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As Flock battles public scrutiny, other police surveillance companies see an opening

Dozens of cities have canceled their contracts with Flock. Some are switching to other companies, but privacy experts say they're no better than Flock.

As Flock battles public scrutiny, other police surveillance companies see an opening

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Field notes: The resolution of the cascade, from start to finish

El artículo del jueves describió el orden en que el navegador resuelve los conflictos de CSS: primero origen e importancia, luego el orden de las capas, después la especificidad y, por último, el…

  • Origin and importance stage determines color: green wins due to user-origin !important
  • Layer order resolves remaining rules before specificity: unlayered red wins over layered blue
  • Source order decides between identical declarations: navy blue wins due to later appearance

Field Notes: Watching the Cascade Resolve, Start to Finish

Thursday's piece described the order the browser resolves conflicting CSS in: origin and importance first, then layer order, then specificity, then source order, with inheritance underneath all of it.

  • User-origin !important declarations take precedence over author-origin !important declarations
  • Layer order determines winner after removing !important declarations
  • Source order decides when same layer and specificity

Two great new repairable gadgets

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 141, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, I'm newish here too, and also you can read all the old editions at…

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