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# post i found on tumblr:

some of you may've heard about that fancy "bionic reading" typefont thats supposed to be easier for # people to read (if you're unfamiliar, it bolds the first few letters of each word to make it easier to follow)

well guess what, its locked behind a $500 a month API to write in because fuck you!

introducing, Not Bionic Reading! it is literally just the bionic reading typefont but for free. god bless neocities

https://not-br.neocities.org/

Not BR

Tech bros are on another world just make a framework like the rest of us.
not-br.neocities.org

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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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Spoke to a guy once who was (is?) CEO of some startup that displayed words on top of each other. Was apparently easier for people with dyslexia to read (not sure this was ever peer reviewed).

So I ask him: “What’s your business model?”

He looks at me like I’m daft. “We know what you’re reading.”

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#surveillancecapitalism #peoplefarming
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tauli
tauli
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yea this! Also, this whole Bionic Reading seems to just make the first half of a word bold. (They seem to offer some tuneables, which doesn't really make stuff more complex) That can easily done on the server or via some local JS. No need to include services from third parties and leak information about your users.
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