Rob Amos (Bok)

@bok
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iOS/macOS software engineer. Cloud Engima. F1 fan. Volunteer (@melbourne, @awsmelb). Many other things.
LocationMelbourne. Australia

The awesome people at /dev/world and Procreate have come together to organise a post-WWDC conference for Aussies.

It's happening in Sydney (!!!) in early July. And I'll be speaking! About what? Who knows - that depends what Apple announces at WWDC.

Should be a great time, join us! https://ontour.devworld.au/index.php

/dev/world on tour landing in Sydney!

/dev/world is Australia's longest running conference for macOS and iOS developers and designers - and we're going on tour for the first time!

/dev/world on tour landing in Sydney!

It's that time again! We're back with our monthly presentation night this coming Thursday from 6pm.

This month we have two talks on the impact of AI adoption in our industry - a tad unusual for us but it promises to be an insightful night nonetheless. Andrew Murphy takes us through the five stages of losing our craft, and @bok tells about his journey from skeptic to fluent.

RSVP via Meetup.com: https://www.meetup.com/en-au/melbourne-cocoaheads/events/314359425/
Or watch live on YouTube from 6:30pm: http://www.melbournecocoaheads.com/live

Melbourne CocoaHeads No. 195, Thu, 14 May 2026, 6:30 pm | Meetup

Our regular monthly presentation night on the second Thursday of the month from 6:30pm! Thanks to Mantel Group for hosting us again this month. If you're coming in person

Meetup
if you didn't see it in today's sizzle - heads up that I am returning to writing it full time next week as @camwilson gets on the tools as the ABC's dedicated AI reporter!
good time to sign up for a free trial of the sizzle btw - https://thesizzle.com.au
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RE: https://eworld.social/@512pixels/116241352502170912

You’re welcome and I'm sorry.

The A18 Pro in the MacBook Neo is 19% faster than the M2 Ultra in the Mac Pro in single-core performance (Geekbench 6).

The MacBook Neo starts at $599.

The Mac Pro, which is still for sale, starts at $6,999.

25 years ago today, Bad_CRC posted the primordial meme video "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" on Newgrounds.

In honor of this important anniversary, I downloaded the original Flash SWF file from Internet Archive, played it using Ruffle in a full-screen window, and replaced the audio with the original MP3 of "Invasion of the Gabber Robots" by The Laziest Men on Mars. So this is probably the highest fidelity encoding possible, without going back to the original forum GIFs.
https://jwz.org/b/yk3i

Writers: Generative AI models were built on our stolen works, are deeply unethical, and risk devaluing our entire profession.

Artists: Generative AI models were built on our stolen works, are deeply unethical, and risk devaluing our entire profession.

Developers: Wheeeeeeeeee!

Maybe the first genuine good use of GenAI: https://antirender.com
AntiRender - Reality Hits Different

Transform idealized architectural renders into what they'll actually look like. No sunshine. No happy families. Just cold, honest reality.

Just over ten years ago, a really smart person said to me “the services revenue is eating Apple’s brain, slowly, from the inside out. You won’t even notice it until one day you’ll wake up and Apple will suddenly be shit again.”