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Is there a reason why the URL parameters are obfuscated? I think it would more user (and SEO) friendly to have at least the place names in the URL, e.g. brolly.sh/forecast/united-k…

Agreed. I think the code examples in the article could do with showing before and after states of the branch or repo and maybe compare with standard git commands. Even then I don't…

For anyone who isn't aware, the same author who wrote the short story the film The Thing was based on.

I think OP has envisioned a situation half way between what we now have and what will soon be the actual reality and that his idea will just be quickly skipped over. I don't think …

Reminds me of https://ytch.tv/ which I really like for its simplicity.

Yeah, it makes searching for bug reports/help rather troublesome

I had this problem and it turned out to be an upstream issue with MicroG which was eventually patched. If you have an error message you can search for existing issues on /e/OS' git…

My browser auto-declines cookies so I also had the same thought. On reloading I can briefly see a pop-over with a lot of text in it before it disappears, so I guess that is the coo…

And next to impossible to get rid of. I would much rather use Signal but convincing even privacy-conscious people to switch is an uphill battle.

Microsoft documentation is a nightmare, it doesn't surprise me there are vulnerabilities. I recently built an SSO login using Entra ID (which was thankfully single-tenant) and I ba…

Agreed. Like in JS and Java, it would be a lot nicer if the language itself had the chainable methods.

If you never wash your sheets, you never have to fold them.

Basically what Collections do in Laravel.

Fairphone guarantees 8 years of updates for the Fairphone 5.

I've tried VS Code and Haystack (based on VS Code) for writing PHP and I just couldn't stand it after having used PhpStorm. Basic things like copying variables, indenting, moving l…

Slightly similar bug in DuckDuckGo on Android, unmuting causes the video to buffer again but it then pauses itself and there's no way to unpause it.

Honestly, it's not a bad article. I'd not heard of OWASP Juice Shop and now I'm interested to check it out. The article also prompted me to look into how user input sanitising work…

Paper is environmentally expensive to produce and recycle. If it's worse than plastic is surely debatable but it's definitely not significantly better. https://science.howstuffwork…

Ah okay, that's pretty awful and explains the huge backlash. Thanks for the extra info.

Mutually Assured Backdoors

I didn't think having to create a PSN account was that bad to be honest. I'd have preferred them to back down about the NProtect GameGuard rootkit that comes with the game.

The one real downside is that learning to cook well at home spoils eating out - it sets your standards for what constitutes a good meal that much higher. If I'm spending €16 on a p…

You are correct. I was adding what I considered extra privacy-relevant information in response to GPs statement about WordPress sharing data with other companies, but the fact that…

No longer as in for a new user that currently uses individual apps.

Plus your messages will no longer be fully E2E encrypted. As per their FAQ (emphasis mine): "For example, if you send a message from Beeper to a friend on WhatsApp, the message is …