ClearAndPresent

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by ClearAndPresent 4y ago
I can't downvote you, and being as dismissive of you as you are of these efforts would simply create more rudeness. Instead, consider why a governmental agency might want to be as inclusive of as many users of its services as possible,
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by ClearAndPresent 4y ago
They're testing against actual RUM data collected from the site and linked in the article.
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by ClearAndPresent 4y ago
The writers are Matt Hobbs and Andy Sellick, respectively Head of Frontend Development and Senior Frontend Developers at GDS. They may have considered alternative options. Here's a previous article explaining why they did what they did
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by ClearAndPresent 4y ago
The article goes on to explain that they are optimising for extremely low spec devices used by financially and socially disadvantaged users. The majority of their users load pages in less than 1s (likely due to caching and connection). Some
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by ClearAndPresent 4y ago
I just read the "What is Pickleball" page on that site. Are we sure that Pickleball isn't just a made up sport?
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by ClearAndPresent 5y ago
Thats great! I tried filling in the quiz and submitting and encountered a Captcha that was partially formatted on screen so I couldn't see all the images, nor the submit button. No way to move forward at all. 1 https://imgur
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by ClearAndPresent 5y ago
Why are you collecting email addresses to deliver the results of a self-reported test that would drive shopfront purchases? Just allow users to take the test online, deliver the results, steer them towards the products. You'll get thei
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by ClearAndPresent 5y ago
The live webcam at Kaihinmakuhari is tearing up the decks with rightous electrojungle at the moment.
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by ClearAndPresent 5y ago
JustWatch.com will do this.
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by ClearAndPresent 5y ago
Enjoy the map. Don't die. https://fungiflora.com/2017/10/16/psilocybe-semilanceata-loo...
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by ClearAndPresent 5y ago
Matt Anderson in 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwreHReBH2A
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by ClearAndPresent 5y ago
When I see on an empty white page: > You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. I know I have no interest in your project as you have no interest in communicating with me, only funnelling me into your recently launched startup.
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by ClearAndPresent 5y ago
I've had similar conversations, but they are eclipsed by those revolving around people asking me if I work for the company in question. (I once said yes, to see what would happen, and understood how easy it would be to swindle people w
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by ClearAndPresent 5y ago
What conclusions can we draw about concentrating web content in a few CDNs?
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by ClearAndPresent 5y ago
Let's hope they don't plan to widen it with nukes... https://www.businessinsider.com/us-planned-suez-canal-altern...
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by ClearAndPresent 6y ago
Troy says: " At the time of publishing this blog post, all phone numbers beginning with international codes 4, 6, 8 and 8 have completed loading." Interestingly, several cellphone numbers I know to be present in one set of leak da
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by ClearAndPresent 6y ago
Likewise. That said, the actual files are in fairly shabby shape and quite tedious to clean for DB import. They may have missed thousands of records.
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by ClearAndPresent 6y ago
We used to write poetry and aspire to higher states of consciousness. Anyway, nice in-depth article. The results will surprise you. Especially point 6.
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by ClearAndPresent 6y ago
There will never be an apology. A corporate apology is an admission of guilt. An admission of guilt opens it up to lawsuits. Through its litigeous nature, the US has evolved a culture whereby apologies and human decency are antithetical to
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by ClearAndPresent 6y ago
Also three meals away from: revolution, anarchy, collapse. One of many great quotes that are regularly attributed to everyone's favorite, recent source. It's also been attributed to Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Lenin, Robert Hein
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by ClearAndPresent 6y ago
Or Wireguard. The absurdity of sitting in front of a frozen keyboard and trackpad for up to a minute before I can unlock the screensaver on a 2k machine has driven me spare. And now has driven away from these astounding lemons. This is the
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by ClearAndPresent 6y ago
Form is content, content form. How you do anything is how you do everything. Errors in grammar and syntax indicate errors in thought and care.
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by ClearAndPresent 6y ago
I mean this kindly: I highly recommend you hire a copywriter to go over your site. The spelling errors and grammar issues undermine confidence.
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by ClearAndPresent 7y ago
>The freaking panic is already starting in my country too. People buying up food in 10x the quantities than the usual shopping visit, etc.. >I've gone shopping yesterday, when the virus was found in the country next to mine What&
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by ClearAndPresent 7y ago
The Left Hand Of Darkness managed to be both groundbreaking and popular. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness
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by ClearAndPresent 7y ago
Do you feel you’re getting enough feedback? Why/why not? Feedback. Do you have any feedback for me? Feedback. Do you think that you receive enough feedback? Feeback. Is feedback helpful for your personal development? Feedback. What can
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by ClearAndPresent 7y ago
Also, the wicked irony of them calling themselves Ethos Capital.
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by ClearAndPresent 7y ago
Tried registering a .EDU domain recently? Or a .NGO? There are plenty.
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by ClearAndPresent 7y ago
Addressed in the article - you did read the article, didn't you? - but: a) brand entrenchment - it's difficult to get organisations to rebrand But much more importantly b) the entire ethos goes against the sociological and ethical
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by ClearAndPresent 7y ago
Apologies. I didn't mean to sound condescending. It just seemed like a desire to do something so entirely at odds with the two approaches to online interaction (open, user controlled, non-hierarchical vs closed, corporate controlled an

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