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Of course there's always ways around things, but browser vendors have to (unless in specific cases) cater for the general public who don't know about personalisation. These are the…

> Separate address and search bars is old-fashioned. > As a user, I don't want to have to make this > distinction, and it's hard to imagine most > users-on-street wouldn't find thi…

I saw a similar tee elsewhere, but I like that in this case the proceeds go to OpenSSL. Also, the fact that a t-shirt can be made out of this supports Patrick McKenzie's article [1…

GMail does a pretty good job at blocking trackers. However, this is not enough to prevent users from triggering the tracking themselves. As gyardley says, there's the option to ena…

Whether that comma should or not be there is actually not universally agreed. This punctuation is known as "Serial comma"[1], and some style guides require its use. On that sentenc…

I have had two similar experiences with my Amazon Kindle. (This is in the UK, in case it's relevant). The first time, it broke. I called on a Tuesday at 6pm, they acknowledged the …

I don't know the specifics, but my understanding is that the seemingly random string of characters is a crypto signature. If I'm not mistaken, it makes the site safe from Man In Th…

As for the detector vans: does anyone know if they actually exist? Several times in the past I have looked up information on them, and all I find seems to be in the realm of urban …

I don't really know what direction the site will take, but I think you are missing the point there. The FizzBuzz test might be very easy, but you are assuming that these challenges…

One interesting fact: even though they are explicitly looking for Python devs, no actual Python experience is required. This is the second instance I see of something like this in …

This resonates with a recent experience. I'm working on a project where the PO is very keen to add integration to all kinds of third party services. This is in order to speed up de…

Is it me or did Nielsen add an update on top of the article when he was hired by Macromedia, or something like that? The way I recall it, it said something along the lines of "OK, …