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KevanM··on Teen gamer who 'performed miracles' set to become first millennial saint
Is he the first cider to be sainted.
KevanM··on Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk's X from its official accounts
That is interesting there must be a definite business case to go on with the moral decision.

The interesting point for me will be when websites remove specific Twitter metadata instead of Open graph.

KevanM··on Procrastination is about managing emotions, not time
Sad in what way, seeing someone develop an 'old way' craft and apply it? Or that it is not more intertwined in the fabric of society?
KevanM··on Propofol-induced deep sedation reduces emotional episodic memory reconsolidation
I've fainted a few times and that reboot experience was the same. It felt like the RoboCop boot sequence, you get sound and then vision that slowly returns.
KevanM··on Amazon must remove toxic school supplies, kids’ jewelry from US marketplace
Most regions have prescribed safety standards to meet, for instance the kitemark or the CE mark (http://www.safekids.co.uk/toysafetymarks.html)[http://www.sa... show an item meets the regulatory safety requirements - these aren't added by stores, they are obtained by the manufacturer so that its products can be sold in stores across Britain and Europe.

Saying that the onus should be on stores is crazy, unless you accept that a company should have exclusive rights to your product at which point it become a licensed product and would probably be branded as such.

KevanM··on UK police secretly downloading content from suspects’ phones (2018)
Excuse me if I have a simplistic view of this, but wouldn't an ID card have helped Windrush citizens prove their citizenship?
KevanM··on The Mueller Report [pdf]
To protect whistle-blowers, or other assets that require anonymity.
KevanM··on The Most Wonderful Map in the World: Urbano Monte's Planisphere of 1587
Oh I see there is already a version. More fool me.
KevanM··on The Most Wonderful Map in the World: Urbano Monte's Planisphere of 1587
This is ripe for a illustrator to touch up and apply to a 3D model.
KevanM··on Fifty Women Say Salesforce Helped Sex Traffickers Exploit Them
Is this a Curb Your Enthusiasm reference?
KevanM··on Can a robot pick a strawberry better, faster, and cheaper than a human?
I've been to a few pick your own farms in Staffordshire, but these have been secondary businesses to farm shops or petting zoos.

I think strawberry farms have got technology down to a point where having people (especially children) ambling around is invasive. I see a lot of polysterene covered tunnels in fields which I've seen strawberries grown in. As we rely more on technology, the more it distances us from the process.

KevanM··on My disabled son – ‘the nobleman, the philanderer, the detective’
My father had Muscular Dystrophy and enjoyed computer games that allowed him to do things he could never do. He was a particular fan of Microsoft Flight Simulator and we would spread out the big maps of airfields and plot courses and enjoy the virtual freedom of a city or country with the expansion packs.

I think if he were alive today, he'd probably have a VR headset.

Looking back I regret the times that I, in my ignorance, nagged him about still being on the computer and just gliding along the sky.

KevanM··on Apple Names Deirdre O’Brien Senior Vice President of Retail and People
Maybe the Apple Store will be redesigned so it's actually responsive and works on mobile.
KevanM··on Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit
They are letting Britain leave, it's happening on the 29th March. What they are being tough on is what happens after that, because Britain is currently a big economy that EU businesses have a lot of fingers in pies in.
KevanM··on Canadian researcher behind one-minute workout has a shorter option
A caloric deficit is the only way to lose weight. You can burn off the calories that you eat, if you have the time and the energy; but the most efficient way is not to eat those calories in the first place and then exercise to improve your strength, cardio-vascualar stamina and flexibility.
KevanM··on Article 13 is almost finished and will change the internet as we know it
These are enforced on a national level though aren't they, in the UK ICO doesn't have the resources to hunt people down and are probably only going to enforce action against major players in the market as they are under the most scrutiny.

The problem comes when a nation decides to use those rules in a way that is detrimental to the populace or a service they see as troublesome.

KevanM··on Show HN: Fancy fonts you can use almost anywhere
Can confirm, put a hello world in codepen.io with some other text and JAWS skipped right past it.
KevanM··on Google Earth Studio
Worked (as was able to submit an access request) on the latest Firefox.
KevanM··on Google personalizes search results even when you’re logged out, new study finds
God forbid somebody joined the internet or became aware of privacy issues in the past 9 years.
KevanM··on Firefox desktop market share now below 9%
Well they won't have a choice soon, Hangouts is extinguishing next year.
KevanM··on The rise of 8D Audio on YouTube
I listened to the first one by Queen, it sounded like a tinny AM radio sitting in the corner of the room.
KevanM··on I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back
I bought a new TV recently and it still has a headphone socket and no option for bluetooth.

I would find it more useful to have a Bluetooth headset for my TV than I would for my phone.

KevanM··on Web.dev by Google
This, so much this.

The skew to web applications rather than websites for tooling has been very disappointin and myopic view of what a 'website' is.

It would make sense if I could give it a root URL and then a robot progressively ran tests over a month and then reported back, but one URL is a drop in a vast ocean for most of us.

KevanM··on Ask HN: How should a programming language accommodate disabled programmers?
I do rough accessibility testing with JAWS on my company website, before we get people in to give it a thorough going over.

I would suggest you try it yourself, and download JAWS and write out some simple Hello World and figure out the challenges you face and then get in touch with disabled programmers and advocates.

KevanM··on Spent – Poverty Simulator (2011)
I made a very rudimentary lottery machine in JS as some practice. It is astonishing how much money you can put in and get nothing out - even if you hit the upper brackets.
KevanM··on Valve new-employee handbook (2012) [pdf]
This is true, you can never have enough hats and they have monetised their games to provide a (steady?) stream of income.
KevanM··on Valve new-employee handbook (2012) [pdf]
They have had some huge successes though, Counter-Strike and Dota 2 which provide ongoing incoming alongside the store.

And they are releasing a DOTA 2 card game this year?

KevanM··on Valve new-employee handbook (2012) [pdf]
They bought Campo Santo to work on In The Valley of the Gods, so they are still a publisher.
KevanM··on 24-core CPU and I can’t type an email
Wait until this person puts a CD or DVD in the drive.
KevanM··on Warner Music Group Sells Entire Stake in Spotify
New WarnerMusic app coming up?
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