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18 December 2020 10:09 UTC
“After a brief search, we found one: just don’t use any non-essential cookies. Pretty simple, really.”
Classic tech bro move: do the bare minimum, screamingly obvious, and then proclaim it like you’re an exceptional genius who deserves applause.
No cookie for you - the GitHub blog.
Yes, it’s the right thing to do. But framed so badly. It’s truly a desperate sight watching developers exalting a multinational that’s doing the bare minimum because developers find cookie notices “annoying” when it’s still working with ICE
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17 December 2020 17:49 UTC
Developers adding multiple third-party analytics to their pages like they really want to find out how much visitors hate slow websites.
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14 December 2020 12:29 UTC
Today is the day you got your boss-friendly reason to remove Google third-party functionality from your website.
Take advantage of it!
I always recommend switching.software as a good place to start if you’re looking for alternatives to Google products.
In case you managed to miss the reason behind my post… Google services were down in many countries.
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11 December 2020 15:29 UTC
Really? REALLY? From a tweet by Kelly Rose
Wow. I’m going to do a little thread on the many levels of awful here.
- Accessibility: The government site for requesting coronavirus tests is using a third-party service (Google reCAPTCHA) to shut out bots. reCAPTCHA is notoriously hard to use for people using screenreaders.
- Accessibility: A US service (Google reCAPTCHA) to shut out bots is asking visitors to the UK government website to identify “crosswalks”. (Most people visiting this site are likely more familiar with British English vs American English. “Crosswalks” is not used by Brits.)
- Privacy: A US-based third-party service (Google reCAPTCHA) is being embedded on the UK government’s website, sharing all sorts of its citizens’ information with Google.
- Privacy: A US-based third-party service (Google reCAPTCHA) is being embedded on the UK government’s website where people are requesting coronavirus tests. Sharing (incredibly personal) information about citizens who suspect they may have coronavirus with Google.
It’s just so irresponsible. And frustrating. The number of people who didn’t care about citizens’ rights for this to happen…
Before my usual lazy bleating reply guys jump in here:
switching.software has some decent recommendations for alternatives to reCAPTCHA.
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10 December 2020 16:50 UTC
My setup isn’t as fancy as last time I did a livestreamed event 😂 but I’m looking forward to it!
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05 December 2020 15:07 UTC
Me: Need to stop doing every task at 150%, got to learn to relax.
Also me: Better learn calligraphy to finish off these homemade Christmas cards.
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02 December 2020 16:44 UTC
Feels like it’s the right time of year to share this again…
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25 November 2020 15:13 UTC
Thinking about how great this would’ve been for me, suffering with awful heavy periods at school from the age of 11.
Great news for people with periods in Scotland.
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19 November 2020 15:11 UTC
This looks like it’ll be a top read…
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13 November 2020 10:50 UTC
Wouldn’t say I’m particularly sensitive to motion, but I upgraded to Big Sur and had to turn on Reduce motion within 10 minutes.
System Preferences > Accessibility > Display > Reduce motion