I finally got two brain cycles to rub together, so I’m returning to a project that’s been on hold for weeks. The good news is that Past Quinn™ had the presence of mind to leave me a:
# warning("start here")
along with a comment explaining where he got to.
The bad news is that the first line of the comment is:
// This has all descended into crap.
O-:
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Apr 12, 2026
“Approached decades ago about publishing these drawings, Iain said yes, no only when he was finished writing in that universe.”
)-;
From the introduction of “The Culture: The Drawings”
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From the introduction of “The Culture: The Drawings”
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Apr 10, 2026
“Cryptographers place $5,000 bet whether quantum will matter”
https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/09/cryptograhpers_quantum_bet/
I found this phrasing quite entertaining:
“Quantum computing exists in a sort of superposition with regard to cryptography – it's both a pending threat and a technology of no immediate consequence for decryption.”
But here’s the gist:
“Green is essentially betting that advances in cryptanalysis will reveal weaknesses in [ML-KEM] before quantum systems come into play.”
https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/09/cryptograhpers_quantum_bet/
I found this phrasing quite entertaining:
“Quantum computing exists in a sort of superposition with regard to cryptography – it's both a pending threat and a technology of no immediate consequence for decryption.”
But here’s the gist:
“Green is essentially betting that advances in cryptanalysis will reveal weaknesses in [ML-KEM] before quantum systems come into play.”
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Apr 08, 2026
@millenomi Ah, um, I can’t comment about the event’s mechanics. I plan to ‘dial in’ myself and see what happens.
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Apr 08, 2026
“Q&A: Swift concurrency”, 2026-04-23, 10:00 Pacific [1]
https://developer.apple.com/events/view/YFG8A44H89/dashboard
I’m not involved in any official capacity, but I plan to tune in just to see what gets asked.
[1] Assuming I got my time zone calculations right (-;
https://developer.apple.com/events/view/YFG8A44H89/dashboard
I’m not involved in any official capacity, but I plan to tune in just to see what gets asked.
[1] Assuming I got my time zone calculations right (-;
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Apr 07, 2026
@cocoafrog Can’t help with that specific question, but my sister, who’s a lawyer in Australia that deals with child protection stuff, would yell at me if I didn’t mention the Hague Convention and its definition of “habitual residence”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_Convention_on_the_Civil_Aspects_of_International_Child_Abduction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_Convention_on_the_Civil_Aspects_of_International_Child_Abduction
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Apr 05, 2026
Ah, spoke too soon. It’s now snowing with much enthusiasm.
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Apr 05, 2026
Hmmm, climate change. Instead of the traditional Easter snow, we’ve moved on to Easter sleet.
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Apr 04, 2026
“Let’s Chat with … Mensch”
https://youtu.be/RJ97hm_5htE
I can, at least, attest to the veracity of this:
“If you use my first name the people who’ve I’ve worked with won’t recognise me.”
https://youtu.be/RJ97hm_5htE
I can, at least, attest to the veracity of this:
“If you use my first name the people who’ve I’ve worked with won’t recognise me.”
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Mar 30, 2026
“Google is to journalism what Vikings were to monks”
You can read the rest of the article if you want; I just found the headline entertaining (-:
You can read the rest of the article if you want; I just found the headline entertaining (-:
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Mar 28, 2026
@zbender @lukaskubanek Yeah, I’m willing to go out on a limb here and say that this is Not Good™.
Fortunately, there’s a couple of top notch DTSers on the case. If you haven’t already done so, please follow Ziqiao’s advice in this post:
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/820550?answerId=881814022#881814022
Fortunately, there’s a couple of top notch DTSers on the case. If you haven’t already done so, please follow Ziqiao’s advice in this post:
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/820550?answerId=881814022#881814022
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Mar 25, 2026
@amyworrall I use the stationery pad feature /all/ the time. I have a set of BBEdit text doc stationery pads, each preconfigured for specifics tasks.
Then again, I’m weird so you should probably just ignore me (-:
Then again, I’m weird so you should probably just ignore me (-:
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Mar 22, 2026
@jamesthomson Yeah, I stopped by this morning. ‘Twas quite busy, which is cool.
Fortunately I have have iron self control when it comes to Lego (-:
Fortunately I have have iron self control when it comes to Lego (-:
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Mar 22, 2026
And, yeah, this might have something to do with my most recent toot (-:
https://toot.community/@justkwin/116251301004797683
https://toot.community/@justkwin/116251301004797683
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Mar 22, 2026
I had cause to use Numbers on my phone today (iPhone 13 mini, of course) and I was astonished that I could actually get useful work done on such a small screen. Well done to all involved!
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Mar 18, 2026
TIL that Retired Sets just opened a store nearby.
https://retiredsets.co.uk
“Discover LEGO sets and minifigs you won’t see on shelves again.”
https://retiredsets.co.uk
“Discover LEGO sets and minifigs you won’t see on shelves again.”
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Mar 15, 2026
Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 reimagined as an episode of The Twilight Zone, in 4:3 black and white, of course (-:
https://youtu.be/YDzSjRKUXuA
https://youtu.be/YDzSjRKUXuA
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Feb 06, 2026
Meet WebKit for SwiftUI, “`WebPage` is a brand new `Observable` class that represents your web content”, https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/231/ #EskimoTV
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Nov 19, 2025
Safely mix C, C++, and Swift, “[provide] the missing information … to import a returned C++ `span` as a Swift `Span` … with the `__lifetimebound` annotation”, https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/311/ #EskimoTV
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