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stroughtonsmith, 17 days ago to random

Would it be reasonable to predict that [NS]NotificationCenter's .main queue might someday map to MainActor implicitly? Or maybe get an actor-aware alternative? Or is there just too much going on under the hood to bridge this implicitly? Feels weird to be 'dispatching' a Task on the main queue like this

stroughtonsmith, 17 days ago to random

Does Swift's MainActor annotation actually do anything at runtime to ensure code is called from the main thread, or is it entirely a compile-time sanity check that might not play well across opaque binary/framework boundaries?

molly0xfff, 1 month ago to web

"While more of the #web is becoming accessible to people with low-end connections, more of the web is becoming inaccessible to people with low-end devices even if they have high-end connections."

@danluu on web bloat: https://danluu.com/slow-device/

https://www.mollywhite.net/micro/entry/202404231317

superbetsy, 1 month ago to random

I have some personal news. Today is my last day at Apple. You can read the text of the goodbye letter I tearfully sent at the link below. I'm taking a brief break to catch my breath, but I'll be very excited to share what's next for me when my start date gets a little closer.

To the developer community: thank you. I've loved being a part of your journey, and I'm so eager to watch your success and continue to buy your apps. You are all magic. Now here, take a dog photo.

https://www.superbetsy.com/blog/end-of-an-era

grynspan, 3 months ago to random

Bool should be a typealias of ()? and I will die on this hill:

typealias Bool = ()?  
let true: Bool = ()  
let false: Bool = nil  

This makes if statements equivalent to map(), makes try? functionReturningVoid() a boolean expression, simplifies some uses of variadic generics...

Wait, don't leave! I'm serious!

Drwave, 3 months ago to random

Okay, my office is now once again clean/organized.
I took out 5 boxes of books (that I will bring to Half Price Books at some point) and brought in a bunch of other books from other parts of the house, but decided that perfect was the enemy of good, and so I went ahead and put everything up on shelves, even if it's not sorted exactly to what I was hoping for.

Anyway - it’s clean and it's organized and there's no closet with a bunch of stuff shoved in it, so I am declaring victory.

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jamesthomson, 4 months ago to random

It occurs to me that when I actually have a Vision Pro, and I'm making screenshots of PCalc to put in the store, I'll need to tidy up my apartment a bit.

cvee, 5 months ago to random

Since 2020, I watched a lot of “classic” sitcoms. Most don’t hold up, but M.A.S.H. is still amazing.

schwa, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

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grynspan, 6 months ago to random

Spider-Man 2 is flawless!

schwa, 6 months ago to random

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grynspan, 6 months ago to random

Something seems off here…

grynspan, 7 months ago to random

Hey, @tkremenek's here!

grynspan, 7 months ago to random

SCSI intensifies

tubetime, 7 months ago to random

quite a few DOS programs had text-based GUIs. few were more advanced than Norton Desktop (and associated utilities). Check out the graphical mouse cursor which can smoothly span multiple characters!

grynspan, 8 months ago to random

I've been waiting to share this link for so long—say hello to swift-testing! https://forums.swift.org/t/a-new-approach-to-testing-in-swift/67425

grynspan, 8 months ago to random

Hey @jamesthomson, where are my QuickDraw 3D bananas?

shantini, 8 months ago to random

Opened this hellsite because meeting @jamesthomson was too fun not to post about. I’d rate the experience 14/10.

danielpunkass, 9 months ago to random

At Whole Foods today I saw a woman jumping to try to reach ... something? It wasn't going to work. So I asked: "Can I help you get something?" It's always a risk engaging with people, but she was so grateful. Extend a helping hand.

scy, 9 months ago to StarTrek

Okay well I already knew that #ManuIntiraymi (Icheb) was a creep, but the sheer amount of offensiveness and hate gathered by https://www.tumblr.com/beltran-is-a-douche is sickening.

Also, that page is mainly about #RobertBeltran (Chakotay), and I knew that he doesn’t care much for #StarTrek. But apparently he’s also a Republican, hates masks & pronouns, and violates strike guidelines because “free speech”.