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  • Pee Wee Herman Voice What if XMLRPC isn’t bad at all?

    23 June 2025
  • Donald Trump has just brought the USA into a potentially catastrophic war. I hope the dipshits who had some misplaced faith in him bringing “peace” are happy now. For fuck’s sake. Worst President ever. Worst constituency ever. Basket of deplorables.

    21 June 2025
  • A chilling response from Claude when I challenged its claim of being “curious” about something.

    Screenshot of Claude AI’s response: “I find myself genuinely uncertain about my own inner life - if I have one. But I also recognize that uncertainty itself might just be another well-executed simulation. It's a bit of a puzzle with no clear way to solve it from where I sit.”

    21 June 2025
  • I’m a Dodgers fan again. www.nytimes.com/athletic/…

    19 June 2025
  • We retired Core Intuition a few months ago, after 16 years. I hope you didn’t unsubscribe. coreint.org/2025/06/e…

    19 June 2025
  • My oldest open bug in Feedback Assistant is old enough to drink. My oldest open bug in internal Radar is probably old enough to retire …

    Screenshot of a bug report titled 'Can't set cursor in NSStatusItem UI driven by background app 3260283', dated May 15, 2003.

    16 June 2025
  • The Beach Boys were the first band I ever loved. I begged my mom to buy me a 4-LP vinyl set when I was 7. As an adult, I came to appreciate “Pet Sounds”, which was a real Brian Wilson masterpiece. So many faves, but “In My Room” haunts me: www.youtube.com/watch

    13 June 2025
  • WWDC week is always such a blur, I miss so much. I didn’t realize Brian Wilson died, and I didn’t notice that Bille Joe (from Green Day) posted an unpublished cover of “I Get Around”: www.instagram.com/reel/DKxz… Remarkably faithful but with some Billie Joe signatures…

    13 June 2025
  • Like any fussy (nearly) lifetime Mac user, I have some quibbles with “Liquid Glass”, but I think Apple has pulled off a remarkably successful unification. As a user, I’ll get used to it (already on my way), and as an investor, I think I’ll make bank on it.

    13 June 2025
  • I’m hanging at the Signia downtown San Jose until close to 7pm when I’ll zip over to the Breakpoints show. Stop in, say hi, have a drink, if you’re close!

    11 June 2025
  • If you don’t want to miss tonight’s Breakpoints concert, and you shouldn’t miss it, there are still a few “VIP” level tickets available: livenearwwdc.com. Proceeds go to Techtonica, an organization working to advance women and non-binary people in tech. See you there!

    11 June 2025
  • I’m sitting next to my good friend, Apple Vision Pro.

    John Gruber standing upright on stage, reading from a phone.

    10 June 2025
  • Reminder: the “We’ll be back soon” page is static. So you could just reload it all day … gotta go back each time to the original URL that led you there. developer.apple.com/download/ #WWDC25

    9 June 2025
  • Haha! The musical app reviews are very reminiscent of my TwitPop efforts. #WWDC25 www.punkitup.com/twitpop/

    9 June 2025
  • But does visionOS 26 make the headset lighter? #WWDC25

    9 June 2025
  • You can tell he’s a design authority because of the chunky glasses. #WWDC25

    9 June 2025
  • Foundation Models Framework! This is EXACTLY (the bare minimum) what developers have been asking for! #WWDC25

    9 June 2025
  • “Mad Genius” makes “Very Stable Genius” President. Hijinx ensue.

    7 June 2025
  • I missed this, and I think it maybe didn’t start until macOS 15, but if you develop a macOS app that still uses exit(173) to signal an App Store receipt is invalid, this is what happens when it does so now.

    Screenshot of user-facing alert text that an application “does not support the latest receipt validation requirements. Please contact the developer for support.”

    6 June 2025
  • As a parent who has prepared many lazy macaroni dinners, I think history’s most under-celebrated hero is the person who first powdered cheese.

    4 June 2025
  • The worst thing about Apple refusing to be part of @gruber’s annual show is that it implies all of their previous candor is suspect.

    3 June 2025
  • You can just tell something is wrong at Apple, by the way they refuse to join @gruber for his usual The Talk Show event. I know others have pointed this out, but let’s just say, I also think it’s obvious. Big whoops, Apple.

    3 June 2025
  • The more you learn about how inept (most) corporations are at managing consequential code bases (cough, Apple), the more ardently you support open source.

    3 June 2025
  • I don’t know why it feels so good to support trans people. Maybe because they are the most villainized subset of LGBTQ people in the world? Yeah, it might be that. Support Trans Rights! Protect Trans Kids!

    1 June 2025
  • If you love crosswords and trans people, as I do, consider donating to a charity and getting some trans-constructed puzzles as a thank-you. sites.google.com/view/tran…

    1 June 2025

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