The Death of the Front Door: Why the “Home Page” Is a Legacy Pattern, by @webdesignerdepot.bsky.social:

https://webdesignerdepot.com/the-death-of-the-front-door-why-the-home-page-is-a-legacy-pattern/

#design #homepages #browsing #web

RE: https://fedi.lwn.net/@lwn/116290358138152534

Thanks for posting this, @jzb et al at #LWN:

"This release includes many capabilities that reflect ideas and direction long championed by our late colleague, @mtaht.

They also announced the release of the #LibreQoS #Bufferbloat #Speedtest v2, also dedicated to #DaveTäht. It runs in a user's browser to look at "#latency under load, #jitter, loss & what those things mean for the kinds of traffic people actually care about: #browsing, #streaming, video calls, audio calls, backups, and #gaming".

[en] Is #AI "#supercharged #surveillance" #legal? (#USA)

"... answer is not straightforward."

"... huge amount of information that the #government can #collect on Americans that is not itself regulated ... by the #Constitution .. #Fourth #Amendment ..."

"... the government can purchase commercial data ... which can include #sensitive personal information like #mobile #location and web #browsing records."

"What AI can do is it can take a lot of information, none of which is by itself sensitive, and therefore none of which by itself is #regulated, and it can give the government a lot of powers ...".

"AI can aggregate ... information to spot patterns, draw inferences ... at massive scale ... law has not caught up with #technological reality".

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/06/1134012/is-the-pentagon-allowed-to-surveil-americans-with-ai/

#privacy #pii

Ceno, browse the web without internet access

https://ceno.app/en/index.html?

#HackerNews #Ceno #web #browsing #offline #internet #access #technology #innovation

I have survived a visit to that quintessential woman's shop, Card Factory.

What is it with women and card shops? They can seem to spend hours just scanning the damn things. There was an old woman next to me looking at the "For her" section, next to which was the "Wife" section (It's her indoors 'birthday Friday). As I flicked through the options, I swear to god her hand hovered over a wife card. It took all my willpower not to say "Fook off, you're having a laugh!"
#Browsing

Google Safe Browsing missed 84% of phishing sites we found in February

https://www.norn-labs.com/blog/huginn-report-feb-2026

#HackerNews #Google #Safe #Browsing #phishing #February #2026 #cybersecurity #threat #detection

Best-loved Indie used/rare bookstores visited to date

Identified below are my favorite independent used bookstores that have been visited thus far. Not included are chains like Half-Price Books. Several of those listed are also sellers of rare and collectible books, as well. While many bookstores today sell some used/rare books, this list emphasizes those shops that primarily focus on used and/or rare books.

As more used/rare bookstores are visited both here and abroad, the treasured ones will be added to this list. Stay tuned!

Peace!

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Curious Book Shop – East Lansing, Michigan

Defunct Books – Nashville (Five Points), Tennessee

Grimey’s Preloved Music and Books – Nashville, Tennessee

Landmark Books – Traverse City, Michigan – books and vintage typewriters, oh my!

Open Door Bookshop – Roma (Trastevere), Italy – I love this store and my favorite outside the USA.

Legatoria/Libraio Prampolini – Catania, Sicily, Italy – ‘literally’ an Italian institution

Quirky Used Books – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Second Story Books – Durango, Colorado – none better in the USA. Two floors of absolute perfection. So much charm and uniqueness, including books displayed in three old vaults. An absolute gem! – added 3/24/26

Under Charlie’s Covers – Albuquerque (Bernalillo), New Mexico – sadly closing in May 2026 due to a substantial rent increase.

https://onyxrose.net/p/bullets-and-train-rides-ii

https://onyxrose.net

the above is the #place to be. #writing #fiction #browsing #lgbtqia #trans #transgender #lesbian #sapphic #transbian #poetry #nonfiction #nonbinary #genderfluid #gender #identity parts I-V are located at the #link above. #all sorts of other goodies too!! Come thru, meander, enjoy, then #smash that #subscribe #button