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ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺") wrote:
Brave of YouTube to suggest this.
Mastodon FeedMastodon FeedWhich firmware powers your LoRa devices right now? Multiple picks allowed, I know you're just that nerdy.
Got your own network running? Drop your repo if it's public!
Mastodon Feedbaldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
Turns out there's a couple of settings that bring URL presentation a little bit more in line with what I'd expect
Mastodon Feeddb@social.lol ("David Bushell 🎮") wrote:
I'm reminded of the time I styled a element and never used it again, as predicted
Mastodon FeedHey fellow LoRa meshers 👋
I've recently started working on a little open-source mesh project and I'm curious to hear what got you into LoRa and mesh networking in the first place?
Tell me what you’re building!
Mastodon Feedbaldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
Trying out Zen Browser and I don't immediately hate it. It has a few things I disagree with (for example, downplaying the URL actually makes a browser less usable, it's a complexity inherent to the web and obfuscating it makes people less safe) but overall seems to work nicely
Mastodon Feedjscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:
Today we note the passing of a real Dick
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
`fetch()` required `Promise`, and *that* required getting TC39 to move on something we'd first proposed in 2010, but got blank looks about. But we tried and tried again, and finally it worked. Having DOM in the wings, ready to implement what the language wouldn't (which wouldn't give us `async`/`await`), allowed us to win the day in 2012/2013.
This makes me feel some guilt about the other parts of the DOM we haven't upgraded, but seeing the impact of `fetch()` makes me want to try again.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Doing this sort of work well often requires being willing to see past the current yes/no, and trying to string together a set of partial wins into something better. That helps us identify what's truly must-have, and what might have to wait for compatible future additions. `async`/`await` were in that second bucket for too long, too. And `AbortController` shows that it's possible to work around logjammed SDOs, too.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
To be very clear, this sort of thing is never a slam-dunk; if it ever looks that way, it's only in the rear-view mirror. There was a strong argument from some Node-ish corners that error-first callbacks were all you'd ever need. As they predicted (and I feared), TC39 has absolutely shit the bed on cancellation (we had to throw it overboard to get Promises to move in 2013), leaving important problems on the field. But we always had a backup: the DOM.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:
Please, Lord, let Donald Trump be next.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/04/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead/
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
A couple of weeks ago I was asked by some junior folks why they should consider platform work – implicit in their question, the care and feeding of old, stable platforms – and this sort of impact is one if the things I cited.
We designed `fetch()` (and Promises, and the second version of `async`/`await`) as part of the Service Worker design. We couldn't block the thread, so programming it needed an upgrade, but knew it would reverberate. And it has. I'm so glad.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:
In addition to out-generaling the US Army, this guy had some good awareness of the futility of dealing with Christian apologists.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
itorres@xin.cat ("Ignacio Torres") wrote:
Mastodon Feeddb@social.lol ("David Bushell 🎮") wrote:
that explains why macOS is running at a snail's pace
I'll come back after Apple has stopped using my computer
Mastodon Feeddb@social.lol ("David Bushell 🎮") wrote:
What Apple’s UK Strategic Market Status Designation means for Browsers and Web Apps
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/what-apples-uk-strategic-market-status-designation-means-for-browsers-and-web-apps/TL;DR good news
Mastodon FeedChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺") wrote:
He's not letting me move.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
It's gratifying to see the ripples of work from a decade ago continue to improve things as good-spirited folks integrate those APIs into their thinking:
Mastodon FeedChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺") wrote:
Otis has me pinned down this morning.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:
MIT releases, then quietly removes, nonsense AI cybersecurity paper
The finest academic papers money can buy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShXvaJ46hI0&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251103-mit-releases-retracts-nonsense-ai-cybersecurity-paper - podcasttime: 5 min 59 sec
Mastodon Feeddb@social.lol ("David Bushell 🎮") wrote:
"near the very bottom" I didn't even win the wooden spoon :(
now I'm very curious what pipped my proposal lol
https://bsky.app/profile/jakearchibald.com/post/3m4l44zoenk27
Mastodon FeedBoosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:
Multiple content providers had indicated that Apple's restrictions on iOS browsers also limited web apps viability on Android:
7/9
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owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:
The CMA found that web apps are NOT CURRENTLY a viable replacement for native apps on iOS, and that multiple content providers had indicated that Apple's restrictions on browsers were to blame:
6/9
Mastodon FeedBoosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:
The CMA found this inhibits web apps, which could be an alternative for native apps:
4/9
Mastodon FeedBoosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:
The most important outcomes being the CMA can compel Apple to:
- Allow third-party browsers on iOS to use their own engines.
- Provide equivalent access to functionality for browsers using their own browser engines.
- Let third-party browsers install and manage web apps using their own engines.
- Remove barriers to web app adoption, such as implementing a web app equivalent to smart banners or install prompts in iOS Safari.
2/9
Mastodon FeedBoosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:
The 🇬🇧UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has officially designated Apple as having Strategic Market Status (SMS). After four years investigating Apple’s restrictions on browser engines and web apps, the CMA now has statutory authority to enforce a code of conduct.
Read our full analysis here:
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/what-apples-uk-strategic-market-status-designation-means-for-browsers-and-web-apps/
1/9
Mastodon Feeddb@social.lol ("David Bushell 🎮") wrote:
reading: "Inline Custom Identifiers"
https://blog.kizu.dev/inline-custom-identifiers/good and simple ideas here! sucks the `anchor` attribute isn't happening. Naming stuff in CSS is a real pain.
I use the `attr(type())` trick but it's chrome only 😔
https://dbushell.com/2025/11/01/better-alt-text/#:~:text=Instead%20I%20use%20the%20attribute%20type
Mastodon FeedBoosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
sakiamu@tech.lgbt ("yumaikas/sakiamu") wrote:
@peter Software sustainability is going to be -real- interesting thing to watch over the next 20 years
Mastodon Feeddb@social.lol ("David Bushell 🎮") wrote:
some of Apple's Svelte code recovered from a source map https://github.com/rxliuli/apps.apple.com
they use Sass CSS too 🧐
I wonder if they debug in production like pros.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Just leaving this here. No reason.
https://infrequently.org/2025/10/the-app-store-was-always-authoritarian/
/cc @owa