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jx47on Bill Atkinson has died

I think that would be Decker (https://internet-janitor.itch.io/decker). Not my project but I found it some time ago when I searched for Hypercard successors. The neat thing is that it works in the browser.

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That's a neat little snippet. Thank you for sharing it. :)

jx47on On Apple’s “Expanded Protections for Children” – A Personal Story

But there is a difference. Sure the same technology might be integrated into several cloud storage provider. But i can choose to use a storage provider or not. If Apple is activating this technology on your phone you can not opt out. Your phone will be searched.

jx47on Total Cookie Protection

These banners are there to fool you into accepting all cookies. They are basically a dark pattern at this point. The GDPR and the so called cookie law state that strictly functional cookies have implicit consent by the visitor. Even selfhosted tracking via cookies is considered functional. The GDPR/cookie law also does not enforce those banners. They only state that the user has to consent to every form of tracking.

So every time you see one of these huge banners it is the deliberate effort by the website owner to trick you into accepting the tracking.

https://gdpr.eu/cookies/

jx47on Amazon disallows pointing out paid reviews

Because the bad seller is also tainting the product reviews. Is (in the case of OP) the camera really a five star product? Or is it a five star product because one seller basically bought x percent of the positive reviews?

jx47on On Our Abusive Relationship with Mozilla’s Firefox

I think the difference between the criticism of Chrome and the criticism of Firefox lies in the marketing. Firefox is constantly telling me that they are the good guys. The last bastion of privacy and user-first on the web. But in reality they are doing a lot of questionable and shady stuff that that they need to be called out for.

jx47on Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit

It states in the first section of the Domain Name Registration Policy that you are eligible to register a .eu domain if you have an organisation or are a natural person that is registered in the EU or a country that has an agreement with the EU. Leaving the EU will cancel the eligibility to register or maintain an .eu domain. So i really do not know why the EU is the bad guy in this scenario.