Mon, 16 Sep 2024 22:12:39 EDT
Once again, Apple drops the ball spectacularly.
iOS 18 breaks existing SwiftUI Document Apps.
iOS 16 broke my UIKit apps, so I took them out of the App Store.
I managed to craft SwiftUI apps for iOS 17 that avoided most of, but not all of, Apple’s bugs.
Today, iOS 18 broke my SwiftUI apps, so I have made them unavailable.
Sun, 15 Sep 2024 12:44:41 EDT
Gazebo
The noun gazebo appears in English in the 18th century. The origin of the word is a matter of unconvincing speculation. From English, gazebo spread to other European languages.
Sat, 14 Sep 2024 22:09:47 EDT
Sardonic Versus Sarcastic
- Sardonic
- To be sardonic is to mock, to doubt, or to scorn with black humor or melodrama. An expression of bitterness or cynicism is not sardonic unless the expression carries a heightened tone. “A sudden slip of the San Andreas Fault could cause California to sink into the ocean, and then something bad might happen.”
- Sarcastic
- To be sarcastic is to mock, to doubt, or to scorn with irony. When you are ironic, you make statements that have the opposite meaning to your intended meaning. “Of course I love your burned, dry meatloaf.”
Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:45:00 EDT
Consider This Sentence
The following sentence occurs in an article on CBC News on Apple News. “A 1941 portrait of British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill by famed Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh, which was reported stolen from the lobby of Ottawa’s Fairmont Château Laurier hotel in August 2022, has been located in Italy, sources tell CBC news.”
A little long.
The appositive clause is actually a restrictive clause. The first two commas should be removed and the phrase introduced with that instead of which, but that would make the sentence even less lucid than it is.
My rewrite: “A stolen photograph of British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill has been found in Italy. Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh took the famous ‘Roaring Lion’ portrait in 1941. A print of the image, signed by the photographer, was stolen from the public area of Ottawa’s Fairmont Château Laurier hotel in 2022.”
We can’t avoid the passive voice here. The commas in the final sentence cause signed to modify print instead of image.