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Re:Farewell potholes? UK team invents self-healing road surface on Saturday February 08, 2025 @03:27AM (#42981433)
Yes, fuel duty does bring in a lot of money, but it doesn’t go directly into fixing the roads—it generally goes into the government’s general budget.

Local councils who are responsible for fixing the roads have been underfunded for years and is normally the area that gets squeezed the most. The British weather doesn’t help too with constant rain and freezing winters…

Imo, the real takeaway here is that ad-tech isn’t just tracking people — it’s that it's becoming a decentralised surveillance network where no single entity takes any responsibility. Even with "Ask App Not to Track," your IP, geolocation, and device fingerprint still end up being leaked! It shows that tracking isn’t a feature anymore — it’s the business model.
Re:Why Blogging Platforms Suck on Monday December 11, 2023 @07:30AM (#38600026)
Thanks for letting me know - this is all fixed now
Re:Why Blogging Platforms Suck on Monday December 11, 2023 @06:40AM (#38599720)
Great thanks, will have a look into that
Re:Why Blogging Platforms Suck on Monday December 11, 2023 @06:39AM (#38599715)
Thanks! Glad to hear there are other platforms out there.
Re:Why Blogging Platforms Suck on Monday December 11, 2023 @06:33AM (#38599685)
Thanks! Totally agree about needing some privacy-first analytics on it.

Wanted to get a great writing experience finished first, but it’s the next thing on my list

Re:Why Blogging Platforms Suck on Monday December 11, 2023 @06:31AM (#38599673)
Yeh definitely agree. Banner blog has support for basic link sharing on social media, but something to look more into definitely!
Re:Why Blogging Platforms Suck on Monday December 11, 2023 @06:00AM (#38599472)
Yeh, I agree. Especially with the most recent updates.

The sentiment behind this is more about making the posts more readable to bots as opposed to trying to game the system

Re:Why Blogging Platforms Suck on Monday December 11, 2023 @05:59AM (#38599456)
Yeh, that’s the next thing on the list.

Wanted to get something out the door for desktop, then it’s on to mobile.

Any things in particular that you’d want fixing?