Digit-Al's comments

On: Streets GL – 3D OpenStreetMap

[Digit-Al]

Same for me. I get the following messages in the console:

Loading failed for the <script> with source “https://streets.gl/js/index.js”. streets.gl:1:940 A resource is blocked by OpaqueResponseBlocking, please check browser console for details. script.js Loading failed for the <script> with source “https://analytics.streets.gl/js/script.js”. streets.gl:1:815

[xcf_seetan → Digit-Al]

Same here, Firefox on a Debian machine and firefox just finished updating...

On: Ending our third party fact-checking program and m...

[Digit-Al]

Don't know if they mandate it, but I know a few people who use either names that are a slight modification of their real name, or completely made up names.

On: <dialog>: The Dialog Element

[Digit-Al]

I spent years designing interfaces for Windows Forms applications. There is no neccessity for sharing to be a dialog - it should be a wizard; and could even open in a new tab in a web application. Then the user can cancel either by pressing the cancel button (which would close the tab) or by just closing the tab. Selecting who to add, or adding a new person then just become pages in the wizard.

[quantadev → Digit-Al]

Yeah everything theoretically could be done without dialogs, but the beauty of dialogs is that they can keep you from losing your place in what you're doing "behind" them, before they opened. Modal dialogs are less disorienting to users than just taking to some other "page", because they can tell what they're currently working on is still there behind the dialog.

On: The Onion buys Infowars

[Digit-Al]

Can't decide if the people downvoting you don't realise the irony, or are deliberately downvoting you for the irony.

On: Patent troll Sable pays up, dedicates all its pate...

[Digit-Al]

The proof is not in the pudding. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

On: Galaxy Buds reportedly exploded in a user's ear ca...

[Digit-Al]

I've had the opposite experience. My current TV is a Samsung and has been going for many years with no problems whatsoever. My last TV was also a Samsung and I only replaced it (after many years of use) because I wanted a bigger and better TV. I also have a Samsung fridge, and that has been going about 5 years with no issues.

[throwanem → Digit-Al]

Evidently I touched a nerve of somewhat strong opinion. I suppose the intended reference to the Tab and Note 7 might have been made more overt.

On: Open source maintainers underpaid, swamped by secu...

[Digit-Al]

The difference is this: No EULA can override an organisation's legal obligations. Most countries have fairly robust "fit for use" laws, so if you sell something and it is not fit for use you can be taken to court. If there is no sale then there is no "fit for use" protection.

I do not mean this to imply I think commercial software is superior to free software, I am a great believer in FOSS, I just wnat to show a reason why a "scary" warning in commercial software is not equivalent to the same warning in FOSS.

On: Please stop inventing new software licences (2020)

[Digit-Al]

You are correct. Github's license terms are a hedge against that sort of thing. They are basically saying "the person making this source available is granting the license to d these particular things" - therefore, the user making the source available takes on the responsibility for making sure they actually have the authority to make this source available. If they do not have this authority then they are the ones that will be sued - not Github nor any users who cloned the code.

On: The heiress at Harvard who helped revolutionize mu...

[Digit-Al]

Just switch to reader mode the moment it loads and you can beat the paywall.

On: Lady tasting tea

[Digit-Al]

If you want to receive the health benefits from the tea then you should brew for at least four minutes, I've heard. This does only really apply if the tea is of at least reasonable quality, of course.