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codepo8

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Web developer for 25 years. Ex-Yahoo, Mozilla, Microsoft. Wrote the Developer Advocacy handbook. https://toot.cafe/@codepo8 on Twitter.

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Fun with JavaScript. If you don't feel like adding a comment, use () and , instead…

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@bkardell JS discards anything before the last comma, so it will be 24

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Slow Roads is a relaxing, lo-fi game to play in your browser:
https://slowroads.io/
Smooth performance, and yet the car looks more high poly than a cybertruck.

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AfD Gegendemonstrationen heute:

19.01. Hamburg, Rathausmarkt (15.30)
19.01. Erlangen, Hugenottenplatz (16:00)
19.01. Jena, Marktplatz (16:00)
19.01. Bielefeld, Jahnplatz (17:00)
19.01. Minden (17:00)
19.01. Stralsund, alter Markt (17:00)
19.01. Detmold, Marktplatz (17:00)
19.01. Münster, Stubengasse (18:00)
19.01. Bochum, Hauptbahnhof (19:00)

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Calling all tech folk in : is coming to town on the 29th of February! There'll be live code competitions, lots of prizes to win and networking opportunities. Tickets include 2 drinks vouchers and I really look forward to seeing you all!

https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/code100

video/mp4

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@ppk that's because there are still a few options. We'll update soon with that specific information.

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@ppk Yes of course.

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When people in Germany claim that everyone who moves here should speak German, send them these gems and ask what they are:
Baumentaster
Altbaucharme
Brathering
Hoffensterchen
Kreischorverband
Zwergelstern
Rotzeder
Urinsekten
Schreibrand
Nachteilzug

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Investors, ready?
https://welcometozombo.com/

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Today I wrote the pseudo code questions for the upcoming event at the end of February. I wasted about an hour writing nonsense code until I realised that I can write JavaScript and ask @github to convert it to pseudo code. Did I just discover a new use case? "Make my code not executable"?

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👉🏼 „Google Cuts Hundreds of Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions - The New York Times”
🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/11/technology/google-layoffs.html
💬 core engineering, the Google Assistant product and hardware such as the Pixel phone.

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👉🏼 „Deepfaked Celebrity Ads Promoting Medicare Scams Run Rampant on YouTube”
🔗 https://www.404media.co/joe-rogan-taylor-swift-andrew-tate-ai-deepfake-youtube-medicare-ads/
💬1,600+ YouTube videos featuring celebrity deepfakes promoting Medicaid and Medicare scams; with over 195M views in total.

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@matt was it a weird looking car?

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👉🏼 „Google’s DeepMind ‘Robot Constitution’ will make sure its AI droids won’t kill you - The Verge”
🔗 https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/4/24025535/google-ai-robot-constitution-autort-deepmind-three-laws?utm_source=tldrnewsletter
💬 The data gathering system AutoRT applies safety guardrails inspired by Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics.

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👉🏼 „What’s the smallest file size for a 1 pixel image? – Terence Eden’s Blog”
🔗 https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/01/whats-the-smallest-file-size-for-a-1-pixel-image/
💬 Older image formats like BMP and GIF are smaller than newer formats like AVIF.

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👉🏼 „Digital inaccessibility: Blind and low-vision people have powerful technology but still face barriers to the digital world”
🔗 https://theconversation.com/digital-inaccessibility-blind-and-low-vision-people-have-powerful-technology-but-still-face-barriers-to-the-digital-world-212600
💬 Imagine that you have low vision and you’re completing an online job application using screen reader software.

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👉🏼 „The I in LLM stands for intelligence | daniel.haxx.se”
🔗 https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/01/02/the-i-in-llm-stands-for-intelligence/
💬 Great insights by Daniel on how LLMs are vulnerable and allow people to create security issues.

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👉🏼 „Elon Musk Has Used Illegal Drugs, Worrying Leaders at Tesla and SpaceX - WSJ”
🔗 https://www.wsj.com/business/elon-musk-illegal-drugs-e826a9e1?mod=followamazon
💬 Some executives and board members fear the billionaire’s use of drugs—including LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms and ketamine—could harm his companies - ORLY?

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👉🏼 „Mozilla Lightbeam is back - extension showing which sites get your data when visiting other sites”
🔗 https://lightbeam.chikl.de/
💬 Originally built in 2013 and discontinued in 2017 - I remember it slowed the browser down back then.

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👉🏼 „Introduction to HTMX | refine”
🔗 https://refine.dev/blog/what-is-htmx/
💬 In this article, we will explore what HTMX is and its capabilities.

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👉🏼 „When "Everything" Becomes Too Much: The npm Package Chaos of 2024 - Socket”
🔗 https://socket.dev/blog/when-everything-becomes-too-much
💬 PatrickJS launched a troll campaign with a package called "everything," which depends on all public npm packages. Another example how brittle the system is.

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Excellent tutorial on sharing state between browser windows.
https://dev.to/notachraf/sharing-a-state-between-windows-without-a-serve-23an

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Didn't think that gmail has such a headstart. I assume Android devices?
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