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Aargh. I just pressed Ctrl+Q instead of Ctrl+W, and after a restart of Firefox, the Google Inbox tab I had open started redirecting to Gmail >.<
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> In this paper, we aim to answer a long-standing open problem in the programming languages community: is it possible to smear paint on the wall without creating valid Perl?> We answer this...
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I'm not sure what people mean when they say that WebAssembly is the new Flash. Flash was bad because:- it did not integrate with the rest of the DOM, at all.- it frequently made your browser crash or...
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I just learned that websites can mark password fields as `new-password`, and that at least Firefox is working on using it to autogenerate strong passwords for new users. Together with Mozilla's recent...
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Those elusive bugs, which get triggered by some usage pattern that you, the developer, never seem to exhibit.Who uses multiple browser windows? Are tabs not good enough for you?And of course, the...
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In this case, I was lucky that my debugging routine included testing in Private Browsing, which happens to also be a new window. How on earth I would have reproduced the bug otherwise, I have no idea....
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Wow! Insert `/info` into a .gov.uk URL like the following, and you'll get that page's metrics and the user needs it's supposed to address: https://www.gov.uk/info/carers-allowance(Hat tip:...
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Me: Oh great, someone on StackOverflow posted the exact question I have. I can probably find answers that are useful to me here!*scrolls down to see answers*StackOverflow community: Question closed as...
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Them: here's all the features we want for v1.Lean methodology: it's better to build an MVP - doing the minimum amount of work that solves someone's problem, and use their experience to inform the next...
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When someone says they've got nothing to hide, the worst counter-argument you can give is "try going to the bathroom with the door open". It is easy to deflect and completely misses the point.They're...
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This is really well done: https://stealingurfeelin.gs/Meet the new AI that knows you better than you know yourself.
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I can't teach an experienced male engineer what it's like to be a woman.I can support an inexperienced female engineer in becoming a great one.Yet specifically looking to hire a woman feels like...
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Some serious dark patterns in Invision's sign-up flow here:- Having to check a box to *not* subscribe.- Not even explicitly asking whether they can contact you, masquerading it as a question about your...
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I love this: A patent on patent trolling.> A system and methods for extracting value from a portfolio of assets, for example a patent portfoliohttps://patents.google.com/patent/US20070244837A1/enIn...
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I'd like to increase the geographical diversity of the people I follow - currently overwhelmingly people from Western Europe and the US.Any interesting people to follow who primarily toot about...
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