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DaleTrexel

@DaleTrexel@drupal.community

Drupal developer & site manager from Minnesota. Enjoy outdoor adventures with my 2 huskies whenever not behind a computer.

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DaleTrexel, to random
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I HATE AMBIGUOUS TOGGLES!

I wondered why a new list I set up was still showing members' posts in my main timeline. When I went to configure the list, I saw a big white dot (the brightest thing in the UI) next to "Hide these posts from home" and figured that meant this was default and already ON. I presumed the "X" meant I should click to disable it.

Turns out I was wrong!...

DaleTrexel,
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Apparently if I had clicked on the control, it would have looked like this. Much more apparent now as clearly on. Since it was the only instance of this control on the screen, I had no others to compare to, and I'm not in the habit of clicking on every control that looks properly set to confirm it's not actually misleading me!

(At least not on a platform that I trust isn't trying to trick me with dark patterns.)

DaleTrexel, to random
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I'm sure Meta's Threads have only the purest intentions in joining the Fediverse!

https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-snooped-snapchat-user-traffic

DaleTrexel,
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Via https://social.jeffl.es/@seriouslyjeff/112165016132354479

joachim, to composer
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Released a new command for switching a module installed in a project to a git clone install, so you can fix bugs and test MRs in the context of the project: https://github.com/joachim-n/drupal-project-contrib-development Please try it and report any problems!

DaleTrexel,
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@joachim This looks super useful! I'll have to check it out.

A lot cleaner than my current approach of symlinking the original module directory to another location outside my site's repo.

DaleTrexel,
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@joachim It's also great to have a tool that helps standardize practices among developers.

mattferrell, to tes
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Do you want thermal energy storage for your home?

Check out our video on it, here: https://youtu.be/KVqHYNE2QwE

Or check out the page on our website, here: https://undecidedmf.com/how-a-sand-battery-could-revolutionize-home-energy-storage/

#Undecidedmf #TES #Batteries

DaleTrexel,
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@mattferrell That sounds really promising! But over what timeframe are those 90+% numbers for? Just day/night cycles? Longer weather cycles (like, a cloudy week of rain)?

I presume we're still far from annual cycles, storing excess production in the summer for use through the winter.

DaleTrexel,
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@mattferrell Thanks! I figured as much

It's an important detail that is often left out of efficiency estimates. I'd love to see more side-by-side graphic comparisons of how various storage systems perform over time, both electricity and heat.

joachim, to firefox
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Why does an app having an update pending make it run like crap? Anytime starts to be slow, it'll be because it's got an update ready to install. Similarly if my mac starts running like crap, it'll be Firefox, , or which have an update. What causes the slowdown?

DaleTrexel,
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@joachim I'd love to know this too! For me, it's either Firefox or Chrome.

And what's more, this happens BEFORE the app puts up its you-have-an-update notice in the UI, which is extra frustrating.

si, to random
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@DaleTrexel I think if they did it from scratch it would be more like github/gitlab markdown but it was added during the evolution of the project module which often predated patterns we take for granted today.

DaleTrexel,
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@si It sounds like they are doing just that for gitlab, so I look forward to what comes next.

But as it is now, THIS is the only place to learn how to add the special issue tags. They're really helpful! And people use them all over! But if you've been away from the issue queue for a while and forgot, it's REALLY hard to find the specifics. Google is no help.

DaleTrexel,
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@si I know that more than once I've tried clicking on that "More information about text formats" link below the input box, and thought to my self, "Oh, this is just basic how-HTML-works info. I don't need this" and click away before I got to the important part added as an afterthought at the very bottom.

The thing that is totally unique to Drupal.org should be at the TOP, before the basic stuff about HTML that most people will already know.

DaleTrexel, to drupal
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LB: I've long thought that had great potential to be your personal (or institutional) POSSE hub: publish stuff on your own site, and use APIs or other tools to push out to other social media systems you're on. It's been on my to-do list, but never high enough for me to dabble in it.

CABOOM! encapsulates the reverse, which is also possible: pulling in (and archiving!) your activity elsewhere. Also potential for Drupal!

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/03/caboom-comment-anywhere-bring-onto-own-media/

DaleTrexel,
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Especially with the ephemeral nature of Mastodon hosts and the inability to migrate between instances, building a central (and authoritative) repository of your own posts could be really handy.

ultimike, to drupal
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I really liked the idea of the Tour module, but it never really gained any traction. Kind of a bummer.

https://buff.ly/48SEUKc

DaleTrexel,
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@pcambra @wimleers @ultimike That's a great summary of my own experiences with such documentation/onboarding systems, and it offers some useful solutions. Thanks for posting the link!

si, to drupal
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Belated deep dive on , my overview of getting started with a site https://youtu.be/8al0GVuYwYY

DaleTrexel,
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@si This was REALLY useful for me. Thanks for posting! It goes beyond bare bones documentation to show how the different parts work together in your workflow -- what it's like to actually use the tool in real life.

The length is also a lot more approachable than, for example, committing to an hour long conference recording (or 2-hour Twitch stream!). This is great for someone new to PHPStan and wondering how it might be useful to them.

cmconseils, to random French
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Yet another juggler gives up on their dreams

DaleTrexel,
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@cmconseils Either that or someone has strong opinions about kebab menus!

DaleTrexel, to drupal
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TFW you're investigating a bug and tagging additional related issues that can be solved by fixing this one thing.

Animated gif from The Emperor's New Groove where the camera zooms in on Kronk as he says, "Oh yeah. It's all coming together!"

DaleTrexel, to random
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One thing that continues to baffle me are the people who insist on building dumbed-down UIs with the argument that:

"Most of our users are simpleminded peasants, therefore we must build the UI for their simpleminded needs. We won't provide advanced tools at all for our more intelligent users because the mere presence of advanced tools would intimidate our simpleminded peasants, EVEN IF THE ADVANCED TOOLS ARE HIDDEN BY DEFAULT."

DaleTrexel,
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By the same logic, you could argue that MOST of our users don't use assistive devices online, so if we're designing for the most common user, we can ignore accessibility too.

mattferrell, to random
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What’s been your experience with a heat pump water heater?

Check out our video on it, here: https://youtu.be/abGiNL9IT54

Or check out the page on our website, here: https://undecidedmf.com/the-genius-of-hot-water-heat-pumps/

DaleTrexel,
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@mattferrell Our HPWH is in a laundry room directly below our main bathroom. I've considered diverting the shower drain water to a graywater tank that would recapture the heat, diffusing it back to the laundry room air instead of sending it out to the sewer.

But only in winter: in summer, you'd want to send that extra heat directly out the drain pipe.

mglaman, to drupal
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Improving the Drupal theme starterkit and theme generation experience https://mglaman.dev/blog/improving-drupal-theme-starterkit-and-theme-generation-experience?utm_campaign=blog&utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=social&utm_content=toot

DaleTrexel,
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@mglaman Thanks for your work on this! I might actually get a blog launched if it were possible to customize Olivero from a Starterkit clone. Otherwise I end up constantly tossing out half-started efforts that disappoint me for one reason or another.

DaleTrexel,
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@mglaman I doubt I'm alone in this. I'm sure a lot of people are in the same boat:
https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3190946#comment-15443899

DaleTrexel, to random
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I am continually having my accrued vacation time approach my employer's maximum.

I have way too many tabs open to articles that looked interesting, but I was too busy to read then, so I leave them open to "read later".

Maybe I need to start taking personal tab-clearing holidays.

DaleTrexel, to opensource
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Excerpt from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the community:

DaleTrexel, to drupal
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Why does make it so impossible to figure out the markup for referencing another issue by # in a new issue?

DaleTrexel,
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@jurgenhaas You're missing my point entirely.

D.o uses a special link format similar to markdown, even if not technically Markdown ™️, that is totally unique to Drupal.org. This is an important AND VERY USEFUL tool when referencing other issues. It is the one thing new (or infrequent) contributors to will need explained, and NOT the basics of HTML, which is the first 99% of the documentation.

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