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Today I learned that the default CSS stylesheets of browser engines are nicely available for reading.

Default `html.css` implementations on different browser engines:
- Chromium chromium.googlesource.com/chro…
- Firefox searchfox.org/mozilla-central/…
- WebKit trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/…

Found via Thomas Steiner‘s blog post: web.dev/color-scheme/


Improved dark mode default styling with the color-scheme CSS property and the corresponding meta tag

The color-scheme CSS property and the corresponding meta tag allow developers to opt their pages in to theme-specific defaults of the user agent stylesheet, such as, for example, form controls, scroll bars, as well as CSS system colors.
web.dev

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I think there’s a strong argument to be made that the single most important moment in the history of comedy occurred in 1958 when Groucho Marx danced the Charleston on the site of Adolf Hitler’s suicide. commonreader.wustl.edu/last-no…

Last Notes on Unfunny Humor - Common Reader

Groucho Marx visited the wreckage of the Führerbunker, in East Berlin, in 1958 with his young daughter. The remains of the structure were broken and jagged but still 20-feet tall, as if the war was just over.
Ben (The Common Reader)

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Hey you! Yes you! I want you to help the Kdenlive team meet their fundraising goal. Only a few days left and they're super close to the finish line.
#kdenlive #kde #opensource #linux
donorbox.org/kde-kdenlive

Kdenlive | KDE e.V. (Powered by Donorbox)

First goal reached!With the 15.000 € you have generously donated we can take on implementing nested timelines, improved effects workflow, stabilise the code and boost performance.  Now it is time to set some stretch goals.Based on feedback you hav...
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#linux #opensource #kdenlive #KDE

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Coming up live at 00:00 UTC (7:00 PM Eastern, 4:00 PM Pacific in the Americas) on The Global Voice Internet Radio: two hours of relaxing #newage, #ambient, and #meditationmusic on Northern Lights: The New Age Show with Kelly Sapergia. More information about the show is at ksapergia.net/northernlights/. Tune in either by visiting theglobalvoice.info and clicking on the Listen Live link, or put the following URL in your favorite media player: theglobalvoice.info:8000/broad… #audio

Northern Lights: The New Age Show

Northern Lights is a weekly live and interactive show featuring the best mix of relaxing music from independent and mainstream artists. Genres you’ll hear include New Age, Ambient, and music …
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#audio #ambient #newage #meditationmusic

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Balkonkraftwerke: Chef der Bundesnetzagentur unterstützt Schuko-Stecker

Klaus Müller, Präsident der BNetzA, hat sich für den Schuko-Stecker bei Balkonkraftwerken ausgesprochen. Dafür will er sich auch beim VDE einsetzen.

heise.de/news/Chef-der-Bundesn…

#BNetzA #Balkonkraftwerk #Bundesnetzagentur #PV #Photovoltaik #SchukoStecker #Wechselrichter

Balkonkraftwerke: Chef der Bundesnetzagentur unterstützt Schuko-Stecker

Jan Mahn (heise online)
#bnetza #bundesnetzagentur #pv #photovoltaik #schukostecker #wechselrichter #balkonkraftwerk
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IzzyOnDroid ✅

»Versicherungsindustrie, Elektrohandwerk und Netzbetreiber waren demnach dagegen«– haha, jo, war klar.

Hoffen wir mal, dass sich Schuko hier durchsetzt. Dann fehlt nur noch – oh, auch schon da:

»Auch einen Seitenhieb auf Vermietfirmen und Hausverwaltungen, die mit Verweis auf das "einheitliche optische Erscheinungsbild"…«

DAS ist nämlich oft das Hauptproblem, dass sich die Verwaltung mit so etwas quer legt.

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Question about Quote-Tooting (long: over 1000 characters)

To be clear, this is an honest question. Please interpret my post in good-faith.

I've been on masto since late 2017 (as you can see I joined elekk in 2018) and uh... never saw the need for quote toots, but I'm willing to admit that may be because I never used twitter.

I'm most aware of Quote-tweeting as a concept for dunking on something. I Know it can be used for other features, but I think it's understandable why "harassment" is often the first thing people associate with quote-tweeting. This is the main reason I don't want Quote Tooting, but I know there could be other reasons I haven't thought of as to why it'd be a good idea.

I also get puzzled by the argument that scientists / journalists need it. speaking as a former master's student, I proposed a thesis project and cited a Mastodon Toot for it. It's basically the same as citing a tweet: (link to the only guide I could find in APA for citing Tweets : apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar… )
I mean, especially since you can edit toots now, don't you need to establish the date accessed anyway? I'm not the biggest fan of citations (because I screw them up a lot or don't cite in a manner the professor wanted, not really important here) but I think this is the way to go.

So I'm asking, mainly from people who want this feature, Why? What does it bring to the table for you?

Mastodon already has a feature where you can copy the url of a toot so you can paste it into your compose window to talk about it. I've used it before to talk about Meta-Actions / defederation stuff (as you can link either to someone's receipts or to the actual thread of bad actors). Traditionally the toot url shows a difference instance's thread with that toot, which is why you can see posts that didn't federate to your instance (be that because you defederated or not).

So I am also asking, why is copying the url and pasting it into your compose window a non-starter?


Twitter references

This page contains reference examples from Twitter, including Tweets, moments, and profiles.
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The sign language gloves are making the rounds again. It needs to stop. Here’s why. linkedin.com/posts/meryl_meryl…

#accessibility #Disability


Meryl Evans, CPACC (deaf) on LinkedIn: #merylmots #disability #inclusion #entrepreneurs #startup #accessibility

Just got another link to the sign language gloves asking if I had seen it. Yes. It’s an old video that seems to make the rounds once a year. Even though…
Meryl Evans, CPACC (deaf) (www.linkedin.com)
#Accessibility #Disability

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Fascinating article!

"Unearthing a Long Ignored African Writing System, One Researcher Finds African History, by Africans: BU anthropologist Fallou Ngom discovered Ajami, a modified Arabic script, in a box of his late father’s old papers" posted December 21, 2022, written by Molly Callahan

bu.edu/articles/2022/fallou-ng…

#linguistics #Ajami #Africa

Unearthing a Long Ignored African Writing System, One Researcher Finds African History, by Africans

A note in Ajami, a modified Arabic script, from Fallou Ngom's late father opened the door to a lifetime of discovery in African language and history.
Molly Callahan (The Brink)
#linguistics #africa #ajami
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miki

Do what? Change the language rules? Yeah, they use something called Foma for doing the processing, so if you get the hang of the syntax it uses, you can do whatever. Getting all the linguistic knowledge to figure out what the rules should be is a different problem entirely. English is notoriously difficult in that aspect, see E.G. the o in woman vs. the o in women, the th in three VS. the th in though VS. the th in lighthouse. I haven’t used RH Voice extensively enough to know how much of that work is already done and how many elusive exceptions remain.

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In two weeks on #A11yTalks, @springbroken@twitter.com will discuss how to redesign websites with a focus on cognitive ease

buff.ly/3G3kF1A #A11y #Accessibility


Redesigning for Cognitive Ease - Alyssa Panetta (A11yTalks - January 2023)

After all the WCAG standards are met, how accessible is your site for users with cognitive disabilities? How can you tell? What does that mean? Where would y...
YouTube
#a11y #Accessibility #a11ytalks

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🤬🤬 The NY Times has gone off the deep end! I accept that NYT publishes biased and ugly stuff as "opinion" pieces, but THIS👇NYT article is presented as "news" by Shashank Bengali ("senior editor at The New York Times and leads the live news team in London"). #StopPutinNOW #SendMoreWeapons!

ian bremmer: "dear nytimes, how is ukraine demanding russia fully withdraw from its territory a “hard-line position?”

NY Times: "Hard-Line Positions by Russia and Ukraine Dim Hope for Peace Talks Both Moscow and Kyiv say they are ready to talk, but their terms for sitting down at a negotiating table suggest otherwise.
#StopPutinNOW #sendmoreweapons

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Website Carbon Calculator: websitecarbon.com/ #webdev #webdesign #tech #webdesign #environment #gogreen #co2

Website Carbon Calculator v3 | How is your website impacting the planet?

The internet consumes a lot of electricity. 416.2TWh per year to be precise. To give you some perspective, that’s more than the entire United Kingdom.
Website Carbon Calculator
#webdev #tech #webdesign #environment #GoGreen #co2

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Mastodon odmítl několik nabídek investorů, chce si udržet neziskovou podstatu
root.cz/zpravicky/mastodon-odm…

Mastodon odmítl několik nabídek investorů, chce si udržet neziskovou podstatu

Mastodon se v posledních měsících těší velkému zájmu, který byl způsoben zejména přílivem nových uživatelů po prodeji Twitteru. Decentralizovanou…
Petr Krčmář (Internet Info, s.r.o.)

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Music 2022: Dance 90s-inspired

Enjoy my Top 5 Dance tracks inspired by the sounds of 90s and early 2000s. 🙂

5. CrazyPlay - The Motto (Kritikal Mass Remix Edit)
youtube.com/watch?v=up7rPy3ieP…

4. Brooklyn Bounce x Paffendorf - Rave Hard
youtube.com/watch?v=VOCaO1FRSG…

3. Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo - Last Goodbye (Happy Mix)
youtube.com/watch?v=CBcbV-lXbN…

2. Aquagen - Circles
youtube.com/watch?v=8zUrov7SO0…

1. Crown Town - Something About You
youtube.com/watch?v=EAvNu-Tp5l…

#90s #00s #Eurodance #HappyHardcore #Music2022


Aquagen - Circles

Shop Links: Aquagen - CirclesItunes,Amazon,Spotify,Juno,Beatport & more:https://MentalMadnessRecords.lnk.to/Circleshttps://save-it.cc/mental-madness/circlesI...
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#music2022 #happyhardcore #eurodance #00s #90s

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Hab mir heute @unifiedpush angeschaut. Hatte mir das Ganze sehr viel aufwändiger vorgestellt. 😅

1. Einfach in der @nextcloud den "UnifiedPush Provider" installieren.
2. Unter Android NextPush aus @fdroidorg installieren und verbinden.
3. Bspw. in Element --> Einstellungen --> Benachrichtigungsmethode "NextPush wählen / @Tusky einfach neustarten.

Und schon geht es Los! 🚀

// Links:
🔗 apps.nextcloud.com/apps/uppush
🔗 f-droid.org/de/packages/org.un…


NextPush | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

UnifiedPush provider for Nextcloud
f-droid.org
@UnifiedPush @Tusky @Nextcloud 📱☁️💻 @F-Droid

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I'm not sure if it matters at this point, but I deleted my Lastpass account. techdirt.com/2022/12/28/lastpa…

LastPass Tries To Bury The Full Scope Of Its Disastrous Privacy Breach Behind The Christmas Holiday

Back in August, password storage app LastPass vaguely admitted that hackers had accessed the company’s systems. In the company’s original August reveal, the company generally tap danced…
Techdirt

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Mastodon při psaní příspěvku umožňuje doplnit varování před “nějak” nevhodným obsahem. Typicky třeba před něčím, co by někdo slabší povahy nemusel chtít vidět, nebo obsahem nevhodným pro děti (či prostě nějak jinak NSFW).

365tipu.cz/2022/12/29/tip2323-…

TIP#2323: Co je to “content warning” (varování o obsahu) na Mastodonu? A jak označovat média jako “citlivá” - @365tipu

https://365tipu.cz/author/365tipu/#author (@365tipu)

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Pretty chuffed that my #cryptic #crosswords have been bundled into #GNOME Crosswords [1], the crossword playing software of choice for #Linux!

Some of my puzzles ship with the software itself, so if you're a crossword lover on Linux, do give it a spin! ✏️ 🧩

[1] lwn.net/Articles/903475/

Crosswords for GNOME

Jonathan Blandford, who is a longtime GNOME contributor—and a cruciverbalist for longer still—thought it was time for GNOME to have a crossword puzzle application.
lwn.net
#linux #gnome #crosswords #cryptic
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Structed 🎮

@mvgorcum yes, absolutely ridiculous.
Too many things that are absurd in this article, but this stands out: While I agree that one needs to have a certain faith in goodwill, specifically of the state and there is a need for law enforcement to be able to investigate crimes, it's not like we can't have any privacy in our communications because of it.
That's just the most absurd piece in that article.
@Mathijs
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Mathijs

@structed also, I say this as someone who is explicitly not a fan of signal, because I believe it is a mistake to allow a single entity to dictate how we message/contact people, even if signal is still doing a lot of things right. But none of the interesting and complicated ethical questions are asked, let alone attempted to be answered in that crappy excuse for an article.
@Structed 🎮
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