Mark X

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Mark X@markmx· 7d

Proficiency in flying precision approaches, of which ILS is the most common, is a requirement for an instrument rating. That approach was not legal to fly on that night given the NOTAM’d out of service AWOS.

Mark X@markmx· 7d

Everything we’ve been building this year has been with Android in mind, and we’re getting closer, component by component, to making our core app logic fully cross platform. A peek at how it's going:

Architecture diagram of components of the Germ App.

Up top is a collection of boxes labeled. "Apple Platform Specialization" - including Authentication Services, UserNotifications, Design, and Image Normalization"

It connects below to a collection labeled "Cross Platform" with a root object that is "CoreAppLogic", connecting to CommProtocol, AtprotoOAuth, and TwoMLSPQ.

On the side is a collection marked "Classical seam - Apple-bound, but deleting, not porting", which includes MultiMLS-Swift

Mark X@markmx· 28d

Ban Ban Burger Los Angeles, CA ⭐⭐ $$ Grapow smash - holy basil grapow seasoning, fried egg, American cheese, Thai pickles, garlic aioli. Spice and the pickles liven up the smash burger formula. Other options on the menu are great too, interesting beer selection. #CBDB

A smash burger with a fried egg over a classic red and white waxed paper

Mark X@markmx· 29d

Bryce Harper wants us to believe he is a fool. apple.news/ASrM0Yb8aTSi...

Mark X@markmx· Jun 9

I appreciate that macOS file privacy is progressing in macOS 27. 👏🏼 (Claude attempted to execute a find in the home directory)

Mark X@markmx· Jun 8

I am feeling very optimistic about Stacey Ford announcing serious quality improvements across the board on Apple OS's (Credit to @vicmsong.bsky.social for the screen cap from the Verge liveblog www.theverge.com/tech/942572/...)

Mark X@markmx· Apr 17

I imagine the crew looking like this when they land

Randy Quaid portraying Russel Case, a crop duster pilot and unlikely hero from the movie Independence Day

Mark X@markmx· Apr 11

A fitting time to restart For All Mankind from the beginning

Mark X@markmx· Apr 8

Starts skimming article before looking at the byline. Who is it that's claiming to have experience with the tells of liars? Oh. John Carreyrou Fair www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/b...

Screenshot from the article reading "Having encountered my share of liars and developed something of an expertise in their tells, Mr. Back’s demeanor — his shifty eyes, his awkward chuckle, the jerky movement of his left hand — struck me as fishy. When the credits rolled up, I replayed the sequence several times on my TV."

Mark X@markmx· Apr 5

E-3 on its way west from Anchorage. Maybe don’t park it in a WEZ

Mark X@markmx· Mar 19

Mark X@markmx· Mar 1

Jean luc Picard extending his arm with mouth open in the “what the fuck” meme

Mark X@markmx· Feb 21

“Almost nobody”

Norman Rockwell’s “freedom of speech” painting of a man standing up while others look on

Mark X@markmx· Jan 8

Liquid Glass hate has reached sportsball discourse

Screenshot of baseball podcaster complaining about Liquid Glass in the iOS update

Mark X@markmx· Dec 22

Ukrainian soldier with caption “we are very lucky that they are so f* cling stupid. How so?”

Mark X@markmx· Dec 12

You had one job

Header of iOS Home Screen but a blur renders the time and other status bar items unreadable

Mark X@markmx· Oct 7

“The types of apps you use will be shared with your carrier” Default on with a notification. This is some kind of bullshit

Mark X@markmx· Aug 14

On the search for the infamous hot dog launching technical

Mark X@markmx· Aug 7

Ellis from the movie Die Hard failing to negotiate with Hans Gruber

Mark X@markmx· Aug 5

Excellent, from Marcus Hutchins malwaretech.com/2025/08/ever...

Where people get tied up is with the argument, “well most humans don’t produce novel work either”. But this is not because they’re fundamentally incapable of it. The average person is simply just sandbagged with an unfulfilling job. Ideally, without the perverse incentives of shareholder value, LLMs would automate all the busy work, allowing humans to focus on more meaningful pursuits.

Mark X@markmx· Jul 22

Cybertruck takeout container faithfully renders its most recognizable quality

Mark X@markmx· Jul 9

As the privacy engineer for iMessage on iOS 12, I can vouch that @rmondello.com lead the awesome team that pushed for and built 2FA autofill on iOS. A lot of folks deserve credit, but taking credit while claiming to not know Ricky is a bald faced lie.

Mark X@markmx· Jul 1

The Costco app now lets you search in store stock:

Mark X@markmx· Jun 29

🙄 The point of saying this is not new is not to condone it. It’s to point out that it has been established and regular practice prior to Trump that affected millions of people, even as others are waved through and insist it has never happened to anyone else before.

A photo of the Sierra Blanca CBP stop with a sign reading “Please have immigration documents ready”, dated 11-20-222

Mark X@markmx· May 16

Sarah Connor smoking a cigarette judging your choices

Mark X@markmx· May 7

You’ve lost another Rhino?

Richard Jordan in the Hunt for Red October, looking at the Russian ambassador and asking “Andrei, you’ve lost another submarine?”

Mark X@markmx· Apr 9

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...