It would be an excellent outcome of Meltdown/Spectre if we could just get rid of...

tannhaeuser on Jan 11, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Cory Doctorow: Persuasion, Adaptation, and the Arm...

It would be an excellent outcome of Meltdown/Spectre if we could just get rid of JavaScript and other attempts at throwing arbitrary crap code at you (such as WASM unblockable ads, bc miners, and what not) and work towards the original goal of the Web as federated (or even better p2p) hyperlinked documents once again.

hugo0384729109 on Jan 12, 2018 [–]

Seriously. My kingdom for 10pt verdana and a few hours clicking through a web ring.