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Hi, I'm Simeon 👋🏻😄.

I work on browser extensions and am co-chair of W3C WebExtensions Community Group (WECG). I ❤️ JS, keyboards, vidja games, helping people, & the open web. Opinions are my own. He/him.

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dotproto, to random
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I genuinely don't understand why I enjoy Bethesda games so much when they are so fundamentally janky

dotproto, to random
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My to do list for the day

dotproto,
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@nickmcguire Donno, I'll let you know when I figure it out

cassidoo, to random
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Going to code a bit and hang out if you wanna join in!

https://www.twitch.tv/cassidoo

dotproto,
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@cassidoo I can't make it, but have a wonderful stream 😄

arstechnica, to random
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Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules

Ruling: Thumbprint scan is like a "blood draw or fingerprint taken at booking."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/cops-can-force-suspect-to-unlock-phone-with-thumbprint-us-court-rules/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

dotproto,
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@arstechnica I thought this was already settled law. The gov't (edit: specifically US) can't force you to give up knowledge, but they can force you to give up physical things (bank accounts, property, blood tests, etc.)

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I swear to God I'm going to teach all of you how to act normal!

dotproto,
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@schizanon I refuse / literally can't

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Every once in a while, I think about going to work in the game industry.

dotproto,
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@danluu Speaking as a former game industry QA person, QA are generally treated pretty shitty but this is an all time low

dotproto, to random
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Anyone know of a visual diff tool that lets you ignore specific lines or changes in a line? I'm looking for a nice way to remove noise from big diffs across tags in a repo

dotproto, (edited ) to random
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Can anyone think of a web platform API that accepts a string or array of strings as an argument?

I thought for sure this was a thing, but I'm drawing blanks

EDIT: Answered! https://hachyderm.io/@evilpie/112260613777599323

dotproto,
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@evilpie Ohh, keypath! Thanks, now it's time to check the WebIDL for how that's defined

dotproto,
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@lamplightdev Nah, that method has a variadic argument. I was looking for cases where the argument is basically a union type

Turns out createIndex on IndexedDB does what I was looking for: https://hachyderm.io/@evilpie/112260613777599323

dotproto, to random
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I wish I knew a metalworking teach so they could play this song when they introduce the concept of galvanization to students https://soundcloud.com/muzzhq/sets/galvanize

dotproto, (edited ) to random
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"Open in VSC" with Shortcuts on macOS: https://dotproto.com/2024/04/10/open-in-vsc.html

dotproto, to random
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"Open in VSC" with Shortcuts on macOS: https://dotproto.com/2023/10/09/im-not-sure.html

dotproto, to random
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I either need to find a product designer to work with on side projects or get a lot better at making UI that looks and feels as good as I expect my daily tools to be

samclintock, to random
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Are there any other blogs I’m missing to keep up-to-date with web extension development?

dotproto,
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@samclintock I would say mine, but I haven't posted in almost a year. I'm hoping to do a write up of the recent CWS policy changes soon

Edit: oh, and I'm also (very slowly) working on a podcast

dotproto, to random
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I know I have a bit of a schtick, but I'm genuinely excited about how this could be used in https://v8.dev/blog/sandbox

heydon, to random
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I would like to join @ellyloel in willing the term "web designer" back into existence. Personally, I hate how "frontend developer" became a thing and suddenly someone else was responsible for design. "You can code? You're a developer, put the typography and the colors down!" People can do more than one thing sometimes. Not always.

dotproto,
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@heydon @ellyloel I thought the title "web designer" got subsumed by "ux designer"

dotproto,
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@heydon @ellyloel Interesting. I think my lines are a little different. I think of "web designer" as the UI, UX, writing parts and optionally CSS/HTML vs. "web developer" which is more frontend & backend code implementation stuff that optionally touches on designing UI from scratch

dotproto,
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@Meyerweb @heydon @ellyloel TBH the huge scope of "webmater" is part of what put me off pursuing it as a career early on. The day I found out that there was a job that was just working on HTML, CSS, and JS called "front end engineer" is the day I completely changed my career path

dotproto, to random
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Does Google even consider selling off the apps they kill or do they just enjoy making people unhappy?

dotproto,
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@tbodt Saw someone cursing out Google Podcasts. But there are too many potential matches at this point

dotproto,
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@tbodt "acquired by" or "transitioning to"?

The complaint I've seen is that people like the Google Podcasts product. Moving that userbase to something different made by the parent company isn't quite the same

dotproto,
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@tbodt The difference is the experience of the people using those pieces of software. As I see it an acquisition keeps the same product but changes the owner whereas a transition moves the userbase from one product to another

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Delicious in Dungeon is so unbelievably good.

dotproto,
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@deadsuperhero Hard agree. I really like that show

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