jonathanzufi

That’s seriously cool. I was a huge fan of RobotWar but had not heard of CRobots!

You must have insanely cool stories :-)

What are your thoughts on MSFTs role in this?

They’ve been iterating Windows since 1985 - doesn’t it seem reasonable that their kernel should be able to survive a bad 3rd party driver?

Joystik Magazine was an epic publication. I remember visiting the local newsagent (Australia) every week to see if a copy had arrived and the feeling of glee seeing a new cover. The screenshots, layouts, fonts - all so unique at the time. Pretty sure I still have them lying around in storage somewhere and they’re probably also available on eBay - somehow a PDF just doesn’t do it justice.

This is awesome.

Ubiquiti’s UniFi Protect app uses a similar UI for ‘smart detections’ and it’s really very nicely done / looks like you’ve achieved the same quality of cropping and layout in the snapshots. Bravo. So much potential for this. Good luck with it!

Congratulations on your own success!

I think you answer this question when you say you “never considered it worthwhile to invest [your time] in a side project” but: how much of that perspective is based on comparing ways of earning income vs the desire to want to build something yourself?

He is and it’s well deserved - he’s built an incredible following and he has earned enormous respect and trust from Apple leadership (and his Apple insiders who he taps as needed). Don’t forget he’s also one of the creators of Markdown (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown)

I enjoyed similar success with a DF sponsorship back in October 2015 (I’m guessing his audience has grown significantly since): I purchased a sponsorship my book ICONIC (shameless plug at http://www.iconicbook.com) for $9,250. Looking back on my stats I approximately tripled that in direct sales, but I’m sure the actual return was higher as I’m certain some folks went to Amazon instead of my site where I was selling direct at the time. I recently sold out and decided to close down my Shopify store so I can’t provide traffic details but IIRC there was a massive spike in visits when the ad went live. Gruber’s audience was obviously a no-brainer for this product. And dealing with John, which was brief, was a pleasure.

Given this is your area of expertise, I'm genuinely interested in how/why you believe that these vulnerabilities wouldn't show up in the real world. Generally speaking, isn't the software developer community littered with developers who aren't adequately skilled/copy-paste-from-Stack-Overflow, etc?

iPhone: if I say 'Hey Siri', I see an onscreen animation indicating it's listening and ready for my next command. Alexa: if I say 'Alexa', I see the ring lights animate indicating it's listening and ready for my next command.

Putting Amazon/Apple's privacy and security implementations aside, how are these different? Aren't they both 'always listening'?

Curious as to why you say the watch is a hassle to charge all the time. I guess if you sleep with it that’s a valid concern. I don’t and so I have to take it off anyway - so it’s not a big deal to just place it on the charger next to my bed and grab it first thing in the morning. The magnetic ‘clickiness’ of the desktop dock is nice and very smooth to drop on and take off.

Are you on CodeMentor? Sounds like you should be!

Totally. I’ve always admired SQL wizards and their ability to (quickly) produce the most optimal queries given the relatively limited syntax (compared to what you can do with frameworks like, for example, LINQ today).

Agreed. I’ve been using the base model $20 Logitech wireless mice for years / they fit my hand perfectly, have a pleasing ‘click’, work flawlessly and only require a AA battery change perhaps once every 6 months. They do accumulate some gunk on the edges of the four outside edges but are easily cleanable.

This is fantastic - and your YouTube video is also impressive. Thank you for doing this.

This is magnificent. Thank you for doing this.

"Shipping real products to real customers".

You're going to be just fine.

Not always the case - I fit this profile and made it to the other side (lifeclockone.com) - OP feel free to reach out and I’d be happy to share my experiences and help out if I can.