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Day: 17 February 2025

  • Large companies find HTML & CSS frustrating β€œat scale” because the web is a fundamentally anti-capitalist mashup art experiment, designed to give consumers all the power.
    - Mia, 2019

    This is what I needed to be reminded, today.

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    Queers make the world a safer place

    Cat shares the experience of his friend who semi-independently discovered that queer-friendly online spaces are an antidote to patriarchal toxic masculinity. Because duh. A delightful tale.

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  • A pop-up notification indicating that the terms have been updated. The message states that by accepting, users agree to the updated Terms of Service, which includes an arbitration provision and class action waiver. It also mentions the processing of user information as described in the Privacy Policy, including potential sharing with third parties about the use of Bloomberg.com. A button labeled "Accept" is provided for users to acknowledge the terms.

    Bloomberg's Terms

    Chris Messina remarked about the insane terms and conditions that Bloomberg.com require you to agree to in order to read a news article, effectively signing away your rights. Except... I don't see the dialog: I just see the articles. I haven't given consent, and they can't conceivably prove to the contrary... 😈

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