Jeremiah

Jeremiah, 8 days ago (edited 8 days ago) to random

I don’t vote for political parties founded by actual neonazis in the 1980s.

Important for everyone eligible to vote in the current EU election to keep the EU on a progressive track. The fascists are expected to make gains.

This EU election will be my first time voting as a citizen of Sverige! 💖

#EUElections #EUPol #SVPol

Jeremiah, 8 days ago to random

Google continues to use its Chrome dominance to make the Web less private by limiting the capabilities and update speed of ad and tracker blocking extensions.

From @arstechnica:

> Google, which makes about 77% of its revenue from advertising, has not published a serious explanation as to why Manifest V3 limits content filtering, and it's not clear how that aligns with the goals of “improving the security, privacy, performance and trustworthiness.”

Switch to Firefox.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-starts-deprecating-older-more-capable-chrome-extensions-next-week/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Jeremiah, 8 days ago to UI

I still think the swipe down from the right third to get to control center and swipe down from the remaining ⅔ to get to notifications is a terrible UX on iOS. There is no/little affordance to their behavior.

Similarly, I cannot tell you what tapping the digital crown, side button, and swiping up and down does on the Apple Watch Ultra. I just cycle thru all of them until I get the screen I’m looking for.

#UI #UX #iOS #AppleWatch

Jeremiah, 10 days ago to random

I can’t remember ever leaving a meetup early unplanned, but I did tonight. What was supposed to be a presentation on EU startup competitiveness turned out to be an ignorant and pessimistic rant from a VC about EU regulation.

DSA and DMA are startup-friendly regulations that inhibit anticompetitive practices by incumbents. GDPR and AI Act are pragmatic guidelines for ensuring human rights are not harmed by innovation. They’re accessibly written. They’re not perfect, but they are reasonable.

Jeremiah, 10 days ago to webdev

Every time I have to code a HTML table I miss Macromedia Dreamweaver a whole fuckin’ lot. Where is the open source version of that?

I wish VS Code had a barebones WYSIWYG editor. I think it would replace most Markdown use cases for me.

#WebDev

Jeremiah, 14 days ago to random

My husband got upgraded to first class on his 12 hour flight. I was in the cheapest economy saver seat because I work with non-profits and he works for Big Tech Co. (We were on different flights.)

You might say our Lufthansa experience “was a little different for me…”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDtgChc7voY

Jeremiah, 16 days ago (edited 16 days ago) to random

Research does not support the widespread belief that blue light emitted by electronic device screens in the evening is worse than warmer colored light when trying to fall asleep.

My next #WeblogPoMo2024 post is an expansion of an earlier thread on Mastodon.

https://www.jeremiahlee.com/posts/blue-light-sleep/?source=Mastodon

Jeremiah, 17 days ago (edited 17 days ago) to webdev

I was curious about what percentage of people visiting my site had set preferences for light/dark mode, reduced motion, or increased contrast. I also wanted to know what percentage had HDR support.

I figured out how to do that custom tracking with @plausible and wrote a tutorial.

https://www.jeremiahlee.com/posts/plausible-accessibility-tracking/?source=Mastodon

#WebDev #a11y #WeblogPoMo2024

Jeremiah, 17 days ago to random

Today in “community servers were a mistake”: I got temporarily banned from mastodon dot green for this gif, so I no longer recommend it as a community server.

https://alpaca.gold/@SunOfStockholm/112483551603992557

Jeremiah, 18 days ago to random

What level Marriott Bonvoy status gets me a room without tiny lights or panels glowing at night?

Power outlets that support the weight of a wall wart?

How about for a tv with motion smoothing and color modifications disabled?

I didn’t bring enough duct tape to cover all the lights in my room AND hold my laptop power in the socket.

Jeremiah, 21 days ago to random

Apparently my husband and I are so obviously gay a South Korean taxi driver felt the need to put on praise & worship music when we got in.

Jesus said be a light unto the world and I’m flaming, honey.

Also, TIL Hillsong in Korean is A Thing.

Jeremiah, 25 days ago to random

How long has it been since you’ve gotten jiggy with it?

Jeremiah, 27 days ago to random

🧳I’m going to Seoul, South Korea next week. What should I see and do?

Art, history, nature, live music, nightlife, and gay stuff are of interest. I’m ok being a tourist. Day trips ok too, but I don’t have a driver’s license. Plant-based food recommendations especially appreciated.

#AskFedi

Jeremiah, 28 days ago (edited 28 days ago) to webdev

Hey @MDN, with Stack Overflow’s ongoing community implosion, now would be an excellent time to launch MDN Answers so people have a better place to help each other learn.

https://answer.apache.org/

Edit: Or @nodebb / other ActivityPub-enabled forum/threaded discussion community server software

#WebDev

Jeremiah, 28 days ago to Eurovision

Is… Ireland ok? That was a fun episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. #EuroVision

Jeremiah, 28 days ago to apple

Apple AirDrop has gotten much less reliable in the last year. It used to always work like magic. Now, it seems to fail half of the time on transfers between me and friends and between my own devices.

Also, the bump mega vibration screen ripple thing sends a contact card instead of the thing someone is trying to share often enough to never use it.

The only fix is both sides doing an airplane mode toggle. Annoying. Not magic.

#Apple #iOS #macOS

Jeremiah, 29 days ago to random

May Stack Overflow’s meltdown birth a thousand community servers owned and operated by the people actually creating the value.

https://answer.apache.org/

Jeremiah, 30 days ago to random

~“the ad says something about balance of power. Apple is a great tech company, but a legendary marketer. Its ads, keynotes, stores offer a vision of its products as tools that give consumers power. The commercial is a display of force that reminds us about this sleight of hand. We are not the powerful entity in this relationship. The creative potential we feel when we pick up their devices is actually on loan. At the end of the day, it belongs to Apple, the destroyer.”

https://t.co/UHRUNZikbn

Jeremiah, 1 month ago to random

Tumblr is removing tipping, citing low usage and a need to prioritize other feature development higher.

https://changes.tumblr.com/post/749295377342251008/tipping-is-going-away-on-june-1-2024

#WebMonetization #CreatorEconomy

Jeremiah, 1 month ago to random

Gen Alpha might get to be the first generation of US Americans to stay mostly intact since 1925. Lucky them.

https://bird.makeup/users/amazingmap/statuses/1784657593295675489

Jeremiah, 1 month ago to random

These birds are listening to Night Moves by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

Jeremiah, 1 month ago to ADHD

The hostility of governments towards tourists with ADHD who just want to take their medication is a true test of the effectiveness of that medication.

Within the EU, I must fill out a form with my pharmacist for them to file for each trip beyond Sverige’s border.

For my trip to Korea, I must download 2 Word docs from a website in Korean, submit a copy of my passport, flight information, notarized English translation of my Swedish prescription, and email it all 10 days before travel.

#ADHD

Jeremiah, 1 month ago to random

😡 The @EU_Commission is giving up on @Mastodon and @peertube because @EDPS couldn’t find an agency within the commission to continue operating it.

https://www.edps.europa.eu/press-publications/press-news/press-releases/2024/edps-decentralised-social-media-pilot-end-successful-story_en

Jeremiah, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

My sleep has been shit the last few weeks.

Will I survive a Barry’s Bootcamp class on 5 hours of sleep? Let’s find out! Because it’s too late to cancel and not lose the money.

At least the weather is nice. 4° and pouring rain.

Jeremiah, 1 month ago to random

According to the UN, Israel currently is killing or injuring 1 Palestinian child every 10 minutes.

Therefore, I (and over 1,000 music artists in Sverige) think Israel should not be permitted to participate in #Eurovision2024.

I hope Malmö police handle the protests better than how Stockholm’s police handled the BLM solidarity protest during the pandemic.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eurovision-song-contest-host-sweden-braces-anti-israel-protests-2024-04-24/

https://pitchfork.com/news/robyn-fever-ray-and-other-swedish-artists-call-for-israel-ban-at-eurovision-song-contest-2024/

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/04/1148876

#SVPol