And standardised within an empire.

> ... you gain binary independence in any medium that understands utf8

Nice work! But if you want something like this in production, base64 only increases the size by 33%.

Give it a couple days for 18.7.3 to show up (I’m trying this myself) or download the ipsw for ios 18.7.3 and use a computer to install.

I don't believe an IPSW for 18.7.3 was released except for devices that couldn't upgrade to iOS 26. I believe this is done to prevent downgrades.

Apple doesn’t provide IPSWs once the next major version has launched. OTA is the only option.

You can also join the iOS 18 public beta to get the update.

How do you do that? And do you need an AppleID to do so?

If you have the tolerance for betas, indeed

Someone above said that the 18.7.3 you can install as beta is in fact the production build. Disable beta access after that update.

Correct, both are the same build (22H217). BetaWiki has this build labeled as both the RC and the actual release: https://betawiki.net/wiki/IOS_18

I have never seen anyone argue for a ‘switch’ version.

    switch (v) {
     case: 0,2,4,8,…:
       return EVEN;
     case: 1,3,5,7,…:
       return ODD;
     default:
       return IDK;
    }

Slightly less code to generate.

you forgot the logic to strip the final digit and assign it to v.

processing the whole number is absurd

I think the idea is to fill in the ellipses with even/odd numbers, up to 4B.

You know, to save the performance cost of processing the input as a string, and chomping off all but the last character.

Converting to decimal is just as absurd.

All you need is the final binary digit, which incidentally is the most optimal codegen, `v & 1`.

Look at Mr. Rocket Scientist over here...

Likewise, the prince

I think this API makes more sense from another standpoint as well.

You don’t want developers trying to rely on client-only sanitization for user input submitted to the server. Sanitizing while setting a user-face UI makes sense.

Sounds like you have no motivation and want to coast along. You can only do that in software with the right skills. You have to develop skill - you know, “grow.”

If you like stagnant work, you have to find a company requiring that kind of work. Probably not in the software industry.

Don’t forget the firmware

If there's a printer with OSS firmware, Stallman likely owns it.

My own take. The point is that the link may be the other way around. The population of people who tend to drink coffee might age slower. Perhaps due to some third variable like wealth or race. Correlation is not causation.

These studies are often questionable at best, but usually they make some attempt to control for those things, did you check if they did in the study?

> … gum-like material […] was likely formed in the early days of the solar system

> … consists of polymer-like materials extremely rich in nitrogen and oxygen.

Asteroids sound delicious!

Come to think of it, quite a lot of sugary treats have space-themed names. Milky Way, Mars, Starburst, Orbit gum... I'm sure there are others.

"Galaxy" (in the UK) is the obvious one. Incidentally, Mars bars were named after the Mars family who owned the company that made them, not the planet.

And where did the family name originate?

With the battle-axe, sir, with the battle-axe!

Same place that the family did.

Is this a yo mama joke?

Women are from Venus

i always wanted to chew some asteroid