chrisballinger

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ChatSecure - Open Source Encrypted Chat: https://chatsecure.org [email protected]

https://ballinger.io https://github.com/chrisballinger

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Comment · 5 months ago

Auto mode works on Bedrock now!

Comment · 4 years ago

At first I was a bit confused about why The Onion’s spin-off site had a cloud offering, but that one is called ClickHole.

Comment · 4 years ago

In theory couldn't it tunnel ethernet over the TB4 cable?

Comment · 5 years ago

You can now renew your AppleCare+ on eligible iPhones, iPads and Macs at a monthly/yearly rate after the 2-3 year coverage period expires as long as you do it within 30 days of expiration: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210580

Would highly recommend extending for a laptop needing this many repairs.

Comment · 5 years ago

Very interesting concept, but I'd recommend people check out GRDB[1] if you're in search of a mature persistence layer for your iOS apps. It's a modern SQLite wrapper with a lot of conveniences for application development like value types, Codable mapping, Combine observables, etc.

I've deployed it in production on a few apps so far, and it has been a real joy to use.

1. https://github.com/groue/GRDB.swift

Comment · 5 years ago

Signal: https://signal.org/

Comment · 5 years ago

I would love to see all “Share the Road” signs replaced with “Bicycles May Use Full Lane” [1] signs. This is the law in California but many motorists are unaware, or don’t care.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycles_May_Use_Full_Lane

Comment · 6 years ago

I would appreciate these disclosures a lot more if the author didn’t always include a flippant dismissal of security architecture improvements in macOS. Yes, it’s harder to write software with sandboxing and other modern security techniques, but that doesn’t mean we should go back to how things were.

Comment · 6 years ago

If you’re concerned about your carbon footprint and live within 2.5 miles of work, you might want to consider a bicycle instead! Regular cycling has made a profoundly positive impact to my life, and I would highly encourage you to explore that as an option.

Comment · 6 years ago

If you keep a customer with a recurring subscription for a year, Apple reduces its cut to 15%. This applies to all developers: https://www.apple.com/ios/app-store/principles-practices/

Comment · 6 years ago

Whenever end-to-end encryption is not used, scenarios like these are bound to happen eventually.

As far as I know, the only home surveillance products that use E2EE are ones that support HomeKit Secure Video [1].

1. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210538

Comment · 7 years ago

I guess this will get lost in the noise, but a few years ago Apple relaxed its restrictions on IAP donations and allows developers to offer a "tip jar" where IAPs don't unlock any specific features. I've been shipping a free and open source app with a donate button on the App Store since mid-2017 [1].

1. https://chatsecure.org/blog/sustainable-open-source-starts-w...

Comment · 8 years ago

Yes it does? https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS

Comment · 8 years ago

If you don't mind disabling SIP, you can still run Mojave on a lot of older hardware: http://dosdude1.com/mojave

Comment · 8 years ago

The “One Plus” plan has unlimited international 256 kbps LTE and is juuuuust fast enough to get by. The low latency of LTE is helpful to make it feel a lot faster than a 2G connection of similar speed.