My unsupported Kindle runs Linux now, and it's more useful than when it was new
Sometimes the end of manufacturer support is a good thing
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Are robots set to take over the combat ring for good?
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Your page has two readers: humans, and machines that never run your JavaScript
I keep running into the same bug, and it isn't in anyone's code. It's in the gap between your site and the machines that describe it to other humans.
- Two audiences for websites: humans and machines
- Rendered text layer vs. raw HTML layer for machine perception
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