Readit Newsmatthberg commented on 1970 Paris, cut into a grid and photographed paris1970.jeantho.eu/inde... · Posted by u/panic
Quick summary for those confused:
In 1970 a massive project crowdsourced thousands of photographs of everywhere in Paris (nearly every single grid square on each letter sized page, a rare few have no photos).
To see the photos, click on a map section to go to the subgrid page. Then find the square grid number that corresponds to where you want to see and click the corresponding numbered link from the list at the top.
Some cool example locations:
By the Eiffel Tower: https://paris1970.jeantho.eu/carres/718.html
The Arc de Triomphe: https://paris1970.jeantho.eu/carres/427.html
Gare du Nord (urban area train station, less touristy): https://paris1970.jeantho.eu/carres/268.html
Random southern Paris neighborhood (many photos of streets, people, more suburban): https://paris1970.jeantho.eu/carres/1296.html
Random central Paris neighborhood (lots of photos, mainly of the urban architecture): https://paris1970.jeantho.eu/carres/507.html
Cool site, I especially appreciate the detailed about page [1] including the libraries used for the graphics (paperjs + GSAP) and the bloopers section [2], covering interesting glitches from development.
matthberg commented on The Ultimate Windows Utility (2022) christitus.com/windows-to... · Posted by u/janandonly
This should have a (2022) in the title, which begs the question: is this still a relevant tool for de-shittifying Windows 11, or is it limited to 10?
(Asking as I don't have a Windows box of any kind around to test, as I'm not a masochist and therefore all of my machines run Linux or macOS)
Don't know if 2022 is needed since this seems to be an evergreen page for an actively developed tool (last update was 3 weeks ago).
https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/releases/tag/25.12...
From the Acknowledgements:
> The HTML layout at htdp.org is the work of Matthew Butterick, who created these styles for our on-line documentation.
Some of his other work:
He's also the person behind Practical Typography [0], a great reference/guide for essential typography and layout concepts and terms. It has opinionated recommendations covering nearly everything you'll need to make beautiful documents like this one.
Particularly helpful is the practical advice: how to get the desired results in Word, Pages, or with HTML/CSS; not just high-level abstract guidelines. There's everything from keyboard shortcuts for inserting different dashes (to accompany the explanation on when to use each type) [1] to guidance on page margins in print and on the web [2].
0: https://practicaltypography.com/
matthberg commented on Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev in the US (Section 174) · Posted by u/dang
Isn't this tied to the budget bill ("One Big Ugly Bill") that effectively removes the last way federal judge's can hold anyone in the Trump admin accountable?
Exactly, this letter refers to the "reconciliation bill" without mentioning the better known (and more notorious) monikers "Big Beautiful Bill" or "One Big Ugly Bill".
There are so many horrific things in it, the bill must be fully opposed, not endorsed with minor changes.
matthberg commented on Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev in the US (Section 174) · Posted by u/dang
Note that this letter's requests DO NOT include voting against the reconciliation bill, just modifying it to add a carve-out to fix Section 174. While I agree that Section 174 desperately needs reform and is harmful to the tech industry, the bill as a whole must be opposed, not tweaked.
There are many, many things wrong with the "Big Beautiful Bill", too many to fix through piecemeal efforts like this. It must be resolutely opposed, not endorsed with minor changes.
matthberg commented on Covert web-to-app tracking via localhost on Android localmess.github.io/... · Posted by u/sebastian_z
> There are some semi-legitimate uses, like Discord using it to check if the app is installed by scanning some high-number ports (6463-6472)
I would not consider this a legitimate use. Websites have no business knowing what apps you have installed.
I agree, yet at least you can kind of see where they're coming from.
I guess a better example would be the automatic hardware detection Lenovo Support offers [0] by pinging a local app (with some clear confirmation dialogs first). Asus seems to do the same thing.
uBlock Origin has a fair few explicit exceptions made [1] for cases like those (and other reasons) in their filter list to avoid breakages (notably Intel domains, the official Judiciary of Germany [2] (???), `figma.com`, `foldingathome.org`, etc).
0: https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/
1: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/blob/master/filters/...
2: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/23388 and https://www.bundesjustizamt.de/EN/Home/Home_node.html (they're trying to talk to a local identity verification app seems like, yet I find it quite funny)
matthberg commented on Covert web-to-app tracking via localhost on Android localmess.github.io/... · Posted by u/sebastian_z
There is a specification for blocking this:
https://wicg.github.io/private-network-access/
It gained support from WebKit:
https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/163
…and Mozilla:
https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/143
…and it was trialled in Blink:
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/private-network-access-upd...
Unfortunately, it’s now on hold due to compatibility problems:
Yep! Unfortunately its main method (as far as I remember from when I first read the proposal at least, it may do more) is adding preflight requests and headers to opt-in, which works for most cases yet doesn't block behind-the-lines collaborating apps like mentioned in the main article. If there's a listening app (like Meta was caught doing) that's expecting the requests, this doesn't do much to protect you.
EDIT: Looks like it does mention integrating into the permissions system [0], I guess I missed that. Glad they covered that consideration, then!
0: https://wicg.github.io/private-network-access/#integration-p...
0: https://protomaps.com/