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Re: Reboot

rcarmo — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 12:05:41 -0000

So say we all ;)

Re: The Software and Services Apple Needs to Fix

rcarmo — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 03:34:03 -0000

iOS 8 has a severe security bug: it stores your passwords (and passcodes). I often switch my iPad to airplane mode, and when I do so and fiddle with the home button immediately after, the "black" "secure" on-screen keyboard pops up AND DISPLAYS THE LAST PASSWORD I ENTERED AS A SUGGESTION.

Right there, in the middle of my screen. This is utterly inexcusable. I've had this happen with my lock screen passcode, my iTunes password, passwords from secure websites, the works.

Also, physical keyboard support on iOS badly needs attenton. It's ridiculous that this http://taoofmac.com/space/b... is still the most popular page on my site for two years running - if switching between apps works _now_ with VoiceOver enabled, why not make it work all the time?

Re: Developing Clojure in the Cloud

rcarmo — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 03:23:48 -0000

fig doesn't rebuild the container on every change I make - it re-uses the previous one and mounts my source tree inside, unless I change something major.

Re: Developing Clojure in the Cloud

rcarmo — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 03:55:35 -0000

I suggest looking into fig: http://www.fig.sh. It has replaced Vagrant for me, with the benefit that I can deploy the resulting container (fig is also a nice stepping stone to the compose tool Docker just released)

Re: Mastermindzh.com ~ for your weekly dose of nonsense!

rcarmo — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 03:54:20 -0000

You might want to check out http://github.com/rcarmo/ra... - I've got a few useful tools for monitoring there.

Re: iPhone 6 and Android value

rcarmo — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 03:03:09 -0000

Er, no. Keep is a toy. Google just doesn't seem to be interested in polishing it further.

Re: Lab 25, network, part 2

rcarmo — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 17:33:16 -0000

This is awesome news. I look forward to being able to build and run Inferno on the Pi.

Give the amount of tweaking involved since Part 1 was published, a one-piece HOWTO on building a bootable image would be great (once it's stable, of course -- I suppose there's still a fair bit of stuff to do).

Re: How life changes

rcarmo — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 14:22:16 -0000

Curious. First thing I did when I got to the 10th grade was train myself to write in block style. Never looked back, really, I find cursive annoying and unreadable.

A fun fact - they used to teach block writing in the old "commercial" schools in Lisbon, as well as basic calligraphy. My dad went through that and still has the neatest writing I've ever seen.

Re: Opening and Converting Corrupted PDF Files - Tao of Mac

rcarmo — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:41:25 -0000

You certainly have no idea of how Adobe's installers work - there would be gunk all over the hard disk. Also, the point here was to retain the PDF's original look and feel.

Re: 20 Years Ago - Tao of Mac

rcarmo — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:29:36 -0000

Go and grab "Ender's Game". It reminds me a lot of the kind of hoops we had to jump through...

Re: Rank and File - Tao of Mac

rcarmo — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:20:38 -0000

Yeah, well... We're in the same industry, and this sort of reasoning tends to be widespread in our niche... Anyway, we can both annoy your boss regarding some of the topics I covered... :)

Re: Rank and File - Tao of Mac

rcarmo — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:18:11 -0000

Just you wait until I actually have _time_ to write...

Re: 20 Years Ago - Tao of Mac

rcarmo — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:28:19 -0000

Ouch. I forgot about the Mickey Mouse hat... I do have a photo somewhere of Marco looking like Chewbacca (or a puffball) on a bad hair day...

Re: Rain or Shine, Trouble Is Mine - Tao of Mac

rcarmo — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:57:13 -0000

Obrigado. Não sabia que dava para marcar para Sábado de manhã... Vou investigar.

Re: When People Just Can't Share Files Anymore - Tao of Mac

rcarmo — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:55:51 -0000

Num ambiente corporativo típico não se instalam coisas dessas...

Re: When People Just Can't Share Files Anymore - Tao of Mac

rcarmo — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:55:25 -0000

Yeah, and you then have Apache, PHP and goodness knows what else running, have to build the URL to the file _and_ place the file in your Public folder (which is inconvenient in a number of occasions). This way I can see when people get the file and kill the server instantly. No hassles whatsoever.

Re: On Bits of Various Descriptions and Music - Tao of Mac

rcarmo — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:45:28 -0000

Erm. That's the link, right up there.

Re: On Parenting, and General Relativity Thereof - Tao of Mac

rcarmo — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:36:59 -0000

Yep. With knobs on.

Re: Unsocial - Tao of Mac

rcarmo — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:00:11 -0000

I think you missed the bit where I mentioned that I've been considering this for a while (re: Facebook albums). Searching the site for previous articles in the same vein wouldn't hurt, either.

Re: Reading Material - Tao of Mac

rcarmo — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:16:17 -0000

Thanks - I've read those as well, a long time ago, after the Ringworld series... But I still wish Falkenberg's story had gone on a bit further.

Re: Evernote's Killer Application - Tao of Mac

rcarmo — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:05:08 -0000

Well, Tarpipe could help there, but it's a bit limited (see update).

Re: Doing Stuff, When I Can - Tao of Mac

rcarmo — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:43:14 -0000

I had it stashed away somewhere, but the point is that once you're used
to doing a certain kind of programming (heavily list-and-hash-oriented,
with a functional flavor), any language that doesn't do lists properly
sucks...

Re: Pre-lude - Tao of Mac

rcarmo — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:46:27 -0000

Yeah, well, memory isn't an excuse - definitely not a technical one in a
UNIX-like OS.

Re: Pre-lude - Tao of Mac

rcarmo — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:45:30 -0000

But I do mention Nokia - yet, they are not relevant to the discussion at
hand... You have to realize that Nokia has about as much expression in
the US as Palm has in Europe.

Mind you, I'm not crazy about any of Nokia's UI designs - I think that
they haven't improved their new UIs to match the ascendancy they had
back in the days when all a phone had to do was calls and SMS - they had
excellent UIs then, but haven't really caught up...

Re: Notes: Sponsors

rcarmo — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:27:51 -0000

Well, here's to a quick recovery. And I bet you're itching for an excuse to publish those photos, no matter how much you deny it :)