mod_rewrite considered harmful. Use pixels. People with vision problems that require on-demand font resizing ought to be using a browser that respects their needs. Upgrade, switch, or fuck ‘em.People with mobility problems ought to be using a wheelchair that can climb stairs too, but I don’t see you buying them for everyone. I don’t see you offering to help install alternative browsers either.
Considered HarmfulEssays Considered Harmful.
You Know MeButton. I forget, are we for or against centralization today? If we’re for it, why aren’t we using existing digital identity infrastructure?
Connie, I’m homewould turn on the lights, the air conditioner, and the stereo, check my email, and read me summaries of my unread mail.
Connie, goodnightwould turn off all the lights and appliances, turn on the hall light, say
Dream not of today, and put the computer to sleep. I am not in the slightest way making this up.
The next day McKee came in with a crate of books he planned not to read, a pen with no ink, and a pad of black construction paper for a notebook. He was trying to pioneer a theory of non-discourse.
Influences are things to have, and then to get over.
I no longer want to know where my files are stored. I no longer care.
It makes me almost pity the town, which can claim its fame only from those it exiles.
Where I come from, functional is sexy, if you’re functioning properly. … My main problem is this: I don’t really need another computer. … And I’m already a Grand Master at Using Computers To Avoid Doing Any Real Work.If you’ve read this far, so are you.
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