Time for Ms. Priss to get high.
I just watched her dig her catnip toy out of the pile of dog and cat toys. It’s fun to watch her go crazy, rubbing it all over her face and roll around.
What’s that?
Flynn heard something outside.
Saturday Morning Coffee
It’s grey outside this morning, low fog, and we expect rain later in the morning that should go until midnight tonight. My what a difference a week makes. Last week at this time is was 8 Fahrenheit outside, this week 49 Fahrenheit at 8AM. Weird.
My first cup is steaming on the table next to me. It’s delicious. ☕️
WASHINGTON — A federal judge indicated Wednesday that then-President Donald Trump’s remarks on Jan. 6 telling a crowd to “fight like hell” before the Capitol attack could have signaled to his supporters that he wanted them “to do something more” than just protest.
It seems obvious to all of us TFG riled up his supporters and sent them marching to the Capitol to overthrow the will of the people. Of course he’s likely to get away with it, run for President, win again, and never leave office. Thus destroying our democracy.
I hate being so negative but I haven’t seen anything that makes me believe justice will eventually come home to roost for TFG.
Thanks to my instance admins, though, seeing the red no alt badge is a simple way for me to know not to boost that post. Conversely, an alt badge gives me the green light to boost, knowing the author has taken the time to describe the image.
My friend, Ashur, on why it’s important to add alt text to images in your Mastodon posts. It’s all about accessibility.
Historically, Apple released at least one new Mac model every year in the fourth quarter that runs between October and December, starting in 2001 with the launch of the iBook G3. This means that there has been a new Mac toward the end of the year for the entire lifespan of product lines including the iPod, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
While I still love me some Apple devices I don’t really pay much attention to what’s happening with Apple releases. Most of the end of the year Apple enthusiast angst is around their promise to convert the entire Mac line to use Apple Silicon. They didn’t make it.
Meanwhile I’m plugging along on my 2019 MacBook Pro and it’s a perfectly great computer. Yes, even for writing code.
We spend so much time drilling algorithmic complexity. Big-O and all that. But performance is so often about contention and memory, especially when working in parallel.
I see Rob Napier’s name all over Stack Overflow when I have a question about iOS or Mac Programming. This little piece walks through his process to optimize some code. I love these types of posts.
I tried the “Full Self-Driving (Beta)” on a Model Y in Toronto. It was terrifying.
I don’t want a full self driving car and I have zero confidence in Tesla ever creating a good one, much less a perfect one. Musk is delusional and rapidly slipping into insanity after his purchase of Twitter. More on that later.
Don’t waste your money on a Tesla, there are lots of really great EV’s on the market now.
After a heavy winter storm hit southern Ontario and parts of Quebec around December 25th, one lucky home could keep the lights on via the power from a Ford Lightning.
Speaking a a great EV! How cool is it to have the ability to power your home when the power goes out? I’d like to have that ability. I mean prices start at less than $40,000.00! 😳 Who can afford these things? I can’t. 😕
Controversial US congressional candidate George Santos has finally filed his Personal Financial Disclosure Report on September 6th - 20 months late - and he is claiming an inexplicable rise in his alleged net worth to $11 million..
This Santos guy is a real piece of work, just like TFG. He’s nothing more than a grifter and he’s going to be a Representative for New York’s 3rd congressional district. Hogwash, I say. He should be expelled for lying and we need a better systems in place to vet any candidate before they’re allowed to run for office.
A lot of people have been asking for an explainer on what is going on with Southwest Airlines and the massive meltdown that has occurred.
This whole Southwest thing is a real mess. It sounds like they need to invest heavily in their digital infrastructure. I know a company full of great folks who could help fix it.
Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero.
Lovely, geeky, dad joke. I had to share it.
Building the tiny house, setting up the garden and food forest during the first summer. Then, of course, learning about living in the tiny house during winter and what that means for keeping warm and keeping things working.
This is a really great series of posts! Our youngest daughter is taken with the idea of living in a tiny home. Guess I should pass this series of articles on to her? 🤔
But, like anyone I suppose, I have darker moods from time to time; and I often find that I’m reluctant to post those thoughts at the marmot. They’re not strictly political, though politics has a role in why they exist.
I love reading Dave’s work. He’s a very thoughtful man and shares wonderful stories about life, tech, and photography. This post is out of the norm for him but I understand exactly where he’s coming from. I have these thoughts myself and I often wonder how many folks share them with me.
You’re not alone, my friend. ❤️
One of the reasons I chose Twitter for identity for my apps, a decision made in 2014, is that I hoped that a developer community would grow up around Twitter. I hoped that Twitter would take a chance on co-promoting products. It could still happen, but it seems unlikely now.
With Twitter imploding there’s a decent chance Dave will have to swap out his identity system. As nice as it would be to not have to do it, it seems somewhat inevitable unless Musk can turn things around at Twitter.
Time for my third and final cup of coffee. See y’all next week. ☕️
Brother(Flynn) and Sister(Priss) chillin.
Delusions of Grandeur
In my dreams last night I was back in Exeter. My brain likes to run home on occasion and I’ve been thinking about it all morning.
We love our little town. I loved the home we’d purchased there and we’d made some really nice improvements to it in the four years we were there. We had a nice detached garage we converted into a living space our oldest daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter lived in for a while. When they moved on, Taylor, our youngest daughter took it over. The idea was to turn it into Kim’s She Shed when Taylor moved out. As it turns out that never happened because we moved east to Virginia.
I grew up in Exeter from sixth grade on. I graduated high school in Exeter. Kim and I were married in Exeter in 1987. Aside from a brief stint in Seattle we raised two children there and got to see our first grandchild begin life there.
In all honesty I’d like to move back. There, I said the quiet part out loud. ☺️
If we moved back I could remain at WillowTree because I’m in our Work from Anywhere group. Knowing I could do that makes me smile because I really do enjoy my work and the people at WillowTree. My sincerest hope is to retire from WillowTree when I hit 70. Hopefully they’ll allow me to stay that long.
I miss a lot of things about the San Joaquin Valley and Exeter in general. Silly things like Exeter Coffee Company where socializing is encouraged and I took advantage of that. I miss Kirkman’s VIP Pizza. We got pizza there every Saturday night, Kim indulged me that. I miss Frosty King, a local Mom and Pop burger joint that did everything just right.
Mostly I miss family and the people of our little town. Our neighborhood was wonderful and we had great neighbors we could share with or just shoot the breeze with while out mowing lawns.
I’d always dreamed of running a little hyper local news site – blog – that filled gaps left open by our local paper, the Sun Gazette (who are doing amazing local journalism.)
My dreams of being an Indie Developer have been a constant and I’d always imagined owning a certain building in Exeter and making our home and my Indie Software there. The building I’d still love to have is the old Exeter Bank of America building, complete with a nifty old vault! The building is a beautiful two story affair that had received a lot of love in recent times but the second floor was never converted. I always imagined the second floor as our home an my little Indie office.
I think it’s safe to say I’m more than a little delusional. But those hopes and dreams keep me going when I get down. For some strange reason I still believe a lot of this will magically happen some day.
If it never does, that’s fine. I’ve had an extremely wonderful life, filled with great joy, friends, and family I love to be around. As I’ve aged those friend and family connections have become more important to me than any house or town, but I still dream of Exeter.
Bye Ms. Khloe
We lost Ms. Khloe a couple days back. She’d been battling a thyroid problem for a few years now and her body reached a point where she couldn’t go any longer.
Her persist “grumpy old lady” vibe will be missed as well as her persistent meowing to be fed anytime you went into the kitchen. She lived a good long 19 years.
A Hero in Buffalo
TRUE ANGEL IN BUFFALO 💯 A THREAD: A local woman received a call on Christmas Eve, “Hi, you don't know me but I have your brother.” The woman’s brother’s name is Joey. He is 64 years old and mentally disabled. pic.twitter.com/iAVQTsf2xH
— Kimberly LaRussa (@KimberlyLaRussa) December 26, 2022
Sha’Kyra Aughtry, you and your family are heroes. Everyone who helped this poor man are heroes. This is an example of true love and compassion for your fellow man.
That is what Jesus called for.
Nothing like the stunt pulled by Texas Governor, Greg Abbott.
We need more kindness, compassion, empathy, sympathy, and love.
I’m happy to see it still exists in the world.
Developing in SwiftUI
I’ve decided I’m going to work on revamping Arrgly starting tomorrow. It’s going to get a new name, Squish (I think), and the UI is going to be 100% SwiftUI (worst name ever) because I need to learn SwiftUI and Arrgly has always been my playground app.
Once I’ve completed it I’m going to start working on Stream for Mac in SwiftUI and see if I can complete it before the end of 2023. 🤞🏼
Wish me luck. 🍀
The GOP is all about cruelity
Multiple busloads of migrants were dropped off at Vice President Harris’s residence in Washington, D.C. on Saturday — Christmas Eve — leaving migrants on the streets in below-freezing temperatures, according to multiple reports.
Of course Greg Abbott was responsible for this cruel, cruel, act.
Jesus was pretty well known for stranding poor children outside in freezing weather as a hilarious joke to make fun of his enemies. https://t.co/IJOcbYouy6
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) December 26, 2022
Anyone who claims to be Christian and behaves this way is clearly not a Christian.
A simple piece of scripture for those who love to quote it to people.
“Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.” - Matthew 25:40
Don’t look to the GOP for servants. They only serve themselves; power hungry, money grubbing, hate mongers.
“Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!” - Peter Venkman
That’s Kolby in the foreground and that black spot in the background is our old girl Khloe partially covered by a blanket.
These two know how to live.
My family gets me. 🎄
Saturday Morning Coffee
Good morning! It’s Christmas Eve – for those who celebrate!
Look, I’m a native California boy. It’s mostly sunshine and warm weather year round. Sure we’d get down in the high 20s overnight on rare occasion, but nothing like we’ve experienced in Virginia this week. It’s been pretty darned frigid. The temperature at the moment is a balmy 8 degrees outside, with a feels like of -7. That’s just wild!
Anywho, first cup of coffee is in the mug. Time to compose the post. ☕️
Many people using PCalc on their shiny devices today don’t realise that the app has been around for a lot longer than they think. In some cases, a lot longer than they’ve been thinking.
Happy Birthday PCalc! 🎂
It’s impressive to have an active 30 year run with a piece of software. Congratulations on 30 years and counting James Thomson!
By now, you probably know where this is going: yes, I wrote my own utility and call it SimBuddy. It’s a FREE download from the Iconfactory.
Craig Hockenberry is a long time Mac and iOS Developer. He’s best known as the creator of the first Twitter client, Twitterrific, but he’s also developed many fun and useful apps for the Iconfactory.
If Apple gave out lifetime achievement awards, Craig would be deserving of one.
Thanks for another great development tool, Craig!
Well, yes. They did. They did it by making the single worst strategic mistake that any software company can make: They decided to rewrite the code from scratch.
This is an oldie-but-goodie. The Joel on Software piece above is from 2000 and touches on something that can destroy a company quicker than anything: rewriting software.
The article was brought up somewhere this week because Musk is reportedly looking to rewrite Twitter.
I mean, dang, dude! Maybe try to understand how all the things work together before jumping to that conclusion. A lot of cool stuff was happening before you blew the place up.
Randomly thinking back to my time at Apple.
— @taquitos@macaw.social the new Taquitos (@taquitos) December 5, 2022
In 2013 when the iOS side of iTunes U, Podcasts, App Store, and Remote were owned by a team of 7 engineers. Each app source in a different source control.
I was lead for iTunes U. I was told a few things by my new manager
1) Don't ...
I’ve been trying to stay away from linking to Twitter but I couldn’t resist this tweet because it captures something a lot of modern devs should hear.
Basically the tweet thread goes on to explain how broken Apple’s development process was broken on a particular team.
I’m not saying alternate forms of development are necessarily bad but grinding devs into the ground is not good, at all. People need time to live, and sleep.
It’s not just Tesla investors who are at their wit’s end with CEO Elon Musk, who has been making a huge mess of his Twitter takeover.
Ah, yes, The Musk Effect. He’s dragging Tesla down with Twitter and I’m shocked the Tesla Board hasn’t fired him.
But, really, after all this, I cannot fathom how anyone can possibly get all that excited about joining yet another centralized social media site. Perhaps I’m biased (note: I am biased) because it was my frustration with the problems of these big, centralized social media services that made me write my Protocols, Not Platforms paper a few years ago. But, after all of that, the big question that kept coming up about it was “sure, but how would you get anyone to actually use it.”
Here’s to the Open Web making a comeback! We now have Mastodon and Micro.blog to fill our Twitter mojo and both run on open standards like ActivityPub and RSS.
A friend asked what I think will happen to Twitter. Here’s my assessment
Nice little Mastodon thread from Dare sharing his thoughts on the Twitter mess.
You’d like to have time to code, but nobody else is onboarding the junior engineers, updating the roadmap, talking to the users, noticing the things that got dropped, asking questions on design documents, and making sure that everyone’s going roughly in the same direction.
This piece from Denice is required reading for any Software Developer. It explores the position know as Staff Engineer or Principle Engineer in many companies today.
At WillowTree was have a dual track for Software Developers after the Senior level; Staff Engineer or Associate Engineering Director.
I personally reached a point where I decided it was time to change direction and focus on building teams instead of coding, so I became an Associate Engineering Director.
It is interesting to note the Staff and Director positions overlap in significant ways but also have very unique traits. The Director position is a people management and team building position, the Staff position does deep dives into technology and can master just about anything.
Anywho, go read Denise’s piece, it’s very good.
Like in the past years, I will try to answer a couple of questions: How many binaries are in iOS 16? Which programming languages are used to develop these apps? How many apps are written with Swift? What is the percentage of apps using SwiftUI versus UIKit?
I had to share this because I too find it interesting to know how much Apple is eating their own dog food when it comes to their developer technologies.
Swift seems to be making real inroads and SwiftUI (worst name ever) is starting to show itself.
I’ve been thinking about doing Stream for Mac with SwiftUI. It is the future of development on the Mac and iOS. All devs need to learn it at some point.
Newsrooms should not spin up instances for their reporters partially because this is too new to dedicate strapped staff to
I’ve been pushing the idea of news companies spinning up their own Mastodon servers. Dan does make a good point about not doing that. If Mastodon could be enhanced to export all posts to another instance I have a feeling Dan wouldn’t be as opposed to the idea. As it stands you can move instances but it only keeps your followers, you lose your posts. That’s no bueno.
We want the field of journalism to take ownership of the ways stories are distributed and audiences are engaged.
With the most recent flight of users from Twitter Mr. Davidson spun up an instance of Mastodon for journalists. That was a brilliant idea and provides a bit of distance from the journalist to their organization. It’s a great alternative to news orgs spinning up their own.
There has never been any mystery about what happened on January 6, 2021. As Senator Mitch McConnell said at Trump’s second impeachment trial, “There’s no question—none—that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day.”
In many ways I’ve lost confidence in our Justice system because it treats the rich, politicians, and white people differently than everyone else. Combine more than one of those traits and you’re likely to walk away unscathed where someone who works at the coffee shop, is poor, and dark skinned is totally screwed.
It’s not right. TFG must be brought to Justice. Our system requires it if our democracy is to survive.
How to have a good internet experience in 8 easy steps
I usually avoid posts that include “steps” or “X reasons” because they’re usually really bad click bait type articles. This one isn’t. Go check it out.
I’ve never been in weather like this, that’s why I’m posting so much.
It’s wild!
A Kind Word
I received an email out of the blue from a co-worker from years ago. He was a Software Engineer in Test who wrote code to test code. The project was an SDK.
I had no idea I left an impression on him but I’m honored to know I did. I had wonderful mentors during my time with Visio who all left me in awe of their kindness and willingness to impart their wisdom with a young, energetic, kid that knew very little but was willing to learn.
Anywho, here’s part of what he said. ❤️
just wanted to say that I made the leap from test to developer many years ago and feel that I’m quite adept at it at this point. Of course I had to overcome the imposter syndrome for a while in retrospect (and still fighting it a bit now) but I just wanted to say thank you. You were one of the few devs that would listen to my input and also take my “advice” on where I thought bugs were stemming from. You really helped me, whether you knew it or not, build my confidence that I knew at least a little bit about what I was taking about lol. I know it was probably nothing big to you but I felt like you really treated me as a peer rather than some “tester” that didn’t know what he was taking about. Which I felt was sadly the norm a lot of the time.
Just chillin’.
What the?
Something strange happened last night. I got up to head to the toilet, was kind of clearing my throat, and as I went through the den I passed out. 😳
I fell into Kim’s antique radio cabinet, that had been turned into a curio cabinet years ago, and it wound up on top of me. All the glass broke out of it as well as breaking some of the fragile glass pieces inside.
This month has been such a mess. I feel like I’ve been piled on, physically and mentally, and I can’t wait for it to end.
We’re hovering around the freezing mark today, with rain throughout the day and into the evening.
Our overnight lows will probably turn everything into a giant ice rink with a chance of snow on top.
Father Christmas makes his once a year appearance.
Brrrrrrr
It looks like things are going to get very interesting over the next week here in the south. 🥶
It doesn’t look like we’re expecting a lot of snow, which is good, because heavy snow knocked our power out in January of this year and it was darned frigid in the house. I can’t imagine how cold it’ll be in the house with outside temperatures in single digits.
I’ve only been in single digit weather once and that was a feels like temperature.
Bundle up y’all!
Early AM Brain Dump
I was given Prednisone to help heal up my back. This stuff does horrible things to me. Like waking up at 3AM.
My brain is going a million miles per hour. This is what happens when I enter a manic phase, but I’m pretty sure it’s the meds this time.
Some thoughts. This is a brain dump after all.
Stream
I need to get to work on Stream, like desperately. My last release added a teeny tiny feature that I started two days after Christmas in 2021! That’s pathetic.
Stream for Mac is languishing. It’s not in an alpha state yet. It can successfully open its database, refresh feeds you’re subscribed to, and update the UI. It must be done, right? Hardly. There’s so much to do.
When I decided to do Stream for Mac I went with AppKit for everything. Now I’m wondering if I should go all in on SwiftUI? Currently leaning yes.
Mastodon is fantastic!
Yep, that’s right, Mastodon is fantastic. I got my account some time in late 2017 or early 2018, I don’t remember exactly when. Once I understood it a bit better I spun up my own instance and haven’t looked back, I’m loving it.
Mastodon on the Mac
I know of one native Mac App for Mastodon: Mastonaut. It’s now opened sourced and I’d love to spend some time on it. How much time will I spend on it? See my earlier comments above about Stream. Unlikely, but I’d love to.
If you’re a Mac Dev or Designer go help out the Mastonaut project. It could use some TLC.
What’s he thinking?
The Chief Chaos Monkey at Twitter continues his trip down the Q rabbit hole and is totally breaking parts of Twitter by banning folks who link to other sites he considers harmful. Of course Mastodon is on that list.
Of course he reversed that decision later and is now polling folks to see if he should step down as CEO. Who does that? I’ll tell you who. A man that can’t actually run a company, that’s who. Hire me, I’ll give it a shot.
The Back
My back is not so great at the moment. Is this what it’s like to age? I have a feeling it’s not this way for everyone, I mean, how could it be? I have more than a few things working against me. Genetics, obesity, being sedentary, and a totally disregard for my body as a youngster.
All of those things are working against me. I can take care of two; being sedentary and obesity.
Before having knee replacement surgery it was extremely difficult to be up and moving for longer than 30 minutes without looking for a place to sit. It was no way to live, I was existing.
Good news! I got that knee fixed and it’s doing really well! Then two weeks ago today I injured my back putting on a shoe and I’ve been in agony ever since. Last week was the worst. Over the weekend I started feeling a little better and by last night I could walk around – using my cane – without too much discomfort if I took it slow.
This morning it’s painful to do anything. The mornings are the worst. I’ll hit the shower in a bit and let some hot water run on it. It helps a bit.
Once my back is feeling better I must commit myself to, once again, lose weight. Exercise and watching what I eat are the two keys to my success. Both are easier said than done.
That’s it for a glimpse inside my brain this morning. 😃
Bulls on Parade is stuck in my brain this morning and I’m ok with that.
The Musk Files
Even I didn’t think @elonmusk would screw Twitter up this much.
It’s turned into a Right Wing Haven.
Look, I fucking warned Elon that this is exactly how it would go. It’s how it always goes.
Texts from an unknown sender, from discovery in the Elon Musk/Twitter suit months ago.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore\_\_) December 16, 2022
Pretty remarkable to read after these suspensions of journalists tonight. pic.twitter.com/clCw8xxioE
This week, its new owner, Elon Musk, signaled to his 121 million followers that, not only is he now red-pilled, but he too subscribes to the QAnon universe of conspiratorial beliefs—with a simple one-word/one-emoji tweet: “Follow [rabbit emoji].” Like much of Musk’s recent right-wing trolling, its simplicity offers plausible deniability, but “follow the white rabbit” is a well-established QAnon motto urging its adherents to plunge down its otherworldly conspiracist rabbit holes.
yo this is getting wild, @lopezlinette is both a great markets reporter and someone who also just happens to have done great investigative work on @elonmusk’s $TSLA pic.twitter.com/GVdc3o4LIn
— talmon joseph smith (@talmonsmith) December 16, 2022
The former CEO and co-founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, says it’s time to move on from the troubled social media platform and embrace a more open and decentralized approach.
And soon, ladies & gentlemen, the coup de grâce
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 16, 2022
Remember that ElonJet Twitter account? Well, under the site’s new CEO — the self-identified stalwart free speech champion Elon Musk — it just got suspended, despite Musk previously promising he would leave it alone.
The ban appears to be what we thought it was. An impulsive attempt to lash out against accurate reporting Elon Musk didn’t like. This is exactly the role of an independent press - to hold powerful and public officials to account. 1/2
— Jason Kint (@jason\_kint) December 16, 2022
Twitter owner Elon Musk says he’s pulling back the curtain on how the social network has handled high-profile content moderation decisions, including banning then-President Donald Trump after his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
UPDATE: I had posted an image here earlier that I found out was a fake, so I’ve removed it. Hat tip, Tommy Williams.
Lost Content
UPDATE: I was able to recover all my content because Micro.blog maintains versions of your posts! That is a life saving feature! 👍🏼
Wow, that’s a first. I just lost some content on Micro.blog. 😔
I was making some edits to Saturday Morning Coffee to add additional links to things and after publishing I realized some prior edits are missing.
I’d imagine the Micro.blog folks are having issues related to the flight of folks from Twitter to better homes, Micro.blog among them.
Bringing back the joy
When I heard the news that the sale of Twitter went through, I was literally shaking. My family and I have had a rough year health-wise. My wife was diagnosed with Lupus and my 5 year old started having panic attacks out of nowhere that resulted in seizure-like symptoms. We had to up our health insurance premium to $2500 a month (Yay America!) for access to specialists previously not in our network. Then I had a bad crash on my bike where I had a concussion and lost consciousness.
Read the entire thread it’s a really great read by a Tapbots co-founder. They’ve gone all in on creating a brand spanking new app for Mastodon called Ivory and it’s stunning. I’d expect nothing less from this little company of two.
Beyond the iOS version I hear they’re bringing their Mac version to Mastodon as well. Sweet!
Now, if we could convince The Iconfactory to bring good ole Ollie to Mastodon I’d be happier than a pig in slop.
Saturday Morning Coffee
Good morning. I’ve just finished my first cup of joe time to do a little writing while the second cools a bit. ☕️
The back is still misbehaving and I’m over it. Don’t you wish it was that easy to heal something? You just say “I’m over it” and it’s magically fixed? Yeah, me too. Physical therapy, I’m coming to see you. Be kind to me.
Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have allegedly achieved the first-ever net energy gain in a nuclear fusion reaction, according to the Financial Times, which cited three unnamed sources with knowledge of the recent experiment.
I know this is just the beginning and it may take another 20 to 50 years to get where we need it to be. Hopefully we can keep the planet alive that long.
More than any other year in recent memory, 2022 brought big changes—some good, some bad, and some sad. During our 25 years in business we’ve learned to roll with all manner of punches and continue forging ahead. This year was no different.
I’m a huge fan of The Iconfactory. I use more than a few of their products, including Tot, which I’m using now to write this post.
I also use Twitterrific, xScope, and Wallaroo. Really great software, excellent people.
Social media users cheered as Democratic President Joe Biden masterfully trolled former Republican President Donald Trump’s big “announcement” with a few announcements of his own.
President Biden announced a bunch of really nice accomplishments.
TFG’s big announcement was a bunch of NFT trading cards with his face superimposed over the top of various fit men. Laughable, but true.
The great grift continues. You too can own these gems for $99.00US. I wonder how many of his poor cult members fell for it? Poor saps. 🤣
Cavill, who has played Superman since 2013’s “Man of Steel,” took to Instagram on Wednesday to share the “sad news” that he would not be returning to the iconic role.
I loved Mr. Cavill as Superman and will miss him as The Man of Steel.
And to really rub salt in the wound he had to turn down his role as Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher, which kind of ruins that too. 🤬
Lawsuits, new laws, and proposed regulations have been swirling around Apple and some of its core business practices for years now. But on Tuesday came the first report—from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, perhaps the most reliable breaker of secret Apple news—that Apple’s planning on changing its App Store policies in major ways.
Apple allowing Third Party App Stores? What? Has hell frozen over?
Look, if we do get Third Party App Stores I Apple will require each of them to pass a percentage of each sale directly to Apple.
Tim Apple: “Welcome to the Apple Platform, Third Party App Store.”
Third Party: “Thank you, Tim. It’s good to be here.”
Tim Apple: “I’ll take 27% of every sale, due at the first of the month.”
Third Party: “😳”
Apple always wants their piece of the pie, so to speak. 🥧
HOUSTON — Employees at the Texas Department of Public Safety in June received a sweeping request from Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office: Compile a list of individuals who had changed their gender on their Texas driver’s license and other department records during the past two years.
What is wrong with these people? Trans rights are human rights! Get lost Paxton. Texas, what a terrible state. Embarrassing and dangerous.
Our country lacks empathy for fellow human beings. It’s sickening.
The men standing before the cameras in Moore County were sober-faced and serious as they addressed the intentional and targeted attacks on two electric substations the night before. Forty-five thousand residents lost power, schools and businesses closed, the county was forced to declare a state of emergency and curfew, and local communities were put both at risk and on edge.
So, yeah, this is what its come to. Militant groups destroying our infrastructure. Osama bin Laden didn’t need to strike at our country, we’re destroying ourselves.
The Foundation framework is used in nearly all Swift projects. It provides both a base layer of functionality for fundamentals like strings, collections, and dates, as well as setting conventions for writing great Swift code.
If you’ve written an app for iOS or Mac or any other Apple Platform you’ve used Foundation. I checked out the repository and there’s an awful lot of C code in there, which isn’t bad, but makes me wonder if the plan is to slowly replace all that C code with 100% Swift?
The windows crate provides bindings for the Windows API, including C-style APIs as well as COM and WinRT APIs. This crate provides the most comprehensive API coverage for the Windows operating system. Where possible, the windows crate also attempts to provide a more idiomatic and safe programming model for Rust developers.
While Apple is all in on Swift, Microsoft is embracing Rust as their language of choice for low level orogramming. This new set of Windows “crates” as the Rust community calls them sounds like an excellent way to write Windows applications.
I find it really interesring it includes Win32 API’s, COM, and WinRT all rolled into one cohesive package. Hopefully the interface is consistent and hides all the ugly details. I have a feeling it does.
It’s not about doxxing. It’s about Elon.
Bingo. This entire time a man we all thought was some kind of genius was just another grifter. Don’t get me wrong, the man is smart, but I don’t think he’s a genius. He’s a narcissists and needs to be in the news. See, even I’m talking about him. That’s his super power.
How do you go from society’s Tony Stark, focused on accelerating the world toward sustainable energy, to being the crazy uncle at Thanksgiving screaming about the woke mafia?
— Christian Selig (@ChristianSelig) December 16, 2022