For a 40-something guy I only had ICQ/Yahoo!/MSN/AOL messager popups during the internet of '99, which would of been a few times per minute.

So yeah, I guess we're actually not that different after all.

Just did 2+ hours of fascinated clicking as if I found a new part of Wikipedia, mainly because I assumed the "one way trip" to the ocean was a euphemism for what happened to the Titan submersible.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with re-using an expired domain.

I'd even go as far as recommending it for hosting similar content to the previous owner's; in the same concept as cafes closing and re-opening under new ownership.

It's the site-squatters, domain-traders and link-farmers that shouldn't be allowed to take over existing URIs.

They gave schneier.com 55/100.

https://inspect.new/schneier.com

That test is actually funny, in a good way; like how you said you got those links in the first place on the about page is pretty much what any experienced web dev finds out day-to-day.

Most sites I sent to it came back with plenty of false positives, mainly because htaccess rewrites resolve the URIs as query string IDs and returned empty pages with "Sorry, but the information you're looking for doesn't exist..."

Thanks for trying it out. It’s been a while but I’m sure the test checks for a 404 so if those pages gave a 404 they won’t be recognized as a false positive. I tried leaving some text about possible false positives because some people told me it can make others panic if they don’t really understand web dev well.

Certainly!

WARNING:

I clicked the above link and had to chase a growing population of 10+ popups.

Hilarious.

p.s. I do have a popup/JS blocker, but disabled it last night to test something else.

Video taken down.

Got a lot of attention when it was up.

Nice list. Some hit the spot, others miss. Not sure if the author is trying to be funny with points 7 and 8:

> Anything you say before the word “but” does not count.

> When you forgive others, they may not notice, but you will heal. Forgiveness is not something we do for others; it is a gift to ourselves.

I don't think he is trying to be funny.

Here are a few examples:

- "I believe in free speech, but some opinion are too abhorrent to be protected." -> the person actually does not believe in free speech.

- "I am sorry I reacted like this, but they went too far" -> the person is not sorry.

"but" expresses conflict, nuances and compromises. Life is not simple and our thoughts, actions and feelings are often not rational or in line with each other, there for dismissing anything before "but" is a way of actively not listening.

- "I believe in free speech, but some opinion are too abhorrent to be protected." -> Maybe free speech should not allow people to slander, extort, abuse people? Or at least not give them a jail free card.

- "I am sorry I reacted like this, but they went too far" -> This person can indeed feel sorry and feel somewhat justified, because maybe both parties involved did something worth being sorry for.

By the look of it, what this reply is saying is how point 7 describes the negating qualities of "but", while the point immediately following it uses the said word.

So I wouldn't say funny, just inconsistent.

Forgiveness definitely heals your heart more than it helps the other person.

Have you ever hung out with someone who's been nursing a grudge for a long time? How's that like?

The clearest example of that first one being genuinely good advice is in apologies.

"I'm sorry I was late" is an apology. "I'm sorry I was late but ..." is not.

Point 7 is not meant to be funny at all. It’s called Non-violent communication.

That made me rofl. XD I just had to reply.