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protonscientiston What is Google doing with its open source teams?

The routing can be pretty silly. I'm not going to journey down some backroad for a projected 3% fuel saving.

protonscientiston What are some interesting uses of WebUSB you have come across?

Am I alone in thinking even its Chrome implementation is a massive security risk? The fact that users can grant any webpage COMPLETE control of a USB attached device is astonishing. Live webpages shouldn't be able to access this feature - can't wait for fake jailbreak and backup services to start cropping up.

protonscientiston Cached Chrome Top Million Websites

It's fascinating (and says a lot) that Google's internet monopoly persists even in places where it's outright banned.

protonscientiston Gripes with RSS after one week

You can also tack ".json" to the end of most Reddit URLs to get it in JSON format which is much easier to work with when scraping content. It's hardly documented anywhere online as well but interesting that they offer both.