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SigmundurM··on AfD Leak: What 421,179 Hacked Emails Show about the German Far Right
The entire leak is available here: https://www.hexane.cc/
SigmundurM··on Stop Omarchy
The color scheme screams anti-fascist. Red and black are the colors for anarchism.
SigmundurM··on AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective donation link
> Donations are not tax-deductible

> Because we are a 501(c)(6), OSC is not a registered 501(c)(3) charity; donations to hosted member projects are not tax-deductible. This is consistent with IRS guidelines — open source donations aren't automatically classified as charitable simply because they are FOSS.

> If your project has a clear charitable purpose, a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor may be a good fit.

- https://docs.oscollective.org/welcome-and-introduction-to-os...

SigmundurM··on Tell HN: GitHub Is Overloaded
Same here. Just as I was going to push out a release
SigmundurM··on OpenPrinter
Unfortunate they rely on HP cartridges. HP is a priority BDS target: https://bdsmovement.net/boycott-hp
SigmundurM··on Okmain: How to pick an OK main colour of an image
How about sampling more from the more "prominent" areas of the image[0] and less from less "prominent" areas?

[0]: https://dgroshev.com/blog/okmain/img/distance_mask.png?hash=...

SigmundurM··on Show HN: FinBodhi – Local-first, double-entry app/PWA for your financial journey
https://finbodhi.com/docs/understanding-double-entry
SigmundurM··on Microformats – building blocks for data-rich web pages
The IndieWeb people use Microformats[1] extensively for things like Webmention[2] and such. Seems quite neat, though maybe I'd prefer the tags to be data attributes instead of classes.

[1]: https://indieweb.org/microformats

[2]: https://indieweb.org/Webmention

SigmundurM··on Why do LLMs freak out over the seahorse emoji?
ChatGPT-5 just endlessly spiralled getting more and more mad and unhinged at itself lmao

https://chatgpt.com/share/68e3c3e7-2acc-800b-8a17-70ba45cf10...

SigmundurM··on OpenFront Has Been Stolen
Yeah that looks to be the case. Reading the OpenFront readme, it looks like they transitioned to the AGPL believing it to be stricter (which it might be?).

What's also funny is the FrontWars fork's readme.md [1] has not been changed at all, and still credits the OpenFront maintainer as the project maintainer:

> The project maintainer (evan) has final authority on all code changes and design decisions

[1] https://github.com/Elitis/FrontWars/

SigmundurM··on How to self-host a web font from Google Fonts
I use google-webfonts-helper (https://gwfh.mranftl.com/fonts) to get google fonts
SigmundurM··on I ditched Spotify and set up my own music stack
How much they should make I'd say is up to how much you value them. If you really like an artist and want to support them, a objectively better way than just streaming their music is purchasing their albums, vinyls, merch, etc.
SigmundurM··on Why I'm all-in on Zen Browser
Firefox now has improved Profile mangement

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-management

SigmundurM··on Building websites with lots of little HTML pages
I really like the idea!

But an instant drawback I see is keyboard accessibility.

The focused element is lost whenever you navigate to a new page, meaning I have to tab all the way through the menu again to get to where I was.

An example: I tab 4 times to get to the open menu "button", press enter, and then I have to tab 4 times again to actually enter the menu.

SigmundurM··on Here's why you should only buy a magnetic keyboard for gaming
Would love to have a ergonomic hall effect keyboard!

I daily drive the Moonlander, both for work and gaming, and it's honestly really good. Would be awesome to get a similar keyboard but with magnetic keys.

SigmundurM··on MusicBrainz: An open music encyclopedia
Oooh yeah, think you're correct.

The "Use beta site" at the bottom made it sound like it was a new version of the website. But it seems to actually just be using a new server.

Thank you!

SigmundurM··on MusicBrainz: An open music encyclopedia
First time browsing this website, and it seems like an amazing project!

I particularly like that they link to places where you can purchase a song or album. As someone who's considering streaming my music from a local server, those links could come in real handy!

SigmundurM··on MusicBrainz: An open music encyclopedia
Beta UI is available here: https://beta.musicbrainz.org/
SigmundurM··on Nintendo Files Suit for Infringement of Patent Rights Against Pocketpair, Inc
Amazing lol!

Though it is worthing that Nintendo is alleging patent infringement, not copyright infringement. IANAL (I Am Not A Lawyer), but that doesn't sound like they're going after the models used in Palworld, but more overall mechanics?

Possibly this patent Nintendo has for what seems to be "a thing the player throws at another thing to initiate a fight with it" (IANAL): https://patents.justia.com/patent/20240278129

SigmundurM··on Zen, a Arc-like open-source browser based on the Firefox engine
Per their documentation [1], you have to bypass MacOS's gatekeeper.

[1]: https://docs.zen-browser.app/guides/install-macos#step-3-byp...

SigmundurM··on CSVs Are Kinda Bad. DSVs Are Kinda Good
> Don't accept broken CSV. If people keep ignoring standards, thats their problem.

From the very memo you link to (RFC 4180):

> Implementors should "be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others" (RFC 793 [8]) when processing CSV files.

SigmundurM··on Commission opens additional DMA investigation against Apple
The preliminary findings in this case are not related to the "Core Technology Fee" as far as I can tell.

The findings here are about steering. That Apple disallows app developers to steer users to alternative distribution channels on Apple's AppStore.

They do also announce that they have opened new investigations, which include the "Core Technology Fee", but they have no findings yet.

SigmundurM··on Show HN: SQLite Database Explorer
The SQLite author says in the last paragraph of the sqlite-kit issue:

"You are welcomed to use "SQLite" as part of the name for your software, so that people know that it uses SQLite. For example, you might call your software "SQLite Wrapper for Swift" or "Vapor's Swift SQLite Wrapper". But you may not use the unqualified name "SQLite"."

SigmundurM··on Show HN: Built a free VS Code extension to help share code updates
Would be great to be able to see an example!

I assume you'll have examples on your Twitter, but Twitter requires an account to see anything on your profile.

SigmundurM··on Show HN: Slipshow – A presentation tool not based on slides
Looks cool!

It reminds me a lot of Prezi (https://prezi.com/)

SigmundurM··on Caniemail.com – like caniuse but for email content
If you go to this page: https://www.caniemail.com/clients/

and select "check all", it'll show you the features that are supported by all the email clients, and separately, which features have mixed support.

These appear to be the few features supported by all clients:

- border-collapse

- font shorthand

- list-style-type

- cm unit

- em unit

- ex unit

- in unit

- mm unit

- pc unit

- % unit

- pt unit

- px unit

- vertical-align

- <del> element

- <div> element

- <h1> to <h6> elements

- <hr> element

- <img> element

- <p> element

- <pre> element

- <span> element

- <strong> element

- <table> element

- valign attribute

- JPG image format

- PNG image format

SigmundurM··on Help us invent CSS Grid Level 3, a.k.a. "Masonry" layout
I wonder, what theoretical features could we have for a modular grid that'd be fundamentally incompatible with a columnar grid, and vice versa?

If adding columnar grids to CSS Grids doesn't make any features impossible, then I don't see why we shouldn't just have one CSS Grid standard, and thus always ensure feature parity between modular and columnar grids.

The argument being portrayed by Simmons, as I understand it, is that every feature that currently works for CSS Grid's modular grids, would also work for a columnar grid.

SigmundurM··on Krazam OS
I may be wrong, but I believe all 2 letter TLDs are ccTLDs. All none ccTLDs would have to be 3 characters or longer.
SigmundurM··on EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy
No. In many places in Europe (at least in my country) it is illegal to record specific people (and use the footage for anything other than completely personal use). People have a reasonable expectation of some privacy while out in public spaces in most circumstances.

Now, if you're at a public concert or any type of large gathering, you have less of a reasonable expectation of privacy.

SigmundurM··on EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy
Consent to having your privacy violated has to be actual genuine consent. Charging a privacy fee up to €250 a year I don't think can be reasonably interpreted as genuine consent.
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