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xtf··on Jam – Self-Hosted Clubhouse
Needs websitecode to be public, if this AGPL-Programm is shown in an I-Frame?
xtf··on Visual Studio Code in Browser
https://github.com/cdr/code-server
xtf··on Nuvola Player – Linux desktop integration for web-based streaming services
Have my multimedia in browsers, kde recognizes it and media controls work within taskbar preview, notification area and - most important - with the media keys.

Plus: Browsers are more secure and no need for other applications.

xtf··on Nq – A simple Unix job queue system
Just a simple one when needed. cp, downloader, etc. Nothing too complicated.
xtf··on Nq – A simple Unix job queue system
my simple jobqueue, if I need one

  waitfor() {
    while pgrep $1 >/dev/null; do sleep 2; done && $*
  }
xtf··on AWS announces forks of Elasticsearch and Kibana
With Apache License they don't have to contribute back and it is questionable/unlikely they'll do.
xtf··on Mnm – an open source project to replace email and SMTP
And that is what xmpp already offers
xtf··on CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re American (2017)
They use captcha to help AI to identify things, therefore: Keep it in the US
xtf··on Why Life Can’t Be Simpler
Sane defaults reduce complexity

And new systems resulting out of old understood ones, like SI-Units vs imperial units

xtf··on Github Is Down
seems so, germany
xtf··on Radeon Rays 4.0 Released – No Longer Open-Source
The blob: https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/RadeonRays_SDK/t...
xtf··on Roger Penrose – Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered? [video]
Invented to describe what's being discovered.
xtf··on BlockBlock 1.0.0 beta – rewritten and open source
And it seams to be for MacOS, at least. May be portable, but don't know.

Worst project-documentation 2020, so far.

xtf··on Maza – Like Pi-hole but local and using your operating system
Network Wide > Pi-hole

Browser > Ublock

Local System > hosts-file

Android (root) > Adaway (does hosts-file)

xtf··on The Myth of the Myth of the 10x Programmer
Problem is the scale. Script kiddies and junior programmers are 0.1x to 0.6x or people reinventing the wheel by not using a framework, they could be far less and let's not talk about security. Experienced (senior) devs should be counted as 1x. Beside knowing to programming fast, they (should) know how programm more correctly.
xtf··on AGPL License
They also can use and improve it and give these improvements back to the source.
xtf··on Actix project postmortem
Tried to write it down and help to enhance the documentation, or written an own documentation? So that reoccurring questions could be reduced.
xtf··on Universal Resume Template
I would not put my data on the wild web, especially phone and address.
xtf··on Universal Resume Template
I have my own responsive, displayagnostic, offlinecapable cv and think everyone should have his own, because it is a platform for showing off your skills.
xtf··on Germans Grow Frustrated with Their Slow-Poke Internet
In the 80s there were plans to roll out fiber every with a 30 year plan under chancellor Schmidt, but with reunifiction plans got dismissed.

http://www.bundesarchiv.de/cocoon/barch/00/k/k1981k/kap1_1/k...

xtf··on How to Design for the Web in 2019
Then it got me there. And in respect to a satire, then it's a good one. Reverse it and you have a more accurate Webdev '19 Article.
xtf··on How to Design for the Web in 2019
IMHO Wrong:

1. Mobile App. The site has to work by itself. Else go PWA

2. DNT. Respect Users decisions. Allow cookieless and JSless.

3. See 2.

4. See 2. + I would't disable adblock in the net, because it the main entry for malware.

5. Block Foreign. Expand as you understand the laws.

6. Max Layout. Called Mobile First, and seams to be national behavior. International pages sometimes look foreign to me. Use your screenspace wisely, yes.

7. Use Notifications. OK, but, see 8 and 9.

8. Prompt User. Don't annoy users. If they are on the net, they know how it regulary works, don't get of the standard behavior patterns.

9. Allow Opt-out. Opt-In is the way to go, else maybe violates GDPR and other laws.

10. Use Javascript. Not all websites require Javascript, most yes, but not all. Don't rely on it, especially impaired users will hat you for 'visually correct' but not screenreader enabled. Use standards.

PS: Don't be an apple hipster. Was biased from the beginning, got confirmed. But, read it.

xtf··on Introducing a new HTML element – welcome <clippy>
Simply put: Don't write for chrome, write w3c conform.

Or better: Use standards which match most browsers at caniuse.com

xtf··on “Once-in-a-Hundred Year” Sightings of Bamboo Blossoms Reported in Japan
New Reiwa era, bad bamboo omen. OK
xtf··on Things to use in Python 3
Except further optimisation in Cython like http://docs.cython.org/en/latest/src/tutorial/pure.html#stat...
xtf··on Tim Berners-Lee: 'Stop web's downward plunge to dysfunctional future'
this - it goes viral
xtf··on Tim Berners-Lee: 'Stop web's downward plunge to dysfunctional future'
Everyone is in the net.

- malicious activity such as hacking and harassment

- problematic system design such as business models that reward clickbait

- unintended consequences, such as aggressive or polarised discussions

These are problems of human evolvement. Education, education, education and not screaming at each other and discussing with the opposition till consensus.

xtf··on The rise of wgpu
AMD calls their CPU with integrated Graphics APU (Accelerated Processing Units), why not thinking that forth, oh OpenAL (Audio Library) is already in use, WebAL would confuse more. We are running out of acronyms.

Throwing in some random word creations: * Processing#, * UnifiedProcessing#, * ParallelProcessing#, * Accel#,

Prefixes *: Web/Open/Lib/Imperial/Federal/Continuum

#Suffixes: Library/Hole/Sink/Chain/[not Unit (it's for Hardware)]

xtf··on The rise of wgpu
WebGPU. That's an awful name. Given WebGL is taken and already in version 2. But WebGPU sounds like a virtual GPU for GameStreaming. Even GLWeb would be nicer.
xtf··on Serial Port SDR
And it's nothing new.

Same is possible with Raspberry Pi GPIO:

https://github.com/F5OEO/rpitx

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