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"Deceptive patterns (also known as “dark patterns”) are tricks used in websites and apps that make you do things that you didn't mean to, like buying or signing up for something."
(Previously the original DarkPatterns website)

"This is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it."
Basically: the guy who ran Yahoo! search into the ground managed to oust Google's head or search and run *that* into the ground too.

An early article at A List Apart

Auto-numbering vs. legal documents.

"Modern extension to classic 2003 article by Joel Spolsky"

"iCloud is, when you think about it, kind of a thankless service. At its best you don’t notice it—everything, in the unofficial mantra of Apple dating back decades, just works..."

On the Scrollbars are Becoming a Problem article.

"A forb or phorb is a herbaceous flowering plant that is not a graminoid "
Well, that clears it up.

"On fediverse apps like Mastodon, Pixelfed and (soon) Threads, content is federated — but identity isn’t. We look at potential solutions."

"Seconds-long periods of sleep, known as “microsleep,” are common during mundane tasks like driving. While these unintended brain naps can be difficult to control, getting adequate sleep is the key to preventing them."