Slate’s new privacy policy is a dumpster fire
Slate’s new privacy policy is riddled with errors. It’s astounding that they published something so terrible. They should be embarrassed and ashamed.
Category Archives: Internet
Comics Aggregator: missing Carolyn Hax chat for May 8 fixed
For those of you who read Carolyn Hax through the Comics Aggregator, note that the Carolyn Hax live chat for Friday, May 8 was missing from the aggregator because the Post published it with the wrong date (May 15 instead of May 8). This has now been fixed in the aggregator, so now if you… Read More: Comics Aggregator: missing Carolyn Hax chat for May 8 fixed »
Size matters
Eons ago, before the internet, Registry of Motor Vehicles records in most states were accessible to the public, but you had to actually go in person to the Registry to look up what you wanted to know. It was an inconvenient pain in the ass, but there were no viable alternatives. Then the internet arrived,… Read More: Size matters »
The why and how of backing up your Mastodon data
Your server or your Mastodon account could go away at any time. If you don’t want to lose your data, you should back it up. Here’s how to do that, and how to restore it later.
Unbelievably, offensively useless chat with Healthfirst online support
A website that refuses access to critical documents is bad enough. Completely clueless chat agents who provide stock, bullshit, useless answers is much worse.
Comics Aggregator: workaround while “Nancy” is in transition
If you read the comic strip Nancy in the Comics Aggregator, you may have noticed that your comics page is loading slowly and displaying an error for Nancy. This is because Nancy has stopped publishing new strips temporarily while transitioning to a new artist. The slow page load is due to the fact that unfortunately… Read More: Comics Aggregator: workaround while “Nancy” is in transition »
DeleteMe, please stop the nonsense: data brokers are not doxxing people
Data brokers selling people’s data is not doxxing, and claiming otherwise makes you look stupid and greedy.
How you actually should respond to that “183 million credentials leak”
What a recent Forbes article got wrong and what it should have told you instead.
Why websites shouldn’t indiscriminately block VPN users
I convinced a state senator that government websites indiscriminately blocking VPN users is bad. Here’s the case I made, which you can use yourself to keep fighting the good fight.
Comics Aggregator: GoComics.com was broken, is now fixed
Overnight last night, GoComics.com was modified to deter bots, along with some other changes which broke the Comics Aggregator‘s ability to fetch comics from there.