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tomw

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Web developer. Sometimes designer. I like code, words and mass movements. Jag lรคr mig #svenska.

Interested in/may post about #html #css #wordpress #openweb #decentralisation #socialism #protest

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dangillmor, to random
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Social media disappointments:

  1. Journalists are still actively participating at exTwitter, thereby actively supporting Musk, who is helping extremists bring down democracy and, by extension, a free press.

  2. Reddit got away with stomping its volunteer moderators and users, and its execs are cashing in on an IPO that in a more just world would have flopped.

  3. Writers I respect decided to stick with Substack despite arrogant, extremist-friendly investors and leadership.

tomw,
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@dangillmor People do not, in general, leave platforms because the policies and/or leadership are bad.

Lots of people are still on Facebook, and you don't get a more open-and-shut case than that.

You can't moralise your way out of this problem - only regulate.

riley, to random
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Currently reading Less is More by Jason Hickel, but Mr. Watterson said it best:

tomw,
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@riley Can't even go in the car any more without getting rung up on the car phone

lara_amalia, to random
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i'm struggling. i'd like to build a very simple website for a client. i could just build it with html+css in a couple of days, but she wants to update the content every now and then.

it's more than "just text" where i could use markdown for the content. there are some special components for blockquotes, a timeline, pricing table, etc. required.

usually i like my contentful+astro setup, but for this project it feels like an overkill (because time and budget are limited).

any ideas/thoughts? ๐Ÿค”

tomw,
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@lara_amalia A custom Wordpress theme, in its most minimal form, lets you just write HTML and CSS and put a couple of functions like the_title() and the_content() in the places where you would expect.

I do this when I'm not trying to make a site that is "Wordpressy" (using all its functions) but more like my HTML with a CMS attached to the "text" section.

tomw,
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@lara_amalia Probably! There's a bit of a lack of a middle ground once you need (user) editing, as users generally expect that to mean web login, not "edit these Markdown files and something something git" that most dev-focused stuff supports

pikesley, to random
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tomw,
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@pikesley the best one of these (which I get loads) is "Tracking information will only be available once delivery is attempted", no further text. For something that was sent months ago and is obviously lost.

jk, to random
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in six months the nintendo wii will be 18 years old

tomw,
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@jk I'm going to say Wii Sports is better than all 7 except A Tale of Two Cities

tomw,
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@jk Coincidence: I found a copy of Wii Sports today in a box of books. I don't know how it got there

tomw, to random
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Thisposthasbeenminifiedtohelpyousavebandwidth.Pleaseusethebytessavedwisely.

tomw, to random
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Signed a contract that said I may not use a computer here, "except a personal computer".

Probably just old text but I like to think it was caused by some guy bringing in mainframes

tomw, to random
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Microsoft Recall AI after taking hundreds of screenshots of everything you're doing:

"It looks like you're writing a letter..."

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