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troy

@troy@opencoaster.net

Armchair theme park critic & web dev person. EV fanboy. proudly working for First + Third

Things I enjoy:
#ThemePark #ThemeParks
#Disneyland #UniversalStudios #SixFlags
#EVs #ElectricVehicles
#WebDev #WebDevelopment
#Javascript #Typescript
#TailwindCSS #WordPress
#Nachos #Tacos
#Planes #Trains
#3DPrinting
#Horror #Haunts
#Space #NASA #Science #STEM #STEAM
#fedi22

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keithjgrant, to CSS
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Debating with myself whether <Flex> and <Stack> components are an antipattern... I keep finding spots in our app where we've ended up with like ten nested flexboxes where one or two would accomplish the exact same result.

Is this just a devs-not-knowing-CSS problem, or does the abstraction invite abuse?

troy,
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@keithjgrant Goes back to the excess wrapping divs we've dealt with long before react was around. I think it's a lot of laziness, lot of not caring, lot of not knowing what they're doing, bad tooling...

virtualbri, to streaming
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    troy,
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    @virtualbri Wonder if it'll be more popular than their (admittedly pretty good) Bay Theater. Last time I went, I did a marathon all day and I and a friend were the only ones there all day, and they kept the kitchen open the entire time.

    I get why they'll lose money on running a theater, but whats the point of these "Bites" locations? Whose the target?

    troy, to javascript
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    Are there any good Javascript libraries for working with ActivityPub? Need something for an upcoming project. Will be used with NextJS.

    paul, to random
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    I bought an Embody Chair not very long after they came out, went to look at buying another one and nearly choked on the price. WTH?

    troy,
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    @paul they had some at the DWR outlet for around 400 a few months ago and I’m hating myself for not grabbing one.

    TechConnectify, to random
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    I'm going to irritate a subset of electricians with this new video...

    https://youtu.be/vNj75gJVxcE

    troy,
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    @TechConnectify Oooo I love me a game of throw the knives at the wall! The house I'm in now has them seemingly randomly installed and the ground up ones are soooo annoying and Im glad you mentioned it.

    mikey, to mastodon
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    The Explore tab on Mastodon really wasn't built for smaller instances... which seems a bit counter intuitive.

    The posts (trending posts) decay very quickly and if you have a smaller instance it basically empties that list out a bit too quickly.

    There should be a setting in the admin panel to let admins decide on how quickly posts in the Explore tab decay.

    troy,
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    @mikey It would be nice if it also pulled in the top x posts from federated instances and blended them together

    troy, to random
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    Every time I open Apple News I’m reminded just how bad publications are. It’s 99% fluff/sponsored garbage. These companies wonder why revenue is down and they’ll go and blame Google or Facebook or ad blockers but they’re not looking at their own content. I’ve seen a few just scrolling that were definitely gpt generated.

    mikey, to random
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    My Tesla is almost 5 years old now and its safe to say I won't be upgrading to a newer model... but I for sure am sad that I can't find an electric vehicle that ticks all my boxes.

    I feel like other manufacturers are getting so close to making something that can pull me away, but they need a few more years of perfecting it.

    troy,
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    @mikey I had to look the other way when I bought this last one. The other companies still got some catching up to do and with everyone switching to the Tesla connector doesn’t make sense to switch right now especially if you’re already in the eco system. I realllly want a Rivian though.

    mikey, to random
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    Online storage is so cheap these days. No one should be hosting public files directly from their server unless it's a static or small website. Throw those files in an object store like S3 or something compatible and call it a day.

    My small instance is using about 1.2TB of space (I delete remote media 6 months old that hasn't been interacted with). With that I pay about $3 a month for storage.

    troy,
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    @mikey Where are you hosting them? I had s3 set up but my bill ended up going into the hundreds very fast.

    troy,
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    @mikey it was the transfer that got me. Been thinking of using b2 since it’s waaaaaaay cheaper and really want a cdn but that too was like legit 900+ in Jan 😅😅

    mikey, (edited ) to mastodon
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    These are all features coming to . Which planned feature on the roadmap are you most looking forward to?

    troy,
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    @mikey I want synced data the most. It feels broken

    9to5Mac, to random
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    T-Mobile suffers from its third major data breach in 12 months https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/22/t-mobile-suffers-from-its-third-major-data-breach-in-12-months/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

    troy,
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    @9to5Mac I really need to dump T-Mobile.

    troy, to random
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    Anyone else remember the Spaceship Earth refurb that was announced? What ever happened to that?

    9to5Mac, to random
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    How to install iOS 17 on iPhone https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/18/how-to-install-ios-17-on-iphone/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

    troy,
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    @9to5Mac 🙄 please.

    TechConnectify, to random
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    As a Midwesterner, it is absolutely bonkers to me how common it appears to be for HVAC systems to get installed in attics.

    Don't do that. Stop doing that! WTF?

    That's bad enough, but then you go and run the ducts up there, too?

    Y'all.

    If you keep the system and the ducts within the space you're trying to heat and cool, you don't have to account for any losses, now, do ya?

    Put the air handler in a utility closet. Run ducts /below/ the ceiling. Enclose with soffiting if you must.

    The end.

    troy,
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    @TechConnectify I agree! Very common here in California and I just assumed it was some HOA/Don't wanna see it mentality. Worse is they added two heaters here that are larger than the attic door and they're both needing to be replaced. Going to be very expensive for no reason.

    micahflee, to random

    The first result in the iPhone App Store when you search for “mastodon” is the Threads app

    troy,
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    @micahflee kinda impressed with the ratings on the official app!

    tannerman, to random
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    Disney serves "food" near attractions. At SDC, food IS an attraction.

    From: @sdcattractions
    https://opencoaster.net/@sdcattractions/111054584079884657

    troy,
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    @tannerman damn I need to get out there 🤤

    MastodonEngineering, to mastodon
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    4.2 has entered the release candidate stage. We expect the stable to drop next week!

    https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.2.0-rc1

    troy,
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    @MastodonEngineering Is there any reason node wasn't bumped higher? Node 16 is EOL.

    Edit: I see it's mentioned in the linked PR.

    michael, to CSS
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    https://ishadeed.com/article/virtual-keyboard-api/

    Pretty neat article! I didn’t know about the virtual keyboard API before, but it does appear to solve a lot of very common problems

    troy,
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    @michael damn only chrome on android, this would be really useful too

    9to5Mac, to random
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    Apple introduces new 6 TB and 12 TB iCloud storage tiers, priced at $30 and $60 a month https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/12/new-icloud-big-pricey-storage-tiers/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

    troy,
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    @9to5Mac meanwhile if you dare use that much on a much more expensive google drive google will get mad at you.

    mikey, to random
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    Can I be vulnerable with you all for a moment? That was boring. Where's the innovation? The best parts were the carbon footprint improvements and usb-c.

    troy,
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    @mikey honestly kinda glad. They need a year they can just work on software. They’ve been pretty bad about adding new stuff and never really fleshing it out.

    christianselig, to random
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    Who has 12TB of iPhone photos and videos damn

    troy,
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    @christianselig 👀 I’m pretty up there. Videos eat up a lot!

    9to5Mac, to random
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    Last chance to lock in your iPhone trade-in value before the iPhone 15 launch https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/12/iphone-14-trade-in-decluttr/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

    troy,
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    @9to5Mac terrible time to do it. Wait a few weeks for the carriers to get desperate to hit year end sales. Every year it’s the same lots of money if you trade in any phone x years old.

    cstephens2, to Disneyland
    @cstephens2@mastodon.social avatar

    Dinner tonight from was to try the with chicken and andouille sausage. Except there's not a spec of sausage in my dish. As you can see, I even dug around.

    Hey, @disneyland @DisneyParks , y'all owe me some andouille sausage!

    The dish is still very tasty, though, and does have some heat that might not work for some.

    Meanwhile, people who know me IRL are fainting because I'm having the cornbread again.

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    troy,
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    @cstephens2 hoping to try it this weekend, place was too busy yesterday

    mikey, to random
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    🔥 This is fine: The amount of time it'll take for Elastic Search to finish processing all the posts...

    troy,
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    @mikey wonder how much of a storage hit that’s gonna be

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