with all the negative things that come with ADHD. But I believe that ADHD is both a blessing and a curse; that I can personally celebrate the parts that make me quirky and bring me joy and also be aware of the negative effects it has on me and on my ability to function in modern society. I do see it as a disability, but not as a hindrance. The more I learn to accommodate it for myself the better off I'm going to be long-term.

Hulu Original: "Final Bid: A Real American Horror Story."

Netflix's limited docuseries: "Buy it. Sell it. Stalk it."

Hi! Creator of Killed by Google. The code that runs Killed by Google has always been licensed under MIT, and it's changed significantly since the Microsoft version was cloned. There are multiple 'clones' that have popped up over the years using my repo as the base, and Fabiano is one of the few who kept my license in tact. The Microsoft version has been around for over a year, I think.

I agree that it is cool to see how it's been reused. :)

Ah, yeah. That makes sense. Yes, the inability to block certain sites is such a terrible flaw in Google's approach.