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heydon, 1 day ago to random

Final (🤔) mod is to replace the 3 saddle ashtray rubbish with this gotoh thinger. Love it; probably my first ever perfectly intonated baritone.

heydon, 1 day ago to random

sigh I have an American client who is having trouble, they say, being able to convert to £ (their end) for paying me. I have business bank account for my LTD that only accepts £ or €, apparently.

Anyone know of a way around this? A service either they or I could use? I would really prefer not to change bank accounts. Wish I'd know Starling was this limited at the outset.

heydon, 1 day ago to random

There's no such thing as a necessary cookie.

heydon, 2 days ago to random

"AI is a lying machine made out of crimes" https://beige.party/

heydon, 3 days ago to random

The problem with accessibility testing is, sometimes, the site is too inaccessible to fully test. 😞

heydon, 7 days ago to random

Another bizarre pattern I keep seeing a lot of is having multiple skip links to different parts of the page. Total overkill. If you actually use headings, there's no real need.

heydon, 7 days ago to accessibility

Was just reminded that you can use no headings in a web page and automated tests will pass you for WCAG compliance.

You can't use the wrong heading structure if you use no headings at all! Automated tests can't tell where the structure needs to be broken up into sections because they would have to understand the nature of the content. #a11y

heydon, 9 days ago to random

Currently apoplectic that the Speech Recognition API hears “fuck” and outputs ['f***']. You puritanical Christian dickheads are at it again aren't you?

heydon, 9 days ago to random

"You're old"

"Well, given matter can neither be created or destroyed, we're actually the same age. The perpetual process of our being recycled is just a little out of sync."

"That's such a millennial thing to say"

sarajw, 10 days ago to random

Found this in the garden of the other kids during a playdate. Wasn't sure what to say to their mother.

heydon, 12 days ago to random

Me, a front-end developer: “This design is inaccessible, we need to do [x] to fix it. Users will thank us.”
Them: “We'll need to check with the design department.”
Me: “Look at me. I am the designer now.”

heydon, 12 days ago to random

IN SOVIET RUSSIA JAVA SCRIPTS YOU!

zachleat, 13 days ago to random

the @eleventy merch bundle shirts are done! #11tyConf

heydon, 15 days ago to random

This is art. Modem noises assigned to Google taking data from you. https://axbom.com/the-creepy-sound-of-online-trackers/

(HT @aral)

heydon, 15 days ago to random

Experimenting more with CSS tests. See https://heydonworks.com/article/testing-html-with-modern-css/

:has(h1):has(:is(h3,h4,h5,h6)):not(:has(h2)), :has(h2):has(:is(h4,h5,h6)):not(:has(h3)), :has(h3):has(:is(h5,h6)):not(:has(h4)), :has(h4):has(h6):not(:has(h5)) {
outline: var(--error-outline);
--error-skipped-heading-level: 'You have skipped a heading level. For example, a subsection within a section introduced by an h3 is currently introduced by an h5 or h6';
}

heydon, 15 days ago to random

Another found without alt text.

heydon, 16 days ago to random

I brought a couple of copies of Minima Morlia by exiled Judeo-Marxist critical theorist and aphorist Theodor Adorno to @ReactConfBognorRegis with a personal note from me inside to give to the first people who ask for them!

Life does not live!

Inscription on inside cover by me, reading "eat a dick, christofascists"

heydon, 20 days ago to random

I can't breathe