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curlftpfson Kill-sticky, a bookmarklet to remove sticky elements and restore scrolling

> Set the style of the html node for overflow: auto

I have a custom style to do this for ALL sites, warning:

1. it can break websites in unexpected ways

2. There's often a class on the <body> hiding overflow that needs to be overwritten instead/as well

curlftpfson 58 bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere

You do, via `color-scheme` or media query

curlftpfson 58 bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere

Element-based selectors, setting the root font-size, mixed units, text color with no background color...I guess the assumption is that you won't add ANY other styling? Big headaches down the road if you do.

curlftpfson 58 bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere

We can have both! Wide containers with narrow line lengths.

We call them "columns" and they're part of CSS now.

curlftpfson iPhones and action discoverability

"Good design is often invisible, if you skip the on-boarding process" -- Dieter Rams

curlftpfson Monorepo Support

What do/don't you like about Nx?

You describe my scenario (with fewer teams), difficult deciding between options. (Using Webpack + git to do "component management" and bundle to single-file ES6 modules.)

curlftpfson A subpolar-focused stratospheric aerosol injection deployment scenario

We can guess by looking at the SO₂ deposited by volcanic eruptions

> [The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo released] 17 megatons of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere, causing global cooling by 0.5 °C (0.9 °F) between 1991–1993

> [It] oxidized in the atmosphere to produce a haze of sulfuric acid droplets, which gradually spread throughout the stratosphere over the year following the eruption

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_eruption_of_Mount_Pinatub...

curlftpfson A subpolar-focused stratospheric aerosol injection deployment scenario

This idea is explored in Neal Stephenson's Termination Shock. There was no stopping one crazy billionaire, let alone an entire nation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termination_Shock_(novel)

curlftpfson Blocking web fonts for speed and privacy (2016)

By domain or filename. Another reason to not use icon fonts.

https://github.blog/2016-02-22-delivering-octicons-with-svg/

curlftpfson The Ethereum merge is done

It's a point of a blockchain; it's opt-in. Much like your credit card's contract.

curlftpfson The Ethereum merge is done

Your mind will be blown when you learn what exercising stock options is.

curlftpfson The future of cryptocurrency is at stake in Ethereum’s switch

I must be a crypto maximalist right?!

No! I want to talk about this with people who are actually making things for it, in a detailed way. Including...hold your breath...inviting people to criticize it!

curlftpfson The Ethereum merge is done

Are zero-knowledge L2 blockchains decentralized?! By definition...

curlftpfson Brickit scans your pile of bricks and gives you ideas, with instructions

Same! There isn't one standard "red brick" size (like I thought lol), but there are a lot of different sizes. I'd pay for an app like that.

curlftpfson The future of cryptocurrency is at stake in Ethereum’s switch

Yes this is copy and pasted on every crypto thread. Tulip Mania, dot-com bubble, fomo, a Ponzi scheme with no substitute for Charles Ponzi. It's so decentralized it's dangerous AND somehow simply controlled by a single Madoff-like entity.

Do you have any thoughts about the subject of the article? If not please add another hot take like "crypto uses too much energy!"

curlftpfson Apple fought alleged sex-abuse victims to enforce ‘code of silence’

This is just a tabloid spinning the original story:

https://web.archive.org/web/20220804042004/https://www.ft.co...

curlftpfson Interview with the scientist who’s writing the Webb photos alt text

> There are lots of people we call "doctor." The ones with Ph.D's

No, the ones with doctorates. A JD's technically a doctorate, a graduate degree, but it would be silly to expect people call you "doctor" because you have one.

curlftpfson Interview with the scientist who’s writing the Webb photos alt text

Oh come on, most attorneys have Juris Doctor degrees, we don't call them Dr. Lawyer.

I know an illustrator with a B.S. in design.

curlftpfson Interview with the scientist who’s writing the Webb photos alt text

Is "alt text" a colloquialism understood by laymen? I typically use the term "text alternatives" when speaking with clients. It's a specific attribute, it might be supplanted by `aria-label`, etc

https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/conformance#text...

curlftpfson Interview with the scientist who’s writing the Webb photos alt text

Yeah, devs use `border-bottom` to get fancy but often don't test edge cases where it causes a strikethrough instead of an underline

curlftpfson <article> vs. <section>: How To Choose The Right One

You'd lose every element-specific browser behavior. A div with role=button doesn't handle, say, keydown events correctly like a <button>.

You could rewrite every edge case for every element in JS if you wanted, but why? Just understand what the elements mean.

curlftpfson A non-magical explanation of Jeffrey Epstein (2021)

> the government can conspire to run a underage sex ring [but] conspiring to kill a person in prison is impossible

This was one of Umberto Eco's list of common features of fascism.

"The enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.”

curlftpfson A non-magical explanation of Jeffrey Epstein (2021)

I don't recall defending the Clintons.

Maybe if you didn't think everything was black and white, you wouldn't need melodramatic all-caps text so often.

curlftpfson A non-magical explanation of Jeffrey Epstein (2021)

Do you believe Trump's name being all over Epstein's flight logs and his decades of ties to Epstein means Trump did something nefarious?

Do you believe The Trump Foundation "continues to sway public and private sectors?"

curlftpfson A non-magical explanation of Jeffrey Epstein (2021)

Or photographs of his body as it was found

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Jeffrey_Epstein#Discr...

curlftpfson A non-magical explanation of Jeffrey Epstein (2021)

Think we're going to see another Trump run for public office again?

curlftpfson The case for bad coffee (2015)

I've shared meaningful experiences with people in life over a flat white in Manhattan though (I didn't order instant coffee). Why dump on the scene, where better for a casual chat than a coffee shop? It's very specific on this point, Maxwell House is mentioned an odd number of times.

curlftpfson The case for bad coffee (2015)

A product created to have broad appeal to a global market appeals to someone? Deep. Next you're gonna tell us you enjoy french fries!

curlftpfson Show HN: Debatable – Reddit with Results

Some existing alternatives

https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Should_animal_testing_be_leg...

https://idebate.org/debatabase/environment-animals-philosoph...

What's the difference vs a reddit poll?

curlftpfson Plano man keeping Blockbuster alive

Still, not once has the United Nations passed a resolution to fund the building of TGI Fridays franchises in South Asia or sub-Saharan Africa, where nearly everyone lacks access to warm, inviting restaurants with vibrant Americana-themed decor [1] https://www.theonion.com/tgi-fridays-is-a-human-right-182535...