Posts by pixelambacht@typo.social
(DIR) Post #ATRcV2UfrgUOzP8nVA by pixelambacht@typo.social
2023-03-09T11:15:49Z
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Ive been using the Opera browser since 1998. About 5 years ago I was mildly alarmed by it being bought by a Chinese company. I was a lot more alarmed that suddenly every good dev/devrel left, like @brucelawson and @mathias.I've still been using it as my "trash browser", for casual surfing.I wonder if I should retire it for that too. Has anybody seen any spying or data harvesting from Opera?
(DIR) Post #ATbZX3jjrEyD8r3ezY by pixelambacht@typo.social
2023-03-14T09:48:05Z
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I'm probably missing something obvious and should RTFM, but how to set row heights on implicit CSS grid rows?So not:.container { grid-template-rows: 1fr auto;}But something like:.child1 { /* make this one 1fr */}.child2 { /* make this one auto */}My brain nor google-fu is of any use to me today. Halp!
(DIR) Post #ATbm9O5RqMZ0i8FssC by pixelambacht@typo.social
2023-03-14T13:57:32Z
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@pjbrunet I'd like to see that contest! But I won't be betting my money on floats or tables ;-)
(DIR) Post #ATdMgEtriLivOynlia by pixelambacht@typo.social
2023-03-15T08:21:34Z
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@pjbrunet Hey, if you need to support 30 year old browsers, go tables! I've built sites in the tables era, then in the float era, and still today—so I see the immense advantages of flexbox and grid. No doubt you could build some layouts in tables too, even hack the page's HTML to be semantically okay-ish by jumping through weird aria/role hoops, if you're willing to sacrifice responsiveness... but that ain't my party!
(DIR) Post #ATe3GzowwCVfQKiCYq by pixelambacht@typo.social
2023-03-15T16:18:48Z
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@pjbrunet Indeed, but responsive because webpages were documents. Now they're documents or apps with complex layouts.There have been really good and concise videos and articles on the benefits of flexbox and grid (like this 5 minute intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs3piaN4b5I), I hope you find the time to dive in. Flexbox and grid isn't a hype, they're made to address all the shortcomings of floats and tables, not to replace them!
(DIR) Post #AWU7bl3PvFBdQfX064 by pixelambacht@typo.social
2023-06-08T05:58:16Z
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On my way to #CSSDay in Amsterdam, with my backpack full of high production value flyers for Wakamai™ Fondue™, printed on the finest paper the HEMA had on offer.Also, come find me for even higher qualityer stickers!!
(DIR) Post #AimgL1fUxZrCTpDame by pixelambacht@typo.social
2024-06-10T11:30:01Z
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(O_o)I knew this "ASCII emoji" has been around for a long time, but never guessed it was already dreamt up of in 1970!"Samurai on the toilet" by Takeshi Kitanohttps://text-mode.org/?p=9318
(DIR) Post #Al9Nm78ZrdI9xIyS5w by pixelambacht@typo.social
2024-08-20T06:50:15Z
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@historyofpunkrock Ramones - RamonesDead Kennedys - Fresh Fruitbecause I'v been listening to them for over 30 years. AndX-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescentsbecause I only discovered that album 3 years ago despite the band having been in my peripheral for over 30 years. Dismissed it then because it looked soft and poppy but the joke's on me -- it's an absolute banger and I am still making up for lost listening-time.
(DIR) Post #Ar32YifDqNaPzHvn9c by pixelambacht@typo.social
2025-02-06T10:31:29Z
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Fonts and "fair use", are there examples of that?I mean the way where showing a very short clip of a movie in your own video is accepted as "fair use", while including 20 minutes of that same movie is not.Would I be able to, say, create a "Recognize The Ampsersand" game by _somehow_ gathering the ampersands of all digitally available fonts?
(DIR) Post #Av65XM6QlJHchueOa8 by pixelambacht@typo.social
2025-06-13T17:24:48Z
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This 5.25" floppy disk was stored in an uninsulated attic for the past 25 years, where the weight of the other disks made it bend over the diskbox edge.It loaded with zero errors!OId tech is awesome! 💖#retrogaming #retrocomputing #commodore
(DIR) Post #AyHshooclma1r70Cum by pixelambacht@typo.social
2025-09-16T21:02:39Z
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Hey #bookstodon, what's your most exciting vintage computer book?Anything computer-y goes: programming, video games, fiction, manuals, hacking, (sub)cultures, networking, etc.#retrocomputing #retrogaming #infosec #programming
(DIR) Post #AyHshw1Hz5s0CPyv7w by pixelambacht@typo.social
2025-09-16T21:10:37Z
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For me it's this one. I found it at a book market as a teen and was the first "official" account I saw in print about a world I just started dabbling in. Read it many times! (The Chaos Computer Book)
(DIR) Post #AyHzErkhTI98FFJArA by pixelambacht@typo.social
2025-09-17T06:45:04Z
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@PopeASDF @mdhughes A quick search lead me to a deep, deep rabbit hole. Didn't go in yet, but I will. Great suggestion!
(DIR) Post #AzuKdmorNf1bZeki3c by pixelambacht@typo.social
2025-11-04T16:35:55Z
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@mistfunk @littlebitspace For those of us who want to drool over the individual pixels, I took the liberty to blow up the image a bit!I love it! 💖
(DIR) Post #B05XbPzZ4gz45f64mG by pixelambacht@typo.social
2025-11-08T19:08:05Z
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@discatte God we had dope devices back in the day. Meow!
(DIR) Post #B0735DjsUFyYVrPVDs by pixelambacht@typo.social
2025-11-10T13:39:56Z
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"9 out of 10 AIs recommend our keyboards!"🤦♂️
(DIR) Post #B0NWpAUh305jD8uA88 by pixelambacht@typo.social
2025-11-18T10:49:29Z
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Every once a while I think about this clip of John James, an early hacker/artist, making paintings with his computer in 1970.Who was he?What else has he built?Where did the paintings go?#art #painting #retrocomputing
(DIR) Post #B0fFK0m0UlTiTPtnEW by pixelambacht@typo.social
2025-11-27T07:47:44Z
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@historyofpunkrock As a kid I was mostly into metal. I couldn't put my finger on it then, but I grew tired of the long songs and complex musicianship in 90s metal.Then Lemmy mentioned the Ramones on MTV. Rode my bike to the record store, bought Ramones' "All the stuff and more" unseen.Inserted CD, pressed play. The songs *just started*. No build-up but immediate adrenaline. All posing removed. Weird, fast, simple. Abrupt stop, abrupt start. "I could do this!" Holy shit. This is *it*.