Joe Innes

Voter Power Calculator (2015 UK General Election)

almost 5 years ago • #election, voter power, democracy, Portfolio
I voted for: NoneConservatives Labour SNP Lib Dems Democratic Unionist Party Sinn Fein Plaid Cymru SDLP Ulster Unionist Party UKIP Green Party

Top Tips For Getting Hacked

about 5 years ago • #devops, hacking, raspberry pi
Here is a step-by-step tutorial for anyone who would like to get hacked. When you install OSMC on your Raspberry Pi, be sure to leave the default user as osmc and the password for that account as osmc To make sure that hackers can gain access to your Pi, make sure that you don’t configure password logons (and certainly don’t enforce them) To save hackers having to scan all of your ports, be sure to leave SSH running on port...

Javascript Testing For Idiots Who Don’t Understand Anything They’ve Read About It So Far

about 5 years ago • #web dev, react
So, I’ve heard a lot about ‘testing’, and why it’s a great thing, and I’m fully on board. I’ve read all the ‘red, green, refactor’, I understand the main principles behind Test Driven Development, and I’ve wanted to start for months. But, I’ve never been able to wade through the hipster coffee shop menu of tools that will help me to do my tests. I tried to write my own ‘testing’ module, and it looked a bit like this: export...

How To Trick Everyone Into Thinking You're Not A Racist

over 5 years ago • #brexit, eu, politics
Top tips for pretending you voted ‘Leave’ because you’re not a racist! Not a single immigrant in sight! (that’s just how you like it, isn’t it?) You say: “The Common Agricultural Policy is not fair, and is very expensive to the UK”. Your opponent says: “Do you like Italian wine and French cheese? If the CAP didn’t exist, you’d be stuck drinking Greek wine and eating American cheese.” You say: “Laws agreed on in Brussels overrule British law”. Your opponent...

Why Accessibility Matters, Even When You Think It Doesn't

over 5 years ago • #web dev, accessibility
When designing for the web, accessibility is often forgotten, and this is a bad thing. It’s bad because it means that users with screen readers and the like are not able to use your site. This is unprofessional, and may even be legally classed as discrimination. There is precedent for companies being sued (and losing) for not making their website accessible. The Wall Street Journal have published a story in the past few weeksin which a judge ruled that Colorado...