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@ResetReboot hmm, are you sure? "Install unknown apps" is a main setting on my Samsung phone, not hidden at all. I don't think it's connected at all to dev mode usually? I haven't had a non-Samsung for a while though so not 100% sure.
Interpreters and VMs are another big difference :) as they are not allowed at all on iOS. That's why there are no emulators for retro consoles on iOS but lots on Android.
You can download an Android phone emulator for free, and all the dev tools, and be up and running pretty quickly even if you don't have a phone. For iOS it's also intended to be easy--but it's definitely not as free.
I agree that it's a shame about the phone experience being quite "appliancy", no interpreter on boot :) but to be fair it's what almost everyone wants. For all the important things, like banking, maps and messaging, it's also what I want. I don't want to admin my phone, most of the time. Other times it would be cool :)
2023-08-28 · 9 months ago
The thing with locking devices down is that there's almost always a way, or multiple ways, to get around restrictions. Either by completely bypassing and/or removing them or doing unexpected things that are technically within the restrictions.
Case in point, I have Termux installed on my phone (Android). In that console environment I also have clang, make, vim, python, a rust toolchain and git. It's sandboxed, but there's an awful lot that can be done from within the sandbox. There's even an extension that gives you a programming api so that you can essentially interact with other apps using programs you write inside termux.
Another example, the Zig guys wrote their own linker for MacOs/Ios so they can completely bypass Xcode. And since you can compile C and C++ using the Zig compiler, as well as link in code from other languages, there's not much you can't do with those platforms now.
I use GNU Unifont for terminals and programming. Use it as 12px-32px depending on the resolution and everything in between with 4px sizes steps. I mean: 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 28px and 32px. One of them will look great. On my 1024x600 netbook screen, 16px it's the best one.
writing own software — Hey all! For years I am writing my own personal software and/or upgrading opensource software with features suitable personally for myself. Today I saw a gemini article, describing exactly what drives me to do this (see link above). How about you? Anybody agrees/disagrees with this?
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