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Rowan Merewood @rowan.fyi · 12h

I'm going to keep clicking until I find the secret message.

A container within a container within a container within a container within a container within a container within a container within a container within a container within a container within a container within a container within a container within a container within a container within a container within a container within a container within a container within a container within a container within a container within a container within a container within a container.

Rowan Merewood @rowan.fyi · 17h

Yeah, it's frustrating that, regardless of whether or not age verification is actually useful, the technology is essentially there to allow it to be done in a secure and private way.

Rowan Merewood @rowan.fyi · 19h

I suppose it has created a little economic boost for them and the VPN providers.

Rowan Merewood @rowan.fyi · 19h

The Online Safety Act could have pushed for age verification without sharing PII. Instead it's resulted in more sensitive data being shared with more third-parties.
discord.com/press-releas...

From Discord's update on their beach:
The unauthorized party also gained access to a small number of government‑ID images (e.g., driver’s license, passport) from users who had appealed an age determination. If your ID may have been accessed, that will be specified in the email you receive.

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Seve Savoie Teruel @techsev.bsky.social · 1d

My submission to the @nordcraft.com Bad UX World Cup competition: The Blackjack Date Picker

badux.lol

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Rowan Merewood @rowan.fyi · 1d

SecureS Hell.

spleenly @spleenly.bsky.social · 2d

Dante's seven factors of authentication

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Rowan Merewood @rowan.fyi · 4d

Oooh, there is some dark knowledge in this list. Read with care, lest ye go mad.

Sam Rose @samwho.dev · 4d

immich.app/cursed-knowl...

> npm scripts make a http call to the npm registry each time they run, which means they are a terrible way to execute a health check.

Excuse me WHAT?

Cursed Knowledge | Immich

Cursed knowledge we have learned as a result of building Immich that we wish we never knew.

immich.app

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MondySpartan @mondyspartan.bsky.social · 6d

Bluesky for BlackBerry in 2011

Home screen showing the Bluesky app selected

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EricLaw 🎻 @ericlawrence.com · 6d

The Web is the platform you are looking for. Pass it on.

The Verge @theverge.com · 6d

Apple pulls ICEBlock app from the App Store

ICEBlock reportedly has 1.1 million users.

buff.ly

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Michael Bleigh @mbleigh.dev · 6d

Are you the author of an open source library and wish you had a better way to get coding agents to use it properly?

DM me, would like to hear more. Working on something in this space.

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Jake Lazaroff @jakelazaroff.com · 6d

show this to anyone else you know who also assumed DHH was just a normal conservative dude rather than a raging white supremacist lunatic

DHH Is Way Worse Than I Thought | jakelazaroff.com

DHH's politics are not normal. Maybe they used to be, I don't know, but as of right now the dude is_way outside of what most people would consider moral or acceptable.

jakelazaroff.com

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Sara Joy ☠️ @sjoy.lol · 6d

Day 2, maps (content warning, lewd!): sarajoy.neocities.org/weirdwebocto...

#WeirdWebOctober

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 6d

Fuck it, abolish ICE.

Armed federal agents in military fatigues busted down their doors overnight, pulling men, women and children from their apartments, some of them naked, residents and witnesses said. Agents approached or entered nearly every apartment in the five-story building, and U.S. citizens were among those detained for hours.

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Rowan Merewood @rowan.fyi · 6d

Uh oh, this is real not just a mock up. 😵

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 7d

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

A few days after this cartoon was published, my syndicate received a very indignant letter from someone representing the Jane Goodall Institute.
Not only did my syndicate and I both get read the Riot Act, there was a vague implication that litigation over this cartoon might be around the corner.
I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued (I just couldn't see how this cartoon could be construed as anything but silly, but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to pri-matology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr. Goodall in any way.
Before I had a chance to write my apology, another complication arose.
The National Geographic Society contacted my syndicate and expressed a

desire to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial issue of their magazine. My editor, aware of what had just occurred, declined, explaining why.
Apparently, whoever it was that sent the inquiry from National Geographic was shocked. They told my editor that "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know." They did some checking themselves, and an interesting fact was eventually discovered: Jane Goodall loved the cartoon. Furthermore, she was totally unaware that any of this "stuff" was going on. Some phone calls were made, and the cartoon was not only reprinted in the centennial issue of National Geographic, but was also used by her Institute on a T-shirt for fund-raising purposes.
I've since had an opportunity to visit Dr. Goodall at her research facility in Gombe. It's a wonderful place (sort of like right out of National Geographic).
"To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable even by a self-described 'loony' as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying news to persons with a better than average intelligence. The cartoon and its message were absolutely stupid." —Excerpt from the above-mentioned letter that started the ruckus

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Rowan Merewood @rowan.fyi · 7d

You're a machine! 😵

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Netlify @netlify.com · 8d

Vercel ➝ Netlify migration made simple.

✅ Checklist
✅ Next.js tips
✅ Best practices

Start here → docs.netlify.com/resources/ch...

Vercel to Netlify migration checklist

A comprehensive guide for migrating your projects from Vercel to Netlify, including Next.js setup, configuration migration, and production readiness steps.

docs.netlify.com

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Rowan Merewood @rowan.fyi · 8d

Maybe Rothko is just really popular right now...

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Rowan Merewood @rowan.fyi · 8d

I can feel the safety already.

Attempting to load imgur.com in a browser just shows a JSON-formatted error message saying:
{
"data": {
"error": "Content not available in your region."
},
"success": false,
"status": 400
}

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Rowan Merewood @rowan.fyi · 8d

At least you don't need to worry about styling any child elements there.

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Paul Kinlan @paul.kinlan.me · 9d

If we started Chrome Dev Summit again, would you be interested in it?

(huh - apparently can't do polls here...), Please reply, Yes or No, or any other answer in between.

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Rowan Merewood @rowan.fyi · 10d

Compatible with Chromium too! Helpful if you're on an ARM64 Linux machine. Update ~/.gemini/settings.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"chrome-devtools": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"chrome-devtools-mcp@latest",
"--executablePath=/usr/bin/chromium"
]
}
}
}

Chrome for Developers @developer.chrome.com · 15d

Announcing our public preview of Chrome DevTools MCP! Experience the full power of DevTools in your AI coding agent→ goo.gle/4pDE6Tk

With Chrome DevTools MCP, your AI agent can run performance traces, inspect the DOM, & perform real-time debugging of your web pages.

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Rowan Merewood @rowan.fyi · 11d

I picked up this delightful minimalist gradient watch from LAWA lawadesign.dk/products/gra... and so naturally I wanted to make a CSS version. This is the quick and dirty pass, I need to add more details and actually write a little blog post for it, but here it is:
rowan.fyi/made/gradien...

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Rowan Merewood @rowan.fyi · 12d

While it's not directly helping you, reporting the site to safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing... may at least help restrict them.

safebrowsing.google.com

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Chrome for Developers @developer.chrome.com · 15d

Announcing our public preview of Chrome DevTools MCP! Experience the full power of DevTools in your AI coding agent→ goo.gle/4pDE6Tk

With Chrome DevTools MCP, your AI agent can run performance traces, inspect the DOM, & perform real-time debugging of your web pages.

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