I “had” to make an NSTableView row, implemented in HTML, that looks exactly like an NSTextField-backed row. To diagnose and fix edge cases, I forced every other row in Black Ink’s clue list to use the HTML-based view. It’s impossible to tell as a user which is which.

It’s remarkable how even the American pope looks so popey!

My favorite thing about Trump 2.0 is hearing right-wing businesspeople complain about how much money they’re losing because of him. Hahahaha. Hahahaha. Oh, continuing … a If I had known this was the outcome I might have (*) voted for him myself.

• Hell no, I would never vote for a fascist.

So, where is the afterparty for all the nuns at St. Peter’s Square?

In case anybody was worried that I stopped making pizza.

I am equally disappointed by how much some people underestimate AI, and by how much others overestimate it. The sweet spot is right in the middle.

Objective-C: the best language I never want to use again.

If you are a Help Scout customer, you have probably been recently frustrated, or soon will be, by news of their changing pricing model. Whither Help Scout? bitsplitting.org/2025/04/3…

I started my statement about the inevitability of AI by acknowledging the ethical implications, so you don’t have to convince me they exist. My point was that the technology is unfolding around us, and nobody is going to stop it. If you disagree, I would love to compare notes in 5 years.

A few people have rejected my analogy of AI to pen/typewriter/computer, because the typewriter and computer didn’t have major external costs. It’s a good point. The transition from horse to automobile is probably better. Huge external cost, but ultimately impossible to resist.

I get why people are hesitant about AI, but we are at another junction where you deny the future at your own peril. People who denied typewriters still wrote beautiful novels by pen, and people who denied computers still wrote brilliant novels in type, but most authors use computers nowadays.

Thank you, Canada. 🇺🇸🇨🇦

While it feels increasingly as though AI can do anything, sometimes better than humans, AI can’t appreciate the sun. Go out and feel it on your skin. Take a deep breath. AI can’t feel calm. AI can’t exhale.

Looks like NPR removed support for JSON Feed (https://www.jsonfeed.org) from their sites on Dec 8, 2024. Does anybody know anybody who works in tech at NPR, who might know if this was intentional or inadvertent? It would be nice to get it back!

More seriously, DEI IS as American as Apple Pie. The Statue of Liberty holds a torch for all who are oppressed. We are a nation emboldened by freedom. If diversity, equity, and inclusion are not celebrated here, what good are we?

DEI is as American as Apple Pie. If the rhyme fits, you must support it(s).

Just released FastScripts 3.3.7 with improvements to the handy “open script in editor” shortcut, and a few other fixes: redsweater.com/blog/4203…

NEW YORK’S HOTTEST FASHION IS “Lake Hair” …

I don’t know how America repairs itself. Voting for Trump the first time was an “ah, gee, I guess you weren’t paying attention” situation. This time it was wanton ignorance at best. And even as havoc is wreaked, in increasingly punishing ways, they would happily vote for him again.

Get rid of Hegseth, yes. They’ll just put another goon in there but the goons have to be recycled frequently to remind the public that the whole administration is dysfunctional.

I swam for an hour today in 56F water. I felt like I could go all day, until I didn’t, and it started alternating between feeling freezing cold and burning hot.

Pope Francis was good enough that even atheists, let alone non-Catholics, can lament his death. He was aware of the guard rails of his faith, but passionate enough to challenge them. He was the best kind of Catholic: the Catholic who looks first and foremost to how he can help. Rest in peace.

I basically debug web “apps” the same way I debug Mac and iOS apps.

After swimming all through a serious Massachusetts winter, I’m enjoying the increasingly “warm” water temperature. Today it was 58F near the shore and 51F out in the middle of the lake. Felt like a hot tub when I came back in!

I can unfortunately confirm that DOGE has not shut down the part of the IRS that transfers money from your bank account into theirs.