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Miguel de Icaza
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Started Xamarin, Mono, Gnome. Prev: Microsoft/.NET/Xamarin/Mono/VSMac/MAIA http://mastodon.social/@migueldeicaza
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She did the meme!
November 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Screenshots - bug filed and workaround committed for the iOS 26.1 beta.
October 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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We might be ruled by a dumbass dictator wannabee, but at least we still get USB chargers in the box:
October 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Folks, I forgot, are we saving these as well?
October 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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I didn’t realize the FineWoven wallet attachment came with a built-in “find my” capability- how do they do this without a battery?
October 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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And last batch:
October 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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More:
October 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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More background on this thing:

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October 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Bringing you a good summary
October 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Portland has frogs, boston has lobsters
October 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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The Boston Commons are packed
October 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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From the mastdonsphere, jawnsy writes:

@matt.godbolt.org @compiler-explorer.com @lefticus.bsky.social

[0] xania.org/202206/happy-birthda…

[1] youtu.be/bSkpMdDe4g4

[2] youtu.be/nAbCKa0FzjQ

[3] youtu.be/kXe-YkJ9nBs
Something that I love about technology is that it often used in new, unexpected, and delightful ways. While @mattgodbolt created @compiler_explorer to better understand whether features could be used given his constraints at $work [0], it has since found many new use cases. Matt used it to teach us what compilers do [1, 2] and @lefticus used it to introduce Stack Usage [3].
October 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Six weeks worth of polish, now we wait
October 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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This level of Europeans self-own in an attempt to appease the mad emperor is crazy.

xcancel.com/rnaudbertran...
There you go, the concrete manifestation of why the Dutch government's theft of Nexperia (pressured by the US) was such a profoundly dumb move: they're literally bringing the entire European auto industry to a halt. A reminder of what happened here: - Back in June, the US told the Dutch that they would roll out a new anti-China extraterritorial legislation, whereby any subsidiary company of a Chinese company sanctioned by them would automatically be sanctioned too. They said that this rule would apply to Nexperia, a semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Holland acquired in 2018 for $3.6 billion by Chinese company Wingtech Technology, which sanctioned by the US since December 2024. Nexperia is a major EU company with over 12,000 employees, supplying much of the EU auto industry with chips. The US told the Dutch that the only way Nexperia could escape the sanctions was to get rid the
October 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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I got 12 dollars worth of imports last week. Tariff was 1.80, then UPS added a processing fee of 16 dollars:
October 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Haha my reply to year last yeat
October 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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I had to pay tariffs to bring you this tweet:
September 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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My ChatGPT pulse for today was really good.

This was a nice surprise!
September 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Liquid Glass finally brings back the joy that I missed all these years.
September 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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My dream phone:
September 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Man; I missed out on these effects.

Even the Boston City Hall comes out looking good:
September 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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I had originally dismissed this feature, as I thought “these are just filters”, but this is an interesting insight and I can’t find a ton of information on this or thr tone/color/palette set of settings.
September 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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A friend reminded me about this tweet, and I wanted to share it with you folks.

I should pick up this series.
Today in Illustrated Industry Lessons with Miguel: Data Driven Development. On the left, a Spanish Paella prepared by a traditional cook. On the right, a data-driven optimized version of the same Spanish Paella:
September 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Nah, I am good :-)
September 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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“The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Stuns Venice With Its Longest Standing Ovation of 22 Minutes Amid Tears and ‘Free Palestine’ Chants”

variety.com/2025/film/fe...
September 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM