Gregory's Server
I flipping love RSS - getting content I choose, rather than being force-fed by an algorithm, and reading it when I choose. In version 7 last week, we've improved Vivaldi's built-in Feed Reader https://vivaldi.com/features/feed-reader/
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New Values and Functions in CSS https://alvaromontoro.com/blog/68062/new-values-and-functions-in-CSS - gob-smacking things coming in CSS, detailed in this v nice article by @alvaromontoro 'The Verge said that the iPhone is now “more fun” in the EU. Noted iOS expert Federico Viticci wrote that the EU version of iOS “is the version of iOS I’ve wanted for the past few years,” and that “we can finally use our phones like actual computers.”''  @brucelawson What the hell are these people doing on their phones? Just because I can run an emulator on it doesn't make iOS any better. 'Apple doesn't oppose regulation; Apple loves regulation, so long as they're the ones doing the regulating. They want to be able to shape and define the digital market, backed by the power of the state, but without any input from the state. In modern corporate orthodoxy, the state is an enforcer for corporate will." https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/15/private-law/#thirty-percent-vig Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/big-tech-eu-drop-dead @brucelawson Yep, last week I got the "Pay an extortion fee, or agree that we can ignore EU laws" message again. So, I just closed the browser...  @brucelawson @plexus the last few weeks for me have been sitting in workshops about all of this stuff. It's still unclear how we are going to comply with it all, but we want to - but if every company comes knocking at our door demanding access to Smart Home data on behalf of their users that could get tricky - here it would be good to have standards for this IoT and customer data (we are currently investigating Data Pods) |
@brucelawson Oh hell yes, oh fuck yes