Monday, 11. November 12019
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My name is Peter, I’m a drummer in a band, and I’m old.

Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users.

A significant part of the Internet-using population is aged 50 or older — including the people who invented it. Designers need to understand what older users need and why it’s not enough to just say, "I can read it, so what’s the problem?"

Leugnen, Twittern, Panik schieben? Klimadebatten im Netz sind vielschichtiger als ihr Ruf.

„Cloud“ ist eine irreführende Metapher, es klingt nach kurzlebig, transparent, leicht und endlos – obwohl es eine gewaltige Infrastruktur mit einem enormen CO2-Fußabdruck ist.

Relevant: contropedia.net – Analysis and visualization of controversies within Wikipedia articles.

What Is A Bezoar?

Thursday, 7. November 12019
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Der Antisemit macht den Juden, der Demokrat benutzt ihn.

Es gibt so gut wie kein Interesse an einer Jüdischen Sicht auf die aktuellen Probleme, denen wir ausgesetzt sind. Weder braucht der Antisemitismus, noch der Kampf gegen den Antisemitismus Juden. Er findet in Deutschland immer unter Ausschluss von ihnen statt.

Brands keep sending their pointless swag to the space station.

Adidas sent soccer ball to the ISS, ostensibly to test how air resistance affects their spin. But why?

Monday, 4. November 12019
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Unix is 50, let’s play the Unix Game.

Planet-centric design doesn’t only mean de-centering the human, it means exploring the future from not only multiple perspectives, but multi-species perspectives.

Like, OK boomer…

Millennialspeak: ‘Like’ is not a lazy linguistic filler. The word has, like, a grammar of its own.

English language snobs shaming the word ‘like’ fail to understand its millennial grammar.

The search for a better accessibility symbol is solving the wrong design problem.

(…) if we’re going to pursue a new accessibility symbol[ogy], it should probably be one that’s inclusive.

Source: miro.medium.com

free-for.dev.

This is a list of software (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, etc.) and other offerings that have free tiers for developers.