Saturday, April 23, 2022
Does that mean I know have to unit test my text-only websites?
I fixed the infinite redirections from Hell bug.
And again,
like most bugs,
it was an easy fix—just don't redirect if you come from http://flummux.org/.
It feels weird to think of having to test a text-only website,
but there is a form of programming involved,
so it shouldn't be as much of a surprise as it is.
Sigh.
“We're a local newspaper run by a non-local company, we don't care about European readers”
I was reading Conman's latest article, and he linked to a page called «Transilvania Times». I wanted to see it, but for the first time since the vote of the GPDR my visit was denied because I'm European.
gemini://station.martinrue.com/adou/f3868913db6e409eae9fa67845f70324
The “GPDR” is a typo—the author actually meant the GDPR. And it pains me to see something like this happen. Here's someone from Europe who was interested in reading a story about a person in a small US town and yet, they couldn't because the owners of the news website (which isn't owned locally, but instead by a larger company in another state) probably doesn't care about European readers. The company does have a policy for California readers, so I don't see why it can't be extended for the GDPR. This is just so short sighted.
