johneth's comments

On: WebMCP is available for early preview

[johneth]

Or just use <input type="checkbox"> in the first place and save humans and machines a whole bunch of time.

[charcircuit → johneth]

That's already possible today yet there are still people who don't which is why a more general solution for the screen reader is needed rather than requiring every site developer to do something special.

On: Facebook's Fascination with My Robots.txt

[johneth]

The only downside I can think of is that links to your website that are shared on Facebook / WhatsApp / Messenger won't be able to show a rich preview because they won't be able to access the OpenGraph tags on the shared page.

Rich previews are known to cause higher clickthroughs than non-rich previews (if you care about that).

On: AI is going to kill app subscriptions

[johneth]

Comments as short-sighted as this give me confidence in the future job security of people who actually know how to write software.

> the gatekeeping has now been removed

'Gatekeeping' being 'knowing'... nobody was stopping you from learning.

> The security and maintenance aspect of apps is just a claude skill away to be a solved problem.

Incredible joke. Got a good laugh from me.

On: The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in USA

[johneth]

It's a classic American worldview.

On: India and EU announce landmark trade deal

[johneth]

UK-India: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_C...

UK-EU: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU%E2%80%93UK_Trade_and_Cooper...

On: Celebrities say they are being censored by TikTok after speaking out against ICE

[johneth]

As of a few days ago, yes: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/announcement-from-the-new-tiktok...

Only TikTok in the U.S., though; everywhere else it's Bytedance still.

[Maken → johneth]

I guess ICE's videos are going to be much harder to find from now on.

On: European Alternatives

[johneth]

Is this only for companies within the EU or EFTA? I can't spot a single UK company listed, even though there are plenty that would fit.

[kieranmaine → johneth]

On https://european-alternatives.eu/about the listing criteria state:

> The company is based in an EU, EEA, EFTA, or DCFTA member country or in the UK.

but

> For hosting providers: It is not allowed that a hosting provider is simply a sub-hosting provider of a company that is not based in an EU or EFTA member country.

[s_dev → johneth]

https://european-alternatives.eu/about

It's all clarified here. If you think it's missing some great companies add them!

On: In Europe, wind and solar overtake fossil fuels

[johneth]

Similar to Trump and MAGA, Reform UK's popularity relies on Farage's cult of personality. Without him, they're significantly less of a threat. He's not a young man (not as old as some, but not young), and he smokes and drinks heavily; make of that what you will.

On: ‘ELITE’: The Palantir app ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid

[johneth]

Palantir is a mediocre company staffed by mediocre people making mediocre products, owned by a mediocre person.

On: Greenland: Macron warns of 'cascading consequences' if US seizes island

[johneth]

Or Europe dumps its considerable U.S. debt holdings, killing the U.S. economy.