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Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
carnage4life@mas.to ("Dare Obasanjo") wrote:
Given that services revenue has gone from 9% to 25% of Apple's revenue and a big chunk of it is their 30% tax on in-app purchases, I expect they will drag their feet aa much as possible on supporting 3rd party app stores in Europe.
There's also a zero percent chance they will support this in any country where it isn't required by law. At least they've given up fighting it in Europe.
Mastodon Feedxor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
this has always been true, but especially now that we for some reason live in an era of shared screenshots of articles
Mastodon Feedxor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
i beg you: when you are "debunking talking points," do not print those talking points as bold headlines above your analysis
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Hey, Denyse, you horrifyingly stupid person, we know where the octopus fits in the evolutionary tree. Also, Klinghoffer -- you're an idiot.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/11/09/the-appalling-inanity-of-denyse-oleary/
Mastodon FeedHow to tell you’re in England? Weather widget switches to minute-by-minute rain forecast ☔️#london
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
and why is our housepanther Oscar chewing on a jalapeno? #SMH
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
edward@indieweb.social ("Edward Loveall") wrote:
In light of the GitHub Universe announcements where they announce they are “re-founded on Copilot” allow me to re-present my blog post:
https://blog.edwardloveall.com/lets-make-sure-github-doesnt-become-the-only-option
Mastodon Feednadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” — C.S. Lewis
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
flaki@flaki.social ("Flaki") wrote:
Perhaps I'm just "remarkably untalented" :shibathinking:
https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2023/web-dev-untalented/ by the ever-eloquent @baldur (as opposed to that other guy the above sneed has happened to have spurted out onto the internet for all to see)
From the post:
> "most of software dev is pretty bad, [but web dev] is unique in degree: the web experience is so much worse, on average, and so much more dysfunctional than even the most mundane shitty native app that most people have access to"And the part that hit too close to home given my recent joust with the whiteboard interview crowd¹:
> “We need to base our app on React because the only way for us to realistically scale up recruitment is with a popular framework… No, we aren’t hiring." 💀
But it's not React, we are complicit, we are the ones prioritizing DevEx over UX. UX, if it even exists, is an afterthought for all but a small minority².
Anyhow, go read the full post.
¹ https://flaki.social/@flaki/111299266669596201
² https://flaki.social/@flaki/111357125611506375
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
Schepp ("Christian "Schepp" Schaefer") wrote:
Have you also thought that CSS should offer a simple built-in way to hide elements visually, all the while exposing them in the accessibility tree? Like what we polyfill with (complicated) CSS utility classes of the likes of "sr-only" or "visually-hidden"? Me too! And I think `content-visibility` should take care of that in the future - with an additional fourth value. If you think so, too, leave your thumbs up here: https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/9579
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
dangoodin@infosec.exchange ("Dan Goodin") wrote:
I so, so, so don't want to drive any new car that can do this:
A federal appeals court refused to bring back a class action lawsuit alleging four auto manufacturers had violated Washington state’s privacy laws by using vehicles’ on-board infotainment systems to record and intercept customers’ private text messages and mobile phone call logs.
The court ruled that the practice does not meet the threshold for an illegal privacy violation under state law, handing a big win to automakers Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen and General Motors, which are defendants in five related class action suits focused on the issue.
The plaintiffs had appealed a prior judge’s dismissal. But the appeals court ruled Tuesday that the interception and recording of mobile phone activity did not meet the Washington Privacy Act’s standard that a plaintiff must prove that “his or her business, his or her person, or his or her reputation” has been threatened.
A suit filed against Honda in 2021, argu[ed] that beginning in at least 2014 infotainment systems in the company’s vehicles began downloading and storing a copy of all text messages on smartphones when they were connected to the system.
An Annapolis, Maryland-based company, Berla Corporation, provides the technology to some car manufacturers but does not offer it to the general public, the lawsuit said. Once messages are downloaded, Berla’s software makes it impossible for vehicle owners to access their communications and call logs but does provide law enforcement with access, the lawsuit said.
Many car manufacturers are selling car owners’ data to advertisers as a revenue boosting tactic, according to earlier reporting by Recorded Future News. Automakers are exponentially increasing the number of sensors they place in their cars every year with little regulation of the practice.
https://therecord.media/class-action-lawsuit-cars-text-messages-privacy
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
mjg59@nondeterministic.computer ("Matthew Garrett") wrote:
Today I got to tell my students that in the bad old days we used to write scripts that just SSHed into every machine and ran sed on config files but today we had puppet and I regret to inform you that based on their facial expressions we apparently still write scripts that just SSH into every machine and run sed on config files
Mastodon FeedReblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):
FlockOfCats@famichiki.jp ("Flock of Cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🍂") wrote:
I’m very adamant about using “toot” instead of “post”. I’ll die on this hill, but hopefully not today because I have lots of errands to run, like buying stamps at the toot office.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
jonny@neuromatch.social ("Dr. jonny phd") wrote:
So both SAG-AFTRA and WGA won protections against "AI" scabs taking their jobs. Tech workers, layoff after layoff, what are you waiting for?
https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/sag-aftra-tentative-deal-historic-strike-1235771894/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
sam@social.coop ("Sam Whited") wrote:
Wait, I was just joking (sort of) about doing this, but apparently in San Fransisco a Luddite assembly is actually happening! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-luddite-tribunal-bay-area-edition-tickets-750972638377
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
timnitGebru@dair-community.social ("Timnit Gebru (she/her)") wrote:
I say the same thing in my Berkeley I-school graduation speech.
What's a better example of that than seeing how workers are blocking weapon shipments to Israel, and the #NoTechForApartheid movement?
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
'“I hope that the state of war with Israel will become permanent on all the borders, and that the Arab world will stand with us,” Taher El-Nounou, a Hamas media adviser, told The Times.'
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
jaredwhite@indieweb.social ("Jared C.S.S. White") wrote:
I'm seeing a lot of new #WebComponents articles popping up lately which go:
"I was really confused because I thought these were supposed to replace React/Vue/Svelte/etc. Once I realized I can just use them to add some nice custom extensions to HTML/progressive enhancements/one-off widgets that'll run anywhere, NOW we're talking!"
And here am I biting my hand really hard (oww!) because, like, you actually can replace React/Vue/Svelte/etc. 🤪
But hey, at least you're finally aboard the WC train!
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:
Everyone should follow @spaf -- (check out his bio page if you are wondering why I say that...)
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
kriskowal@social.coop ("Kris Kowal 🧙♂️") wrote:
JavaScript library authors:
Please consider freezing Object.prototype and Function.prototype after applying shims and before running your JavaScript tests to discover property override mistakes in your library or its transitive dependencies early. This would help us keep the JavaScript ecosystem compatible with technologies that freeze prototypes to mitigate prototype-pollution-attacks and bugs.
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
Fall in PNW. I spotted this view from the corner of my eye while zooming past in a car. Decided it was worth a special photo trip.
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
I refuse to give Apple credit for actually caring about their browser until I stop discovering stuff like how they actually only implemented a half-assed version of `mix-blend-mode` way back in 2014, and Safari STILL doesn't fully support it.
It's been fully implemented in the last 81 versions of Chrome, 30 versions of Edge, and 88 versions of Firefox. But Safari still hasn't gone back and finished what they started almost a full decade ago.
New features are nice, but also: fix what's broken.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com ("VM (Vicky) Brasseur") wrote:
This cargo e-motorcycle is fantastic. I can see so many places where it would make more sense than a truck, and not only for deliveries.
I would love to see these zipping all over the city instead of huge vans and trucks.
https://electrek.co/2023/11/08/cargo-electric-motorcycle-pny-ponie/
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
Deutsche Bahn cancelled the train we were supposed to take. Even when you book with the least number of changes they manage to screw you over.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Hey! That's my Dramatic Toaster!
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/11/08/dramatic-toaster/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
34/ Klasfeld:
NYAG's counsel shows Ivanka Trump an email from her to Allen Weisselberg and other Trump Org execs, dated Dec. 15, 2011.
“It doesn’t get better than this. lets discuss asap,” she wrote.
Trump's lawyer Alina Habba objects, claiming it wasn't sent. NYAG says it was in fact sent.
NYAG's counsel Kevin Wallace interjects that this is a defense document, speaking to its authenticity.
👉🏼Justice Engoron allows questioning on it. [Me: Neener neener]
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
I just don't think we can afford very many "see, the polls were wrong, we didn't have to worry" takes.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
bontchev@infosec.exchange ("VessOnSecurity") wrote:
@unlofl @molly0xfff
The 3 authentication factors:- Something you forgot.
- Something you left in the taxi.
- Something that can be chopped off.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
claudiamiles@mastodon.world ("Claudia Miles") wrote:
I’m a Jew and I’m sickened by this. Yes, I was horrified by the Oct. 7 terrorist attack. But Palestinian civilians are NOT Hamas and this is not defense. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
#Israel dropped almost as many bombs in #Gaza in one week as the U.S. did in Afghanistan in one year — the heaviest year.
Gaza is 141 sq miles.
Afghanistan is 252,071 sq miles.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
stecks@mathstodon.xyz ("Katie Steckles") wrote:
This is REALLY HARD https://antidepressantsortolkien.vercel.app/ (via @gareppa)
