I’d love the (probable) incoming labour government to renationalise the railways and water, tax the rich, build houses, recognise Palestine, fix the nhs, rejoin the EU… in reality they probably aren’t going to do any of that and will generally be a disappointment. But I think we can be certain they can’t make anything worse.
@designatednerd It’s known as a Portillo moment after the time that one of the far right members of the 1997 government unexpectedly lost his job, and campaign to become prime minister, live on tv at 3am.
@designatednerd I suspect most will have much more exciting things to do in the evening of 4th July. But for me this is what I’ve been waiting for since 1997 😄
It turns out the way to get me to do literally anything is to offer me a minuscule chance of winning a ticket to Glastonbury. I’ve purchased cheese, tea, chocolate, and have a fridge full of cider I’m encouraging my wife to drink for me. I follow people who make wellies, a bus company, and some kind of fizzy vitamins on Instagram. Yet shockingly no one has yet given me a ticket.
That Microsoft considered protecting DRM content before protecting users in their new keylogger really shouldn’t be shocking, but somehow was. Classic capitalism.
In a move that will surprise no one, there has clearly been zero thought of the abusive partner scenario for this feature. Not only that, I can’t envisage a way the feature can be made safe for someone in an abusive/controlling relationship.
Another shocking thing for me in Microsoft’s statement is the phrase “when sites do not follow standard internet protocols like cloaking password entry”.
The ability to optionally show the content of a password field is an accessibility feature. Microsoft is saying here that if you have a cognitive impairment then it’s your own fault if you get your passwords stolen.
My kindly neighbours will sometimes call over the garden fence for a chat/gossip. They know from experience I have appalling hearing and cannot locate sound. They attempt to resolve this by saying “Rob, I’m here”.
I appreciate the attempt at least.
I started reading a Malcolm Gladwell book. I know he gets a lot of criticism, but I like to make my own judgement on these things.
Anyway, I feel like I’m getting stupider by reading it.