*shakes my cane angrily*

back in my day all of the code for a webpage was hand-written, simple, and easy to read. nobody used async requests, everything was easy to work with and if you called a webpage “slow” people would assume you meant it took a long time to download everything

but the kids these days are turning everything into overengineered GUI apps with a bunch of 10 MB Node packages with 500 ms of input lag and then they’re transpiling and minifying it all down into unreadable mush and you can’t even write userscripts for anything anymore because it’s all hidden away inside of their damn frameworks

If a "car" is a horseless carriage, then a bike is a horseless horse

imagine 2 onions

heck, imagine 3 onions

With the latest update to #Mastodon's web app, we show you a little reminder when you're about to post a picture without adding alt text. Alt text is crucial for accessibility, but has other perks too, such as making it much easier to search for your post—or filter it. Of course, the reminder can be simply toggled off in preferences.

Random memory that SuperDARN is a thing, a global network of huge radar arrays that probe the ionosphere to learn how it works. With the right radio equipment, you can sometimes hear it banging away at the atmosphere around 10-11MHz. And I really mean "banging" too, given how loud my nearest transmitter is despite being really quite far away, it's really striking the ionosphere like a hammer striking an anvil.

It's such an odd little pattern of tones, pulses, frequency shifts. A representative example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A86cqlHnDrc&t=20s

I do wonder why it goes through that particular sequence of variations. I assume it's all very cleverly designed to learn subtle things about how the sky is feeling today.

If you use Signal, Discord, or any other messaging app and you DON'T want Google or Apple monitoring/reading/learning from your messages, follow these steps.

Android:
1. Open Google app
2. Tap your profile photo
3. Settings
4. Google Assistant
5. "Your Apps"
6. Choose the app (e.g., Signal)
7. Toggle "Let your assistant learn from this app" off

iPhone:
1. Settings
2. Apps
3. Choose the app (e.g., Signal)
4. Toggle Apple intelligence or Siri settings to off (“learn from this app”)

hop on the valentraine

Periodic reminder that DIY HRT exists! It’s exactly what it sounds like - buying and taking the medication on your own, without a doctor’s prescription. This can be a lifeline to anyone blocked from standard routes to HRT, and is legal in most jurisdictions! [1,2]

“Official” HRT is generally safer and preferred if you have access, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with using DIY options when you need. Whether that’s an inability to access the best medications, a doctor who won’t prescribe a proper dose, or even a complete ban on gender-affirming care - DIY HRT is morally and legally acceptable.

Here’s some websites with helpful information and links to sources:

• https://diyhrt.info/
• https://diyhrt.market/
• https://diyhrt.wiki/ (backup)
• https://hrtcafe.net/ (backup)
• https://hrt.coffee/ (backup)

1. Most jurisdictions draw a distinction between buying and selling prescription medications. It’s usually illegal to sell a medication to someone without a prescription, but it’s not illegal to buy one. Many online sellers are happy to exploit this loophole and sell medication out of regions with weak or unenforced regulation.
2. An unfortunate exception is testosterone, which is a controlled substance and therefore illegal to buy in the United States. Many common DIY resources don’t provide instructions to obtain it, but such sources do exist.

#HRT #Trans #Trangender

A little more automatic context for those paid beta tests from steam is nice.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/its-now-slightly-trickier-to-accidentally-buy-a-dead-steam-early-access-game

#steam #earlyaccess #betatest

Programming languages train you to not want what they don't provide, which is why programmers should learn a wide variety of different styles in order to not take any shit from language designers

I was today years old when I was told that the way I hold pencil is good for writing letters but bad for drawing smoothly flowing precise lines. I changed my grip from tripod to violin bow OR pen and voila...

Thanks helpyoudraw tumblr for a helpful illustration

beep Awa!

@Anzeliane made a visual representation of this one!

I used the internet archive's wayback machine to look at an old version of a site, which contained a link to the wayback machine, showing the site itself.

It tried to see if the wayback machine had archived itself, which it turns out the answer is NO.

robotgirl wearing the most revealing clothing possible to ensure optimal cooling performance.

versus

robotgirl wearing a thick fluffy hoodie to ensure optimal cuddling performance.