Dark Patterns are UI patterns used to trick users into doing things they’d otherwise rather not: buy traveler’s insurance, click on ads, etc. Covers the anti-patterns and how we as technical folk can help stop this.
Seems generally bad to embed sensitive info in the URI (the http+aes URI scheme’s decryption key) similar to the now deprecated password field.
Use case is covered here: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ietf-http-wg/2012JanMar/0811.html. Also discussion including someone mentioning the issue above.
I can’t believe the dumb TED conference made me miss seeing prominent Ragnarok denier Eliott Kalan being sprayed by with seltzer by Jon Stewart.
The Blowholes - Summerbaby (Pete & Pete Reunion 2-24-12) (by matt00092)
Via http://www.avclub.com/articles/inside-the-adventures-of-pete-and-pete-reunion,70177/
Awesome faux trailer for Psychonauts as Inception. Wish I had made the connection before - there’s a ton of overlap.
INCEPTIONAUTS (by FineLeatherJackets)
“He’s either a bro or a hipster, he can’t be both. Because that’s not how stereotypes work.”
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