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alcinnz

@alcinnz@floss.social

A browser developer posting mostly about how free software projects work, and occasionally about climate change.

Though I do enjoy german board games given an opponent.

Pronouns: he/him

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Some ideas I'm considering for my next hypothetical device to explore, now that I've finished discussing a hardware-Internet Communicator with self-hosted maintenance:

  • Continue that hypothetical to add multi-accounts, mapping, richer IM, publishing, and/or painting images.

  • modern CDi (could draw plenty of other retro comparisons...) equivalent running LÖVE & Lua on a RISC32fimv; with hardly a graphics or sound card!

  • How much computational power is desired for video creation?

Thoughts?

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The Basics of Legibility - Niko Kitsakis @ Nuberodesign:
https://www.nubero.ch/blog/011/

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Time-based CSS Animations - Yuan Chan:
https://yuanchuan.dev/time-based-css-animations

Synopsized by Robin Rendle "The Cascade":
https://csscade.com/time-based-css-animations/

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New Magic for Animations in CSS - Chase McCoy:
https://chasem.co/2024/05/css-animations/

Synopsized by Robin Rendle "The Cascade":
https://csscade.com/new-magic-for-animations-in-css/

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https://www.designspells.com/

Boosted by Robin Rendle "The Cascade":
https://csscade.com/design-spells/

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The different ways to build a resilient website or web app - Go Make Things:
https://gomakethings.com/the-different-ways-to-build-a-resilient-website-or-web-app/

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Dark mode & accessibility myth - Stephanie Walter:
https://stephaniewalter.design/blog/dark-mode-accessibility-myth-debunked/

Low fidelity design is higher up the value chain - Pavel Samsonov @ UX Collective:
https://scribe.rip/low-fidelity-design-is-higher-up-the-value-chain-fdf1824c6aa1 (Medium via Scribe)

Is the Customer always right? It depends … - Alexandros Shomper @ Bootcamp @ UX Collective:
https://scribe.rip/is-the-customer-always-right-it-depends-e875f37a6786 (Medium via Scribe)

Why creative labour isn’t always seen as “real work” – and what that means for artists and designers - Julien Posture @ Its Nice That:
https://www.itsnicethat.com/features/arts-and-labour-creative-industry-290424?utm_source=tldrdesign

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Takeaways from the Google Content Warehouse API documentation leak - Seirdy:
https://seirdy.one/posts/2024/05/30/google-document-warehouse-api-docs-leak/

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Debian 12 KDE Plasma: The right GNU/Linux distribution for professional digital painting in 2024. Reasons and complete installation guide. - David Revoy:
https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1030/debian-12-kde-plasma-2024-install-guide

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A simpler way to build dynamic user interactions - Go Make Things:
https://gomakethings.com/a-simpler-way-to-build-dynamic-user-interactions/

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Judging by previous instances of this exact hypecycle, I predict it'll last 3-6 years.

I'd be willing to bet that by 2029 (maybe 2030) investors will be disappointed in generative AI & will largely cease funding any AI research.

alcinnz,
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@morten_skaaning This is a 2 tier hype cycle, so yes & no.

I was measuring from the release of ChatGPT in Jan 2023.

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Lets see how many of Elf Utils' commands I have time to study this morning!

After initializing & internationalization whilst parsing commandline flags nm iterates over the remaining commandline args, handling the single-arg case specially.

For each it opens that ELF file recursing through ELF archives with surrounding output. For each leaf ELF file it initializes a prefix/suffix string & an LibEBL (in same repo) backend. Retrieving the E header it iterates over the sections.

1/2?

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For each section it attempts to get the S header, checks its type is as expected, & for symboltables iterates over the "index" to locate teh corresponding "extended section index table" & outputs extensive & sorted ELF data in a choice of formats.

1.5/1.5 Fin for today!

P.S. I finished skimming Elf Utils' test suite this morning, took a while! Good!

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Old Dogs, new CSS Tricks - Max Böck:
https://mxb.dev/blog/old-dogs-new-css-tricks/

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Keeping up with CSS - Robin Rendle "The Cascade":
https://csscade.com/keeping-up-with-css/

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Your site or app should work as much as possible without JavaScript - Go Make Things:
https://gomakethings.com/your-site-or-app-should-work-as-much-as-possible-without-javascript/

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Consumption-to-creation ratio -Manuel Moreale:
https://manuelmoreale.com/@/page/YgtSzHrEXVU4Qj4k

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We Already Have a Digital Currency - Kev Quirk:
https://kevquirk.com/we-already-have-a-digital-currency

Much more efficient pre-capita, with just as much cryptography!

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@ekaitz_zarraga While I would say that the issue is less bad depending on where you live, it is fair to be concerned about the centralization!

There was certainly an issue in the blockchain hype that they were hopelessly wedded to their solution.

alcinnz,
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@ekaitz_zarraga Yeah, on second thought this is one sort of post I was filtering out of my boosts when inundated with blockchain hype...

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@ekaitz_zarraga Well we're always pressured to choose sides on something...

Now I'm commonly perceived as anti-AI, though that doesn't really capture the nuance of my stance.

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Inside a vintage aerospace navigation computer of uncertain purpose - Ken Shirriff:
http://www.righto.com/2024/05/blog-post.html

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This morning my mind keeps going to a handful of crimes The Red Panda Adventures depicted...

Protection rackets: https://decoderringtheatre.com/shows/red-panda-adventures/the-golden-claw/

A "dream factory" passing counterfeit money through those who can't afford it: https://decoderringtheatre.com/shows/red-panda-adventures/the-dream-factory/

Mordriel The Malevolent was gifting good luck charms which worked by draining it from those around you. Toronto public safety inspector Edward Barton was reluctant to part with it since it was so obviously working: https://decoderringtheatre.com/shows/red-panda-adventures/season/3

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And finally I'm thinking of their depiction of a charity ball: https://decoderringtheatre.com/shows/red-panda-adventures/red-panda-dead-or-alive/

"Dear heart, it doesn't really matter who benefits. Its just a socially acceptable excuse for a large & lavish ball!"
"Afterall, hard times call for hard measures. We're only the idle rich when we're not giving to charity!"
"This way people can read the society pages without feeling animosity towards who might have more than they do."

(set during The Great Depression)

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