Unstoppable Payments Are Coming.

I have documented and published, for the first time, my personal code style guide. It is a living document (which is why it’s in git) that I will update periodically as I consciously notice more of my longstanding habits and techniques. I estimate it’s 70-80% complete (at least for Go) presently; the other languages included are just stuff that’s...

I have a theory that I believe is supported by enough evidence for you to believe it, as well.

Preface: I don’t use iCloud. I don’t use an Apple ID. I don’t use the Mac App Store. I don’t store photos in the macOS “Photos” application, even locally. I never opted in to Apple network services of any kind - I use macOS software on Apple hardware.

In the current version of macOS, Monterey, on every system update on a system containing an M1 chip, such as all the new shiny/fast ARM (“Apple Silicon”) macs, the update process phones home to Apple to obtain a special boot signature, known in Apple jargon as a “ticket”.

I’m a photographer. I care a lot about pixels and image quality and resolution. My main workstation has three 5120x2880 5k displays that run at 218ppi. I’m also someone who really likes music and audio engineering who has been known to DJ occasionally. I also come from a network and storage engineering background, so I’m not entirely ignorant of the considerations...