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tomw

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

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

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gamingonlinux, (edited ) to random
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I want to do a test on how much traffic and resources the Mastodon embed takes on my server, so boost this plz

Edit: all done, you can stop sharing now lol

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/steam-deck-most-played-for-april-2024-has-plenty-of-fallout/

tomw,
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@gamingonlinux This is because you are not running your website on a potato

timbray, to random
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Passkeys were hot last year, don’t seem to be catching on, here’s one view of why that is. Dark and sobering but convincing: https://fy.blackhats.net.au/blog/2024-04-26-passkeys-a-shattered-dream/

tomw,
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@timbray Classic overengineered solution. It needs to be simple enough for anyone to understand. Currently it is not simple enough for people who work as programmers to understand.

jaffathecake, to random
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We use self-closing syntax in HTML where it doesn't do anything. People see it and assume it does something.

Why do we keep doing this to ourselves?

https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1cceb03/i_thought_i_knew_html_until_i_saw_this/

tomw,
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@jaffathecake I'll never stop writing <br />

tomw, to random
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Does a word processor exist (regular app or web app I suppose) that displays a section outline with 'live' word counts next to each section? Like:

Introduction (434 words)
Chapter 1 (942 words)
etc

This seems so simple but searching turns up a) other people asking the same question and b) bodgy scripts/plugins.

tomw,
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@siblingpastry Hmm, this does look like pretty much what I'm looking for! And the pricing isn't too bad. Thanks, I'll probably give it a try

tomw,
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For now I'm using a script inside Google Docs that refreshes once per minute and... oh man. Feels like it's going to break at any moment.

tomw,
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One of these days I'll break and make Count Wordula, the word processor for people who are really into counting words but don't really need any other function of a word processor apart from maybe bold and italics

ifixcoinops, to random
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🦆🐰🐺🐇🐭🐨🐴 we're all gonna visit 🐧's site at once to make a link preview
🦝 ooo, you shouldn't do that
🐧 I'm going to serve each of you six whole damn megabytes
🦝 ooo I've got another shouldn't just for you
🐧 maybe I should post about why is my site so slow
🦝 furtling for crumbs at the bottom of the Shouldn't Bag ooooo
🦊🦅🐗🐫 let's post about how none of this is actually a problem for anyone
🦝 turning the Shouldn't bag upside down and shaking it oh god hang on one at a time ONE at a TIME

tomw,
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@ifixcoinops Going to borrow this post format for future use

tomw, to random
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At this point I don't think there's any reason to learn what passkeys are. Just wait for them to slowly get removed from everything again because of low takeup.

tomw, to random
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sings
Mobile phones killed the widget sidebar

tomw, to random
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It's strange to see people on here defending Tiktok, the most obvious Trojan Horse since 1000BC.

The main defence seems to be that Facebook also sent us a horse full of soldiers. Which is true. So we... just have to accept horses full of soldiers now? Out of a sense of fairness? I don't see how that follows.

yvanspijk, to random
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The word 'bairn' (child), which is used in Scots, Northern and Scottish English, is closely related to 'born' and 'to bear'.

These words all come from a root meaning "to carry".

When a baby is born it's been carried to term.
The infant is then carried around.

Zoom in for more:

tomw,
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@yvanspijk It was interesting as a (British) English speaker to learn that child in Swedish is "barn" because you do immediately make the link to Scots "bairn". There is something a touch Scandinavian about the whole sound of Scots.

coldclimate, to random
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Day 2 in an open plan office and I've no idea how people get anything done.

tomw,
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@coldclimate Find a hideout in some other, less-used part of the building, unloved meeting room, etc. (May not work in all cases.)

tomw, to random
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Marketing website: "Wow, Bonkadonk makes collecting payments so easy, even my cat can do it! Now he runs his own fancy collars business. Thanks Bonkadonk."

Emails to customers: "We have just deprecated the C-7 GX Rootytooty trust chain as part of our move to GlobalSecure root chain v4. What does this mean for me? You will need to update..."

tomw,
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More websites should say "Wow, this made a difficult task somewhat less difficult, though also still requiring regular maintenance and basic competence."

davepolaschek, to random
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I saw the fuss about the “Don’t link to our website” people yesterday, and didn’t comment much until this morning, because I hadn’t realized just how crap-laden their page was (my ad-blocker did its job). My initial reaction was that they kept talking about “the mastodon devs should fix this” but isn’t part of the deal with open source (which mastodon is, right?) that if you see a problem, you can go fix it yourself which they didn’t seem to have any interest in. Open source much, guys?

tomw,
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@davepolaschek I think they are one of those crapola sites that started as a social media page and then set up a website. It does seem a very self-imposed web performance issue

foo, to random
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I trust these brands.

tomw,
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@foo For when you want that extra quality and reassurance. SYIDINZN: the name you can trust.

tomw, to random
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If a few hundred simultaneous requests can bring down your website, don't moan about Mastodon instances for sending them. Fix your website.

This doesn't need to be a big job – for most servers it's a couple of config lines, plus for Wordpress or similar you'll likely need caching.

It will prepare you for the day when you publish something that gets a lot of (genuine) traffic.

This level of traffic is not a "distributed denial of service", it is a "small-to-medium-sized request for service".

tomw,
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I do have some sympathy if you're just out here trying to run a little website, but honestly none if you claim in any way to be a person who knows anything about software, for example the type of person who might use the term "DDoS".

tomw, to random
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Just saw someone saying they use AI to write Tailwind.

At that point why not just stab yourself in the feet with a spoon instead.

tomw, to random
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Every security expert ever: "Do not use incrementing ID numbers"

Every Shopify-based shop: "Thanks for your order # 1201"

tomw, to random
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Used to be that you'd ask "what are the kids into?" and the answer would be like, idk, pogs.

Now the answer is "liminal spaces".

tomw,
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I will not be taking questions on this.

Really though, they love those liminal spaces.

tomw, to random
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You know how people do something slightly embarrassing in the coffee shop (or wherever) and then they say "now I can never go back there"?

I have worked in plenty of customer service jobs and let me reassure you that I never remembered anyone for any reason.

"My usual"? I have no idea who you are, sorry.

"I was just here an hour ago"? Nice for you, I did not retain that information.

"I've been waiting for my food for ages"? Hmm, it is possible that I was bad at this.

tomw,
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@DodoTheDev Everyone is the star of their own life...

tomw,
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@brianstorms Yeah, people ordering in the Starbucks style ("grande oat milk extra hot"...) is annoying, wait for the questions.

Of course it's all moving to touchscreens now, so hey.

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