MacStories Weekly: Issue 454

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Use Lens to search your screen while you browse on iOS
Use Google Lens to search your screen within the Google app or Chrome on iOS. Plus, AI Overviews are coming to more Lens queries.
Google Chrome is adding a Circle to Search-like feature for iPhones
Google is rolling out new search gestures in the Chrome and Google iOS apps that allow users to highlight anything on their screen to quickly search for it.
From a Turntable to an iPad Home Dashboard: My First Experience with Vinyl - MacStories
This month, amidst the increasingly chaotic rumblings of the world in the news, I found myself looking for a new distraction. Since Civilization VII wasn’t out just yet, my eyes quickly turned to the vinyl record player that my partner and I had been storing in its cardboard box for months without ever taking the
Supported file formats in Logic Pro for iPad
Logic Pro for iPad supports many different file formats and sample rates for import.
Overview of patches in Logic Pro for iPad
Use instrument and audio patches in Logic Pro for iPad.
Extract vocal and instrumental stems with Stem Splitter in Logic Pro
You can split an audio region such as a band recording into separate stems and use the individual stems in your projects.
X-Plane Mobile Manual | X-Plane
Burn Notice
Your Phone and Watch have a lot of data about you. I mean, like, a lot. Someone should really write a book all about the general issues for society that this raises. Yesterday I decided I wanted to take a look specifically at the health data on my iPhone. I’m not a huge user of the iPhone’s or the Apple Watch’s health features. I don’t use or subscribe to Apple Fitness+, for example. I’m not in any studies. But I do have a bathroom scale that records data and I allow the Watch to keep an eye on my activity. This means that, like so many people, I have grown to heartily detest the blandly affirming Californian inside those devices who periodically encourages me to take a walk, or stand up, or be mindful, and so forth.
A popular Japanese distraction-free writing device is coming to the US
You won’t have to import the Pomera D250. King Jim is bringing it to the US next month with a new keyboard layout and English updates.
Apple is bringing Visual Intelligence to the iPhone 15 Pro
The iPhone 15 Pro will get Visual Intelligence in a future software update, Apple representatives told John Gruber of Daring Fireball.
How to bulk download Kindle files, while you can
Amazon is making a big change to how it handles serving ebooks to those who have bought them from the Kindle store1. Starting on Feb. 26, it’s closing the “USB sideloading” hole t…
Tubi Is Not the Next Netflix. It’s Something Better
The ad-supported service is home to the biggest content library of any streamer. So why is Tubi still considered a social punching bag?
State secrecy, not misinformation, is killing American democracy — The New Atlantis
There have been two dominant narratives about the rise of misinformation and conspiracy theories in American public life. What we can, without prejudice, call the establishment narrative — put forward by dominant foundations, government agencies, NGOs, the mainstream press, the RAND corporation — holds that the misinformation age was launched by the Internet boom, the loss of media gatekeepers, new alternative sources of sensational information that cater to niche audiences, and social media.
How Jon Stewart Made Tucker Carlson — The New Atlantis
A world of authentic, post-spin journalism: The dream Jon Stewart spent a decade making real is now America’s waking nightmare. What did he get so wrong?
Reality Is Just a Game Now — The New Atlantis
And we’re all losing.
The Editors Interview The Editors — The New Atlantis
Dear Reader — A magazine is not a bundle of ideas. It’s a relationship: a deep ongoing collaboration between writers, editors, and readers. Earlier we gave you a look at one part of this picture: what it means to write for a living. Today we’d like to show you another side — our side. We do have a request to make: Can you help us meet an ambitious giving goal of $150,000 toward funding our talented staff next year? Write “Staff” on your donation memo and every dollar you contribute will be spent on staffing. But we also want to...
What Happened to Consensus Reality? — The New Atlantis
An introduction
What Was the Fact? — The New Atlantis
Farewell to a friend of social harmony (1500–2000)
Jonathan Askonas, Ph.D.
International relations, foreign policy, Russia, national security, technology and war
The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled
Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come.
User:EvanProdromou - Wikipedia
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/im-tired-of-pretending-tech-is-making-the-world-better
Remix FX in Logic Pro for iPad
Logic Pro for iPad Remix FX is a flexible multi-effect unit that combines several DJ-style effects, mainly for use in electronic music.
Q400 Flightdeck | Aerofly FS
The flight simulator for the next generation
B737 NG Flight Tutorial | Aerofly FS
The flight simulator for the next generation
MacStories Weekly: Issue 437
Adjustable Clutch Pedal Stop
If you ve ever driven a modern day manual transmission VW you ll quickly notice that there s an abundance of unnecessary leg movement to disengage the clutch. This excessive leg motion creates several problems such as an uncomfortable non-driver s focused seating position difficulty in consistently finding the clutch engagement point and leaves room for improvement on faster gear changes.With the ECS Adjustable Clutch Pedal Stop in place driving dynamics are dramatically improved! ?Our unique height adjustable thread-in design allows you to fine tune clutch pedal feel to your preference improving the connection between your foot and the transmission.As you push down on the clutch pedal the clutch disc becomes disengaged from the flywheel allowing the transmission to become disconnected from the engine. However there is a point within the clutch pedal travel where the clutch disc becomes disengaged but the pedal keeps going past the point of disengagement. This is called dead travel and it leaves the clutch engagement point feeling more like a floating target.By reducing the amount of travel needed to disengage the clutch you gain consistency in take-offs and launches by always stopping the clutch pedal at the proper point just before clutch engagement.This unnecessary pedal travel is removed and taken up by the height of the clutch pedal stop helping to lock into place the clutch disengagement point higher up off the floor for more consistent take-offs faster gear changes and sportier pedal feel. ?PART DESIGN Our in-house Engineering Team carefully spec?d out high quality parts to give you a robust adjustable pedal stop that can take the stress and abuse of sporty driving Our design includes a polyurethane bumper to absorb shocks while driving aggressively and offers a unique solid ?thud? at the end of pedal stroke. The poly. bumper won?t compress or feel ?sticky? after pedal strokes like other brands will. Not satisfied with a stack of washers we set out to design a fully adjustable pedal stop that allows you to adjust your height with threads rather than rubber washers that compress or steel washers that can rattle. A zinc-alloy nutsert threads into the floor in place of the OEM pedal stop and acts as the anchor for the adjustable pedal stop to thread into. This unique feature in our design is a much more rigid stop that is going to stand up to repeated pedal mashing. This gives you a more confident OE-like feel. All other hardware is zinc-coated for protection from the environment for long-lasting great looks ?PERFORMANCE FEATURES With our Adjustable Clutch Pedal Stop installed you can dial in the feel of your clutch engagement point higher off the floor. This gives you shorter shift times more consistent launches and easier driving dynamics. You can ?creep? and take off from a light or a hill with greater ease with our Adjustable Pedal Stop properly setting the pedal height just below the clutch engagement point. With less leg movement required to disengage the clutch you can re-adjust your seating position further back for a more comfortable and confident driver seating position. Many people are forced to sit too close to the steering wheel to disengage the clutch which can lead to your arms being bent improperly not allowing you to take proper control of the steering wheel. ?PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Our ECS Adjustable Clutch Pedal Stop was designed engineered and tested by our Research and Development team in our Wadsworth Ohio facility. We ensured the highest level of precision and quality is delivered throughout rigorous long term product testing and leading edge product development methods. Each unit is etched assembled and packaged in-house for the highest level of quality assurance.? We tested several prototypes on many vehicles with OE and aftermarket clutches to ensure proper fitment and operation We spec?d out the best selection of parts to fulfill our mission of giving you the absolute BEST Pedal Stop on the market! With premium materials and our unique adjustable design this part will completely transform your driving experience with improved dynamics! ?INSTALLATION AND SUPPORT Looking for installation tips? Look no further we put together a full installation tutorial from start to finish including how to remove your OEM parts in detail! Head over to our YouTube channel for the full video @ ECS Tuning. You can also check out our Installation PDF under the INSTALLATION Tab for more information.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/american-tech-is-compromised-heres-my-replacement-stack-2
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