Who’s Tracking You? Use This New Service to Find Out

Who’s Tracking You? Use This New Service to Find Out:

It can be daunting to determine who’s responsible for showing ads on the websites we visit, or who’s harvesting data from the mobile apps we use every day. That information is already semi-public, but it is not easily parsed and traditionally much of it has remained walled away in the hands of large advertising platforms. Not anymore: A powerful and free new service called DecryptAds scrapes and correlates this adtech data and makes it simple to quickly learn a great deal about the entities that are tracking you.

[What a mess…]

Source: Krebs on Security

Neovim?

Neovim?

Yesterday I thought it might be fun to get more into neovim — I’d downloaded and tried it a bit previously, and it seemed interesting.

Anyway, I went to its home page to see if I could learn something useful there, and I saw a DHH quote.

Nope. The DHH rule says nope.

brew uninstall neovim

[I didn’t know there was a rule…]

Source: Brent Simmons

Tim Cook Says Goodbye as CEO

Tim Cook Says Goodbye as CEO:

Tim Cook, on X (gross):

Sending lots of love to the Apple community on my last day as CEO. My title changes tomorrow, but the love I have for the Apple community never will. Thank you for being a constant source of inspiration. My gratitude is endless, and I’m excited for the next chapter!

This followed an “internal” memo in which he wrote:

There is something truly special about Apple. I am most proud of what an annual report could never capture. This place is proof that culture triumphs over everything. We share a belief that what we build matters, and that we have both the opportunity and the responsibility to leave the world better than we found it. That purpose is part of what makes this place extraordinary. Apple helps nurture it, but I believe it lived within each of you long before you arrived here. It is what brought you to this company and what continues to drive the work you do every day. Together, we have created something far greater than any one of us could have imagined or accomplished alone. And that’s the secret to our success. We bring out the best in each other. We lift each other up. We have made it possible to leave our “dent in the universe,” as Steve once described it, because of who we are and what we believe, because of what we value and how we see the world. How fortunate we are. How fortunate I am.

[Thanks for all the fish!]

Source: 512 Pixels

The Ternus Era Has Begun

The Ternus Era Has Begun:

Myke Hurley:

Today is September 1, 2026 — the day that John Ternus becomes CEO of Apple.

As you would assume, Apple has now updated its executives page with Ternus as CEO, along with a refreshed profile for him.

I wanted to note three narratives that I spotted in this profile that I think tell the story of the kind of CEO he wants to be, and how Apple wants to communicate this to us. All three of these are very interesting to me.

[Wishing him all the best!]

Source: 512 Pixels

What’s next for Roman Space Telescope? Here’s how NASA’s flagship observatory will open up the universe

What’s next for Roman Space Telescope? Here’s how NASA’s flagship observatory will open up the universe:

NASA’s next big space telescope has left Earth, but it’s not ready to start observing the heavens just yet.

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched yesterday (Aug. 30), riding a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket into the heavens. Astronomers are very excited about Roman, for it’s expected to discover thousands of new exoplanets and shed light on mysterious dark energy and dark matter, among other accomplishments.

Such science work is a few months off, however. Here’s a brief rundown of the next steps for the Roman team.

[Looking forward seeing the results…]

Source: Latest from Space.com

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Great story at Cartoon Brew about Peter Cullen’s voice acting work. I had never really thought why he was so good as Optimus Prime:

His brother’s idea of heroism became central to Cullen’s interpretation of the character and arguably had a tremendous impact on generations of children who could look up to a strong leader who didn’t rely on bravado or overt displays of aggression.

Rest in peace.

[Optimus Prime was sooo well voiced.]

Source: Manton Reece

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Heard an interview with Bill Gates on an Atlantic podcast, he relies on a few years of programming he did when he was in his teens and twenties, yet he is the most prominent person who knows anything about programming. This is a societal mistake. We have to have public discourse about tech that’s as informed as Krugman is on economics, and Heather Cox Richardson is on American history.

[Absolutely. Most of the media conversations I hear are garbage. Years ago, reading magazines on topics of which I had first hand knowledge, I realized how many mistakes were made, how much misinformation was being disseminated. Anyway… more of the same.]

Source: Scripting News