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by edent 1y ago
Every sporting body that I know of has rules to keep people safe. Even dangerous sports like boxing and American Football pit some effort into keeping participants reasonably safe. Similarly, every modern society has rules to keep people sa
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Looking back at "legacy" HTML practices(nooshu.com)
3 points by edent 1y ago|0 comments
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Security Flaws in the WebMonetization Site(shkspr.mobi)
2 points by edent 1y ago|0 comments
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The Jargon File (1991)(jargon-file.org)
3 points by edent 1y ago|1 comments
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What about using rel="share-url" to expose sharing intents?(shkspr.mobi)
88 points by edent 1y ago|39 comments
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by edent 1y ago
I've been writing about (and using) QR codes for a couple of decades. I love the innovation that happens within the bounds of the specification. One problem that I foresee with this is that they don't look like QR codes. Peopl
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Vole WTF Sitemap(vole.wtf)
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Books will soon be obsolete in school(shkspr.mobi)
48 points by edent 1y ago|68 comments
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by edent 1y ago
OK, so what makes you the arbiter of when an emotion is "in excess"? Your partner crying at being broken up with is OK by you. What if they call you a rude name? Or throw crockery? Who decides that the emotions they are showing ar
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by edent 1y ago
> By definition overly emotional is bad – that’s what separates “overly emotional” from just “emotional”. Human reactions are by definition not bad. They are a genuine expression of how we feel. We use that to signal our emotional stat
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by edent 1y ago
> However, it’s important to be kind to other humans and to treat humans with respect. Very true. But why is that argument never deployed against the bullies? Chrome's developers say "We want to do X". People say "No,
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by edent 1y ago
Why shouldn't people be overly emotional? Humans are emotional - and that's a good thing. This change would make people sad because things they like would stop working. It would cause them stress because they would have to work
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Should we remove XSLT from the web platform?(github.com)
73 points by edent 1y ago|96 comments
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by edent 1y ago
He could have suffered this injury in day-to-day life but he didn't . Imagine you were hit by a self-driving vehicle which was deliberately designed to kill Canadaians. Do you take comfort from the fact that you could have quite easil
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by edent 1y ago
One day, not too long from now, you'll grow old. Your eyesight will fade, your back will hurt, and your brain will find it harder to process information. Do people like you deserve to be protected by society? If a predatory company tri
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Meta's flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York(reuters.com)
137 points by edent 1y ago|85 comments
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Am I (still?) in Mozilla's target audience?(neilzone.co.uk)
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Do Kwon Pleads Guilty(bsky.app)
4 points by edent 1y ago|1 comments
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In Memory of Phil and Jan Karlton(karlton.hamilton.com)
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by edent 1y ago
OK. But how do I find them ? And, again, how do I assess their reputation and likelihood of paying me. How much of a premium are they paying to make it worthwhile?
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by edent 1y ago
> pretty sure it he could have gotten more tax free on the black market. How? I've been paid by bug bounties (although not that big) and I have no idea how I would find a trustworthy criminal to sell to. I guess I'd need to fin
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by edent 1y ago
To be clear £16 was the total cost including shipping to the UK. Took a week or so to arrive, and prices fluctuate all the time. So slower than Amazon shipping - which is usually same or next day.
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Accessibility and the agentic web(tetralogical.com)
26 points by edent 1y ago|11 comments
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by edent 1y ago
This cheap device is also touchscreen. Only single point though - no idea if Apple is multi touch.
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by edent 1y ago
As I say in the post, they're using an OEM. I suspect it is Mo Young who do the R&D - amortised over all their products.
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by edent 1y ago
As I mention in the post, there's an integrated rubber lug which protects the port.
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by edent 1y ago
As I say in the post: > You can always uninstall the app once done setting it up. So no need to rely on 3rd party servers. I also mention that you can use GadgetBridge if you want to store your own data locally.
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by edent 1y ago
Yeah, probably. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42853072
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by edent 1y ago
You can use this with GadgetBridge if you're concerned about your privacy. Given the small amount of memory and its inability to run 3rd party code, I'd be staggered if this could be used as a vector for anything. What's it g
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by edent 1y ago
Why do you charge your phone on the bus? You've never left the house and realised you're running low on battery?

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