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paulrosen

@paulrosen@hachyderm.io

I'm a Vue programmer most recently, but I've gone through many languages over the years.

I maintain the open source project https://abcjs.net which displays sheet music in SVG.

My day job is https://sightreadingfactory.com which teaches people how to read sheet music.

One of my passions is playing Trad Jazz and traditional dance music of various genres - old-time, Cajun, Klezmer, and western swing.

The most active band I'm in is https://zuzushotfive.com

I'm here to learn and laugh.

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molly0xfff, to web
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If you've ever found yourself missing the "good old days" of the , what is it that you miss? (Interpret "it" broadly: specific websites? types of activities? feelings? etc.) And approximately when were those good old days?

No wrong answers — I'm working on an article and wanted to get some outside thoughts.

paulrosen,
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@molly0xfff I liked the home-made sites. I remember being astonished and delighted to come across a site that was just pages of jokes about banjos! I liked the "webrings" - once I found a site that was about a topic I was interested in I could just click "random" and see more. I liked that the web was not overrun by spam and ads. The social media was specific-topic message boards and they felt like a small group.

paulrosen, to random
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@b0rk What if git didn't let you do those things? I think you're designing a better git!

paulrosen, to random
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Y'all know the "free as in beer or free as in speech" saying.

There's also "free as in piano". If you've ever gotten a free piano you'll know what I mean.

5t3ph, to CSS
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What practical uses of container queries have you seen or created that aren't cards?

paulrosen,
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@5t3ph Page layout: left nav sidebar, optional right sidebar, content taking remaining space. As the browser width gets narrower a breakpoint puts the right sidebar below the content. So the width of the content area isn't easily predictable from browser width. All the things in the content (which vary widely) are arranged based on the content size.

RickiTarr, to random
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A Hindsight Question!

What is something you loved or enjoyed when you were younger, that isn't so great now that you're older?

paulrosen,
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@RickiTarr Josie and the Pussycats cartoon.

Meyerweb, to random
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I know I’m by no means the first to make this complaint, but it’s incredibly disorienting that the new Slack design is applied by team, so as I switch from one team to another, the UI changes.

I can think of more user-hostile ways to roll out a new design, but not many.

paulrosen,
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@Meyerweb And I switch teams A LOT, all day long. It used to be an easy click. And I used to be able to glance to see which team has a notification. But instead of have dm, activity, later, and more which I have no need to ever click on.

catsalad, to random

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    paulrosen,
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    @catsalad Alcohol is a solution.

    0xSim, (edited ) to javascript
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    paulrosen,
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    @0xSim agreed

    andrew_chou, to random
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    is there anything that's easier done than said?

    paulrosen,
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    @andrew_chou selling seashells at the sea shore.

    Alice, to random
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    Do you post funny things?

    Do you have fewer than 100 followers?

    If so, please comment with a link to something funny that you wrote on Mastodon that you’re proud of so we can all see!

    paulrosen,
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    @Alice https://hachyderm.io/@paulrosen/110961870518292682

    5t3ph, to CSS
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    What things have you recently been learning or using? 👀

    paulrosen,
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    @5t3ph I used to use flex for everything - now trying to use grid when it is more appropriate. Also I always used scss variables for colors, now using native variables.

    searls, to random

    Older, wiser, neckbeards warned me when I switched to VS Code last year that this would happen to me at the worst possible moment, but it finally has: even with all extensions disabled, VS Code is now so laggy on my computer that I literally have to stop and wait for it to render each word I type. Talking >200ms per character.

    How do I fix this if it's not an extension causing it?

    paulrosen,
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    @searls That's happened occasionally to me. Closing and reopening solved it. The mouse stayed responsive, but the keyboard would pause a few seconds.

    patrickworld, to random
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    When that pop up hits, I just stop reading the article

    Schitts Creek Comedy GIF by CBC

    paulrosen,
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    @patrickworld I'll give it one press of the ESC key, then bounce.

    paulrosen, to Podcast
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    Anyone have recommendations for tech podcasts? I'm getting tired of the ones I'm listening to. I am interested in Javascript, Vue, CSS, web development in general, and general industry news.

    I like scripted or loosely-scripted shows where only one person is talking at a time and have both diversity and humor. An example is "Enjoy the Vue".

    paulrosen, to random
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    In solidarity with the actors strike, I will not be creating any drama in my life for the foreseeable future.

    mekkaokereke, to random
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    🤔 Do bicycles create empathy? Or do people that care about other people, tend to care about bikes?

    Why is there such a big overlap between "bike infrastructure radicalized people," and "people that care about people that are different than themselves?"

    Why is there such a low overlap between "people with trash hateful takes" and "people that want more bike infrastructure?"

    paulrosen,
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    @joef @being @mekkaokereke I see that in Charlottesville - downtown there are crosswalks every block, the speed limit is 25, and most people stop for pedestrians. Literally a few blocks away the crosswalks are farther apart, the speed limit is 35 and almost no one stops for pedestrians.

    5t3ph, to random
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    Fighting with TypeScript is so exhausting. My tasks take easily 50-75% longer, and it's so much easier to get sidetracked making TS happy to the point of forgetting what I was aiming to do 😫

    Is the big secret in tech that this happens even to the aficionados and they just pretend it's fine?

    paulrosen,
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    @5t3ph For me, the larger the project, the larger the benefit. But I don't hesitate using // @ts-ignore when I know I'm right. I add a short comment so I know what I'm fixing, like:

    // @ts - focus isn't recognized
    ev.target.focus()

    5t3ph, to webdev
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    What's always been "weird" to you about ? As in, how something works? Less intuitive aspects? Stuff that trips you up even though you "know" how it works?

    This is not a gripe thread, I'm looking for constructive input, thanks!

    paulrosen,
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    @5t3ph Sometimes I am poking around devtools and I can't figure out where a margin, padding, or an element width is coming from - and I use devtools all the time. (Sorry, if I could be more specific it wouldn't be so weird.)

    jensimmons, to random
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    Dear web developers & designers,

    Now that you know what’s coming in Safari 17 — as well as what shipped in Safari 16.2-16.5 — what do you need in WebKit next?

    Which web technology that’s already been standardized is highest priority? What brand new idea do you need invented?

    paulrosen,
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    @jensimmons native "combo box" - a select control where the user can type to filter the selections.

    Also a richly-styled select control dropdown area.

    hacks4pancakes, to random

    So... I feel like a total dick for saying this, but 5 out of 7 of my last mentorship sessions have no-showed or cancelled within 10 minutes of their appointments in the past week. Only one person out of those has provided any reasonable reason. I'm really sorry - if this keeps up much longer I am not going to be able to continue the service.

    If you aren't respectful of my time, please, please be respectful of the time of others who help you along your career journey. I miss every single Sunday afternoon I could spend with my family for nothing but occasional tips. Some folks wait months for these appointments.

    paulrosen,
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    @hacks4pancakes I recently had someone cancel on me for a mentorship at the last minute and I was pissed, but I let her reschedule and she canceled again but her excuse was that she was "too depressed". I felt bad about being pissed the first time.

    inherentlee, to accessibility

    hey that tabs vs spaces meme that's going around is funny but did y'all know that there's a very solid reason to prefer tabs:

    It allows for more customization by individual devs (someone with poor vision can turn their tab width up to 8, someone working in code with many indents can turn it down to 2) without having to change the meaning of a tab: one indentation.

    paulrosen,
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    @inherentlee I don't get why editors don't treat them the same then no one would care. That is, if a file is indented with spaces, I should still be able tell the editor how many millimeters a tab indent is.

    As long as I can adjust the width of a tab indent and as long as the left arrow doesn't stop in the middle of a tab stop I wouldn't care.

    aburka, to random
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    Things are getting pretty weird on . The person who started the instance decided to quit out of the blue (???) and I've seen some fediblocking going around due to server rules.

    I have lots of sympathy for burnout of course, but I assume the stability/continuation of the instance is in question now.

    Where are some good places to migrate?

    paulrosen,
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    @aburka How would a regular user even know if a bunch of other instances blocked hackyderm? I'd just see less traffic, I guess.

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