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negative12dollarbill

@negative12dollarbill@techhub.social

• Coder in Sydney, Gadigal land
• Bass/Rhythm/Lead guitar
• Bouba in the streets;Kiki in the sheets
• I run a couple of bots.
• I do #WebDev, currently working with a #perl system and learning #Golang at the same time, which is giving me mental whiplash

User image and header are both from the animated series "Gravity Falls" in which a fictional President of the USA issues a bill worth -$12.

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Jeremiah, to webdev
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Every time I have to code a HTML table I miss Macromedia Dreamweaver a whole fuckin’ lot. Where is the open source version of that?

I wish VS Code had a barebones WYSIWYG editor. I think it would replace most Markdown use cases for me.

#WebDev

negative12dollarbill,
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@Jeremiah
I think Aptana was the choice for many years, last time I needed to give someone that kind of tool that's what I did.

But this article speaks highly of BlueGriffon:

https://opensource.com/alternatives/dreamweaver

andrew, (edited ) to random
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    @andrew
    Wouldn't 1:83 mean that men had only 17% more than women?

    I swear I'n not being "well actually" guy, just "can't do maths" guy.

    futurebird, (edited ) to random
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    These AI SEO spam operations have used lists of common searches to ensure that their pages come up first in searches in the “long fat tail” the kind of search where it used to be about 50/50 if you’d find a page addressing your needs. But, it used to be if you found something like “The top 15 smallest ants in the world” it wouldn’t be nonsense. It’d either exist and be the work of another person who cared OR you found nothing. Not so now! I can’t possibly over-stress how bad this is! 1/

    negative12dollarbill,
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    @futurebird
    I want there to be a "Report" button like there is on social media for entire websites.

    I searched for some information on Kurt Cobain's guitars the other day and found an entire site which looked useful but was randomly generated garbage.

    After I'd confirmed I wasn't having a stroke I looked for a way to tell Google about the site but it doesn't seem to exist.

    rayckeith, to random
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    AI headphones let wearer listen to a single person in a crowd, by looking at them just once | ScienceDaily

    "School of Computer Science & Engineering. …

    To use the system, a person wearing off-the-shelf headphones fitted with microphones taps a button while directing their head at someone talking. The sound waves from that speaker's voice then should reach the microphones on both sides of the headset simultaneously; there's a 16-degree margin of error. The headphones send that signal to an on-board embedded computer, where the team's machine learning software learns the desired speaker's vocal patterns. The system latches onto that speaker's voice and continues to play it back to the listener, even as the pair moves around. The system's ability to focus on the enrolled voice improves as the speaker keeps talking, giving the system more training data."
    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240524171429.htm

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    @rayckeith
    What could possiblye go wrong?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conversation

    StillIRise1963, to random
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    His other accuser kept her clothes. So, now, we have a video and clothes for DNA.

    negative12dollarbill,
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    @StillIRise1963 I've got no context for this post at all. It sounds deadly serious and something I would like to hear about but I can't figure out what conversation it's part of. Maybe consider replying to yourself to make things clearer?

    msquebanh, to Canada
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    FYI - I worked on 2 different shows in & after those lived work experiences - told everyone I could - don't agree to go on these shows. It's almost all scripted, not reality. Crews are forced to put pressure on voluntary participants - who rarely know WTF they're signing up for & producers exploit naivety. Don't chase easy fame/easy money - they both come at high personal costs. Don't agree to be traumatized on TV, for money. You'll regret it.

    negative12dollarbill,
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    @msquebanh The show "Unreal" is really good at showing how it's done.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_(TV_series)

    vwbusguy, to guitar
    @vwbusguy@mastodon.online avatar

    This is my general recommendation for the best acoustic #guitar for the price. They play and feel like an $800 guitar. The tone, neck, and overall quality is phenomenal. You can occasionally find deals on these around $300. The "folk" version is incredibly versatile, so it is worthy for unplugged campfires as well as playing live. It's a solid workhorse that won't have a problem keeping up with a Martin or Taylor and won't give you "glass mandolin syndrome".

    https://alvarezguitars.com/guitar/af30ce/

    negative12dollarbill,
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    @vwbusguy What's "glass mandolin syndrome"?

    Mrfunkedude, to random
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    Tell me the story of the last time you committed an act of kindness in 500 characters or less.

    There’s nothing wrong with bragging about creating kindness. There’s nothing honorable about not sharing the joy of creating kindness.

    We need to uplift and encourage people who create kindness in their daily lives.

    So tell us your story. It doesn’t have to be something big. It can be something as simple as helping someone carry a bag of groceries.

    How did you create kindness this week?

    negative12dollarbill,
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    @Mrfunkedude
    There was an elderly couple on my train with two suitcases each and luggage labels, apparently on their way to the airport.

    My train does not go to the airport.

    I checked to see if I was right and told them in time for them to get off and change to the correct line.

    GottaLaff, to random
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    Arizona’s attorney general says Rudy has been served an indictment in the state’s fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn ’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

    Giuliani’s political adviser, Ted Goodman, confirmed Giuliani was served Friday night after his 80th birthday celebration as he was walking to the car.
    https://apnews.com/article/86f4938ff4570a833dd4d1c44705460f

    negative12dollarbill,
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    @GottaLaff This is the best part. Big '"what's he gonna do, stab me?" -- Stabbed Man' energy.

    mcc, (edited ) to random
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    TFW you're a few hundred pages into a book series and suddenly out of nowhere they drop this batshit ligature on you

    negative12dollarbill,
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    @glennf @mcc
    What happens if it meets another one like a lowercase 'y' coming back the other way?

    strypey, (edited ) to random
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    When overcrowded buses replace train services, they should be free of charge. It's nowhere near the same quality of service, and charging for it is kind of rude. If it's free, it encourages train operators to do everything they can to avoid replacement bus situations.

    They could make it half price, at the very least.

    negative12dollarbill,
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    @strypey
    This is what happens in Sydney. But probably because the 1980s-era buses we get don't have the technology. Ripped seats, hint of cigarette in the air, yes. Opal card terminals no.

    dickrubin716, to bookstodon
    @dickrubin716@bookstodon.com avatar

    I would love to get your thoughts and feedback on my from my latest book, The Challenges of Being Me. Do you like it? Does it capture your attention? Without knowing anything about the book, what genre would you say this cover best fits? @bookstodon

    negative12dollarbill,
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    @dickrubin716 @bookstodon Major font problems. All upper case, expanded too much, stock windows font. The image needs more contrast. Don't be afraid to have the title overlay the image rather than floating away all by itself. Zoom in on the image. It's OK if her hand goes out of frame.

    If I had to guess from the title alone it would be young adult, but the image makes me think of self-help or philosophy.

    negative12dollarbill,
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    @diazona @dickrubin716 @bookstodon YA novels are either called one word or they're called some long pretentious phrase.

    longreads, to LongReads
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    "'It works for my lifestyle,' he said. 'It has thick walls, [and] good insulation for the weather. I’d rather live for free in my ambulance than pay for a house I can’t afford. That’s what it actually means to be stuck.'"

    For the Los Angeles Times, Jack Flemming profiles a man who lives in an #ambulance:
    @jflem94 @latimes #longreads

    #Longreads #Housing #Homeownership #California #LosAngeles

    negative12dollarbill,
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    @longreads Uh … link?

    Mrfunkedude, to random
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    I've said this before and I'll say it again...

    I don't care how famous your favorite comedian is. If they complain that they can't write funny jokes anymore because the culture has become too PC, they are in fact a hack.

    Being politically correct (or as I like to refer to it, "not being a dick".) doesn't kill comedy. Bad writing does. If you can't write better jokes, don't blame it on the culture. Comedy like any art should reflect the culture.

    Don't blame the times. Blame the comedian.

    negative12dollarbill,
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    @Mrfunkedude
    A lot of them have been referring to jokes they made years ago and crying that "you couldn't tell that joke now".

    Jokes about domestic violence, jokes mocking trans people or overweight people. Jokes where ethnic people are reduced to funny accents and ignorance.

    Well … good?

    foone, to random
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    I just have to say: Mastodon is better than twitter or X or bluesky or whatever.

    negative12dollarbill,
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    @foone
    Where did you meet him???

    negative12dollarbill,
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    @foone
    Oh that's all totally clear then thanks, no further details needed

    negative12dollarbill, to random
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    @futurebird
    https://aeon.co/essays/the-strange-and-turbulent-global-world-of-ant-geopolitics

    michael, to webdev
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    I’ve worked in web development for what feels like a century. I must’ve written a bazillion redirects in Apache, nginx, php, node, and probably half a dozen other languages/configurations.

    And still, to this day, I need to Google ‘302 vs 301’ every single time I write a redirect to remind myself which one is the permanent and which one is the temporary.

    If someone has a tip to help me remember, I’ll be forever grateful!

    negative12dollarbill,
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    @michael
    If it's a 301,
    It's moved and the story is done
    If it's a 302,
    It's moved but its comeback is due

    negative12dollarbill,
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    @michael
    I would also refer you to my more famous poem about rsync:

    If there's a slash on the end of the source,
    It means “only copy the contents” of course
    But if the source has no slash on the end
    The folder itself is what you will send

    GottaLaff, to legal
    @GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

    #TrumpTrial #legal #Trump Not sure how much I can post. Now my iPhone is slow. Via McBrien:

    …waiting for the Sandoval hearing to begin, despite the tragedy that unfolded earlier this afternoon just outside the courtroom.

    As Merchan said earlier, "We've come too far in this trial to jeopardize it now."

    negative12dollarbill,
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    @GottaLaff
    NFL
    “Tragedy” refers to this in case you had not yet seen the news:
    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/man-sets-fire-courthouse-trump-trial-held-rcna148604

    rebeccawatson, to random
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    someone called the cybertruck an "incel camino” and I've been laughing about it for hours

    negative12dollarbill,
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    @rebeccawatson
    It took me a while to get it because I'm outside the USA and not really a car person.

    There's a car called “El Camino”, if anyone's still stuck like I was.

    Mrfunkedude, to random
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    Not Dead Yet and Animal Control are fun little sitcoms on Hulu.

    What are a couple of your favorite sitcoms right now?

    negative12dollarbill,
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    @Mrfunkedude
    I love Not Dead Yet, she has such a great warm personality. I like Animal Control although the "animals" are so obviously stuffed, or just plushies!

    Abbott Elementary is the best sitcom around though Janine needs to get back into the school, her office job story arc is a distraction.

    aeveltstra, to webdev
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    fits every screen size out of the box. gets abused to stop it from doing that; to constrain the display by web browsers to specific widths. That’s counterproductive. The solution therefore is to remove such constraining CSS. Don’t apply a minimum width rule, and allow on-screen components to flow underneath each other as screen size dictates. Stop trying to make computer screens behave like hard-copy magazine paper.

    negative12dollarbill,
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    @aeveltstra And also stop labelling content based on your assumptions: I see so many pages where it says "see map, right" or "see image, left" when those images are above or below.

    herhandsmyhands, to romancelandia
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    @romancelandia
    Brit friends, help? Would someone from a good family--not aristocracy, but perhaps landed gentry--refer to themselves as "a posh" when talking to someone else. As in, "I may be a posh from (place), but..."

    (please share for reach)

    negative12dollarbill,
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    @herhandsmyhands @romancelandia @bookstodon

    No, not a British expression. Source, British, lived next county to Devon for many years. It's literary, I guess.

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