Oscar season has always been a great time for movie buffs. And though we have to wait until the 96th Academy Awards ceremony commences on Sunday, March 10 to see which of the nominated films take the prize, it’s a perfect time to watch any (or all) of the films in the running. W...
There are two points to address. + In this post, I try to explain why quantum computers can be more powerful than classical. And I aim for an explanation “as simple as possible, but no simpler”. This is not exactly trivial, because there is no precise classical analogy to quantum ...
Although I’ve been starting to get my brain round our next big overseas trip I’m not totes convinced I want to go. Trouble is there are places I have never been. The Antipodes for example or Hawaii. Do I want to go there badly enough to have to sit in an aeroplane for hours on...
I’ve been pretty happy with how easy I found it to create new screens using this framework. Let me know in the comments or over on mastadon if you have done something similar, as I’d love to hear about similar approaches. Posted in Apple / iOS, Development, My Games, Tutorials ...
In the USA, the most senior police officers, even long after their pension, are advising residents how to secure their homes better. They come to your house and tell you where your weak points are around the house. They can advise this because they KNOW their enemy, the criminal that want...
Windows malware can not affect an iPhone. As for where it could hide… that depends on where you saved it… Don’t stress over things that almost certainly are not going to happen. (1) Reply User profile for user: varjak paw varjak paw User level: Level 10 180,088 points Nov 3,...
I’ve been working on something to tie both of these things together: an open source Inversion of Control framework for iOS developers. Cocoatainer providesDependency Injectionvia the constructor. It can be used in both Objective-C and in Swift, is covered by unit tests, and comes with severa...
Years ago, iOS laid the foundation for Apple’s new audio and visual foundation,AV Foundation. Alexis Van Hurkman would like to see it “do more to expand and encourage color-managed workflows among developers across a variety of industry-standard camera and media formats, as well as to expan...
“She has to be here,” I waved my hand, “somewhere.” At that moment a gaggle of thugs burst through the entrance. One of the bouncers intercepted them. One of the intruders pointed a gun at him. The bouncer stopped in his tracks with raised hands and backed away slowly. “We got...
This double regulation exerted by melatonin in regulating the functioning of the main pacemaker points out to considering this molecule as a central signal within the circadian system, with relevant functions. Thus, nocturnal secretion of melatonin acts as an emissary that distr...