Mastodon Feed: Posts

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

Interestingly, because the Netlify Image CDN now supports AVIF and I adopted it a few months ago, the window for observing these previews only seems to show up on emulated 2G links on first view, or very image-heavy pages:

https://docs.netlify.com/build/image-cdn/overview/

Good times!

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

This differs from the original, which did not adjust gamma and set different values for sharpening. There are also some "fudge" constants in the post-colour-space conversions that I don't fully understand, but I was able to get the same output for Lean's test images, so happy enough with it for now.

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

Specifically, this is what we end up with for the sharp conversions to get the sample image:

```js
let previewBuffer = await sf.gamma(2)
.resize(3, 2, { fit: "fill" })
.sharpen({ sigma: 0.5 })
.removeAlpha()
.toFormat("raw", { bitdepth: 8 })
.toBuffer();
```

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

The other unsettling thing is that the `colorthief` library the approach uses is *very* slow. Going to need to either figure out a different quantization strategy, start parallelizing (first port of call), or both.

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

Just pushed a version of these badass CSS-only image previews to my blog:

https://leanrada.com/notes/css-only-lqip/

Biggest upside is cleaner markup. Also gave me the excuse to defer raster of below-the-fold images entirely with `content-visibility`.

A few tricky things getting it good enough to replace the AVIF-based placeholders I was using before:

- colourspace conversion functions Lean uses aren't accurate; need to copy specific files
- the algorithm for the sample images changed since publication

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
RickiTarr@beige.party ("Ricki Yasha Tarr") wrote:

Kidz Bop is getting wild!

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
laemeur@mastodon.sdf.org ("LÆMEUR") wrote:

I love the concept art here of a piloted, reusable main booster for the space shuttle: https://www.thedrive.com/news/this-ambitious-space-shuttle-concept-was-a-post-apollo-pipe-dream-we-never-got

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

How Jensen Huang is Using Nvidia Cash to Rule the AI Economy — The Information:

"Nvidia’s investments have become so large and broad—often consisting of multiple companies in data centers, model making and other categories—that it’s starting to turn into something like AI’s government." https://www.theinformation.com/articles/jensen-huang-using-nvidia-cash-rule-ai-economy

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Don't tell Gail but I actually murdered her one of those times. IN PORTLAND.

RE: https://www.threads.com/@comixgail/post/DPKbWn3Ekna

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
louie@pdx.social ("Louie Mantia, Jr.") wrote:

I assume a fair bit of people don’t know I make fonts. Even if you don’t have a need for fonts, I recommend checking out the website I made for my type foundry, Crown. A lot of work went into this website to make it a great showcase for the work Ender and I are doing together.

🔗 https://crowntype.com/

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
netopwibby@social.coop ("netop://ウィビ") wrote:

New blog post about “ikigai” as it pertains to me and why it took me so long to get here.

https://blog.webb.page/2025-09-28-ikigai.txt

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
bw@social.lol ("Blake Watson :prami:") wrote:

Alright here’s my hot take on AI. *hides under desk*

https://blakewatson.com/journal/understanding-not-slop-is-whats-interesting-about-llms/

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
aud@fire.asta.lgbt ("Asta [AMP]") wrote:

@QasimRashid@mastodon.social DNC stans: "VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO"

NYC: chooses a socialist lite candidate as the DNC nominee

DNC: "... ooooooooooh... uhhhhh..."

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
QasimRashid ("Qasim Rashid, Esq.") wrote:

Hakeem Jeffries still refuses to endorse the Democratic Nominee for NYC mayor but has plenty of praise for Eric Adams who, left the party, openly supports Trump, & cut a deal with Trump to disappear the DOJ’s bribery & corruption charges against him. Can’t imagine why the Dem Party has 26% approval🤔

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

New hat!

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

And yes, if you’ve already donated $20 or more, you’re getting all five stickers already. But you can certainly donate more if you’d like! https://stjude.omg.lol

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

We’re down to the wire on the @robb × omg.lol St. Jude fundraiser; just two days left and we’re around $3,200 shy of our goal. If you’ve been thinking about donating but haven’t gotten around to it yet, here’s an awesome reason to do it: we’re adding *another* exclusive sticker to the sticker pack! That’s right — a donation of just $20 or more gets you the four awesome stickers that you see on https://stjude.omg.lol as well as this fifth new glow-in-the-dark Ghost Prami! :prami_happy:

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

one thing that feels good about this project: some decisions that felt like silly over-engineering in the past have made new moves very easy. adding support for The Walrus, for example, was about ~8 lines of code; switching the New Yorker backend was only a few dozen

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

🮕 New release for xword-dl, the command line tool to scrape crossword puzzles from online solvers 🮕

This version updates the New Yorker for their new Puzzmo-powered backend, adds support for the New Yorker Mini, Observer puzzles Everyman and Speedy, and The Walrus https://github.com/thisisparker/xword-dl/releases/tag/v2025.9.28

Boosted by jwz:
MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social ("Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!") wrote:

Good God. Apparently there is a Laura Loomer Halloween mask out there, but please don't wear it around kids. Neither you nor anybody else needs the kids terrified she's under their beds.

#Halloween #LauraLoomer #Fascism

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
JellyTBeagle@plush.city ("jely da beegol") wrote:

20 years ago, normal people avoided technology and techies would jump on the newest gadgets as soon as they could

now, normal people buy smart toasters & coffee mugs while every techie I know is on the verge of retreating to the forest

Boosted by jwz:
justjanne@decentralised.chat ("justJanne") wrote:

@pojntfx that's why this sticker exists :)

SVG: https://github.com/justjanne/stickers/blob/main/designs/ssl%20added%20and%20removed%20here.svg

Boosted by jwz:
pojntfx ("Felicitas Pojtinger 🌅") wrote:

Whenever you see someone recommend Cloudflare or something else that decrypts and re-encrypts TLS for something, esp. for something related to open social media or media storage etc., reply with this picture from the Snowden leaks

Boosted by jwz:
mwichary@mastodon.online ("Marcin Wichary") wrote:

Found a feral cursor today in Łódź.

Boosted by jwz:
indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:

Federal government funding runs out on Tuesday night. This means it’s important to remind our Democratic senators that we expect them to hold their ground — not roll over like last time. Urge your Democratic senators to HOLD THE LINE against any GOP funding deal that hands Trump a blank check: https://act.indivisible.org/sign/funding-fight-democratic-senator/?source=mastodon

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
grickle@mstdn.social ("Grickle") wrote:

Not the droid you're looking for. (Buy my new book at gricklemart.com) #grickledoodle #horror #starwars #thering #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
sarahtaber@mastodon.online ("Sarah Taber") wrote:

A word on burnout & feeling strung out because "I can't save all the things that need saving."

Democracy is supposed to be a mosaic and a relay race. We never have to take care of the whole ourselves.

In fact if we do, it kinda stops being democracy.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
ansate@social.coop ("Melissa Santos") wrote:

Hope to see some #pdx friends at the Health Care for All Oregon Portland chapter meeting in a park this afternoon https://health-care-for-all-oregon.solidarity.tech/portland-september-chapter-meeting-and-social

I have pink hair and a navy dress printed with bright dinosaur heads, i am findable and memorable!

(I know there are a lot of other important and awesome things happening today, and if you are going to any of those i hope you have a good time, stay safe, and tell us all about it later)

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“Bullsh*t Writing - by John Warner”

https://biblioracle.substack.com/p/bullsht-writing

Solid and practical piece on what writing is for

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

In life: "You need to be independent, don't rely on anyone!"

In dev: npm install left-pad