Firehose

I discovered <kbd> today. I simply do not know how I wasn’t aware of it until this point. This is awesome!

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/kbd

Does anyone else beat their keys like they owe you money when trying to get into the BIOS?

Congrats to the GNOME team for the release of version 46!

Nothing revolutionary but so many fixes, tweaks, and quality of life improvements. Bravo!

I’ve noticed what seems to be a growing distaste for Git in my frontend development feeds on Bluesky.

I must say that once I got past the initial learning curve, I’ve found it quite nice.

Hey, err, web devs on Windows. How do you guys test for WebKit?

As far as I can see, not a single native Windows WebKit browser exists…

If you ever feel useless, just be glad you aren’t <Button> in React Native.

Just found out about WordPress’s excellent funky_javascript_fix.

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/funky_javascript_fix

There is a problem with the legal system when organisations can throw around their weight and money to crush innovation and community-driven projects under the guise of protecting intellectual property.

Props to Mozilla and Proton for providing an informative changelog.

Too many apps just say ‘improved performance’ or ‘increased stability’.

Considering the amount of far right content that keeps making its way into my YouTube recommendations, I now understand how so many people end up falling down the path of hate.

YouTube needs to do better and moderate its platform.

I’m especially sickened by the sheer amount of anti-trans content that enters my YouTube recommendations. Videos that outright suggest that people assault transgender individuals.

Yesterday, I saw a video from a literal Nazi. His content was promoted and had a large number of views. He engages in marches around cities, urging others to join him in his hate campaigns. This really shouldn’t be sent to my front page, or anyone’s, for that matter.

I created an alternate account on another device, on another network. This account had no links to my own and a fresh install of its OS. I received the same content nearly immediately. I found YouTube’s Shorts feature pushed it particularly hard.

I also noticed that YouTube’s “news” tab promoted Sky News above all other broadcasters.

News arguably shouldn’t be treated differently on the platform at all, but to promote a network with such bias and prejudice above all others is inexcusable.

Remember not to engage with this content. Move on as soon as you realise what it is. Don’t dislike it. Don’t comment condemning it. Move on.

The more you interact, the more is promoted.

YouTube, you must do better. This isn’t acceptable. Stop this hate bait and get it off the platform.

With the increasing popularity of folding phones I hope we’ll see a mod that plays Mario’s “Goodbye” sound byte from Super Mario 64 DS when closing the lid.

It’s really hard to comprehend how much damage the mongrel Rupert Murdoch has done unless you sit down and look at his publications.

Endless far right slop riddled with engagement bait. The so called ‘news’ sells anger, not information.

Moved my Bluesky account from @outervale.bsky.social to @vale.rocks. Quite a neat feature.

It’s amazing how quickly Bluesky is evolving. It’s lovely to see a platform come together like this.

I wonder how long it’ll be until they start shoehorning in features in the pursuit of profit that damages the user experience.

It’s been a few days since I’ve posted so I figure I’ll just leave Star Trekkin’ here for any poor souls who haven’t had the privilege of experiencing it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE

It’s time. Time for me to get Omikron.

I joined Bluesky this morning. It feels like a more refined version of Twitter pre Musk.

I’ll be sticking to the fediverse, but feel free to send me a follow!

@outervale.bsky.social

Ahhh, yes. Neo-Twitter. Risen from the ashes of the internet’s previous tabloid crap peddler.

I wonder when we’ll phase out IPv4 in favour of v6. I suppose we’ll do it later.

I’ve been playing Mario Kart Wii half the day. I got rather violently Mario Karted by the bots on Koopa Cape a minute ago. From 1st to 12th in the blink of an eye. Oh well.

I’m playing with no bloom or background blurring in HD on my rather large TV with an Xbox controller. Of course, this wouldn’t be possible without the excellent Dolphin emulator. A huge thanks to all who have contributed to emulation.

Started my Diploma of Information Technology (Frontend Development) at North Metropolitan TAFE today!

Eager to absorb new knowledge, enhance my skills, and embrace the endless possibilities that lie ahead.

Hmm, might give Zed a go. Doubt it’ll shake me off Neovim but I’m open to alternatives.

I just remembered the time I had to wipe a PlayStation 2 with tens of game saves dating back to 2000 and one of the save icons was on it’s knees begging me not to delete them.

I still feel like a monster.

I hate Samsung and their complete ineptitude at writing software with a burning passion.

Sorry for that outage folks. The router had a blockage. Called out the plumber who cleared the debris from my Ethernet cable though. All good now.

Etched into the depths of my brain:

One-one was one race horse. Two-two was one too. One-one won one race, and Two-two won one to.

The passion with which I hate dealing with Windows cannot be described.

I’ve had more fun grazing my knee.

My life was well and truly changed the day I saw this video.

Whatever happened to script kiddies? All I see nowadays are losers DDOSing community projects.

I think my greatest security vulnerability is me singing my password as I type it…

I must say, I’m absolutely loving NixOS. Having everything declared and configured in this way is excellent.

I love being able to test packages and set everything so easily. It’s a breeze!

And it’s all too easy to move machines or reinstall should I need to.

My New Year’s resolution is 720p.

I considered 4K UHD, but I think it’s important to set achievable goals.

And another passes. As I write this it’s 2024 in the UTC +8 time zone.

Expect a blog post on my site tomorrow, I’ve got some exciting plans to share.

Configurations have been tested, USBs are writing, ISOs are burning, sanity is waning, snacks are on hand.

I’m set to make the move to NixOS on my Framework Laptop. Wish me luck!

Perhaps I’m looking at moving from Arch Linux to NixOS…

Whenever I think of installing or reinstalling my OS, I tend to go a bit crazy installing apps and testing potentially breaking changes so I can decide how to setup the new install.

It’s all well and good until I start doing that pre-backup…

I figured I’d throw my hat into the tabs vs spaces ring. In the context of code, tabs are naturally superior to spaces.

Tabs semantically indicate indentation, which allows for individuals to customise their editor to display them as they choose. A semantic option is also better for accessibility. Further, tabs lead to smaller file sizes.

Spaces should be used for alignment.

Justice just (finally) published IRIS: A Space Opera on their YouTube channel. It’s wicked, and well worth a listen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC5mO8I_Cd4

Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate it!

Here’s a picture of my pet chicken, Garbin, in a Christmas hat. If it seems a little off, it’s because she really wasn’t cooperative…

This holiday season I’ve been enjoying the collection of Kmart in-store cassette tapes stored by the Internet Archive.

You should be able to find them simply by searching “Kmart December” on archive.org.

Might play them on Christmas day for the family. Assuming they don’t pin me down and turn it off…

I’ve just discovered the super handy hue-rotate CSS filter.

I’m using it as such: filter: invert(95%) hue-rotate(180deg);

It lets me invert an item, but keeps the colours as they should be by flipping the hue back. I’m finding use implementing it on iframe embeds to force darkmode.

Did tons of work on Adduce today. It now has some RSS functionality, although it still needs some work.

Go check it out if you’re interested: https://github.com/DeclanChidlow/Adduce

I was scrolling through Fedi and saw the account @tpope@hachyderm.io. I wondered if it was the Vim guy so I clicked on his account to check. His bio didn’t disappoint.

If you read this Tim, thanks for your work.

I’ve just seen this excellent video from Posy. Like all his content, it’s well worth a watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSS6yAMZF78