Geek, coder, gamer, tinkerer, husband, father, system admin, web developer, and American cyborg, though not necessarily in that order. Creator of Mythic Wars (card game).
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It's because of stuff like this that I've been blocking ads for a couple of years (and just recently started running NoScript): https://medium.com/@brannondorsey/browser-as-botnet-or-the-coming-war-on-your-web-browser-be920c4f718
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to convince anyone else in my household to do the same...
#web #browser #security
#Medium screwed people over in its latest "pivot"?
Must be Thursday.
Good read on rights vs. risks, and the sad state of "universal" human rights by @girlziplocked
https://medium.com/@girlziplocked/that-feeling-when-you-mistake-risks-for-rights-and-thus-consent-to-oppression-4d88e61b5e7b#.pd7xigi12
"The web... has become the most powerful communications medium human civilization has ever known." Let's keep improving it. http://stream.withknown.com/2015/a-short-note-about-web-standards-from-your-friends-at
"... these various forms of giving back have become to our era what the papal indulgence was to the Middle Ages." Wow. https://medium.com/@AnandWrites/the-thriving-world-the-wilting-world-and-you-209ffc24ab90
This is why #IndieWeb > Medium. //The Web is the network http://known.kevinmarks.com/2015/the-web-is-the-network