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Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:
just realized i've had the mollywhite.net domain for over 10 years(!!)
related sneak peek into an upcoming piece: i firmly believe that if you're going to spend money on one thing online it should be a domain, particularly as online identity gets more fragmented. as platforms come and go, you can always find me there.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:
“Between 12:05 p.m. and 1:40 p.m. (Sanaa time) May 28, Iranian-backed Houthis launched five anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBM) from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen into the Red Sea. M/V Laax, a Marshall Island flagged, Greek owned and operated bulk carrier, reported being struck by three of the missiles, but continued its voyage. There were no injuries reported by U.S., coalition, or merchant vessels.” - US Central Command
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
setting up for weekly local voice net on 50.250MHz USB 📡
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Indeed, we've made equally big messes with Web Components in some teams as with React. Tool choice is symptomatic, not causal.
The important part is a culture that is so committed to the marginal user succeeding that it is willing to do what it takes to get reliably fast for them. What we're doing with WebUI 2 is using the tooling change and UI rebuilds to reset infrastructure and culture. The process changes that aren't in the blog are as big a win as anything about the tech.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
In practice, this means that teams that actually value *real* speed (rather than a badge on the bonnet) *do* make choices that are off-piste. They *do* reject React and other framework orthodoxy. But switching tools isn't what makes them fast; caring about UX enough to be *willing* to invest deeply in the decisions they're making is what causes them to make different choices.
Use of different tools is symptomatic, not causal.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
It's easier to start light and stay fast when you're sticking closer to the platform. That's why thinking in terms of progressive enhancement is such a win for performance. But putting guard rails in place, managing for speed, and building expertise and leadership in the team that value the *lived* experience are the most important ingredients.
A mature team can manage any tech; an immature team will see even the simplest systems get away from them:
https://infrequently.org/2022/05/performance-management-maturity/
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
This is building on the same open source, FAST-based design system ("Fluent Web Components v3"):
https://github.com/microsoft/fluentui/tree/master/packages/web-components
But the framework isn't what makes the difference; actually *looking* and *caring* about the performance is what has enabled this work to deliver 40-75% wins.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
One of the teams I've been working with to climb the performance management maturity ladder is...Edge!?!
We build a *lot* of the browser out of web "stuff" these days (think bookmarks, history, downloads, settings, new-tab-page, etc.), and moving away from React to a modern Web Components + HTML-first architecture has had a *huge* benefit for users, particularly folks on low-end hardware:
https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2024/05/28/an-even-faster-microsoft-edge/
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Macrame dancers are cool too. Actually, maybe it's like lace work. Not sure. I, unfortunately, know nothing about textile tech. But effective dance costumes.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
but then remembered I have never been able to muster concern about my clothes beyond whether they function as required. One requirement, do not draw attention. And also I generally prefer not to think about... this meat covered skeleton hurtling through space I appear to be embedded in. But Bowie does look pretty fabulous here, and I do still appreciate other people's efforts in these things.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
dingemansemark@scholar.social ("Mark Dingemanse") wrote:
In early 2023 we wrote a piece on human creativity in the age of text generators. TL;DR: With synthetic text generators on the rise, there was never a better time to cultivate the artisanal and interactive roots of human creativity.
It was desk-rejected so often that we stopped counting (journals seemed to prefer puff pieces on the amazing opportunities of #GenAI). I am still proud of it. Perhaps you would like to read it? https://ideophone.org/human-creativity-in-the-age-of-text-generators/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
bunny_jane@plush.city ("Robo-Bunny Jane") wrote:
The existance of the psychological state known as "hangry" disproves the mind-body-duality hypothesis. In this essay I will...
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
cs@mastodon.sdf.org ("cseiler") wrote:
For me, the Internet literally was black and white & white—and sometimes black & amber or green.
And it came in about as fast as I could read it, cuz yes I had 300bps at first and then got 1200 when neighbor in the dorm moved up to 2400.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Glad to see the subscription fees my public institution pays are being put to obvious good use. 🙄
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Me: Attempts to use official journal privileges and searches journal site for article I know they have.
Journal: No results.
Me: Sees ad block and tracking protection are triggering. Disable.
Journal: No results.
Me: Ddg the dang article.
Ddg: Here's a direct link to journal article in question.
Journal: Oh! That's what you wanted. Yeah, it's here. You can download it if you want.
Me: Clicks download.
Journal: ...
Me: Clicking furiously.
Journal: ...
Me: 🏴☠️
Mastodon FeedReblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):
keithjgrant@front-end.social ("Keith J Grant") wrote:
Sometimes an idea pops in your head, and it won’t go away until you follow it through to completion.
📝 Anyway, new post: I Do Not Like These LLMs
https://keithjgrant.com/posts/2024/05/i-do-not-like-these-llms/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
matthewvenn@chaos.social ("Matt Venn") wrote:
It's been a long time coming, but I finally have the world’s first certified open source #ASIC hardware project as a kit you can buy!
https://store.tinytapeout.com/products/TT03p5-Development-Kit-VGA-PMOD-p655428056
For every kit sold, I will donate $100 to @oshwassociation
More info: https://bit.ly/vga-asic-clock
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
babe@glitterkitten.co.uk ("tiddy roosevelt") wrote:
If you have not yet been unfortunate enough to bear witness to the canva keynote rap, I got you
Mastodon FeedReblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):
davatron5000 ("Dave Rupert") wrote:
📝 Quick post on a common experience I see when people are test-driving #webcomponents for the first time.
https://daverupert.com/2024/05/cold-turkey-wont-fix-your-javascript-addiction/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
Homebrewandhacking@mastodon.ie ("PJ Coffey") wrote:
A little fun from the FT. Apparently they don't care for American paper sizes in comparison to ISO 216 and I appreciate the poetry with which they express this. 😀
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: May 28, 1830
Indian Removal Act Forces Indigenous Peoples to Migrate West https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/may/28
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
I played a game. +1, would do it again.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/28/im-a-gamer-now/
Mastodon Feedrust@octodon.social ("Rust tips") wrote:
If you're making breaking changes to your library, help your users upgrade by keeping the old names with the #[deprecated] annotation.
#[doc(hidden)]
#[deprecated(note = "Renamed to NewStruct")]
pub type OldStruct = NewStruct;The interface doesn't have to be backwards-compatible. It's there to display a helpful note to users upgrading from the old interface, which is easier than searching changelogs or docs for the new interface.
https://play.rust-lang.org/?gist=2e50923f298a52ffd6cdb25cdc59f753
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Neuralink is getting desperate and is begging for a miracle.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/28/if-only-magic-worked-neuralink-might-succeed/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
allrite.blog@allrite.blog ("allrite rites") wrote:
I thought keeping a timesheet tracking 30 second intervals was ridiculous until I discovered how much more productive I have become. It’s amazing. I think I’m so focussed that I’m finding that I have completed tasks that I can’t even remember doing.
I’ve spoken to the others on the team and nobody else was asked to keep a timesheet. But the instructions sent to me were quite clear. I won’t be the one on the firing line come the next restructure. Bring it on!
I’ve always loved stories of time travel. Doctor Who, Bill and Ted, Marty McFly. They were my heroes. Imagine having a time machine and travelling back to see the dinosaurs or forwards to a shiny future!
That was the dream. The truth is a lot less fun.
“Unless you sign up for this, you’re out the door.”
Yeah, I’ve got a mortgage and a kid on the way. I can’t afford that.
“We need this yesterday!”
That’s what they always say, but there are only so many hours in a day.
There used to be only so many hours in a day.
Turns out that management go hold of the time machine and thought of a way to squeeze more productivity out of workers. Send us back in time now so we can put twice the effort into our work before.
“Never, ever, meet yourself.”
I knew that rule from the stories. But how to do it?
The timesheet. When you’re sleeping, I’m there. When you are off at lunch, I’m there. When you are pissing in the bathroom, I’m there. I’m there at your desk doing your work.
Who gave you the instructions to use a timesheet?
That was me.
I am you and you are me. You just don’t know it yet.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
@flexion There is something surreal in this big-ass architectural diagram to power a tamagotchi
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
icymi, some recent hollering about the hoot scheme-to-wasm compiler over the last couple weeks:
Mastodon FeedReblogged by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella"):
webhackfest@floss.social ("Web Engines Hackfest") wrote:
The Web Engines Hackfest 2024 is starting next Monday 3rd June, the full schedule (including breakout sessions) is now available on the wiki: https://github.com/Igalia/webengineshackfest/wiki#scheduling
Mastodon FeedGo home PrusaSlicer, you're drunk!
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Old news, but thank goodness for the great oxidation event.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxidation_Event
Big stuff. You'd think we'd have national holidays about something like that.
