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John Gruber

1Password

1password.com/daringfireball

My thanks to 1Password — which, earlier this year, acquired longtime DF sponsor Kolide — for sponsoring last week at DF. When the EU enacted GDPR in 2018, executives and security professionals waited anxiously to see how the law would be enforced. And then they kept waiting ...

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Jason Kottke

WWW: The Way We Were

Note: There are some *major* unavoidable spoilers about the finale of season three of Halt and Catch Fire in this post. If you’ve been watching (and you definitely should be), you might want to catch the finale first and then come back. The final two episodes of Halt and Ca...

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Jason Kottke

Margaret Sullivan: “I urge news decision-makers to take Trump’s authoritarian desires very...

Margaret Sullivan: “I urge news decision-makers to take Trump’s authoritarian desires very seriously.” Like when he tell evangelicals: “You won’t have to [vote] anymore, four years, it will be fixed. It will be fine. You don’t have to vote anymore.”

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Jason Kottke

“None of us knows if we can do this. And we are...

“None of us knows if we can do this. And we are about to do it anyway.” Rebecca Traister writes about “the thrill of taking a huge risk on Kamala Harris”. (I’m not quite there yet…being thrilled instead of anxious.)

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Jason Kottke

Behind the scenes shots of iconic album covers, including those from Björk,...

Behind the scenes shots of iconic album covers, including those from Björk, Lady Gaga, The Beatles, Nirvana, Childish Gambino, and Taylor Swift.

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The Rewatchables

‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 1) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey are tryin’ real hard to be the shepherd after rewatching Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 masterpiece ‘Pulp Fiction,’ starring Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, and Uma Thurman. In Part 1, the guys break down why they love the movie, discuss the story of how the movie was made, and dive deep into the iconic characters. Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Chili Tornado Quake

Buildings constructed from softer materials were damaged by chili pepper impacts to the storm's high Richter-Fujita-Scoville-Mohs hardness rating.

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John Gruber

Apple Maps on the Web

apple.com/newsroom/2024/07/apple-maps-on-the-web-launches-in-beta/

Apple Newsroom, last week: Today, Apple Maps on the web is available in public beta, allowing users around the world to access Maps directly from their browser. Now, users can get driving and walking directions; find great places and useful information including photos,...

Global News Podcast

Bonus: The Global Story - The most contested land in the world?

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This is a bonus episode from The Global Story - taking a look at a much-debated slogan, and a journey through the land that it refers to; from the River Jordan to the Mediterranean sea. Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas last year, the cry “From the River to ...

Global News Podcast

The Happy Pod: The surprise star of a US Olympics team

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With the Paris Olympics underway, we hear about Beacon -- the therapy dog that's helped the USA Gymnastics team cope with the pressure and stress of competitive sport. His handler and owner, Tracey, tells us his friendly face and intuitive nature make him perfect for the job...

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John Gruber

CrowdStrike Offers a $10 Uber Eats Gift Card to Apologize for Massive Outage

techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/crowdstrike-offers-a-10-apology-gift-card-to-say-sorry-for-outage/?guccounter=2

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, writing for TechCrunch: CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm that crashed millions of computers with a botched update all over the world last week, is offering its partners a $10 Uber Eats gift card as an apology, according to several people...

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John Gruber

Zuckerberg: ‘Open Source AI Is the Path Forward’

about.fb.com/news/2024/07/open-source-ai-is-the-path-forward/

Mark Zuckerberg, in an essay extolling the virtues of Meta’s open source approach to AI development: People often ask if I’m worried about giving up a technical advantage by open sourcing Llama, but I think this misses the big picture for a few reasons: First, to ensure...

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John Gruber

Google Is Now the Only Search Engine Reddit Allows to Index It

404media.co/google-is-the-only-search-engine-that-works-on-reddit-now-thanks-to-ai-deal/

Emanuel Maiberg, reporting for 404 Media: If you use Bing, DuckDuckGo, Mojeek, Qwant or any other alternative search engine that doesn’t rely on Google’s indexing and search Reddit by using “site:reddit.com,” you will not see any results from the last week. DuckDuckGo is...

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Jason Kottke

NASA Used Futura All Over the Apollo 11 Mission

Futura, the typeface favored by the likes of filmmakers Stanley Kubrick and Wes Anderson was also used extensively for NASA’s Apollo 11 mission (along with an American knock-off of Futura called Spartan). Tags: Apollo · Apollo 11 · design · Futura · Moon · NASA · typography 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

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Jason Kottke

Hey, public voting is open for the Tiny Awards! I was on...

Hey, public voting is open for the Tiny Awards! I was on the judging committee so I can’t tell you my favorites, but there are lots of lovingly crafted, goofy, creative sites to choose from. Go vote!

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Edith Zimmerman

Diary Comics, June 17 & 19

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Terrestrials: The Trio

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High above the banks of the Mississippi river, a nest holds the secret life of one of America’s most patriotic creatures. Their story puzzles scientists, reinforces indigenous wisdom, and wows audiences, all thanks to a park ranger named Ed, and a well-placed webcam. If you ...

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Olympic Sports

Thankfully for everyone involved, the Winter Olympics officials spotted me and managed to stop me before I got to the ski jump.

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Jason Kottke

The Origin & Evolution of Italian Stuffed Pasta Shapes

Using methods generally employed to track the evolution and spread of plants and animals over time and across geography, this paper aims to provide a scientific classification of Italian stuffed pasta shapes (pasta ripiena) and how they spread and evolved across what is no...

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Jason Kottke

Susannah Breslin discovers that you can post nudity on YouTube if it’s...

Susannah Breslin discovers that you can post nudity on YouTube if it’s artistic (or advertising?) “[YouTube’s policy] did not seem to allow for viewer interpretation.”

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