why do so many websites go out of their way to block pasting into the password field? who is telling them this is a good idea? it’s not. you’re breaking password managers and accessibility, for literally no reason
This is my 4-minute position piece for the GOTOpia panel on Software Technologies that Stand the Test the Time. The technology I chose was programming languages.
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I failed an initial phone screen at Google, where they asked unixy type questions. I tried my best and I thought I did well. The feedback was that I didn't know enough about unix commands, which is embarrassing given I was and still am GNU coreutils maintainer
A quarter of WeWork's loss came from paying Adam Neumann half a BILLION dollars to stay away from the place for a year. They also paid him $50 million on top of that to not work anywhere else. That's puzzling. You'd think they'd want the guy hired sequentially by every competitor
The German government failed again tonight to introduce a law that covers accessibility, inclusion and equality for disabled people as forceful as the British Equality Act 2010 or the ADA. Germany is decades behind and won't change that. Again. It's a tragedy. #Barrierefreiheit
Yesterday we announced that @VaughnVernon will deliver the closing keynote of #DDDx: #DomainDrivenDesign eXchange.
Vaughn will be looking at software development and architecture through the metaphor of 'home'
See the full conference schedule at bit.ly/3ox21EQ
Today we’re excited to bring Node.js back to its roots - the browser!
Together with @googlechrome and @vercel, we're enabling a new type of development and debugging experience that was not possible before: 🧵
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„Julian Reichelt hat in einem Rechtsstreit mit dem Spiegel-Verlag eidesstattlich versichert, von der Kommunikationsabteilung des Axel-Springer-Verlages nicht über unsere Fragen informiert worden zu sein.“ 😜 spiegel.de/wirtschaft/untern… (€)
Ich habe einen Text über #MobbingInDerSchule geschrieben und habe Herzklopfen, weil ich so sehr hoffe, dass meine Zeilen von möglichst vielen Leuten gelesen werden: Opfer, Täter, Zuschauer und Lehrer:innen, denn:
Mobbing ist Psychoterror
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@DesignedByBlind with important suggestions for increasing accessibility in the digital world & what Germany needs to change to live up to standards set by the USA & UK 👇🏻
"Ortega fordert klarere gesetzliche Ansprüche, die nicht auf die lange Bank geschoben werden dürften. Zur digitalen #Inklusion sagt er: „Das neue „normal“ ist „digital“.“ Mit seinen „Alibigesetzen“ schließe #Deutschland behinderte Menschen aber aktiv aus."
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Heute ist Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Dass dieser Tag seine Berechtigung hat, beweist der aktuelle WebAIM Report: Nur 2,6% der Homepage im Test sind barrierefrei. Andreas Maier hat die wichtigsten Punkte des Reports zusammengefasst #GAAD21#a11y 👉accessibility.innoq.com/arti…