Chrome is reducing User-Agent strings (not in 2021 though). The string is too complex and carries a lot of info that might be used for fingerprinting. What's changing and why blog.chromium.org/2021/05/update… Some examples of the reduced strings here: chromium.org/updates/ua-red…

‘60s preservationists: historic districts will increase property values [property values increase a lot] ‘90s preservationists: wait did we say that? we meant they will fight gentrification

💼Hiring to Chrome Web Platform Capabilities team, and the device team. Ping me. Google I/O 2021 highlights our teams' work!: ● Web platform Keynote "Capabilities" section - youtu.be/0UiaD059eqM?t=… ● Chrome OS Keynote "Web Apps and PWAs" section - youtu.be/a8kkzdOfAgU?t=…

171 scientists find calculation error that proves the electric vehicle is not greener! That's the gist of many German papers today but a better headline would be: THE COMBUSTION ENGINE LOBBY IS GASLIGHTING AGAIN Thread

The "smarter" TVs get, the more I'm needing to use Samsung software. And it's not good.

There's nothing better than that new YIMBY Chapter feeling! 🥰🥰🥰

There's been a lot of discussion recently about how "Safari is the new IE", and some interesting rebuttals that Safari's approach is actually protecting the web. I don't agree: httptoolkit.tech/blog/safari-is…

Virginia's weekly vaccine breakthrough report is out. Here is data from June 1 to July 30, which is when Delta circulated. The breakthroughs are still very rare. 97.1% of all cases are unvaxxed. And this is all positives, not just symptomatic. vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/co…

I've been really enjoying the marketing for the electric trucks / mustangs / etc. It's interesting to see their strategy to allow demographics that have disliked Tesla / identify as gas-loving to like these vehicles.

Watching the Olympics - have sunglasses gone crazy? These styles are wild. Did I miss some sort of sunglasses revolution?

Top GOP recall candidate Larry Elder used his radio show to push anti-vaccine conspiracy theories. He could be our next Governor if we don't vote by September 14. huffpost.com/entry/californ…

Once you push through the crypto gaslighting, you realise there's no meaningful tech here at all all, and the whole of it just gambling, regulatory arbitrage, and scams. Torching the planet to sell expensive entries in a database really is as stupid as it seems.

Just lost 100 homes for students to appease this NIMBY. x.com/berkeleyside/s…

What do we want? Housing for the homeless! When do we want it? After an exhaustive and yearslong community input process that caters to the concerns of businesses and homeowners! Where do we want it? Somewhere else!

Give freedom to your thoughts.

.KRAZAM's 'Virtual Coachella' remains the single most prophetic video about the garbage metaverse days ahead of us: youtube.com/watch?v=67sfZf…

Yes! We've been working on this one for a long time, really excited to see it get this close to shipping!

Housing scarcity is a policy choice. It's time to choose abundant, affordable housing instead.