Matt Blair

Those trees are fantastic!

Here's hoping that the next person to design a version control system had a teacher/mentor/peer/friend/life-partner/close-reader/editor somewhere along the way who explained what a mixed metaphor is, and why you should avoid them...

Installed beta 4 of Xcode 11, and every single Combine-related line of code now causes a crash. I was trying to work on a non-Combine feature in a completely different part of my app, and had to revert all my Combine code just to keep working. I know it’s a beta, but oof.

I was really keen to take some of the new watchOS 6 features for a spin, and work on some stand-alone apps for it, but the installation process has put me off completely.

PS: There are no magical PR incantations that should persuade you to give Zoom a pass on this. They didn't fix a major vulnerability after due notice, and they install a local server that remains after app deletion so they can reinstall their app – without notice or permission!

Bottom line: carefully consider the solutions you adopt for audio, video, and screen-sharing. And please don't force clients/contractors/employees to install flavor-of-the-month 3rd-party solutions just to work with you.

And how many people who need to do this cleanup are comfortable opening up Terminal and entering this? pkill "ZoomOpener"; rm -rf ~/.zoomus; touch ~/.zoomus && chmod 000 ~/.zoomus;

I found a task from February in OmniFocus about cleaning up Zoom: "This was some video conferencing software I installed for an interview, and ZoomOpener is still lurking in Activity Monitor, even after I deleted the main app. Grr."

This is the worst of toxic tech: when something you install quickly to facilitate a one-off business or social interaction becomes a long-term liability. More maintenance to add to your to-do list.

TLDR: "All a website would need to do is embed the above (code) in their website and any Zoom user will be instantly connected with their video running."

I hate having to install new software/plug-ins for screensharing or video-conferencing, and this just confirms every paranoid instinct I've ever had about it: medium.com/@jonathan.leitsch…

Well said, Sam. Thank you.