The Fediverse
I’ve been favoring Mastodon over Twitter awhile now and have been following the moderation drama. A solution occurred to me.
Author: Josh
On Russians & Their Apps
The FaceApp controversy took on a feverish pitch over its Russian roots. I have Opinions.
Oops
I was Wrong on The Internet when I raised alarm over FaceApp. It blew up. People got mad. Here’re the highlights.
Hey Siri
There’s been a lot of angry chatter about our digital assistants responding to commercials lately. A commercial saying, “Hey Siri” or “Okay Google” or “Alexa” invokes our now-omni-present “friends”. Many of these scenarios can be avoided due to foreknowledge that… Continue Reading
Enter Hackintosh
Given Apple’s obvious lack of Mac updates, it’s no surprise a lot of professionals (developers in particular) are looking into building their own Hackintosh. I’m one of them.
Slippery Slope
The phrase “slippery slope” takes on new meaning when watching the oncoming avalanche from the foot of the mountain.
Surely
Sure, God commanded us to obey the laws of the land, but surely he didn’t mean this! Ultraconservatives Such statements from ultra-conservatives can mean only one thing: God didn’t foresee the current state of affairs, so God misspoke. Surely, then,… Continue Reading
A Swiftlier Undo
After struggling to get NSUndoManager to work correctly in a Swift-only app under OS X 10.11 El Capitan, I finally figured it out (and it works the same for iOS 9). The meat is in answer I posted to a… Continue Reading
Ads
I’ve been watching the recent discussion of (and revelations about) the state of the online ad industry lately. It’s clearly out of control. We know ad revenue is the only source of income for many of the sites that provide… Continue Reading
Is It A Disk Image?
A comment on an old StackOverflow answer of mine took me to task for a “partial answer” so I decided to improve it. Both posters wanted to know if a mounted device is a disk image. I wrote a simple… Continue Reading