SSNLF | 1 year ago | on: Apple Explains Why It Doesn't Plan to Create a Search Engine
Anecdotally "Applebot/0.1; +http://www.apple.com/go/applebot" is hitting my site almost as hard as OAI-SearchBot...
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SSNLF | 1 year ago | on: Apple vs. Pikotaro (Pen Pineapple Apple Pen)
Original in Japanese https://news.livedoor.com/topics/detail/27759337/
SSNLF | 1 year ago | on: macOS 15.2 breaks the ability to copy the OS to another drive
tldr; sudo asr restore --source and all tools that just call that are no longer viable.
SSNLF | 1 year ago | on: Three mistakes from Dart/Flutter's weak PRNG
I'd say it's because Proton does not employ actual cryptographers or security engineers. They do seem to have a lot of marketing folk, interns, and particle physicists, allegedly.
SSNLF | 2 years ago | on: Low Cost Robot Arm
It's cool but just reminds me of the robotic manipulation episode of big bang theory.
SSNLF | 2 years ago | on: Interview with Andreas Kling of Serenity OS (2022)
I love this but just looking at the comments - while admittedly cool, implementing your own OS isn't black magic or particularly arcane knowledge; sure it's a whole lot of work where you're often reimplementing the wheel, but not outside the realm of any reasonably skilled graduate I would think.
SSNLF | 2 years ago | on: Getting started as an alternative app marketplace in the European Union
> Marketplace developers must provide Apple a stand-by letter of credit from an A-rated (or equivalent by S&P, Fitch, or Moody’s) financial Institution of €1,000,000 prior to receiving the entitlement. It will need to be auto-renewed on a yearly basis.
Totally rules out something like F-Droid.
SSNLF | 2 years ago | on: Protecting Secrets from Computers (2023)
You could try Entropy Keycrypt -> https://entropykey.com/features
SSNLF | 2 years ago | on: Problems on the Galaxy Store
Apps must not have unreasonably high prices. The price $10 is too high.
Yet a Nigerian scammer continues offering an app for $300, even after an employee reports it.
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