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Personally, I disagree that parsing was hard before and made easy with PEG parsing. For decades it has been easy and common to implement parsers by hand. From what I can tell, universities and textbooks just overcomplicated the process by teaching parser generators. I have done a few studies of various open source ecosystems now and (edited: other than CPython) I haven't seen PEG parsers really used in anything but t…
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> * (Europeans only.) Publish a simple website without worrying that the hosting provider you choose doesn’t perfectly conform to privacy laws that even lawyers won’t explain to you and you’re personally liable for ridiculous damages. I'm sorry but that's just FUD. GDPR fines are only for serious infractions with intent, most violators get off with a warning. Furthermore, access logs are OK because they're a legitima…
Yes, I’m specifically in fear, uncertainty and doubt. To be clear, I’m fully onboard with the intent of the GDPR, but I have no idea how to follow it. And “you’ll be okay, the fines are probably small” is exactly the kind if statement that causes anxiety. I’ve recently tried to figure out if it’s okay to use something like Cloudflare Pages to host a blog. That’s not an esoteric question, but I was unable to get an an…
From experience I personally would not host on CF pages. But, depending on the content and intended audience CF pages could clearly be argued under legitimate interest. You would/should probably have a TIA in place and state that in the privacy part of the site.
I know people arguing legitimate interest when using Webflow. Also clearly PD being transmitted towards a non EU country there.
As said. Personally I would go with something like uberspace.de as I just like their offering and the fact that I always have a human replying and being helpful when something breaks because I fatfingered it.
Would be interested in also seeing a "things that used to be easy but are now hard list". Feels like basic stuff is harder now: * Privacy online * Google search for niche or exact matches * Browsing without captchas and blockers, especially if you don't adhere to big tech's rules for the internet * Sending emails without worrying about spam filters being way too aggressive * SEO before it got hacked to hell * Barrier…
I've only been using desktop Linux for 15 years, but it is vastly easier to use it as a daily driver than it used to be. It still has its problems--just yesterday I sunk an hour into an elusive bug. But when I was doing that, I remembered that such things used to be nearly constant and aren't any longer.
Would be interested in also seeing a "things that used to be easy but are now hard list". Feels like basic stuff is harder now: * Privacy online * Google search for niche or exact matches * Browsing without captchas and blockers, especially if you don't adhere to big tech's rules for the internet * Sending emails without worrying about spam filters being way too aggressive * SEO before it got hacked to hell * Barrier…
I agree with all of those. More things that are harder now: * Finding honest product impressions/reviews. * When looking for a configuration setting or tip to use any piece of software, find a one minute article with clear bullet points instead of an 11 minute YouTube video with a personal backstory and a VPN sponsorship. * Finding a cooking recipe that isn’t padded with SEO nonsense. * When finding an online discuss…
The general theme of this list is that technology gives us more and more hoops to jump through, then provides some trampoline to jump through them. We're supposed to be eternally grateful. I'm not. I want to focus on problem-solving, not masterfully using trampolines. > SSL certificates, with Let’s Encrypt Semi-mandatory SSL certificates weren't a thing on the web until fairly recently. Not managing them at all was c…
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Logging into an online account on a computer you don't normally use when you don't have your phone. This can range from "had to jump through a bunch of extra hoops" to impossible if you haven't saved backup codes ahead of time (Google). My wife lost her phone when we were on vacation and it was literally impossible for us to login into her Google account in order to use find my Android. We were trying to login on a r…
I can't really see this as the negative you imply it to be. This seems like complaining that you might get locked out of your house if you lose your keys. There are certainly better and worse forms of 2FA, but I would like more pervasive (well-implemented) account security, not less.
We learned our lesson, but I'm sure there are tons of other people that haven't learned this the hard way yet (but will eventually). I could see this becoming an easy way to sabotage/get revenge on people - steal their phone while they are on a business trip/vacation and then they are locked out of all their online accounts with no way in unless they had the foresight to keep physical copies of backup codes in their wallet/purse.
Would be interested in also seeing a "things that used to be easy but are now hard list". Feels like basic stuff is harder now: * Privacy online * Google search for niche or exact matches * Browsing without captchas and blockers, especially if you don't adhere to big tech's rules for the internet * Sending emails without worrying about spam filters being way too aggressive * SEO before it got hacked to hell * Barrier…
> Getting a job Though negotiating is way easier with things like levels.fyi and blind.
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> * (Europeans only.) Publish a simple website without worrying that the hosting provider you choose doesn’t perfectly conform to privacy laws that even lawyers won’t explain to you and you’re personally liable for ridiculous damages. I'm sorry but that's just FUD. GDPR fines are only for serious infractions with intent, most violators get off with a warning. Furthermore, access logs are OK because they're a legitima…
Agreed. To add to that I would say that publishing a website (if you yourself don't do tracking, advertising, affiliate and all that) is in no way impacted. A simple web site without cookies and not transferring user data elsewhere but the hosting webserver is not impacted at all. At least when hosting with an European host. One needs an imprint and data privacy page. But both is easy (except in specific cases like f…
Really? I have a small personal website with no tracking; I guess my hosting provider collects server logs, but do I really need a privacy page for that?
An imprint is something I've only seen on German websites (I recall reading somewhere that those are required by law there).
The general theme of this list is that technology gives us more and more hoops to jump through, then provides some trampoline to jump through them. We're supposed to be eternally grateful. I'm not. I want to focus on problem-solving, not masterfully using trampolines. > SSL certificates, with Let’s Encrypt Semi-mandatory SSL certificates weren't a thing on the web until fairly recently. Not managing them at all was c…
Then think of it this way: it became easier to make the content/UI both good looking and fully accessible (e.g. to screen reader users, for whom layout tables are indeed a hindrance).
I think the same applies to the other hoops to jump through; they're solving a real problem, just perhaps one that doesn't directly affect many of us so we tend to ignore it.