tatianamac

Brands I Boycott and Why

An ever-evolving list of brands I boycott and why as well as the last date I supported them. I'll continue to update this list as I learn more and detach myself from the firm grip of big tech and corporatism.

I recognise, as a tech worker, that we've created quite the hydra, so detaching ourselves becomes much more complicated than it ever should be. I also recognise that like the capitalistic umbrella tech operates under, we are somewhat stuck using certain technologies (for example, I am writing this here on GitHub, which refuses to drop ICE as a contract.).

I am not perfect and recognise this can be seen as moralistic. I am doing this to share information that may help influence your decisions. They may not. That's up for you to decide.

My hope is to encourage everyone to be more thoughtful in how they vote with their wallets.

Helpful Websites

ewdurbin

mathiasbynens

const compare = (versionA, versionB) => {
	// TODO: Does there exist a path for which every single Unicode version
	// gets new entries? If so, use that instead.
	const path = 'General_Category/Other_Letter';
	const before = new Set(require(
		`unicode-${ versionA }/${ path }/code-points.js`
	));
	const after = require(
		`unicode-${ versionB }/${ path }/code-points.js`
	);

joepie91

Don't use VPN services.

No, seriously, don't. You're probably reading this because you've asked what VPN service to use, and this is the answer.

Note: The content in this post does not apply to using VPN for their intended purpose; that is, as a virtual private (internal) network. It only applies to using it as a glorified proxy, which is what every third-party "VPN provider" does.

• A Russian translation of this article can be found here, contributed by Timur Demin.
• A Turkish translation can be found here, contributed by agyild.
• There's also this article about VPN services, which is honestly better written (and has more cat pictures!) than my article.

paulrouget

/**
 * How to have floating scrollbars in Firefox (Linux, Windows & Mac).
 * Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/bn44L.png
 * You need Firefox > 18. Just run this code in a browser-scratchpad:
 *
 * Ping me on Twitter (@paulrouget) if you run into problems. 
 *
 * 1. Go to about:config - Set devtools.chrome.enabled to true
 * 2. Starts Scratchpad (Shift-F4)
 * 3. In Scratchpad's menubar, check "Environment > Browser"

fat

/*! normalize-all-you-really-need-tho.css v1.0.0 | MIT License  */

html {
    font-family: sans-serif; /* 1 */
    -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; /* 2 */
    -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; /* 2 */
}

body {
    margin: 0;

arthurlutz

"""mk2mpris.py: forward GNOME media key events to an MPRIS2 player.
"""
import dbus
from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop
import gobject

APP_NAME = 'mk2mpris'
DBUS_INTERFACE_MK = 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys'
OBJ_PATH_MK = '/org/gnome/SettingsDaemon/MediaKeys'
OBJ_NAME_GSETTINGS = 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon'

strycore

#!/bin/bash
# Resources
# http://www.gimpusers.com/tutorials/compiling-gimp-for-ubuntu
# http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11818979
#

sudo apt-get build-dep gimp
sudo apt-get install libjpeg62-dev libopenexr-dev librsvg2-dev libtiff4-dev

mkdir gimp_build && cd gimp_build