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nikitonsky: I can finally articulate why I don’t like subscribe forms in the middle of an article: they invade the content space.
Yes, modern web is full of advertisements, self-promotion, branding, regulatory banners and other “product techniques”. Such is life. Most of them occupy their own space. Banners are on…
Samantha Cole, 404 Media:
On the morning of December 4, five ninth grade girls, all 14 or 15 years old, showed up for class at Radnor High School. By 8 a.m. — the sun had been up for less than an hour — it felt like the entire…
Betsy Powell, the Star:
Essentially spyware, an ODIT [on‑device investigative tool] can grant almost unlimited access. Investigators can capture screenshots, monitor keypresses, access emails and text messages — including those that are encrypted — and even remotely activate microphones and cameras. All without the owner knowing.
By August,…
I just called the weather app “the sky menu” to give you some idea how much my brain isn’t working this morning
All the AI shite and now I also have to think about switching search engines. Fucks sake
You probably know the gist. Predictions and dire warnings of a future lived in an immersive virtual world had been around for decades before Neal Stephenson solidified the concept in his 1992 novel “Snow Crash”, but Stephenson called it the “metaverse”, and that was important. It was a …
nikitonsky: Pro tip: instead of writing down a short sentence in full, make it appear on a marquee for dramatic effect
I'm sold.
Over the past month or so I've sold a bunch of stuff on Vinted and I wanted to know how much I've made but Vinted don't give you that data, at least not in a nice way. They have monthly reports but that shows what you started with and ended…
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