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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

If you see someone, *particularly* someone on a browser project, say *"but that's non-standard"*, know they are either so ignorant about standards as to be ignorable (most likely), or they are trying to cover for their own suppression of a specific technology in the ecosystem.

Suppression works because developers often lack enough familiarity with standards processes to ask follow-ups like *"is that because your organisation objected?" *or *"where can I read your counter-proposal?"*

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Seeing through the nonsense is easy when you know what to look for. Some signs that a standards-track design is safe to use ahead of final assent:

• signals from proposing vendor that they want to take it to standards (e.g., proposals in WICG or other venues with minimal IP donation as a requirement)
• high-quality design docs
• high-quality test suites
• implementations in at least one major project

Not the end-game, but together they signify much lower risk than detractors often assert.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

It's usually a *goal* of standards bodies to ensure that interop is both possible in theory and minimally real in practice. This highlights the semantic games that some parties play: they'll try to substitute the status in the process (in which they can deny any design unanimous assent) with a signifier of quality or readiness.

This means parties who benefit from delay can prevent progress at no cost so long as they keep a toe in the process water and commenters remain ignorant of the game.

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FirefoxDevTools@mozilla.social wrote:

:has, text-indent: hanging, text-wrap: balance, iframe lazy loading, … :firefox: #Firefox 121 is released today with lots of presents for web developers 🥳

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/121.0/releasenotes/

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ZLabe@fediscience.org ("Zack Labe") wrote:

I post iterations of this graphic every month, but I can't recall seeing one this strikingly obvious in the final frame 🔥

Data from https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/

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• September to November surface air temperature anomalies over land for each year from 1924 to 2023. There is a long-term warming trend. Nearly all land areas are warmer than average in the final frame. (remote)

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

a "standard" refers to a design that has been given an IP halo via group assent. It has *literally nothing* to do with the quality or utility of the design. These are totally orthogonal concerns. The world is littered with standardised designs that suck, or which are not adequately described so as to promote interoperability. Something "being a standard" is not a bar for consideration or adoption in all but the most risk-averse domains.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Need write a blog post on how some participants in standards weaponise process misunderstanding to hide their inaction on important problems while holding others back.

But for now, a primer!

"proprietary": designed with intent to denying an open license, e.g. Apple's touch event patent threats.

"standards track": design intended for open licensing via standards bodies and, therefore, the widest possible adoption.

"standard": ~all parties agreed to allow it to be licensed with their support.

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Oh geez, that racist guy popped up in my feed from yet another instance, boosted by someone I follow… At first I thought I should call it out and bring attention, but there's a catch: the guy is Black, so the optics are never in my favor no matter what I'm saying.

But then I thought… If he has to keep switching instances, it probably means enough people eventually see his faketivism for what it really is and block him, so he needs to start fresh. So I just blocked him again as well…

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5t3ph@front-end.social ("Stephanie Eckles") wrote:

Happy Monday!

🎁 Be sure to catch up on the #12DaysOfWeb posts from the weekend and today - days 4-6!

#CSS #JavaScript

https://12daysofweb.dev/

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Its bewildering that the fear mongering about Project Fugu APIs from Mozilla and Apple has not timed out. The most popular browsers have been shipping Web Bluetooth and Web USB *for more than 60 releases*.

The sky has not fallen. Cattle still low. The tides lap the shores, and the moon still nudges the oceans as it passes.

It was always BS, but now it's *ancient and debunked* BS. Can we just admit they're good, actually?

https://fugu-tracker.web.app/

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Alanmoo@xoxo.zone wrote:

@slightlyoff @ryantownsend having been an EM at a couple places since CWV started to have an impact on SERPs, I can’t understate how helpful it is to have them to point at, especially with the slightly vague “improving perf can help SEO, but we don’t know how much. Better try though”. I should write up a blog post, but I was able to create momentum on an internal eng culture shift to focus on perf because of this.

nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

Beautiful 10k run today

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nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

See y'all at #37c3! Just booked everything for next week's trip to Hamburg.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

yes!

"Five wolves were released in remote western Colorado yesterday, marking the beginning of an ambitious reintroduction program." https://www.hcn.org/articles/wolves-paws-on-the-ground-how-colorado-got-its-wolves-back

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

oh well, lotsa automated responses but no humanoids this morning... some days you get the bear, and some days the bear gets you

#AmateurRadio 📡

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

lots of responses to my HB on 40 meter JS8, so time to push a CQ and see if there are humanoids out there #AmateurRadio 📡

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

time to try 40m JS8 #AmateurRadio 📡

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

someone gave me a drumset as a holiday present when I was quite young, and somehow my Father managed to step on each and every one of them

#ChristmasMemories

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

again, lots of automated 30m JS8 HB responses but zip for actual humanoid responses to my CQ #AmateurRadio 📡

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

lots of responses to my HB on 30 meter JS8 #AmateurRadio 📡

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

yup, 20 meter band JS8 "meeting freq" has much more going on #AmateurRadio 📡

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

okay, 17m JS8 I'm getting an HB response from Missouri... gonna bet there will be more on 20/30/40m #AmateurRadio 📡

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

aaaaaand he's off! (to 17 meters, that is)
#AmateurRadio 📡

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

oh well, hearing them but not being heard boo hoo hoo

#AmateurRadio 📡

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

oh yay! someone's HB on 15 meters!

#AmateurRadio 📡

cmiksche ("Christoph Miksche") wrote:

I disabled InMail on #LinkedIn and now get #Recruiter-Spam on XING...

Is there any setting for that on #XING?

AFAIK cold-messaging is #illegal anyway here in Germany - could I sue the Recruiters? (I imagine that could be a nice side-biz)

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

no response to my @HB on 12m JS8, trying 15m

#AmateurRadio 📡

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

no response to my @HB on 10m JS8, trying 12m

#AmateurRadio 📡

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

no response to my @HB on 6m JS8, trying 10m

#AmateurRadio 📡

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kimu@wandering.shop wrote:

Wrapping some presents tonight and this wrapping paper makes me laugh so hard. #DnD

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• Box wrapped in paper that says “MIGHT BE A GIFT MIGHT BE A MIMIC” (remote)