The Meta-Author

You'll have static for eyes too.

Every time I see the acronym #WWDC I can't help to mentally pronounce it as "What Would Deezus Coo?"

So think about who actually passes all checks: no dev tools installed, hasn't opened Terminal in over 30 days, and is now pasting something copied from a web browser. Apple doesn't need to analyze the command when the behavior is suspicious.

But the warning doesn't fire for everyone. There are 5 checks that ALL must pass: 1. Copied from a listed browser, email, or chat app 2. Mac was set up more than 24 hours ago 3. You are NOT a developer 4. You have not opened Terminal in the last 30 days 5. You have not clicked "Paste Anyway" before

In macOS Tahoe 26.4 Apple added a new security feature to Terminal that warns users of potentially malicious pastes with a "Possible malware, Paste blocked" prompt. Here how it actually works 🧵

Therefore, it *may* be possible to say that any skein that has what appears to be Turing completeness can, at least in theory, simulate any intelligible entity on any layer below it (although useful speed is not guaranteed). 'What appears to be' may be the kicker here.

@IntractableLion We know there isn't an infinite stack; we can also validly reason about the base substrate even if we aren't on it. x.com/metaauthor/sta…

I don't understand the anxiety Simulation Hypothesis causes some people. If you're a superintelligence constrained by an entropically finite universe & you love self-aware consciousness, of *course* you'd spawn an infinite series of nested time compressed simulations as a project

KYC laws are the biggest threat to your privacy

Apple’s new ID checks dubbed as ‘ransomware’ as UK rollout begins bit.ly/4bB0UOI

A South Korean plastic film factory has cut production to 20–30% of capacity due to raw material shortages caused by the Iran war and disruptions in global energy markets reut.rs/4bLYXgV

An eruption of “psychiatric euthanasia” beckons if Canada lets the MAID law stand, top psychiatrist warns. At present, we are on course to permit medically assisted dying for the mentally ill next March. nationalpost.com/opinion/john-i… via @nationalpost

I’m distressed about the UK update to iOS. I’m registered as severely sight impaired, as such I CANNOT get a drivers license, and I don’t OWN a credit The fact that my Passport, a government issued form of ID is not accepted is discriminatory. Sort it out, @AppleSupport

@danmm2701 @Andy2sn @iDeviceHelpus Possibly you were able to be verified due to how long you've had the account - debit cards are not valid ID and also the update is botched and doesn't work for UK passports despite claiming it's possible 9to5mac.com/2026/03/26/app…

@Andy2sn @iDeviceHelpus Wrong I have my debit card in my Apple wallet and I had no issue with it

I continue to get reports of users in the UK having issues with age verification in iOS 26.4 - is this happening to you ?

debit cards don't count for verification, so millions of UK users literally can't prove they're adults on their own iPhone apple built a whole system & forgot that most young people don't even own a credit card

ha this is particularly sinister. “using a VPN to protect your privacy? psych - that made us suspicious so you actually have less privacy now!”

I've so far avoided dramatics because I would be accused of bias. To be clear: this is the worst energy crisis of our lifetimes, well beyond what any sober mind could have envisioned, with no end in sight. The level of complacency to me is astounding.

I can't believe I live in a world where the size of an update for a monitor is 2.19GB

Pop-Tart claims their “Super Stuffed” has 50% more filling…? 1990s Classic (box of 24): 43.5 oz total → 1.82 oz per tart Super Stuffed (box of 5): 10.9 oz total → 2.18 oz per tart That’s only 16.5% heavier per tart from 1990s pop tart to this marketing disaster. Filling is ~15% of a Pop-Tart’s weight. Even if every bit of added weight was pure filling — no extra crust, no extra frosting — the real number is closer to 30–40% more

The time honored capitalistic trend of gradually making your product shittier and shittier until you can debut the original as a new product

it's insane that they're so desperate for money and control that they're going to try and demand full biometric ID verification for using any piece of fucking technology with any functionality at all

The plot devices of both No Time To Die and Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning are lifted near verbatim from Metal Gear Solid. It's happening. The credit just isn't being given because it's a "lesser" medium.