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lewis

@lewis@social.lol

Senior software engineer, cyclist, film lover, sci-fi and horror reader, and a Dad

Substitutes obsession with bikes for a personality.

Harmful to aquatic life. Dispose responsibly.

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sarajw, to random
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I've just decided that compatible batteries should be called compatteries.

lewis,
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@sarajw I don’t know who we need to contact to make this happen but they need to hear this

yatil, (edited ) to random
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Update: Turns out I must have searched wrong. It is available.

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I would love to read this book. But it is not available as an EPUB anywhere, so it’s unlikely I will ever read this book.

(No, really, I buy hardcovers and then I put them on a shelf, unread or half-read. I find “real” books very uncomfortable.)

(via: @baldur)

https://aworkinglibrary.com/reading/against-technoableism

lewis,
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@yatil It's showing up on a couple of the bigger ebook marketplaces (amazon, ebooks.com) for me (in the UK) - wonder if it's to do with your location?

lewis,
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@yatil Yeah I was hesitant to suggest them for those reasons 😅

Glad you've found it though!

sarajw, (edited ) to random
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O ring time!

What's the point in buying a keyboard with quiet brown switches if I end up clackity-clacking anyway as the key hits the bottom of the downstroke?

Seems to be working :)

lewis,
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@sarajw You’re just a pioneer of the Qretwz layout

robb, to random
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@feedle Searching for "crisps" gives the following error:

lewis,
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@robb this is an aggressively on-brand post

lewis, to random
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New post: Theory: Lara Croft is a vampire

I've had far too much time to play games, and this is the result. I'm sorry.

https://lewisdale.dev/post/theory-lara-croft-is-a-vampire

lewis,
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@robb I didn't rate Shadow, but the first two are some of my favourites

lewis, to random
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New post: The web doesn't want to be browsed

A little rant about the state of modern web browsers

https://lewisdale.dev/post/the-web-doesn-t-want-to-be-browsed/

lewis,
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Oh no, my og-image is broken

lewis, to random
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Question for people who sit on video calls in crowded coworking spaces, without wearing headphones: why?

lewis, to random
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Well this is a new one

ehler, to random
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@robb Since you were posting about Webmentions recently, any thoughts on this? https://github.com/LewisDaleUK/eleventy-plugin-activity-pub

I'm slowly working to migrate my WP blog to 11ty, but I think the ActivityPub integration of WP is really cool right now and would like not to give that up if I don’t have to.

lewis,
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@robb @ehler I’m not, unfortunately, and the plugin hasn’t really been maintained in a while. When I was actively pushing using AP it was using Netlify functions - I think the Wordpress implementation is more complete

Edent, to fediverse
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🆕 blog! “Rebuilding FourSquare for ActivityPub using OpenStreetMap”

I used to like the original FourSquare. The "mayor" stuff was a bit silly, and my friends never left that many reviews, but I loved being able to signal to my friends "I am at this cool museum" or "We're at this pub if you want to meet" or "Spendi…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/01/rebuilding-foursquare-for-activitypub-using-openstreetmap/
⸻

lewis,
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@Edent @Floppy @manyfold @robb wrote a blog post on implementing his own ActivityPub server in PHP (https://rknight.me/blog/building-an-activitypub-server/) - it includes a section on validating the signatures, because I think it was a major pain in the arse for him too (source code: https://github.com/rknightuk/bugle/blob/main/app/Services/HttpSignature.php)

josephcox, to random

New: We Need Your Email Address

You may notice we're asking for your email to read much of 404 Media. This is an existential issue explained in this 3000 word article

  • AI stealing our work
  • social media collapse
  • media industry tailspin

Please read it
https://www.404media.co/why-404-media-needs-your-email-address/

lewis,
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@josephcox Just wondering how this'll work for the RSS feed? Obviously right now the feed is public, but this post specifically seems to include a text box in the feed

robb, to random
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This is a blogging trend I can get behind. Quick Thoughts on Crisps: https://rknight.me/blog/quick-thoughts-on-crisps/

lewis,
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@robb @keenan Just add your own ketchup, it's easy

lewis,
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@robb True words, but roast beef Monster Munch are a top-tier crisp and I will die on this hill

hl, to Parenting
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Pro tip. Want to know if your child is left or right handed? Check the sleeve with all the snot on it when they have a cold.

lewis,
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@hl according to this my child’s dominant hand is my trouser leg

lewis, to random
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What do people use for bookmarking articles/sites to read later? My current strategy of “open in new tab and hope I remember before it auto-archives” isn’t working out for me, shockingly

lewis,
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@falken They do in Arc. It's a configurable setting, but I keep it active because otherwise I’ll have 5k tabs open

DavidDarnes, to random
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I've been using these “bookmark cards" in Ghost https://ghost.org/help/cards/#bookmark. They expand links into a rich format, like on Slack etc. Great for making links more engaging, however they come with some caveats.

For one they look like a complete mess in RSS readers (see screenshot). Secondly this must be really annoying for screen readers as I presume all of this is announced when focusing the link.

Tempted to move this to client JS, which removes it from my RSS and allows me to control markup more 🤔

lewis,
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@DavidDarnes Could you do some preprocessing that generates an image of it and serves that instead (or as a placeholder & then if JS is present, populate it with something richer?), provided there’s a way to make the alt text into something that’s not equally terrible?

lewis, to random
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Just went to have a look at the website for the Giro D'Italia (cycling race like the Tour de France, for those that don't know).

It's like a masterclass in how to make an inaccessible website

  • Images without alt text
  • Icons that are just <divs> with a background image applied in CSS
  • "Buttons" are just <span> that show/hide content using onClick Javascript handlers
  • Keyboard navigation is nearly impossible, no focus indicators anywhere
  • Disabling Javascript breaks nearly everything
lewis, to random
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No I don't want to watch a video to find out what your expensive product does. Just give me a list of the features!

lewis,
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@robb cries

robb, to random
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My @ruminate show and tell this week

lewis,
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@robb @ruminate Have you tried the KFC-flavoured popcorn? I’ve heard it’s absolutely revolting, but still want to give it a go

lewis,
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@robb @ruminate Your sacrifice is our gain

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