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There’s much ado today about the pain gun which HN thinks will be turned around and used on civilians. They’re probably right. But in the long run, that doesn’t matter. You see, pretty much every piece of technology ever invented started out looking pretty evil. Computers were a way to rapidly calculate bomb trajectories. The […]
So. It’s fashionable lately to whine about app review. I’ve done it. I’ve blogged about how evil it is. Being at WWDC though, and hanging around Apple reps 24/7, I’ve started to drink the kool-aid. Now, I still think app review is often terribly unfair (I’ve had some absolutely awful rejections). But. I’m kinda starting […]
I keep trying to find a cloud service that will let me back up all my computers (3TB) for a reasonable price ($<500/yr) and let me manage it (no Backblaze, Mozy, etc.) It continues to amaze me that nothing comes close to simply colocating a NAS. And if you think about it, even colocating 3TB […]
I’m doing freelancing full-time this summer. Here’s a brief summary of what I’ve learned so far.
> We lose nothing by having closed systems. For good or for bad, for the past 25 years or so, programmers have effectively been subsidized in that the tools to design and create programs are effectively the same as the tools to *run* programs. So every system, simply by installing a compiler, is ready to […]
A lot of developers (myself included) have expressed disappointment in the app store on ideological grounds. Can’t install your own software! Apple keeps competitors off the platform! Apple doesn’t let innovative apps through! But there’s another angle to this that nobody’s covering. The app store keeps piracy off the platform. Not because it makes buying […]
After having a few run-ins with various over-enterprising institutions, I’ve gotten a pretty good grasp on the state of US Wi-Fi law. Behold, a FAQ. First of all, you have a right to run Wi-Fi networks, period. The landowner can throw a hissy fit all they like, but (more often than not) you can still […]
Hi Steve, I’m an iPhone developer. I’ve got four apps live in the store, one in review, and several more I’m working on. Plus the 3-4 apps that I’ve written for clients that they have listed under their own accounts. TUAW says you pulled GV Mobile. Not only do I use this app every day, […]
I have a lot of respect for the work Richard Stallman has done for software. He’s written some really awesome things, like Emacs and GCC. And he was one of the first to get people thinking about open source and free software. He was a pioneer in his field, and an all-around smart guy. And […]
RMS has just published a position paper against Mono. FTA: Debian’s decision to include Mono in the default installation, for the sake of Tomboy which is an application written in C#, leads the community in a risky direction. It is dangerous to depend on C#, so we need to discourage its use. The problem is […]
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