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 Israeli has inflicted > 9000 civilian casualties on Palestine in just ~3 weeks. More than 1/3rd of those killed are children.

That's basically the same number of civilian casualties Russia has caused in Ukraine over more than one year of conflict.

This isn’t “Israel has the right to defend itself”. This is wholesale, indiscriminate slaughter of civilians in one of the mostly densely populated regions in the world.

The US should be trying to stop this, not funding and supporting it. 
 When you test your code after a complex refactoring and it just works first time and you're left wondering how it's going to subtly fuck you over some time in the future when you're least expecting it. 
 I got invited to one of the VisionOS events in Cupertino that you can sign up for on developer.apple.com

In the email: “Morning traffic is heavy in the Cupertino area. Please schedule travel accordingly to arrive on time.”

I wonder why… 
 Someone write me a Swiftlint rule that balances all my 

```
#if !os(visionOS)
#endif // !os(visionOS)
```

I am now sprinkling throughout my code.

Thanks! 
 The newly announced raspberry pi 5 is pretty disappointing. It’s the first pi to really require active cooling. Still doesn’t include POE without a hat. Doesn’t really improve the form factor or interfaces at all and yet still manages to be incomparable with existing cases. 
 I'm revisiting the word "toast" this morning and was reminded of one of my favorite tidbits:

Toa... 
 @bb052609 you have the usage of “toast” for pop up notifications on phones? (And now generalised to the web as well)

I hate the term personally. 
 @80f08b97 If ever there is an Apple feature that needed its own dedicated app it's Passwords and Passkeys.

I don't ever expect to happen because HI often thinks we're morons.

(And yes i know there's that shortcut that launches the system pref but that's such weak sauce its basically water) 
 The only thing that has made my wife cry during this whole thing with her father in ICU has been the frustration of dealing with his insurance. 
 nostr:npub1sa8l85tpnzh6367xlnujay6a7wf49reqvhz49pv9zu65hzaz74nq79nqcm :-).  RealityKit is keeping... 
 @80f08b97 @874ff3d1 curious - what are you building? 
 You know what else is good for the environment? Allowing your work-force to telecommute. 
 Websites that bury the sign in form but put the sign up form front and centre are sending a clear message that they don’t value their existing users as much as theoretical new users.

Talk about an anti-pattern that needs to go away.