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pineconewarrior··on OptiPNG vs. PNGcrush vs. Gimp to Reduce PNG Size
And https://squoosh.app/ which has a CLI!
pineconewarrior··on OptiPNG vs. PNGcrush vs. Gimp to Reduce PNG Size
WebP isn't perfect but it's fantastic for raster web graphics requiring transparency!
pineconewarrior··on What’s the best lossless image format?
webp, webp2, and avif are absolutely worth using in modern web scenarios. It's even considered "poor practice" to serve legacy formats now.
pineconewarrior··on Twitch.js
I suppose we could dig into that twitch source code leak to confirm
pineconewarrior··on 40k coin tosses yield ambiguous evidence for dynamical bias
Many games implemented strange RNG mechanics like this to game psychology. Eastern 2D RPGs were notorious for this, since they relied heavily on MTX.

I'd love to see the code!

pineconewarrior··on 1x Engineer
What are some things from the list that you or others might struggle to with?

I am interested in making development easier for my colleagues, just as I am interested in accessibility for the web.

pineconewarrior··on Investing in lighting did great things for my mental and physical health
I got the xiaomi version. I have an even cheaper one at my alternate workspace and it still works fantastic
pineconewarrior··on Investing in lighting did great things for my mental and physical health
It illuminates your desk area and reduces eye strain an unbelievable amount. Try one and you will see!
pineconewarrior··on Investing in lighting did great things for my mental and physical health
This is the kind of thing I was talking about, exactly. I am not saying it's everyone's experience, but when you pay big coins for a fancy tech product these days like... support... please...

And at this very moment the dang color bulb is sold out on their website.

pineconewarrior··on Investing in lighting did great things for my mental and physical health
The 1600 white bulbs are real slappers. If you can snag a costco deal or something.. do it.

The 1600 color bulbs are just the old color bulbs with an upgraded white LED, which is still really nice but not like... a huge upgrade if you're trying to blast really huge color. They are overpriced as heck right now. Really a bummer move.

... my money says they are coming out with a new color bulb in the next year

pineconewarrior··on Investing in lighting did great things for my mental and physical health
I am not quick to give any credence to companies when I hear of poor support from the company. Perhaps I was a victim of the classic supply chain issues in this case, or I am gullible to angry Reddit reviewers. I'd really love to be wrong! I have heard the colors on those bulbs are out of control amazing.

I will keep an eye out for a bargain or better bulb if I can find one. I am definitely hoping to be impressed now that I am a lifelong consumer of these things.

pineconewarrior··on Cost of ultra-rapid EV charging increases by almost 50%
it'd be so cool if they'd stop trying to build pipelines in insanely valuable freshwater areas and sacred native lands
pineconewarrior··on Investing in lighting did great things for my mental and physical health
Have LifX come back from the dead yet? They've been struggling super hard to get products back on the shelf and their support has been like, comatose, according to Reddit etc

I really wanted to try their products because I hear the color bulbs are INSANE, but they were always out of stock, never on sale, and I heard so many horror stories...

pineconewarrior··on Investing in lighting did great things for my mental and physical health
Oh my gosh, after getting some I will never go back to normal lights. I was pretty vehemently anti-smart-stuff, before I experienced the benefit.

The newer ones are pretty bright, too!

I am really, really hoping that quality, adjustable lighting like this continues to come down in cost and continue to improve.

pineconewarrior··on Investing in lighting did great things for my mental and physical health
Absolutely, absolutely agree. Out of all of the things I own, the little monitor-top lightbar I have is at the top of my list for cost-to-life-benefit ratio.

If I forget to turn it on I always why I feel so gloomy.

Seriously get one, even if your lighting is otherwise nice.

pineconewarrior··on High performance individuals and teams (2020)
This reads a lot different for me now that work is more remote. I am running into a LOT more bad coworkers now. Likely people taking two remote jobs and scamming us.
pineconewarrior··on Ask HN: 6-hour workdays more important than 4-day workweeks IMO
I do a lot of this too. The worst is when the company I work for tries to prevent this from happening. I seem to -need- that time to "gear up" as you say. I also find it very rewarding to help my colleagues with these types of quick issues, as it often prevents issues from ballooning, encourages collaboration and builds trust.

When they force me into "developer timeout" and effectively isolate me, I just sit there struggling for the first half of the day anyway.

pineconewarrior··on History of AMP and Why Everybody Is Against It?
Google is now working on a new "web bundles" technology, similar to signed exchanges.

I think this approach will fare better.

pineconewarrior··on Gov.uk drops jQuery from their front end
It sure does.

But I still prefer vanilla or anything but jq

pineconewarrior··on Gov.uk drops jQuery from their front end
That selector does not seem fragile at all. It selects any anchor elements with gifs in them. A lot of the time we can't change the markup, either.
pineconewarrior··on Shopify invests in research for Ruby at scale
Sounds like this was great practice, even if the stakes were a bit high.

(Definitely let the cat in! Every zoom meeting I am in has at least one cat, and it is a welcome distraction compared to all of the crying babies and other nonsense)

pineconewarrior··on Shopify invests in research for Ruby at scale
Nowhere is amazing, really. Shopify would still be a fantastic career move for most people in terms of resume clout and income.

Plus I was just trying to be nice!

pineconewarrior··on Parmigiano Reggiano makers embedding tiny trackers in rind to fight cheese fraud
They appear to be visible on the edge as stickers. I don't think they are hidden within the rind.
pineconewarrior··on Parmigiano Reggiano makers embedding tiny trackers in rind to fight cheese fraud
The world is not ready for block-cheese tech. I know I am not.
pineconewarrior··on Using a "proper" camera as a webcam
Seconding Camo. It's not as cheap as the Elgato offering but I found the quality and options to be superior.
pineconewarrior··on Earth Overshoot Day
wordpress shortcodes not rendering properly
pineconewarrior··on Shopify invests in research for Ruby at scale
Oof. Give it another go in a year!
pineconewarrior··on Shopify invests in research for Ruby at scale
Shopify has made great efforts to improve its ecosystem and developer experience. I am so glad they do!
pineconewarrior··on Wp-SQLite: WordPress running on an SQLite database
Very interesting. I will have to check this out for local development via DDEV!
pineconewarrior··on Finding wisdom in Charles Baudelaire’s mad scribblings
Coming from WAPO (owned by Bezos), this article can only be seen as an attempt to frame the narrative as Baudelaire and his contemporaries become hot in the "Theorygram" universe.

Discarded

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