24 (he/they 🏳️‍🌈) • software engineer; tech/games journalist, co-founder of Rogueport Media LLC • DMs for friends only, email: [email protected]

Cincinnati, OH/DC+CA (work)
Joined November 2015
Replying to @DimensionsInJen
"Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind."
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**How it affects you.** You do not run PHP. The websites you use do. Big names will fix it tonight. The risk is the small, forgotten places: the local business site, the old forum, the little clinic portal nobody has updated in years.
Guys this PHP bug is bad. Real bad. If you're not afraid yet, you should be. I can only speak for our own startup, but already at knowbooks dot com we've seen: - 100% of our cookies exposed - entire source code stolen - hackers defacing our site on their own servers - founders doxxed - important legal docs leaked We've traced all hacks to this command: git clone https:///github.com/breck7/knowbooks.com If some people are telling you not to panic about this, remember, trust no one's word.
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If your Android app relies on OkHttp (directly or via Retrofit/Ktor), you might be exposed to recent certificate authority vulnerabilities until platform roots are patched. Here's how to use a custom HostnameVerifier as a quick application-layer workaround: publicobject.com/2026/10/20/… #AndroidDev #OkHttp
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having sat with it, i’m slightly upset with part of this review. i believe it needs to be revisited in a few months once developers have actually had a chance to validate apps and get their experience functioning at 100% on Duo. my issue was the conclusion made about this device with regards to app support are unfair to the app developers, who like everyone else, are stuck waiting for real hardware to ship—in some cases, they’ll be waiting until January at the earliest. i am one of the people who are waiting in a queue, i literally can’t do my job until it comes. i’m lucky i’m not late in that queue, but it means users will be without optimized apps for longer! Simulator/Device Hub isn’t a great indicator of how something will work on-device. it can get you 99% of the way there but you still have to validate on real hardware at some point. that is precisely the reason why so many apps aren’t “day 1 ready.” my thought is that it should’ve been left at what was essentially ‘apps are going to look weird for a bit’ w/ no conclusions attributed to that. idk. just my two cents.
NEW VIDEO - iPhone Duo Review: It's Real First Generation Fun! youtu.be/ESABTN4VtrA
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observation on BioWare’s closure: @EA is losing on the PR front, and it’s going to continue to bite them even harder unless they do something to weather the storm (i.e., sell or spin off BioWare.) if i were in charge of their crisis comms, that’s what i’d be pushing execs to do.
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Ya'll the phone isn't even out yet, so obviously EVERY app isn't optimized lol 🤦🏼‍♀️
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Texting is really nice on the Duo
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very sad news from BioWare, the folks behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age, as the company is shutting its doors after 30+ years.
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to all the companies that think they can wait 6 weeks to patch the PHP CVEs or update their shit: don't. do not wait, just update ASAP or ideally NOW. you cannot do that in 2026 for stuff like this. go go go!!
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basically what happened to me and my coworkers. most of us are early november delivery but a few others are still late nov/december/even early january. it’s awful.
as a relatively new ios developer (did web and desktop for 3 decades until i started @avec) it’s mind boggling to me that apple has no way for their developers to get test devices to ensure their apps work soon after new devices launch instead, you have to order like everyone else, and wait 3 months if you don’t get in early
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I spent a lot of time annoying and asking devs about when their Duo updates would hit and most said they are targeting getting them up by Friday and more tweaks as they get units in. This is probably why I’m far less concerned about apps for customers actually buying them
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MORE: Apple tells me Apple Stores in these countries will have "limited" iPhone Duo inventory for walk-in customers on Friday: U.S., Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Mexico, Germany, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, TĂźrkiye, U.K., and most stores in Italy.
NEW: Apple tells me that Apple Stores will have "limited" availability of iPhone Duo on launch day — except in some countries where a reservation is required, mostly in Asia. Given "extraordinary" pre-order demand, Apple expects that supply will sell out quickly on Friday.
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I can finally talk about my thoughts on the iPhone Duo: Pros: The Duo feels like the most task-oriented iPhone ever. That's because the outer display is small, so when I'm doing anything substantial, I need to commit to opening it and using the inner display. Even if that's just reading an article or reading social media, I find myself focused on a single task, then closing the phone and putting it away when I'm done. The wide aspect ratio when closed also generally has me typing with two hands, which contributes to this feeling, though it can be tough if your other hand is full. In this way it feels more like a single-task gadget or PDA, and less of a thing I find myself unlocking and locking nonstop. I very much enjoy this aspect of it. It feels like the most gadgety gadget I've used in a while. Battery life is really, really good. This is probably ALSO a function of above and also the surprisingly large 4,883mAh cell, but I'm always shocked when I still have 90% battery remaining after a few hours off the charger. Optimized apps are great, especially on the inner display. Apps like Slack are pretty much just the desktop app, and I love that. I can't wait to get a portable keyboard and mouse and start writing on this thing, especially if Google Docs gets optimized like this. This also makes me really excited for the accessory ecosystem that will pop up around this device in general. The inner display is fantastic. I really like the matte display and content looks great in it. I also multitask with a couple of apps to copy information from one to the other pretty frequently and it's really nice. Cons: The primary camera is definitely not as good as the Pro. There is sort of the classic small-sensor oversharpening etc you'd see on much older iPhones, and I do miss the capabilities of the 18 Pro quite a bit on this front. There's also no ProRAW or ProRes, which is disappointing for a $2,000 device. You can still get good photos and videos out of it for sure, but it's not quite the "wow" I experienced from the 18 Pro, as to be expected. I also really really miss the telephoto camera on this phone, and hope Apple will add it next year, especially considering Xiaomi has it on the 18 Pro Fold. Unoptimized apps are a bit rough, and I'll need to look for alternatives for apps that I know won't be optimized. Apps like my mobile browser of choice, Arc Search definitely won't be updated. When you're in the inner display you can scale things up and they work, but they do look silly. Safari is a good example of one that works well, as, like Slack, it gives you a similar desktop app experience. The inner Facetime Camera is really bad for photos, but weirdly good for video? Facetimes actually look pretty good, and Apple tells me they have optimized its output for video. Still, I do wish the quality was higher for photos. I recommend the front camera for selfies. You can use the rear cameras for selfies and I've done this, but it's really hard to hold the phone when doing this. TouchID works, but is so much more cumbersome than FaceID. From unlocking the phone to paying for things with Apple Pay, FaceID is just so much faster and more useful. I'm assuming they just haven't miniaturized the FaceID module on the z-axis enough yet, but I hope it comes in Gen 2. Ultimately, I find this to be one of Apple's most fun and ambitious devices ever. But like any Gen 1 product, it comes with it's annoyances and frictions you'll have to be ok with, especially if you're comitting $2k+ to this thing. I will personally be sticking on a Duo as I love how it feels more like a task-driven PDA versus a generalized screen. I realize that's a bit woo-woo, but I genuinely have a healthier relationship with this device. I'll really miss the iPhone 18 Pro camera, but I'll probably go back to carrying around my dedicated point and shoot camera again, at least for now. If you have any questions let me know.
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NEW: Apple tells me that Apple Stores will have "limited" availability of iPhone Duo on launch day — except in some countries where a reservation is required, mostly in Asia. Given "extraordinary" pre-order demand, Apple expects that supply will sell out quickly on Friday.
Apple Stores Will Have 'Limited' Availability of iPhone Duo for Walk-In Customers macrumors.com/2026/10/21/app…
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just crashed out at something that'd normally never drive me up at a wall so hard that i immediately texted my best friend to make sure it was valid, that's how how overwhelmed, anxious, and stressed the heck out i am. in case anyone was wondering lol
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she’s still got it 😭
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NEW: Following the release of an ad in which her mother, Donna Arthur, attacks her, court records obtained by @NRO confirm key parts of Amy Acton’s personal history, including that she was sexually abused by her stepfather while Arthur was married to him nationalreview.com/news/amy-…
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as someone with actual skin in the game in the OH elections, i proudly voted for @amyactonoh for gov of OH and i fully stand by that decision—especially with the disgusting thing Ramaswamy and his campaign did. i don’t care what political affiliation you are, it was gross, cruel and unacceptable. fellow Ohioans, get out and vote! VoteOhio.gov
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It’s worth noting that Acton is estranged from her mother because she married a pedophile that molested her and then sided with that pedophile in court. Calling Ramaswamy a scumbag doesn’t go far enough.
Last week, I wrote about how the notorious conman Vivek Ramaswamy had co-opted Dr. Amy Acton's estranged mother for his "October surprise." Here's the ad in full. Nasty stuff from Ms. Arthur.
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built a new version of my website that genuinely uses a python script to convert from PHP to static HTML so i can utilize dynamically updating things (like navbars and footers), and i think it broke git because it was like 4k files and the Terminal window's no longer responding :)
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