Liu Mama, a loud-mouthed, ruddy-cheeked Northern farmer with millions of online followers, is one of many Chinese streamers participating in a virtual gold rush.
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Measuring Performance With Server Timing (Smashing Magazine) The Server Timing header provides a discrete and convenient way to communicate backend server performance timings to developer tools in the browser. Adding timing information to your application enables you to monitor back-end and front-end performance all in one place.
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The EU’s Link Tax Will Kill Open Access and Creative Commons News (Electronic Frontier Foundation) All this month, the European Union’s “trilogue” is meeting behind closed doors to hammer out the final wording of the new Copyright Directive, a once-noncontroversial regulation that became a hotly contested matter when, at the last minute, a set of extremist copyright proposals were added and…
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How China complicates Apple’s chest-thumping about privacy by (The Verge) A former Facebook executive points out that Apple likely has to make compromises, too
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Headless WordPress: The Ups And Downs Of Creating A Decoupled WordPress (Smashing Magazine) Everyone knows that if a website is slow, users will abandon it. Many studies demonstrate the connection between website performance and conversion rates. In this article, Denis Žoljom shares his experience and the basics of creating a decoupled WordPress.
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China systematically hijacks internet traffic: researchers (iTnews) Exploited omission in US-China cyber detente agreement.
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UK data watchdog fines Facebook maximum legal amount for Cambridge Analytica scandal by (The Verge) The fine is just £500,000, but regulators say it should have been ‘significantly higher’
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Server to Client by (alistapart.com) Before anything can happen in a browser, it must first know where to go. There are multiple ways to get somewhere: entering a URL in the address bar, clicking (or tapping) on a link on a page or in another app, or clicking on a favorite. No matter the case, these all result in what’s called a navigation. A navigation is the very first step in any web interaction, as it kicks off a chain reaction of events that culminates in a web page being loaded.
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Can I? Should I? Will I? A fellow @beijinghikers assessing one of the many peaks in the Baicheng Landform.
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Thank you @mathiasheng for awarding me first prize 🏆 for this photo from our recent trip to Xinjiang. A special thanks to @beijinghikers for organising the incredible and eye-opening trip.
