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What's the Deal With "Si* Mading" of Suzhou, the Tumor of the Software Industry? I Want to Speak Up

Earlier I shared a cracked version of some software on my site, then received a legal email from "Si* Mading's" legal department asking me to remove the download link, so I did. I checked "Si* Mading's" authorization documents and they are indeed authorized in Mainland China, so I modified my program so visitors from Mainland China no longer get download links, and posted an article on WeChat Official Account. But this rogue "Si* Mading" complained about that article, saying it infringed their intellectual property. So I also decided to start speaking up.

Google Ends Support for Chrome Apps This June

Since its launch in 2013, Chrome Apps have come a long way, but existing web technologies can already do the job well, so support for Chrome Apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux ends in June 2020. Customers with Chrome Enterprise and Chrome Education Upgrade will be entitled to a policy extending support to December 2020.

8th Anniversary of My Personal Blog

I suddenly realized my first registered domain was 8 years ago. Eight springs and autumns have passed; I'm no longer the youth of those years but someone approaching thirty, recalling the webmasters and big names of that time.

Renfei's Blog Wishes You a Prosperous 2020 Gengzi Year of the Rat

Winter snow bids farewell, spring breeze brings warmth, a new year arrives, and New Year's Eve is full of joy. Amid firecrackers, the peach-wood charms turn fresh red; deep affection and strong feeling, your heart still wards off the cold winter. The years of Hai and Zi connect, the whole family rejoices, cups and goblets clink, gathered around the hearth keeping the old year and welcoming the new. A distant wish, sincerely with you in mind: may the family prosper in harmony, may myriad blessings converge, joy and peace, all things go as wished. May all you seek come true, may your path become smooth, much joy, lasting tranquility.

Sensei 1.0.1 For Mac OS X [TNT]

Performance dashboard, detailed battery reporter, disk cleaner, thermal dashboard, theme support, app uninstaller, detailed hardware info, temperature monitor, GPU monitor, performance optimization, CPU monitor, custom design, RAM monitor, detailed display reporter, HDD/SSD SMART reporter, 100% native code, fan control, detailed GPU/eGPU reporter, SSD trim enabler, accent color support, disk health analyzer, disk benchmark, battery health analyzer, multiple localizations, disk monitor, dark mode, startup speed optimizer, partition map explorer, GPU firmware exporter

Resolving Mac Software Installation/Runtime Prompts: Damaged, Not Downloaded from the Mac App Store, From an Unidentified Developer, Apple Cannot Check Whether It Contains Malicious Software

Students installing cracked or localized software on a Mac for the first time may encounter the following system prompts, which prevent the app from opening. In fact, this is triggered by macOS's security policy, not actual damage. Cracked and localized software is often modified by third parties, so the certificate in the software is not trusted by the system, or the software was downloaded from a website rather than the App Store. The solution is to modify macOS's security policy to allow running unverified apps.

Suddenly Found My Site Featured as a Classic Case on the Official .REN Domain Website

Today I suddenly noticed a spike in my site's traffic, with an extra chunk of referral traffic. Per the traffic stats it came from the classic-cases section of the official REN domain website, where my site sits last under the 'Personal Blog: Programmer Tech Blog' category.

Apple's Black Magic: After Upgrading to macOS Catalina 10.15, Files and Disks Appear Twice, Plus an Extra 'Macintosh HD - Data' Partition

As early as 2015, Apple engineers added System Integrity Protection to El Capitan, requiring root to modify any system file — but malware with root could still damage system files. In Catalina 10.15, Apple engineers went further, fully separating system files from user files into a new file system that is read-only and cannot be written to.

Some of My Thoughts on Metaphysics

I personally believe this world is imperfect. Everything has yin and yang and never reaches perfect balance, so it chases the part it lacks — which is also what drives the whole system. Cold and heat form wind because air pressure seeks balance; male and female seek each other because each lacks what the other has. If a person were perfect, then you beside him would be superfluous — when you appear, he becomes imperfect and unbalanced. In contrast, human desire drives people onward. So what is perfection?

What Is a Programmer's Most Terrifying Nightmare?