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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · 8d

The recipe called for two cups of shredded chicken but you can't know how much that is until it is fully cooked and shredded and also it varies depending on how extensively you shred it and weight has none of these problems.

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · 8d

I posted this to the other place originally but decided to repost it here so I could quote it to complain that a recipe calls for cups-worth of chicken.

Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · 8d

Americans: We use these nesting cups to quickly measure out common quantities of liquid
- Huh, yeah, that’s kinda convenient.
A: And also things you can scoop, like flour or oats
- Hmm, less sure about that one
A: Or cram in like berries
- Wait…
A: Now add a half cup of butter

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · 8d

Americans: We use these nesting cups to quickly measure out common quantities of liquid
- Huh, yeah, that’s kinda convenient.
A: And also things you can scoop, like flour or oats
- Hmm, less sure about that one
A: Or cram in like berries
- Wait…
A: Now add a half cup of butter

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · 10d

A post from @joannis on the #Swift blog about the new preview of the Android SDK for Swift

www.swift.org/blog/nightly...

Announcing the Swift SDK for Android

Swift has matured significantly over the past decade — extending from cloud services to Windows applications, browser apps, and microcontrollers. Swift powers apps and services of all kinds, and thank...

www.swift.org

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · 11d

My talk from Server Side Swift is up! Talking about how languages make the trade-off between easy to write and fast at runtime, and how (shockingly!) I think #Swift strikes the right balance.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz3h...

Usability Meets Performance in Swift - Ben Cohen

YouTube video by SwiftServerConf

www.youtube.com

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · 13d

their page for FTX still claims it was because of a liquidity crunch

A screenshot from Sequoia's page about their investment in FTX.

FTX.COM is a cryptocurrency exchange. It offers derivatives, options and volatility products, tokenized stocks, prediction markets, leveraged tokens and an OTC desk.
Update: November 9, 2022 A liquidity crunch has created solvency risk for FTX and its future is uncertain.

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · 22d

Californians: for the first time in ages, your vote matters nationally.

Prop 50 counters the illegitimate Texas gerrymander, restoring the impact of your vote.

Opposition is misguided. Taking the high road here helps those against democracy keep control.

Vote yes on 50.

stopelectionrigging.com

Yes on 50 – The Election Rigging Response Act

Trump and Texas Republicans are moving to rig the 2026 election — and other GOP states are joining in. If Californians don’t act now, they could seize Congress no matter how we vote.

stopelectionrigging.com

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Seb in the cloud ☁️ @sebsto.bsky.social · 29d

🚀 Swift AWS Lambda Runtime v2 is out!
Build modern, scalable, and efficient Lambda functions in pure Swift!

Full async/await, response streaming, background tasks, and Swift 6 support.

Release notes & docs: github.com/swift-ser...

#SwiftLang #Serverless #serversideswift2025

Release 2.0.0 · swift-server/swift-aws-lambda-runtime

The AWS Lambda Runtime for Swift v2 is now officially available. Overview Swift AWS Lambda Runtime v2 introduces a complete redesign of the API with async/await-first architecture, response streami...

github.com

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Temporal @temporal.io · Oct 3

Just announced - the new Temporal Swift SDK! Try it out at https://github.com/apple/swift-temporal-sdk"

GitHub - apple/swift-temporal-sdk: Swift SDK for Temporal

Swift SDK for Temporal. Contribute to apple/swift-temporal-sdk development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · Sep 21

get it together, tiffany

A textbook math problem.

Applications
55. Salary. Tiffany has started tutoring students x hours per week. Her income is modeled as

f(x) = (x- 1)(x - 3)(x - 7)

a. Graph the polynomial function.
b. Give any real zeros that occur.
c. How many hours of tutoring are financially beneficial to Tiffany?

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Swift Language @swift.org · Sep 16

Swift 6.2 is here, including so much 🆕🥳:
⏩Approachable concurrency
🦺Opt-in strict memory safety
📦WebAssembly support
🏃Faster build perf for macros
🐞Enhanced async debugging
📚Inline stack-based arrays
🚇Subprocess support
🧪Test result attachments
www.swift.org/blog/swift-6...

Swift 6.2 Released

We’re excited to announce Swift 6.2, a release aimed at making every Swift developer more productive, regardless of where or how you write code. From improved tooling and libraries to enhancements in ...

www.swift.org

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · Aug 28

It's 2025. We have actual concentration camps, and a white nationalist setting US immigration policy, and the majority of white people surveyed say that they support how Trump is "handling immigration."🤦🏿‍♂️

And I *still* have white folk in my mentions saying "I don't think that many support it? 🤡

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Konrad ‘ktoso’ Malawski @kto.so · Aug 30

Priyambada's #swiftlang summer of code finished up! She worked on improvements to Swiftly (swift installer) in #vscode. It's now able to automatically switch and install swift versions all without leaving VSCode! https://forums.swift.org/t/gsoc-2025-bringing-swiftly-support-to-vs-code/81886

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · Aug 29

I am satisfied with the level of resistance to explanation by an LLM this joke provides. Chatbots find it almost as unfunny as humans do.

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · Aug 29

JB Pritzker seems like a promising candidate for 2028, and he has experience from his stint in the Bartlett administration, but I'm worried skeletons will come out about his investments in his nephew's restaurant.

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Playdate @play.date · Aug 27

🔲 Four Corners was rewritten in Swift—it's the first Swift game in Catalog. Read our interview with the developer to find out how that came about:

news.play.date/news/four-co...

Four Corners: the first game in Catalog written in Swift - Playdate News

Official news about Playdate, the yellow handheld video game system with a crank.

news.play.date

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Aug 28

According to federal data, 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rates have Republican governors. None of those cities are Chicago.

8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois.

And yet Trump is sending troops here.

Post from Donald Trump on Truth Social:

A really deadly weekend in Chicago. 6 dead, 27 hurt in crime sprees all over the city. Panic stricken Governor Pritzker says that crime is under control, when in fact it is just the opposite. He is an incompetent governor who should call me for help. Mayor Johnson is no better. Make Chicago great again!

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · Aug 26

Most of these names I can understand – they're purple state senators nervous about needing to seem bipartisan, even if I think that strategy is ineffective.

But Schiff has no excuse. What was he thinking.

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · Aug 26

17 democratic senators voted to confirm this woman as labor secretary

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Aug 26

Once you realize most conservative arguments are in bad faith and their philosophy is actual the the 5 principles below, you will know peace

• men > women
• white people > other races
• straight people > LGBTQ
• Christians > other religions
• rich people > poor people

Everything else is flexible