zalasur

zalasur, 8 months ago to random

When I got into web development, I just wanted to make silly web pages that did cool things. And this is what the industry has turned into. 😞

https://gizmodo.com/elon-twitter-privacy-biometric-data-employment-history-1850791400

zalasur, 9 months ago to random

This is your periodic reminder that the cursed monkey's paw will absolutely let you wish for more wishes

zalasur, 7 months ago to random

I just followed a bunch of peertube instances from my own. I was following one instance (davbot) who had a few users but I wanted to diversify things a bit. I used that thread from @FediFollows to find more places I can follow.

I'm hoping that my main page can sort of become as interesting to browse as, say, YouTube one day, and this is a step in that direction.

zalasur, 8 months ago to random

For once I'd like to be able to see how much disk space is available on my Mac without having to Google "how do I check for available disk space on Mac?"

zalasur, 8 months ago to random

"News" headlines courtesy of Google. I heard that crypto companies are in desperate need of cash right now so they'll are pushing out these ad blitzes, so I'm not surprised to see these pop up in my news feeds. Disappointed, but not surprised.

zalasur, 7 months ago to random

A few years ago, I complained about how bad being on the web was on mobile devices. Website after website had horrible UI controls, insisted on interrupting my reading with ads or some sort of popup asking me to subscribe to their newsletter.

Nowadays, I am pleased to see the mobile web experience finally reach parity with the desktop web experience. Which is to say that desktop is now every bit as bad as mobile.

Progress?

zalasur, 8 months ago to random

If there's one trend in web application development I've come to loathe it's the concept of eliminating "friction".

Now, don't get me wrong, I think it's beneficial to simplify interfaces, but some have decided to take things to the extreme and go as far as eliminating interfaces altogether.

Go on a website to research contractors to work on your home, for example. You click a link to learn more about them, but instead you go straight to the scheduling assistant.

No, I did not want that.

zalasur, 8 months ago to random

Want to get technical support for a video game problem you're having issues with? Just leave a negative review that describes the issue you're having on Steam and allow comments to your review.

You'd better believe people will respond with a solution in droves. It works great just as long as you don't mind being called an idiot or some variation thereof.

zalasur, 7 months ago to random

It still bothers me a little bit that Gmail is dropping support for its simple HTML page. It's like "yeah we'd do that normal markup page for you but we just can't be bothered to."

I think this is going to be the year I just say "to hell with it" and set up my own mail server.

zalasur, 10 months ago to random

Your periodic reminder that "Generation X", "Millennials", etc aren't really a thing. They are marketing archetypes made up to sell you products by an industry obsessed with segmenting up a population into discreet chunks for the purposes and monetizing perceived generational divides.

To try to use an age group as a way to somehow define your identity is, at best, pointless and at worst plays to the propaganda of an industry seeking to carve us all into digestible groups for them to consume.

zalasur, 8 months ago to random

I saw someone on here post a little while ago alleging that "Joke Twitter is joining Bluesky, not Mastodon".

I haven't seen that person on here lately. They must have gotten lost with the military jet.

zalasur, 1 year ago to random

Boss: "There is no 'I' in 'TEAM'"

Me: eyes the word 'WORK' suspiciously

zalasur, 7 months ago to random

I saw an article that claimed that the software industry's "dirty little secret" was that software engineers "hated" code.

This is absolutely not true. If we hated code we wouldn't have dedicated our lives to a career in writing it. I mean, who comes up with this drivel?

What we do hate is poorly written code.

It's like if an architect looked at a shitty building and said "I hate this", and everyone concluded "Wow, architects really hate designing buildings!"

zalasur, 8 months ago to blahaj

We had a mostly successful trip to IKEA. They didn't have the one type of shelf in the color I wanted (even though their website said it was in stock) but we managed to get everything else.

Bonus #blahaj picture.

zalasur, 10 months ago to random

"Who will prevail in the post-Twitter microblogging schism?"

How about nobody? Can we just normalize just not having a "winner"?

zalasur, 9 months ago to random

It was nice to have it rain today, and also have it be a pleasant drizzle what didn't evaporate off the ground, like, four seconds later.

zalasur, 10 months ago to random

I for one am in the pocket of Big Mammoth 😉

https://thenib.com/antisocial-behavior/

zalasur, 9 months ago to random

Remember that it's only called web components if they originate from the Web Component region of France. Otherwise it's just sparkling HTML.

zalasur, 10 months ago to random

Let the sacred forbidden ritual begin: clicks on "Mark all as Read"

zalasur, 9 months ago to fediverse

If you're on the West Coast and are in the path of Hurricane Hilary, check the hashtags #Hurricane #Hilary or #HurricaneHilary see see the latest being posted to the #fediverse.

Good luck and stay safe!

zalasur, 10 months ago to random

I muted that smarmy Doctor So-and-So who was all like tHiS iS wHy PeOpLe ArE LeAvInG MaStOdOn aNd JoInInG tReAdS.

It was a very stupid post and he even got some points factually incorrect, but he "sounded" smart so people started boosting him as though he were speaking the gospel.

I left that shit behind on Twitter. I don't need to see it here.

zalasur, 9 months ago to random

"Thank you for coming to read our article. For the best experience, view it on a device that supports our app!"

No. I will not do that.

zalasur, 11 months ago to random

One downside of working remotely is that when you have a day full of meetings, you still end up doing your job while attending the meeting because most meetings are 80% fluff you can ignore. But if you're in-person you have no choice but pay attention.

I say this is a downside because if you're not paying attention then you can miss that important 20%. And it's extremely stressful. 😅

zalasur, 1 year ago to random

Scream into the void for long enough, and the void will start screaming back.

zalasur, 9 months ago to Minecraft

#Minecraft S1E8: Into The Nether! Now streaming on #Peertube! https://video.surazal.net/w/bxUGqJUZyHTXsvHq1Z7dD3