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Posts by Ben McCarthy

A black and white photo of Goose asleep on me

A black and white photo of Goose asleep on me

This is as good as it gets

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I just hope they said "that's a wrap" every time they finish shooting a scene with the mummy

16 hours ago 8 0 0 0

CEO, Schmee-E-O.

Are we getting a new head of App Review or not?!

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Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman John Ternus to become Apple CEO Apple announced that Tim Cook will become executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors and John Ternus, senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple’s next chief executive officer effective on September 1, 2026.

Mom says it's my Ternus the CEO

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Sometimes you just need to shake things up

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Trump attacks the pope and days later both Isreal and the US are hit with swarms of bees 🤔

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Photosynthesis?

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Every time I'm watching The Pitt and Mel shows up I want to burst into tears and I absolutely do not want to interrogate what this says about me

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A screenshot of my Apple Reminders shopping list in which it’s automatically sorted Mint into the Frozen Foods section

A screenshot of my Apple Reminders shopping list in which it’s automatically sorted Mint into the Frozen Foods section

I just discovered that it thinks mint lives in the frozen section 🥲

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No but I approve

4 days ago 0 0 1 0

They should make a follow up movie: Portugal, the Man: the Band - the Show - the Movie

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"The people who categorically do not live in New York City are fleeing New York City"

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"Pokémon Go to the polls" could only dream this level of earnest cultural reference

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I wish people would stop conflating "social media" with algorithmic content feeds.

Claiming that social media is harmful to kids (or anyone else) is as nonsensical as saying "hanging out with your friends is harmful for you" and I think it deserves way more pushback.

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Schmetterling is my favourite word in German

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Yeah I think this is the best guess

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An icon showing a MacBook Air on the right, a display in the middle, and what seems like the lid of an open MacBook, but with an odd ridge or cut out along the top

An icon showing a MacBook Air on the right, a display in the middle, and what seems like the lid of an open MacBook, but with an odd ridge or cut out along the top

Just came across this icon on Apple's developer site. What's the deal with the Mac(?) on the left?

My only thought is the early 2000's iBooks that had a handle, but I'm pretty confident that's not it

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A screenshot showing my basket containing 4 pairs of Allbirds shoes. 3 of the pairs are heavily discounted.

A screenshot showing my basket containing 4 pairs of Allbirds shoes. 3 of the pairs are heavily discounted.

pivoting to become someone who owns a lot of shoes "just in case"

(I'm not proud of this)

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A screenshot of Ketchup in the App Store

A screenshot of Ketchup in the App Store

A screenshot of Masterdex in the App Store

A screenshot of Masterdex in the App Store

A screenshot of ProDex in the App Store

A screenshot of ProDex in the App Store

 Can you provide clarity on how Ketchup’s screenshots differ from competing apps in the App Store? 

The attached screenshot of "Mastedex - complete guide" uses silhouettes of creatures, much like Ketchup and uses the official creature names. 

That app was approved by App Review as recently as three weeks ago. It’s hard to tell if I’m doing something wrong or if the rules are being applied inconsistently. 

"ProDex - Complete Game Guide" was updated 13 hours ago and contains both creature names and artwork of the creatures. 

Removing any reference to Pokémon from the screenshots makes them less reflective of the actual experience of using the app, which makes the screenshots less useful or even misleading. 

Are you insisting that I remove the creature names ("Bulbasaur", "Pikachu", etc.)? That seems like it would put Ketchup and a significant disadvantage to my competitors.

Can you provide clarity on how Ketchup’s screenshots differ from competing apps in the App Store? The attached screenshot of "Mastedex - complete guide" uses silhouettes of creatures, much like Ketchup and uses the official creature names. That app was approved by App Review as recently as three weeks ago. It’s hard to tell if I’m doing something wrong or if the rules are being applied inconsistently. "ProDex - Complete Game Guide" was updated 13 hours ago and contains both creature names and artwork of the creatures. Removing any reference to Pokémon from the screenshots makes them less reflective of the actual experience of using the app, which makes the screenshots less useful or even misleading. Are you insisting that I remove the creature names ("Bulbasaur", "Pikachu", etc.)? That seems like it would put Ketchup and a significant disadvantage to my competitors.

Ketchup, my Pokédex app, is being rejected by Apple's App Review because the screenshots contain references to Pokémon. I've already gone out of my way to use silhouettes of any creatures.

Various competitors have been recently approved by App Review displaying the same info.

I'm so sick of this.

5 days ago 6 2 0 0

Hell yeah

5 days ago 2 0 1 0

Someone should do something about that

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If you can have a dog-shaped-dog, I think I can have a shoe-shaped-shoe

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Oops All Birds

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Deeply embarrassed to admit that I'm very saddened by the Allbirds pivot because it's so hard to find shoes that just look like shoes and not like someone has stitched together 100 pieces of brightly coloured trash

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have we progressed to neuro-umami yet?

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"Somehow, heartbreak feels good in a place like this"

1 week ago 8 2 1 0
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All caterpillars are bisexual because they want to be inside Chris, Alice

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a screenshot of the "New Bestsellers" list from Substack, with Andrew Tate in the #1 position

a screenshot of the "New Bestsellers" list from Substack, with Andrew Tate in the #1 position

Hey, look at Substack promoting Andrew Tate as the #1 new bestseller. The company's amoral leadership & backers will platform anyone, even ludicrously toxic rapists & human traffickers.

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Sorry to hear

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A scene from Euphoria S03E01 in which Nate and Cassie eat dinner surrounded by *a lot* of candles

A scene from Euphoria S03E01 in which Nate and Cassie eat dinner surrounded by *a lot* of candles

"Someone who is good at the economy please help"

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