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doot··on Building a Linux GPU Driver for the M4 Mac Mini in One Month
Excited to see what you contribute to open source against one of the richest and most litigious companies in the world.
doot··on Show HN: Give your AI agent on-screen guides that show users where to click
What if we just built less shitty software instead of layering more shit on top of shit on top of…
doot··on What’s New in macOS Big Sur: Human Interface Guidelines
> Topping my list is support for SVG assets. NOPE. WTF?

From the Xcode 12 Beta Release Notes:

> Added support for Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) image assets. These preserve their vector representation with deployment targets of macOS 10.15 or later, iOS 13 or later, and iPadOS 13 or later. (18389814)

> Android has had this how long? Apple's "@2x", "@3X" bitmaps were amateur-hour to begin with, but a decade later? No vector support?

PDF assets have been supported on all Apple platforms for many years.

The announcements today represent years of work by thousands of engineers and designers. It’s impossible to cover everything in a 2 hour keynote, let alone one geared towards the media/general public. Even the 2 hour “State of the Union” that’s geared towards developers barely scratches the surface, let alone a single webpage.