Ðave Mackintosh @davemackintosh@mastodon.technology

I reckon it's right about time to start boycotting Google. With the recent AMP and anti-URL crap, it's clear to see they are abusing their monopoly.

Let's stop using and recommending Chrome by default and set your default search engine to DuckDuckGo (or similar). Turn on your adblocker to starve them of income (Better Blocker is good as heck).

The best way to send a message to a corporation is to take their income from them, so do whatever you can to do that.

https://hankchizljaw.io/notes/26/

Firefox 62 supports variable fonts: https://twitter.com/mozhacks/status/1036982095850037248
Give it a spin on my demo for users with dyslexia: http://adrianroselli.com/2018/08/variable-fonts-and-dyslexia.html
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Firefox 62 (out this week!) brings Variable Fonts support — and with that #VariableFonts are now supported in *all major browsers*! 🎉 #webtypography
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/09/variable-fonts-arrive-in-firefox-62/
https://twitter.com/mozhacks/status/1036982095850037248

I'd like to disable replies on Mastodon not because I have to engage with folks. Far from it. I like to talk with folks.

But I'd also like to signal to folks "hey, this is as much as I'd like to say about this topic. I'm not up for adding more to this. Please respectfully sit on your hands and let this thought pass undisturbed.

It's OK to not have to grab on to all things that float by. Just let the toot float on by like a fluffy cloud.

This is why I hate productivity systems that help you "capture ideas".

Ideas are great but fuck ideas.

“Third party CSS is not safe - JakeArchibald.com”
https://jakearchibald.com/2018/third-party-css-is-not-safe/

So it seems like this is fake? (Hasn't been picked up by any other media & I've seen some folks on Birdsite say it's not possible). Thank goodness!

But even so, it paints a shockingly dark picture of what unscrupulous companies might do with your data - such as your background audio - if available. And there are real companies out there using ML to maximise how much you spend while gaming. E.g. http://www.scientificrevenue.com/ 😳

https://www.techpowerup.com/240655/leaked-ai-powered-game-revenue-model-paper-foretells-a-dystopian-nightmare

HT @megfault @onepict

@bobstechsite Idea for a sci fi script?: Turns out, there *is* fledgling life on Mars. But one day, a cherry red Tesla Roadster crashes into the planet and kills them all. The End. 😬

Trying out the anti- fingerprinting feature in Firefox Nightly. If you'd like to test it out too, visit about:config and enable "privacy.resistFingerprinting".

You'll start seeing prompts like this!

More info: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Fingerprinting & https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=967895

HT @torgo. https://toot.cafe/media/R7wbXTmBHV7Z39hcybk