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weird little aggregator shutdown

belong.io

No posts today! Murdered by Elon.

One of the few aggregators I loved to use. Goodbye.

British gov’t aims to kill off Companies House’s Bobby Tables problem

thestack.technology

Unfortunately, the current Companies House name rules – while covering copy-cats and offensive language – do not cover attempts to poison data inputs.

This is a problem, because dozens of websites, databases and other processors pull in details from Companies House – and not all of them are good at sanitising their data inputs, which can be poisoned simply with a name.

Big Tech’s big downgrade

businessinsider.com

In Silicon Valley, the user’s experience has become subordinate to the company’s stock price. Google, Amazon, Meta, and other tech companies have monetized confusion, constantly testing how much they can interfere with and manipulate users. And instead of trying to meaningfully innovate and improve the useful services they provide, these companies have instead chased short-term fads or attempted to totally overhaul their businesses in a desperate attempt to win the favor of Wall Street investors.

Childish Font Sizes

cloudfour.com

These days, the arguments for a 16-pixel baseline are widely accepted: We have plenty of data supporting its readability, it can prevent unintentional zoom in mobile browsers, and it’s been the default in every major browser for many years.

But there are plenty of reasons to go even larger…