Kind: Reposts
Reposting of content from another site, often with commentary.
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An Oxford book store is cashing in on the success of The Good Place by selling the moral philosophy and ethics books Chidi references in the series.
An Oxford book store is celebrating the success of The Good Place by selling the moral philosophy and ethics books referenced by Chidi Anagonye (William Jackson Harper) in the series – and its efforts are going viral.
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GDPR and Google Analytics
GDPR and Google Analytics (adactio.com) Do you have permission for those third-party scripts? Enforcement of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation is coming very, very soon. Look busy. This regulation is not limited to companies based in the EU—it applies to any service anywhere in the world that can be used by citizens of the EU.
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My Blog Now Has a Content Security Policy - Here's How I've Done It
My Blog Now Has a Content Security Policy - Here's How I've Done It (Troy Hunt) I've long been a proponent of Content Security Policies (CSPs). I've used them to fix mixed content warnings on this blog after Disqus made a little mistake, you'll see one adorning Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) and I even …
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Improving URLs for AMP pages
Improving URLs for AMP pages (Accelerated Mobile Pages Project) TL;DR: We are making changes to how AMP works in platforms such as Google Search that will enable linked pages to appear under publishers’ URLs instead of the google.com/amp URL space while maintai… TL;DR: We are making changes to how AMP works in platforms such as …
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The elephant in the diversity room
The elephant in the diversity room - QuirksBlog (quirksmode.org) false
Although there’s a lot of heated discussion around diversity, I feel many of us ignore the elephant in the web development diversity room. We tend to forget about users of older or non-standard devices and browsers, instead focusing on people with modern browsers, which … -
Women speakers and attendees at Amsterdam web conferences
Women speakers and attendees at Amsterdam web conferences - QuirksBlog (quirksmode.org) false
As a slight contribution to the diversity in web development discussion, here are the ratios of female attendees and speakers from the Amsterdam web conferences Krijn and I organised or are close to. I’m not sure what these numbers mean, but someone … -
BBC - Travel - Welcome to Monowi, Nebraska: population 1
Welcome to Monowi, Nebraska: population 1 (bbc.com) Eighty-four-year-old Elsie Eiler pays taxes to herself, grants her own alcohol licence and is the only remaining resident in Monowi, Nebraska.
Eighty-four-year-old Elsie Eiler pays taxes to herself, grants her own alcohol licence and is the only remaining resident in Monowi, Nebraska...
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Nigel, the world's loneliest bird, dies next to the concrete decoy he loved
Nigel, the world's loneliest bird, dies next to the concrete decoy he loved (Washington Post) The gannet heeded conservationists' calls to settle on a small New Zealand island. Unfortunately, no eligible ladies did.
Nigel, a handsome gannet bird who lived on a desolate island off the coast of New Zealand, died suddenly this week. Wherever his … -
The Amazing Dinosaur Found (Accidentally) by Miners in Canada
This Is the Best Dinosaur Fossil of Its Kind Ever Found (Magazine) The 110 million-year-old fossil of a nodosaur preserves the animal’s armor, skin, and what may have been its final meal.
On the afternoon of March 21, 2011, a heavy-equipment operator named Shawn Funk was carving his way through the earth, unaware that he … -
Poundland Nooky
500 Internal Server Error (minxylydia.com) false There aren't many great things to write about Hounslow, other than me being in it isn't the sort of place that brings in visitors. There's a tired shopping centre, an Asda (whose car park has just been closed), lots of planes going over and Hounslow Heath, which frankly is …
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How the Mom Internet became a spotless, sponsored void
Perspective | How the Mom Internet became a spotless, sponsored void (Washington Post) Gritty blogs have given way to staged Instagram photos.
A grinning toddler is bundled in a creamy quilted blanket and bear-eared hat. Next to him, an iPhone atop a wicker basket displays a Winnie-the-Pooh audiobook. The caption accompanying the Instagram shot … -
Here's The Plan
Here's the Plan - Animated Short Film (YouTube) French Subs by: Garance Broze ✨✨Here's the Plan merchandising available at https://herestheplanshop.tictail.com !✨✨
Fernanda Frick (YouTube)
Well, I just had my heart broken by a cartoon about a dog and a cat. Or as the top commenter at the time of writing puts it "I'M NOT … -
Security Breaches Don't Affect Stock Price
Security Breaches Don't Affect Stock Price - Schneier on Security (schneier.com) false Interesting research: "Long-term market implications of data breaches, not," by Russell Lange and Eric W. Burger. Abstract: This report assesses the impact disclosure of data breaches has on the total returns and volatility of the affected companies' stock, with a focus on the …
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10 Songs You've Heard and Don't Know the Name Of
10 Songs You've Heard and Don't Know the Name Of (YouTube) J'ai joué 10 chansons classiques que tu as déjà ouïes mais dont tu ne connais pas le nom. En effet, personne ne connaît leurs noms. Apprends-les avec cette v...
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How Russia's Hilarious, Homoerotic "Satisfaction" Became a Nationwide Meme of Solidarity
How Russia’s Hilarious, Homoerotic “Satisfaction” Became a Nationwide Meme of Solidarity (The New Yorker) Masha Gessen writes about a series of recent recent Russian parody videos, started by air-transport cadets as a spoof of the music video for “Satisfaction,” by Benny Benassi, from 2002.
A few weeks ago, fourteen Russian first-year air-transport cadets made …