June 17th, 2017

* I tweaked a few things in my clouds program.

* I read "Hello world!" and "Stems: an Android app for word study", both by
  __init__:
  http://xn--cr8h.xn--nj8hz0a.ws/welcome/
  http://xn--cr8h.xn--nj8hz0a.ws/stems/

* I read Tim Cook was right to fight the FBI, by Marty Puranik:
  https://thenextweb.com/apple/2017/06/16/tim-cook-right-fight-fbi/

  I still don't really get Apple's stance on privacy. Everything they do makes
  it look like they've got a huge focus on user privacy; and yet many people
  (read: many who use Linux, if that's a fair generalization) on the internet
  also seem to say they're outright horrible with privacy. It hardly seems like
  they're worse (rather, much /better/) than any other proprietary company,
  though.

  I skimmed GNU's document on Apple's Operating Systems are Malware; it always
  seems like everything in there somehow conflicts with other things Apple has
  done. I guess that's GNU's point (if they LOOK like they're being Wondeful
  and Good, but are actually doing Bad things, can you trust them?); but, you
  know, it's still a bit confusing (why are they generally being Good, but
  sometimes being Bad?).

* I worked on making a gigantic JavaScript parser for a few hours. I made quite
  a lot of progress on it! (The idea is to make something a bit like Jens's
  "Elements", in JavaScript, but it probably won't go anywhere.)