You’re a moron if you use this.

Let’s not forget when they shipped a full page ad for a Disney movie into a browser update

And these days, privacy is basically the only appeal of Firefox. It’s slower than chrome or webkit based browsers, hangs out with Safari in terms of standards support, and can’t hold a candle to either other browser when it comes to battery life. Why mozilla seems determined to throw that all away is beyond me

Almost like using a single giant wiper is a bad idea

Bbbbbbbut it looks cool!

Google has been doing on device stuff since at least the pixel 3

Can we just have both entities annihilate each other? Please? They’re both shit

It’s not a now thing. It’s already here. My thermostat, sprinkler controller, and rice cooker all run Android

And if that public company has stock in the toilet it’s worth fuck all to unload

Federated directories. We’re going back to Yahoo like it’s 1995

Can’t wait for them to never roll it out

Kagi generated key points:

• The new Find My Device network on Android was designed with a strong focus on user security and privacy.
• The network uses a crowdsourced approach to locate lost or misplaced devices and belongings, even when they are offline.
• The location data reported by participating Android devices is end-to-end encrypted, ensuring Google cannot access or use the location information.
• The network has “aggregation by default” as a safety feature, requiring multiple nearby devices to detect a Bluetooth tag before reporting its location to the owner.
• The network also has protections to avoid contributing location reports when near the user’s home address.
• Rate limiting and throttling are used to prevent malicious real-time tracking, while still allowing the network to be useful for finding lost items.
• The network is compliant with industry standards for unwanted tracking, triggering alerts on both Android and iOS devices.
• Users have full control over which of their devices participate in the network and how.
• The network design has undergone internal security testing and is part of Android’s vulnerability rewards program.
• Prioritizing user safety and privacy is an ongoing commitment as the team continues to improve the Find My Device protections.

Recently I had to do an update to the underlying environment a codebase ran on. This was a somewhat involved upgrade and took a longer period of time than most of our work usually does. I did it in a separate worktree, so I didn’t have to constantly rejuggle the installed dependencies in the project, and could work on two features relatively concurrently

It also provides some utility for comparing the two versions. Nothing you couldn’t do other ways, but still useful

And in elixir/erlang we’re spoiled with loads of options, from ETS to mnesia

On the subreddits I moderated, I used a big regexp to preemptively filter their comments

Letting one through was a rare event

During my most recent job search, the most annoying thing I saw was “resume consultants”

They’d reach out like an interested recruiter, but very quickly get to the sales pitch

Apple has done this many times before. Over even more frivolous patents (i.e. a glossy black rectangle)

They made their bed, now they have to lie in it

Seriously. I had a friend extolling how good his experience with his chiropractor was, in response to my tale about physical therapy after a skiing accident. I ended the argument pretty quickly by asking “how often do you have to go back”

Sign language yes, real time captions no. Only whatever live transcription crap your phone or computer could do

I’ve only ever worked in one codebase that didn’t need feature flags, and even then we could have used them.

They should stick them on swappa. Kindles hold value fairly well, and they’re great gifts to kids, as they can often encourage reading