Nicolás Alvarez
@nicolas17.xyz
Award-winning Git repository surgeon. Currently hacking and documenting Apple stuff for fun and no profit. Argentina 🇦🇷
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Every time someone opens their mouth to hype AI, just google “name of person/company invests in AI” and you’ll *always* find something. Every time.
September 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Every time someone opens their mouth to hype AI, just google “name of person/company invests in AI” and you’ll *always* find something. Every time.
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it’s so weird how The Verge has just been like a mouthpiece for AI garbage for the last year or so, a small sprinkling of critical pieces amid a sea of AI puff pieces.. why would the- oh! ohhhkay..
January 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM
it’s so weird how The Verge has just been like a mouthpiece for AI garbage for the last year or so, a small sprinkling of critical pieces amid a sea of AI puff pieces.. why would the- oh! ohhhkay..
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Ah the wonderful business opportunities enabled by cryptocurrency and generative AI
archive.is/2026.01.27-2...
archive.is/2026.01.27-2...
archive.is
January 28, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Ah the wonderful business opportunities enabled by cryptocurrency and generative AI
archive.is/2026.01.27-2...
archive.is/2026.01.27-2...
Ah the wonderful business opportunities enabled by cryptocurrency and generative AI
archive.is/2026.01.27-2...
archive.is/2026.01.27-2...
archive.is
January 28, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Ah the wonderful business opportunities enabled by cryptocurrency and generative AI
archive.is/2026.01.27-2...
archive.is/2026.01.27-2...
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Last year, a human trafficking victim trapped in a crypto scam compound in the Golden Triangle region of Laos contacted me. He then proceeded to leak to me a huge collection of the compound's internal materials.
Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.
🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.
🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Last year, a human trafficking victim trapped in a crypto scam compound in the Golden Triangle region of Laos contacted me. He then proceeded to leak to me a huge collection of the compound's internal materials.
Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.
🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.
🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
Apple has launched Apple Watch hypertension notifications in <update with country name>.
Seriously the article says "[GEO]" instead of "Brasil".
Seriously the article says "[GEO]" instead of "Brasil".
Notificações de hipertensão já disponíveis no Apple Watch
A partir de hoje, o Apple Watch passa a oferecer o novo recurso de notificações de hipertensão em [GEO].
www.apple.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Apple has launched Apple Watch hypertension notifications in <update with country name>.
Seriously the article says "[GEO]" instead of "Brasil".
Seriously the article says "[GEO]" instead of "Brasil".
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Happy large boulder the size of a small boulder day for all who celebrate
January 27, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Happy large boulder the size of a small boulder day for all who celebrate
Today Apple released iOS 26.2.1, 18.7.4, 16.7.13, 15.8.6, 12.5.8 (for some old devices), and iOS/macOS/visionOS/tvOS 26.3 beta 3. It's a total of ONE TERABYTE of .ipsw files. A minute of silence for archivists...
January 26, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Today Apple released iOS 26.2.1, 18.7.4, 16.7.13, 15.8.6, 12.5.8 (for some old devices), and iOS/macOS/visionOS/tvOS 26.3 beta 3. It's a total of ONE TERABYTE of .ipsw files. A minute of silence for archivists...
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Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
My non-technical sister today: "did you already update your iPhone? like the operating system? DON'T DO IT, everything is so laggy now"
January 25, 2026 at 8:18 PM
My non-technical sister today: "did you already update your iPhone? like the operating system? DON'T DO IT, everything is so laggy now"
They're going to do a World Cup in a country in the middle of a dictatorship that is kidnapping people and sending them to torture prisons... AGAIN.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_FI...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_FI...
1978 FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 25, 2026 at 5:15 PM
They're going to do a World Cup in a country in the middle of a dictatorship that is kidnapping people and sending them to torture prisons... AGAIN.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_FI...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_FI...
Is there any uspol bsky labeler? Preferably run more than one person? (Otherwise they will yet again burn out two weeks in and abandon it)
January 25, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Is there any uspol bsky labeler? Preferably run more than one person? (Otherwise they will yet again burn out two weeks in and abandon it)
When I tap a link in another app, iOS Safari opens a new tab either at the beginning or at the end of the tab list. I have yet to find a pattern for what makes it put the tab at the beginning.
January 24, 2026 at 8:54 PM
When I tap a link in another app, iOS Safari opens a new tab either at the beginning or at the end of the tab list. I have yet to find a pattern for what makes it put the tab at the beginning.
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siri was just found!!! 😭❤️ after all this time, we'd all given up hope, but she's alive!!
I saw a missing cat poster today, and I've been out looking for Siri for three hours, but, still no sign :c she went missing 9 days ago
that said, I did make two new friends at least ❤️
that said, I did make two new friends at least ❤️
January 23, 2026 at 2:11 PM
siri was just found!!! 😭❤️ after all this time, we'd all given up hope, but she's alive!!
Donate to Internet Archive. Donate to ArchiveTeam. Probably don't bother with Wikipedia, they're swimming in money already.
Nobody is taking away the Internet Archive. Wikipedia is basically impossible to kill at this point.
January 23, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Donate to Internet Archive. Donate to ArchiveTeam. Probably don't bother with Wikipedia, they're swimming in money already.
Follow these instructions to disable Copilot in your GitHub repository: docs.gitlab.com/user/project...
The GitHub Copilot SDK is here 🙌
You can take the same Copilot agentic core that powers GitHub Copilot CLI and embed it in any application, with just a few lines of code.
github.com/github/copil...
You can take the same Copilot agentic core that powers GitHub Copilot CLI and embed it in any application, with just a few lines of code.
github.com/github/copil...
January 22, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Follow these instructions to disable Copilot in your GitHub repository: docs.gitlab.com/user/project...
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This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you?
January 22, 2026 at 12:21 PM
This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
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Canadians you are not prepared for the temperature he tells you he is experiencing here.
January 21, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Canadians you are not prepared for the temperature he tells you he is experiencing here.
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having to increasingly aggressively block programmers who vibecode because the escalating smugness of "thank god we don't have to do the thing that we do, any more, and soon it will be dead forever" is such a fucking buzzkill
January 22, 2026 at 1:24 AM
having to increasingly aggressively block programmers who vibecode because the escalating smugness of "thank god we don't have to do the thing that we do, any more, and soon it will be dead forever" is such a fucking buzzkill
Months ago it was reported that iOS 27 was internally codenamed Buttercup, and I confirmed it later via a leak. This article says it will be codenamed "Rave".
Did Apple say "ok we need an even stronger focus on AI, we're throwing Buttercup away and starting over"?
Did Apple say "ok we need an even stronger focus on AI, we're throwing Buttercup away and starting over"?
BREAKING: Apple is overhauling Siri this fall in iOS 27 and macOS 27 and turning it into its first full-fledged chatbot, looking to fend off OpenAI’s ChatGPT and seriously compete in the generative AI space. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Apple to Revamp Siri as a Built-In iPhone, Mac Chatbot to Fend Off OpenAI
Apple Inc. plans to revamp Siri later this year by turning the digital assistant into the company’s first artificial intelligence chatbot, thrusting the iPhone maker into a generative AI race dominate...
www.bloomberg.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Months ago it was reported that iOS 27 was internally codenamed Buttercup, and I confirmed it later via a leak. This article says it will be codenamed "Rave".
Did Apple say "ok we need an even stronger focus on AI, we're throwing Buttercup away and starting over"?
Did Apple say "ok we need an even stronger focus on AI, we're throwing Buttercup away and starting over"?
#Hugops to Apple, I don't think I've ever seen so many red icons at once
Apple - Support - System Status
Status for all planned and unplanned events for Apple Services.
www.apple.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:11 AM
#Hugops to Apple, I don't think I've ever seen so many red icons at once
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I was browsing open PRs for the Bluesky mobile app, and pack it up yall we've solved the problem of AI potentially violating copyright. We will just ask it to not Do That
January 20, 2026 at 5:51 AM
I was browsing open PRs for the Bluesky mobile app, and pack it up yall we've solved the problem of AI potentially violating copyright. We will just ask it to not Do That
Huh this game uses .pwr files, wonder if that's documented anywhere.
Oh that's "Wharf" patch files made by itchio and it's open source. Neat.
Oh this was made by @fasterthanli.me? What is this small world.
Oh that's "Wharf" patch files made by itchio and it's open source. Neat.
Oh this was made by @fasterthanli.me? What is this small world.
January 19, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Huh this game uses .pwr files, wonder if that's documented anywhere.
Oh that's "Wharf" patch files made by itchio and it's open source. Neat.
Oh this was made by @fasterthanli.me? What is this small world.
Oh that's "Wharf" patch files made by itchio and it's open source. Neat.
Oh this was made by @fasterthanli.me? What is this small world.
Project A interrupted by project B. Two days later, project B completed successfully. Now how do I convince my brain to resume project A?
January 18, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Project A interrupted by project B. Two days later, project B completed successfully. Now how do I convince my brain to resume project A?
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 17, 2026 at 6:37 PM