John Siracusa

@siracusa.social

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Programmer, tech writer, and co-host of Accidental Tech Podcast, Reconcilable Differences, and Robot or Not. https://hypercritical.co

Ed Norton in American History X (1998)
A VIP rank-up package from MIDA containing…a Biolens Seed!
My final “golden” loadout in Marathon season 1. Highlights include a gold M1T and Bret, a gold backpack, and full gold cores. Only a purple shield, though. Shame.
Alexander Siracusa, graduate.
The Accidental Tech Podcast logo rendered as individual pixels separated by a tiny bit of space, with a slightly dimmer pixel drop-shadow.
A black t-shirt with an M5 Pro logo: Apple-six-colors slanted stripes leaning against chunky “M5” letters with a blue “Pro” badge below it.
A black t-shirt with an ///ATP logo with the stripes replaced with the wire colors for each of the two ends of a T568A gigabit crossover cable: pins 1-8 for one end on the top, and the other end on the bottom.
Line art showing the top front of a Mac Pro case. Beneath it is the text: 2019–2026.
Four t-shirts in colors that match the MacBook Neo: Indigo, Blush, Citrus, and Silver. Each shirt has a monochrome ///ATP logo on it, in a color tinted to match the shirt. A MacBook Neo of the matching color appears in the lower left corner of each shirt for comparison.
The engine bay of an F80 BMW M3 (I think).
set -e SOURCE_CAR="${PROJECT_DIR}/SwitchGlass/BuildResources/Assets.car" DEST_RESOURCES="${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${UNLOCALIZED_RESOURCES_FOLDER_PATH}" if [ -f "$SOURCE_CAR" ]; then /bin/cp -f "$SOURCE_CAR" "${DEST_RESOURCES}/Assets.car" fi /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Delete :CFBundleIconFile" "${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${INFOPLIST_PATH}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true /bin/rm -f "${DEST_RESOURCES}/AppIcon.icns"
I've exhausted the standard approaches. The CAR file format is proprietary (BOMStore-based) and there's no public API or tool to selectively remove Icon Image renditions while keeping IconGroup/Icon|mageStack entries. Summary of Findings The problem is that actool always generates Icon Image fallbacks when compiling a . icon file, regardless of: * --minimum-deployment-target value * --standalone-icon-behavior setting * --enable-icon-stack-fallback-generation=disabled flag And macOS 15 prefers these Icon Images from Assets.car over CFBundleIconFile, even when both are present.
According to Apple's documentation, there is no built-in way to use both your custom Icon Composer (icon) file for macOS 26 Tahoe AND your custom legacy icon (ApplconGood.icns) for macOS 15 and earlier. The documentation explicitly states: "If you add an Icon Composer file to your Xcode project, it replaces any existing icon asset catalog that you previously used to represent your app icon. Xcode automatically generates a similar-looking version of the Liquid Glass icon for previous releases. If you want your existing icon to appear in previous releases, continue to use asset catalogs to represent your app icon." Your Options 1. Use Icon Composer file only (Applcon.icon): * macOS 26: Your custom Liquid Glass icon displays * macOS 15 and earlier: Xcode auto-generates a "similar-looking" icon from your Liquid Glass design (but it won't be your custom ApplconGood.icns) 2. Use Asset Catalog only (Applcon.appiconset): * macOS 26: The system applies automatic Liquid Glass effects to your existing icon * macOS 15 and earlier: Your custom icon displays as-is 3. Remove the icon file from the project to use option 2, keeping your custom legacy icon on older systems while accepting the auto-generated Liquid Glass treatment on macOS 26.
ARC Raiders gameplay. I have to wait for the Fireball to open up because I only have a light-ammo weapon. As soon as it does open, a Tick jumps on me, preventing me from firing or moving away. The Fireball roasts me. Then, right on cue, a Pop shows up to finish me off.
An auto-generated music mix that includes “Buggy Saints Row: The Musical”
Toyota GR GT
My Warlock in Destiny 2, wearing some Mandalorian-inspired armor and carrying a purple lightsaber.
My ARC Raiders skill tree. Survival: 38 (with Security Breach), Mobility: 41, Conditioning: 7
My ARC Raiders departure screen showing my total assets (6.4 million credits), my future bonus skill points (5), and the time to departure (4 days, 18 hours).
“You’re all clear, kid! Now let’s blow this thing and go home.”
The Fool’s Errand classic Mac game from 1987.
A black t-shirt with the letters "ATP" in all-caps gray preceded by angled stripes in the six-color Apple logo colors.
A stylized illustration of the front top of a modern Mac Pro with the word "BELIEVE" below it in all caps.
A black t-shirt with an ATP-style rainbow M5 logo: the capital letters "M5" in gray preceded by angled stripes in the six-color Apple logo colors, in the style of the BMW "M" brand stripes.
A black t-shirt with an ATP logo with the normal rainbow stripes replaced with the colors of the wires in an Ethernet cable according to the T568B spec: white/orange stripe, orange, white/green stripe, blue, white/blue stripe, green, white/brown stripe, brown.
A black t-shirt with an ATP logo with the normal rainbow stripes replaced with the colors of the wires in an Ethernet cable according to the T568A spec: white/green stripe, green, white/orange stripe, blue, white/blue stripe, orange, white/brown stripe, brown.
A blue t-shirt with a macOS 26 Tahoe-style crescent-wrench icon. The wrench is holding a white hexagon with a gray ATP logo in it.
A black, long-sleeve top with a small collar and a zipper that does down a few inches from the neck. A small embroidered rainbow ATP logo appear on the left side of the chest.
A side view of a black hat shaped like a rectangle joined to a triangle, with the tip of the triangle cut off. It looks kind of like the comb on a rooster’s head.
A hairy leg with a healing bruise that appears as a purple outline shaped sort of like a bean or maybe upside-down Australia.
A screenshot of the Apple Mail app in iOS 26 showing some illegible controls. A suggested reply button on the bottom of the screen reads, “Offer to file radar”
A dialog in Tahoe beta 4 that asks which notifications should be summarized. The News notification option contains red text that says “Summarization may change the meaning of the original headlines. Verify information.” The bottom of the dialog also has this text: “This is a beta feature. Summaries may contain errors.”
The startup disk selection screen in macOS 26 Tahoe beta 4. One disk is selected and one is not, but it's REALLY hard to tell which is which at a glance.
A Messages bubble from my mom that reads, “Your high rating of pineapple on pizza has dad considering taking you out of the will.”
A satirical take on the infamous June 1997 cover of Wired magazine. It shows an iPhone surrounded by rings of thorns. Below it is the word “Pay.”
Richard Dawson in The Running Man.
A chunky baby that definitely looks a little bit like Buddy Hackett.
A black zip-up hoodie with an embroidered rainbow-striped ///ATP logo on the left chest area.
A red t-shirt with a white ///ATP logo on it. It wicks away sweat! The shirt, not the logo.
A white t-shirt showing the silhouettes of high-end desktop Macs throughout history. Each silhouette uses one of the colors from the rainbow-striped Apple logo.
A blue t-shirt showing a front view of a Mac Pro with the word "BELIEVE" below it.
A black t-shirt with an ATP-style rainbow-striped “M3” logo with a gold “Ultra” badge below it.
A title card from “The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask” that reads, "Dawn of The Final Day. 24 Hours Remain."
A gold t-shirt featuring the Hypercritical logo: pixel art of a front-view of a classic Macintosh above the word “Hypercritical” set in a serif font.
The scene in Grosse Pointe Blank where John Cusack and Jeremy Piven are in a car, and Piven can’t believe Cusack has been gone for “Ten years, man!” In the subtitle text, the word “Ten” is crossed out with a red “X” and “Five” is written in its place. A gold Hypercritical t-shirt and a pink Hypercritical t-shirt appear in the upper left and right corners of the frame.
A gold t-shirt featuring the Hypercritical logo: pixel art of a front-view of a classic Macintosh above the word “Hypercritical” set in a serif font.
An excerpt from an article showing a large teal box highlighting a phrase, badged with a + in a circle on the upper right corner. The first character on line five is a comma.
A screenshot of the Graysky iOS app showing a dim gray haze over the usual social media timeline.