Agreed. When using a hosted font, the browser sends a full GET request. That includes all headers that service has access to. IP address, browser agent, referrer, origin, etc. Some of this depends on the site’s CORS (which are often incorrectly configured) and other settings, along with browser cache; but in general it’s just another GET.

By using the hosted font, Google is absolutely getting tracking information. Yes, they say it’s not tied to an account, though it’s easily done since they have the IP and browser / device info. True, it’s not as intensive as an analytics api, but it’s still tracking. I have no doubt that they map the font usage to account metadata in order to build and sell usage profiles. It is speculative, in the same way the person standing over a body, holding a bloody knife is speculative of the killer. It’s close enough for their purposes. Also, many ad blockers block analytics urls, fonts are a different matter (though you can enable font blocking in some.)

For stronger security, and to prevent data leakage, when building a web application, host your own fonts. When using the web, block third party fonts. Or if you care to go all-out, setup a forced redirect to locally hosted fallbacks instead of going out to the open web to get a font.

Google isn’t freely hosting fonts as a kindness.

I can confirm. I have the family plan and got ads when I was listening earlier today. Contacted support. Got no where. Canceled my subscription.

My caffeine intake fluctuates in an almost cyclical pattern. I’ll injest a lot to the point of ineffectivness, then scale back to nothing, then slowly ramp up again. It’s not purposefull, just a natural progression I tend to follow.

Right now, I’m off it completely. I’ll stay this way until I have a day where I’m really tired. I’ll break down and have a cup of coffee. That’s usually the breaking point for me.

At the max, a day could be two Monster energy drinks, four to five 12oz cups of coffee, and an occasional cup of black tea. A few days at this point and I feel nothing from it, and begin to scale back.

I haven’t gotten to that level since starting on ADHD meds. Turns out I was self medicating without realizing it.

I’m going to be that person, and disagree with the common opinion here. Of course, my take is my own, so take everything below with the finest grain of salt.

I think it’s perfectly fine to have friends of the opposite gender. And by opposite gender, I mean the gender you’re attracted to. However, I do think it’s an issue to have a best friend of the opposite gender. A best friend is the person you confide in, you can lean on when everything else is rough, who will be there no matter what. If that person is the opposite gender, and isn’t your SO, then it’s an affair; not necessarily a physical affair, but an emotional one at the very least.

The “waiting his turn” comment sounds like a little bit of immaturity mixed with jealousy. I don’t mean immaturity as a negative; more like someone who has room to grow. Based on that comment though, it sounds like they aren’t comfortable with the situation, even if they say they are.

I’m not saying you should break up. I’m not saying your SO thinks the same way I do. People are nuanced and I only have the very limited information you gave. Based purly on that, it sounds like your SO’s thoughts lean the way mine do.

What it comes down to is what you and your SO think. If you’re not on the same wavelength, then there will always be a wedge between you two. You can still make a relationship work, it’s just going to be harder. On the flip side, if you’re both, deep down, truly fine with it, then there is nothing to worry about, and you should go live your best lives.

Whatever happens, this random internet stranger wishes you both the best.

Stormlight Archive 5, Wind and Truth by Sanderson is 62h 48m on Audible. It’s the longeest in the series.

Book 1, The Way of Kings, is the shortest at 45h 30m. So between 250 and 300 hours for the series so far.

I’ve had a few Samsung appliances. They are, by far, the worst appliances I’ve owned. I will not be buying another from them. If they want to make life more convenient, they need to make better devices, not shove screens, wifi, and AI into their crappy products.

Reading. Too many people say they hate reading because it’s boring or there is no point. Most cite the books they went over (probably never read) in school. They think everything is going to be like Romeo and Juliet or something. They don’t seem to realize that you study classics in school and that there are troves of modern books that they’d enjoy. I like to find out their favorite movies and get them an audio book in the same genre. It’s easier to get them to listen to one than to read one. I now have a handful of people who come to me asking what they should listen to or read next.