You can say "Have a nice day" without any problem, but using the phrase "enjoy the next 24 hours" can sound slightly threatening.
Jan boosted:
On January 14, after ICE carried out yet another shooting in Minneapolis, a crowd chased them out of the neighborhood and gained control of their vehicles.
In this firsthand account, an anonymous participant describes what took place.
@evan Yes, as a hypertext system it's even primitive. But as an application runtime for thick clients… oh, boy.
Jan boosted:
Oof, Tailwind revenue cratering despite massive growth due to LLM usage not funnelling conversions https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss.com/pull/2388#issuecomment-3717222957
Jan boosted:
So what’s the ActivityPub version of Pinterest? Looks like it will be in demand soon.
Jan boosted:
Timezones are so silly. New Zealand and Australia are in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
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California is big enough to have its own laws of nature.
Jan boosted:
RGB? Or, as I call it, HDL color model (Huey, Dewey, and Louie)
The final issue of this year consists solely of my tips for API-related (and a few unrelated) podcasts: https://www.bitoff.org/the-api-dispatch-9/
Enjoy the listening and have a happy new year!
I've finally republished the remaining two issues of #TheApiDispatch newsletter.
In this one I'm particularly proud of the title and not-so-subtle Roy Fielding joke combined with htmx promo: https://www.bitoff.org/the-api-dispatch-8/
Jan boosted:
"Hey, one last thing, before I head out," she said.
"Sure," he said, typing furiously on his mechanical keyboard, and not breaking eye contact with monitor.
"That firewall rule you put in for me a month or so ago, you remember that one?"
"Yep," He replied, the percussive keys still click clacking away.
"You can remove or disable that rule, we don't need it anymore, we stopped testing that software."
The keystrokes abruptly stopped. Silence filled the office for the first time that day.
"Everything ok?" She asked.
At this point he was looking down at his LED backed keys, but he managed to pluck up the courage turn and face her. They made eye contact for the first time since the start of their conversation.
A single tear rolled down his face.
"Whats wrong?!" She exclaimed, now concerned she had accidentally unearthed some deeply buried emotion.
"Nothings wrong, everything is fine" he was quick to reassure her, grabbing a tissue to wipe away the tear. "It's just, it's... that's the first time anyone has ever said that to me."
"Said what?" She enquired, genuinely confused.
"Said I can remove or disable a firewall rule, and I've been doing this for 25 years," the tears were flowing faster now. "It was just a beautiful moment."
Jan boosted:
I am occasionally reminded that free will exists and that people use it to find out just how huge a M64 nut is
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Jan boosted:
What do you mean you don't obsessively count the number of chocolates in a tub of Celebrations every year and put the results into an Excel spreadsheet!?
Anyway, the 2025 results are in:
Bounty x5
Galaxy x5
Galaxy Caramel x5
Maltesers x5
Mars x9
Milky Way x9
Snickers x9
Twix x7
The tub itself has gone down another 50g since 2024 (100g since 2023!)
Hard to believe that I used to give this content to Zuckerberg for free, you're welcome Fediverse!
Jan boosted:
Dick Van Dyke recently turned 100 years old and is no longer permitted to play with LEGOs.
Jan boosted:
#Mozilla choosing to kill embeddable Gecko (make it a #Firefox only engine, essentially) over a decade ago was such a tragic mistake.
Alternative browsers & desktop apps had no choice but to go with WebKit or Blink/Electron.
As a result, Mozilla have nobody to blame but themselves for their minuscule marketshare and nil developer mindshare today.
Further readings:
* https://lwn.net/Articles/436412/ (circa 2011)
* https://www.chrislord.net/2016/02/24/the-case-for-an-embeddable-gecko/ from @Cwiiis
* https://dutherenverseauborddelatable.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/the-gecko-monoculture/ from @Yoric
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