How often did Apple kill an app from launching on the Mac because it was deemed a bad actor? I think not that many times. Could this be the same on the iPad in the post-iOS 17.4 world? 🤔

A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a One-Page Site on Micro.blog

  1. Choose your subdomain name1. 2) Create a CNAME pointing to it2. 3) Switch to your full custom domain. 4) Write content3. 5) Install a few plugins4. 6) Create pages in the navigation structure to organize content5. 7) Create page footer6. Voilà. 🔥

  1. abc.micro.blog (must be unique to Micro.blog). ↩︎

  2. Done on your Domain name provider, not on Micro.blog. Must point to abc.micro.blog. ↩︎

  3. Markdown supported. Insert images using Uploads and “Copy HTML” option, then paste into page. ↩︎

  4. Visual theme plugin (optional, if you don’t like the default theme), Analytics (Plausible, Tinylytics, etc.). ↩︎

  5. Optional but is a great addition. ↩︎

  6. Optional. Use footer editor to insert your content. ↩︎

Apple, Generative AI and the iPhone Revenues

Numerous applications and services now incorporate AI features. For instance, consider Notion Q&A or Raycast AI. Companies view this as an opportunity to boost revenue by offering these additional features for a fee. However, I recently pondered the possibility that if Apple integrates generative AI into Siri, as rumored for iOS 18, they may not charge for it. This could give Apple a significant advantage, as the revenue from iPhone sales could cover the associated costs. This could become an enormous advantage for Apple.

Introducing the Numeric Citizen Hub, a brand new landing page1. Thanks to the recently introduced “One-page website” feature on Micro.blog, you can now learn about the places I share my creativity right from a single place2. Enjoy.

  1. It will replace my Linktr.ee page once my subscription ends, in December of 2024. 🙂 ↩︎

  2. I know that some of you might think: well, another website from Numeric Citizen! 😃 ↩︎

I’m unsure if I ever posted this image of me circa 1986 with my fat Mac1. The image was created with a MacVision Koala digitizer connected to the Mac serial port and a close-circuit black & white video camera. It was impressive at that time.

  1. A Mac with 512K of RAM. That one was an original Macintosh 128K that was upgraded with an updated logic board kit from Apple. ↩︎

Sometimes, writing is like swimming against the current. Today, ideas were fuzzy, and I could not clarify them and put them in the right order. Those days are never easy, especially when it’s a day where writing intelligent texts is absolutely essential. People are depending on me. That was a bad day. Sign-off. 😑

Reuters report:

U.S. tech giant Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab has paid a Russian fine of 1.2 billion roubles ($13.65 million), imposed over the company’s alleged abuse of its dominant market position concerning in-app payments, Russia’s FAS antitrust agency said on Monday. Source: Apple pays $13.7 mln Russian fine, antitrust agency says | Reuters

It’s like paying a fine to an organized crime group. Utterly shocking that the West still helps this criminal government in its war efforts in Ukraine. I can’t wait to see Trump licking their butt when he’s back.