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Luca Casonato ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
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Luca Casonato ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
@lcasdev
Software person. Prev built @jsr_io and @deno_land. Creator of Fresh. @tc39 delegate. he/him ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐๐ป๐
- So, Google Chrome gives all *.google.com sites full access to system / tab CPU usage, GPU usage, and memory usage. It also gives access to detailed processor information, and provides a logging backchannel. This API is not exposed to other sites - only to *.google.com.
- Replying to @lcasdevThis is interesting because it is a clear violation of the idea that browser vendors should not give preference to their websites over anyone elses. The DMA codifies this idea into law: browser vendors, as gatekeepers of the internet, must give the same capabilities to everyone.
- Replying to @lcasdevDepending on how you interpret the DMA, this additional exposure of information only to Google properties may be considered a violation of the DMA. Take for example Zoom - they are now at a disadvantage because they can not provide the same CPU debugging feature as Google Meet.
- Replying to @lcasdevFor those interested: this is done through a built-in Chrome extension that can not be disabled, and does not show up in the extensions panel. Source code is here: source.chromium.org/chromium/chromโฆ It is unclear whether the same extension also ships in other Chromium derived browsers.
- Replying to @lcasdevAnd for everyone that keeps saying "Use Brave!!!": Brave also has the same behaviour as Chrome and Edge here. The extension that allows Google to retrieve this information exclusively from *.google.com is also pre-installed in Brave.
- Replying to @lcasdevUpdate: in Microsoft Edge this capability is also available exclusively to *.google.com domains
- Replying to @karnauskasThatโs not the point. The idea is good. The Google only implementation is not
- Web streams are going to be insanely fast in Deno very soon. I'm very excited. โก๏ธ๐ฆ This code for example will copy no bytes through JavaScript. The entire operation on line 3 happens within Rust, meaning that the JS event loop is completely idle during the streaming itself.
- I wrote a custom JavaScript runtime in 30 minutes @ ArmadaJS yesterday! ๐ฆ Slides: docs.google.com/presentation/dโฆ Repo: github.com/lucacasonato/aโฆ Recording will be out in a month or two ๐
- BREAKING: @TC39 has moved the decorators proposal to Stage 3!!! (under some conditions) Congratulations to everyone who has worked on this!
