@saurik

I developed Cydia for jailbroken iOS devices, was a (local) politician in California, and focus on security issues for decentralized computation and networking.

 Isla Vista, CA
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Joined May 2007
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Apple's new external link rules only apply to apps "on the United States storefront", which still restricts developers--even us in the US--from communicating to the oft-international consumers of our globally-available apps. I hope @TimSweeneyEpic brings this back to court, ASAP.
Graham Dawson@gpdawson2 May 2025
Replying to @arielmichaeli
By limiting these changes to US storefront only, devs have complexity of supporting different systems/implementations for different storefronts - so once again Apple ends up with a significant disincentive to take advantage of the rulings against them.
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Just because the App Store might be operated by a patchwork of foreign subsidiaries, that's still covered by "any person in active concert or participation with them". The reality is that publishing your app via Apple uses a single portal, a single agreement, and a single review.
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Apple is, once again, attempting to defy the court, hoping that the framework they have used to dodge and limit the scope of consequences placed upon them by foreign governments in overseas markets will work against their home jurisdiction... we should not let them off this easy.
David Barnard
@drbarnard2 May 2025
Replying to @drbarnard
Ooof, the judge basically confirms that Apple could’ve probably gotten away with a more compliant implementation of the injunction with a more reasonable commission, but choosing to flout the injunction forced her hand.
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As things continue to heat up on the AI safety front this month, I keep thinking of the already-long talk I gave just a few weeks ago at @CalHacks on "the many security concerns and ethical considerations of AGI" and lament just how much there is to cover. youtube.com/watch?v=c_fICfyY…

Jailbreaking a Terminator @ Cal Hacks 2023

The Many Security Concerns and Ethical Considerations of AGI

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I had a surreal experience yesterday with the earthquake that hit SoCal (yes: during the tropical storm); I was listening to @krisangelis live streaming (from a winery up North) and it was while she was singing her song Earthquake that we had one for real! youtu.be/8TjZwkiFVKAx

Earthquake Official Music Video - Kris Angelis

Find this song on the new album "Damn Shame Waste" on krisangelis.c...

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(If anyone else wants to watch @krisangelis perform, she live streams--mostly on Facebook, but sometimes on Instagram--while doing many of her incidental music gigs, quite often at wineries in NorCal. I listen to most of them; we went to college together.) facebook.com/krisangelismusi…

Kris Angelis

Kris Angelis. 37,974 followers · 273 talking about this. Folk/Americana singer/songwriter New single "We Remember" out now www.krisangelis.com

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Because I'm a bit "eccentric", every single one of my tweets--well, with a few mistakes ;P--was exactly the maximum length allowed by Twitter (which isn't always 280/140 characters, due to hyperlinks)... I see Threads supports 500?! I might stick with 280, to allow cross-posting.
Jay Freeman (saurik)
@saurik19 Aug 2021
Replying to @WiseUp2RiseUp
Out of curiosity, what would you actually want me to tweet about? I recently (finally) got verified, I think the 240-character update from a few years ago makes it more fun, I actually kind of like the app now, and people shout "eta wen" at me less, so I am trying to use it more.
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On iOS 15.3-ish, Apple switched from using a 10-day forecast from @weatherchannel to an in-house solution they purchased with Dark Sky; I don't know what statistics they are using, but I'd think the prior on it suddenly being 103 in Santa Barbara next week should be quite low ;P.
Apple Weather on iOS 16 for Santa Barbara, showing a 10-day forecast with gradually increasing temperatures through the next week, culminating in a sudden increase from a high of 84 degrees a week from now to a shocking range--both wide and extremely high--of 62 to 103 the very next day.

ALT Apple Weather on iOS 16 for Santa Barbara, showing a 10-day forecast with gradually increasing temperatures through the next week, culminating in a sudden increase from a high of 84 degrees a week from now to a shocking range--both wide and extremely high--of 62 to 103 the very next day.

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(That screenshot was from last night; as of this morning, iOS 16 Apple Weather is forecasting a more reasonable high of 88 for that day, but the older app from iOS 12/14/etc.--which uses @weatherchannel's meteorological prediction--is forecasting a much more moderate high of 81.)
Screenshot of the iOS 16 Apple Weather app showing a gradually increasing forecasted high temperature for Santa Barbara, CA which eventually reached 88 for next Friday.

ALT Screenshot of the iOS 16 Apple Weather app showing a gradually increasing forecasted high temperature for Santa Barbara, CA which eventually reached 88 for next Friday.

Screenshot of the Weather app on an older version of iOS showing a more-gradual increase in forecasted highs that only gets to 81 next Friday (with no change from Thursday).

ALT Screenshot of the Weather app on an older version of iOS showing a more-gradual increase in forecasted highs that only gets to 81 next Friday (with no change from Thursday).

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FWIW, if it really hit 103, it would be one of our hottest days ever recorded! extremeweatherwatch.com/citi… (I was alerted to this gem by @imallabboudit, who'd posted a screenshot of a forecast for Isla Vista to Instagram, reacting "What is this weather 😭 that ends with 98 in IV?!".)
Screenshot of an Instagram story from @imallabboudit that is itself a screenshot of the Apple Weather app showing a 10-day forecast for Isla Vista, CA with a high next Thursday of 79 that suddenly jumps to 98 for Friday, along with the reaction "What is this weather 😭 that ends with 98 in IV?!".

ALT Screenshot of an Instagram story from @imallabboudit that is itself a screenshot of the Apple Weather app showing a 10-day forecast for Isla Vista, CA with a high next Thursday of 79 that suddenly jumps to 98 for Friday, along with the reaction "What is this weather 😭 that ends with 98 in IV?!".

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I don't know if anyone is still tracking the great 2023 @discord username Musical Chair Party; but, if you don't get your preferred username, and feel there is any chance you will negotiate/talk with the user that did, I'll recommend not setting an alternative temporary username.
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The typical username model creates an awkward external market for names and yet another namespace for typo-squatting, with serious identity management issues for brands and celebrities as the social graph can't be relied on to help and there is often money to be made on scams. :/
mechanomic@mechanomics20 Jun 2023
Replying to @solanalabs
Sell discord username @solanalabs if u interested to buy dm me
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My hill: services should simply not have bespoke chosen/unique usernames. The brands/personalities that really want usernames should be able to link a DNS hostname to their account, and everyone should be able to create "invite links" that are scoped by time and acceptable users.
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