tolmasky

tolmasky , 2 days ago to random

I really hate the term “side-loading.” We shouldn’t need a word for the normal way we’ve been installing apps for the past 40 years. If tomorrow Apple decided they were going to start only letting you visit web pages they approved of, we wouldn’t call some sort of alternating system that let you see the rest of the fucking internet “side-paging”. We’d instead call the whole thing bullshit.

tolmasky , 3 days ago to random

Just like when Apple got rid of the HKlive app during the Hong Kong protests. Imagine if there was a way to install apps not through the AppStore. That way the AppStore couldn’t be exploited as a censorship tool by governments. But then Apple might not make every possible cent off the iPhone, so probably not worth it. It’s crazy that Apple is probably happier with Russia’s actions towards the AppStore than Europe’s. No public fit. No press release. Just quiet compliance.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/07/05/russia-forces-apple-to-remove-vpn-apps-from-the-app-store

tolmasky , 27 days ago to random

Biggest takeaway from WWDC: everyone overestimated Tim Cook and underestimated Sam Altman. Apple I'm sure thinks this is a stopgap until they can swap in their own LLMs. But OpenAI is betting this is a stopgap until they can swap in their own phone. It remains to be seen who is right here, but I can tell you that OpenAI is getting way more out of being put in front of every Apple customer than Apple is getting from finally accurately telling you George Washington's birthday or whatever. #wwdc24

tolmasky , 2 months ago to random

I know GitHub likes to put directories at the top of its directory listing, but they should move all the IDE garbage directories to the bottom. I don't need to see ".vscode" at the very top of everything, especially since I don't use VSCode. They should probably just put all dot directories at the bottom, but at least the known configuration ones.