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"The Society of the Spectacle" is a book written by the French philosopher Guy Debord in 1967. The central argument of the book is that contemporary society has been transformed into a spectacle, where everything that was once lived directly has now been replaced by representations. In other words, the book explores the idea that modern society is no longer about actual experiences and interactions, but about the consumption of images and the commodification of reality.
Debord argues that this spectacle is a result of capitalism, where everything has been transformed into a commodity, including human experiences and emotions. The spectacle is characterized by the constant creation and consumption of images, which have become the primary mode of communication and information dissemination in contemporary society.
Debord suggests that the spectacle has a profound impact on individual and collective consciousness, creating a false sense of reality that is disco
% gulp scripts-lint /Users/donovan/src/testpilot
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[16:08:31] Using gulpfile ~/src/testpilot/gulpfile.babel.js
[16:08:31] Starting 'scripts-lint'...
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/Users/donovan/src/testpilot/frontend/src/app/config.js
4:19 error Strings must use doublequote quotes
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<DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Hello, React</title>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/react@latest/dist/react.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@latest/dist/react-dom.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/babel-standalone@6.15.0/babel.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="root">
@fzzzy
fzzzy / gist:e36cec762420e91d2334
Created November 5, 2014 20:49
Disable contextmenu on video tag
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Video Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<video src="gizmo.mp4" autoplay controls id="content">
</video>
<script>
document.getElementById('content').oncontextmenu = function(e) {
@fzzzy
fzzzy / gist:5784043
Last active December 18, 2015 12:39
possible fix for 788960
diff --git a/dom/network/src/TCPSocket.js b/dom/network/src/TCPSocket.js
--- a/dom/network/src/TCPSocket.js
+++ b/dom/network/src/TCPSocket.js
@@ -42,16 +42,25 @@ const BUFFER_SIZE = 65536;
// this file to slightly more readable explanations.
function createTCPError(aErrorName, aErrorType) {
let error = Cc["@mozilla.org/dom-error;1"]
.createInstance(Ci.nsIDOMDOMError);
error.wrappedJSObject.init(aErrorName);
return error;
@fzzzy
fzzzy / wip-0.13.2.patch
Created August 15, 2012 19:52
wip 0.13.2
diff --git a/b2g/app/b2g.js b/b2g/app/b2g.js
--- a/b2g/app/b2g.js
+++ b/b2g/app/b2g.js
@@ -387,16 +387,19 @@
// WebSettings
pref("dom.mozSettings.enabled", true);
// controls if we want camera support
pref("device.camera.enabled", true);
@fzzzy
fzzzy / wip-0.13.1.patch
Created August 14, 2012 00:09
tcpsocket wip 0.13.1
diff --git a/b2g/app/b2g.js b/b2g/app/b2g.js
--- a/b2g/app/b2g.js
+++ b/b2g/app/b2g.js
@@ -387,16 +387,19 @@
// WebSettings
pref("dom.mozSettings.enabled", true);
// controls if we want camera support
pref("device.camera.enabled", true);
@fzzzy
fzzzy / wip-0.13.patch
Created August 10, 2012 19:01
tcpsocket wip-0.13
diff --git a/b2g/app/b2g.js b/b2g/app/b2g.js
--- a/b2g/app/b2g.js
+++ b/b2g/app/b2g.js
@@ -387,16 +387,19 @@
// WebSettings
pref("dom.mozSettings.enabled", true);
// controls if we want camera support
pref("device.camera.enabled", true);
@fzzzy
fzzzy / wip-0.12.2.patch
Created August 3, 2012 23:37
tcpsocket 0.12.2
diff --git a/b2g/app/b2g.js b/b2g/app/b2g.js
--- a/b2g/app/b2g.js
+++ b/b2g/app/b2g.js
@@ -388,16 +388,19 @@
// WebSettings
pref("dom.mozSettings.enabled", true);
// controls if we want camera support
pref("device.camera.enabled", true);
@fzzzy
fzzzy / wip-0.12.1.patch
Created August 3, 2012 22:48
tcpsocket 0.12.1
diff --git a/b2g/app/b2g.js b/b2g/app/b2g.js
--- a/b2g/app/b2g.js
+++ b/b2g/app/b2g.js
@@ -388,16 +388,19 @@
// WebSettings
pref("dom.mozSettings.enabled", true);
// controls if we want camera support
pref("device.camera.enabled", true);