The SHADE Act limits shadow review in San Francisco and halves the time allowed for certain appeals before projects can proceed.
A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light
Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to disable that light, and has a growing list of customers around the country.
Shadowing
Shadowing is a qualitative user research method in which a researcher observes participants in real‑life contexts over an extended period without interfering. It is used to gain deep contextual insights into behaviors, workflows, environments, emotions, and workarounds.
Box Shadows - Generate CSS Box Shadows
A CSS box-shadow library and generator to create, test and share box shadows.
Project Shadowglass
A stealth-focused immersive sim set within a dark fantasy kingdom. Plan daring heists, infiltrate forbidden locales, and escape with priceless artifacts. Features revolutionary 3D pixel art graphics and lasting consequences where every action could leave a trail back to you.
S.F. is building housing for artists. Now it has to decide who gets it
San Francisco is creating a formal process to determine who qualifies as an artist, a new certification required for city residents hoping to live in this affordable housing development.
Meta Ray-Ban glasses make it easy to film (and harass) strangers
We regret to inform you that the pickup artists have discovered Meta Ray-Bans.
Lumen · Card Shadow Designer
Design CSS card shadows by moving a light: real light physics, exported as stacked box-shadows
Restaurants, pubs and theatres ban Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ over privacy fears
Meta says safeguards are in place to prevent surreptitious filming, but some UK venues now prohibit them from being worn at all
Open, Closed, and Privacy
Just as encryption is only viable on closed systems, so it is that increased privacy regulations will only entrench walled gardens. That should affect thinking on regulation.
Ban the ban: essential game design advice (with examples)
If you’ve read the rules to more than 3 board games, you’ve probably read a rule phrased like so: “You may not [take some action]”. Why do such rules exist? The most common …
San Francisco’s rent algorithm ban has no teeth and rents keep rising
A 2024 law that banned landlords from using rent-setting algorithms has yet to produce a single lawsuit.
Meta’s New Content Policy Will Harm Vulnerable Users. If It Really
Earlier this week, when Meta announced changes to their content moderation processes, we were hopeful that some of those changes—which we will address in more detail in this post—would enable greater
Why Is Everything So Ugly? | The Editors
Dodging huge grilles we walk on, pulled by ugliness toward a gentrified retail strip. Here the violence of the new ugliness comes more fully into focus. The ruling class seized cities and chose to turn them into . . . this?
ATSF/BNSF San Jacinto District Fudging is OK