The autistic urge to create a static site generator to turn my personal website into a dedicated theme because every option out there either has terrible docs, lacks so many features, or is written in Ruby :(
Zola is extremely limiting. I can't remember all the details, but Tera (the template engine) barely has any features, and all it has is a single-page documentation, which covers a very limited set of functionality. The moment I wanted to do something, I needed to resort to writing Rust macros. That being said, I found it to be the easiest to set up, especially thanks to its Flathub package.
For Hugo, I found it limiting but for different reasons, albeit less limiting than Zola. I can't use Go packages in Hugo, so that's already enough of a reason for me to not use it.
Of course, in the Netherlands, election loser Geert Wilders starts spreading messages suggesting a rigged election. It's what far-right people always do when they lose. But, unlucky for him, the Netherlands still votes on paper, so while a full recount will take time, it is perfectly possible to do. Democracy deserves the paper trail. It's something I will never stop preaching as loud as I can.
The history on how the Netherlands returned to paper ballots after it was shown that voting machines cannot be trusted sounds rather boring on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron…
"In September 2007 a committee chaired by Korthals Altes reported to the government that it would be better to return to paper voting. The deputy minister for the interior Ank Bijleveld said in a first response she would accept the committee's advice, and ban electronic voting"
October is now OctOver. At the start of every month, I always hope for one that is better than the last, and it never happens. Don't know why I bother.
I'd forgotten just how ... different nights with a baby can be. Wednesday night was atrocious - he slept 10, 15 minutes at a time. Thursday into Friday? I got a solid 4 hours for the first time in a month.
A bit like last week, I'm still struggling to see how normality can resume. So much of our day and night is taken up with baby, it's hard to imagine being back at work and having that routine. But now's the time to start building it back up, I suppose. I'll be fueled by the leftover sweets from last night's escapades. Older daughter has a friend over - yes, it's 3:35 in the morning and yes, they've watched scary movies and are still up eating popcorn and chatting. TO be a teen again!
Baby Bertie doesn't understand why I kept walking him to the door and back, I suppose. I did re-listen to a spooooky audio drama (Mike Walker's *Bad Memories*, and re-watch *The haunting of Deck 12* from Voyager's 6th season, just to get in the spirit of things.
Some years ago after we had lived in our condo for about 5 years with no trick or treaters we must have been stoned out of our minds and ordered a pizza, put the light on because it was dark and rainy, and of course some kids come to the door. And I answer like "oh ummm sorry I thought you were pizza I don't have any candy" and they were speechless
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Alley is hiring a software (which I would consider to be a front-end website developer). Must have experience in PHP, WordPress and/or Laravel, Modern JavaScript and TypeScript (including React and Node), using the Unix command line. Salary range is $85k-125k, and 100% remote position. Apply at careers.alley.com/job/software….
Wisevu is hiring a WordPress website developer, fully remote position. Monthly salary range is $1500-$4000 CAD. Required experience in custom theme and plugin development, back-end logic using WordPress APIs and PHP. More details at wisevu.com/online-marketing-jo….
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@hub If I had to guess, Wisevu most likely wants someone from a third-world country, or a place in the world where the exchange rate gives them a lot more.
The company just doesn't want to explicitly mention this. Or they hope someone in a first world country applies, and doesn't think about how much they make per hour (then the company can save a ton, and not pay them what they are worth).
Cuando íbamos a entrar en el portal nos han interrogado los del bar con terraza de abajo.
Alguien les ha estado tirando huevos y hielos desde algún piso de nuestro edificio.
En pocos minutos he tenido la oportunidad de desenvolver toda la pericia policial adquirida de haber visto 4 temporadas de Vera en Filmin.
Por el perfil psicológico he descartado los pisos de estudiantes, de agüelas y familias.
Por el informe de balística (el dibujo que han dejado los huevos al impactar) descarté los pisos superiores. Las líneas de impacto de la yema no dibujaban una estrella sino un cometa.
Por el contexto socio-cultural mi hipótesis es que han sido unos niños jugando al truco-o-truco con lo que han pillado en la nevera.
Lo caros que están los huevos y la coyuntura Halloweeen apoyan mi tesis.
In just under 5 minutes, @jmd2000 is switching the old wooden barn temporarily for an old wooden Crypt. Join him for 3 hours of non-stop dead people. I promise, you're not gonna wana miss this one. hkcradio.com.
AIRPODS, AirPods Battery Low , “Boris’s AirPods Pro” need charging, says my phone. Right next to that, it says Boris’s AirPods Pro, 100% Charged. One of you jerks is lying, and you are the same jerk.
Ugh as someone of both a user of Hearing Aids and Air Pods, Aids more than Pods naturally because I'm generally a sensable person, I feel your pain. The Battery Widget is just yet one more thing Apple needs to entirely rip the fuck out and redo.
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I haven’t posted this publicly until now because I was terrified of the backlash I might get — but I need to share what’s happening because I don’t have many other options.
My family just found out that I openly support LGBTQ+ people, including trans folks. Since they learned this, they’ve started taking away things that matter to my future: they’re canceling my plans for school and cutting my phone bill. They’ve also threatened to cut off my internet entirely unless I stop supporting trans people and the rest of the LGBTQ+ community. I feel scared, alone, and angry — and I’m worried about what their decisions will mean for my education, my mental health, and my ability to stay connected to supportive people.
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@BorrisInABox I mean, yeah, I realize it's not the same noise cancelling as you get with, say, Airpods, but still… I prefer wired light headphones for my on-the-go computing…
All I know is that, I replaced my originals from 2017 because a cable shorted out. The version that replaced them got a firmware update that artificially limited the volume, and I couldn't use them anymore because my hearing is too bad. So that pair only got used twice in the six years I had it. Oh well.
The ambeos use generic tips with, I think, a 6 or 7 millimeter nozzle. There's nothing special about those. Lots of in-ear monitors use them. The Airpods tips are specific to Airpods.
Does anybody perhaps have a copy of Microsoft's original SAPI4 documentation (as well as any code examples they may have produced at the time) lying around somewhere? CC @datajake1999
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