A common concern as web apps implement technologies that are less user-readable (and user-alterable) than traditional HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is that the web platform becomes less open. There are certainly examples of that: Facebook obfuscates its webpage code to stymie client-side ad blocking; websites have so much JavaScript, much of it related to ads and tracking, that it is common to minify (compress) web code to hit load time targets; proposals like Google s Web Bundles have been criticized as anti-web; and WebAssembly bytecode, while it may be fast, isn t easy to decipher.
Newman, however, doesn t see Canvas-based rendering having much to do with source readability. The trend toward less easily viewed source code is real, he said, but it seems orthogonal to Canvas versus DOM.
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Businessperson Glenn Youngkin, a first-time candidate, will be the Republican nominee for governor in Virginia.
Glenn Youngkin, a former CEO at the private-equity firm Carlyle Group, emerged as the the Republican nominee for governor in Virginia after a full day of tabulation of ranked-choice ballots.
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Businessperson Glenn Youngkin won the Republican nomination for governor in Virginia, emerging from a crowded field to claim the GOP mantle for one of the most closely watched races of 2021.
Youngkin defeated fellow businessperson Pete Snyder in the sixth and final round of a ranked-choice tabulation that took most of the day on Monday, 55 percent to 45 percent, though Snyder conceded before counting concluded. Virginia Republicans eschewed holding a state-run primary and instead opted for what organizers described as an “unassembled convention,” with about 30,000 pre-registered Republicans voting at nearly 40 sites across the commonwealth on Sat
Mayor Richard Biggs and Ken Lambert Picture: Steve Newman AN allotment fan who has introduced many Dorchester people to gardening is hanging up his trowel. Ken Lambert has been the allotment rep’ at the Herringston Road allotment since the town council came into being in 1974 and has had an allotment in the town since 1963. Deputy town clerk Steve Newman believes Mr Lambert must be the longest serving representative of allotment holders and says he was the ‘go to’ person for advice and guidance, having previously run courses on behalf of the council for new allotment holders. Mr Newman said the only time Mr Lambert did not act as allotment rep’ was when he served two terms as a town councillor between 1995 and 2003.