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by err4nt 11y ago
Seems cool, my first thought is: I bet this makes it easy to @font-face some of these languages online finally. Oh but you need gov't permission to use the typeface. It COULD be so useful, let's hope they separate the licensing fo
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by err4nt 11y ago
I agree, expecting to use an industrial arrangement for family purposes seems…strange to say the least. Anecdotally - I was a longtime Rdio user, from beta until they recently closed. I did the trial of Google Play Music and it's not o
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by err4nt 11y ago
Are you asking me if I use percentage values to do fluidly responsive designs? There's definitely some of that but most of the time it's even simpler than that - just defining a max width or height on something and letting things
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by err4nt 11y ago
> JavaScript has shown us the value of designing new features in a way that they can be polyfilled or emulated via a preprocessor, so that features can gain adoption without developers having to wait for older browsers to die. Funny you
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by err4nt 11y ago
> They really are a marvellous thing; my favourite example would be the construction of truly responsive interfaces, tweaked for optimality at many levels and continuous, rather than just things with three or four breakpoints; with prepr
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by err4nt 11y ago
If you're looking for 'living' CSS with variables supplied by JS at the time the styles (or responsive queries) apply, there's a polyfill for IE8+ that includes this functionality that you can use everywhere today! http
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by err4nt 11y ago
If you're looking for a way to use JavaScript variables directly in CSS styles there is an Element Query polyfill that includes that feature: http://codepen.io/tomhodgins/pen/MKWOWW You can reference one line
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by err4nt 11y ago
Show me where Firefox users were begging to have ads. Is there a mailing list, discussion group, or support forum where peope asked for this feature? Im pretty sure nearly zero users hoped it would be there when it didnt exist yet.
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by err4nt 11y ago
I do a lot of testing on mobile and this hasn't been my experience at all. I have no major issues with GIF, but SVG is always 'retina resolution', typically smaller, and we can even make the contents of the SVG responsive in
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by err4nt 11y ago
we'll still have to support it, now I can just consider more recent versions of IE as 'legacy support' which it is. My definition of a modern browser is one that self-updates, this is essential for security. There are plenty
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by err4nt 11y ago
I recently used the web audio API and HTML5 to make a touchscreen-enabled synth app for iPad. Its very basic, but keeping in mind its around 150 lines and written from scratch Im sure I can improve it from here :) http://codepen.
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by err4nt 11y ago
Markdown is perfect for to-do lists, I keep 5 days (1 week) of todo files that I compile to HTML and view on any device in-browser, and edit on whatever machine I'm working from at the time.
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by err4nt 11y ago
Using Bootstrap for a small 5-page site is like taking a cruise ship for a canoe ride. It's not that hard to build really lightweight HTML and then just only write the CSS you need. I specialize in taking sites and making them responsi
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by err4nt 11y ago
Bootstrap gets 80% of the work done before you begin.....its getting the last 80% complete thats the tricky part ;) I back up what you say 100%. Bootstrap is not acceptable for production code, its supposed to be a rapid prototyping tool. I
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by err4nt 11y ago
It takes what it has always taken: good police work. Encryption is like envelopes for the mail. They can be broken into with enough force, but their purpose it to shield the contents of the message from those handling it in transit. A post
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by err4nt 11y ago
I focus on delivering recurring value so we're on the same page. I also agree that communication should have clear hours regardless of when you work, so you can be reached when others need you, and you know when you can reach them. For
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by err4nt 11y ago
Colocation assumes talent is centralized. I work on a team with a southerner, a hawaiian, and a guy in australia, and the client is located in Florida! 3 citizenships, 2 continents, and still a small team. If they wanted us all in-office t
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by err4nt 11y ago
Living the dream! I have also telecommuted from the tropics, though on a fraction of your less-than-300k I bet. What has your favorite work location been so far?
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by err4nt 11y ago
Great list! I agree with all but the 9-5 premise. The thing that makes it easy for me is Git! Having all of our work stored in version control gives our team 100% accountability in a totally painless way. And if there's ever a project
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by err4nt 11y ago
Im a front-end coder, non-American, but with lots of US family. I have been so excited about the recent web frameworks and resources being created for US gov services and if there was ever a project guaranteed to affect the lives of million
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by err4nt 11y ago
I have been working remotely since 2011, and it wasnt until I had the flexibility to experiment with when I worked that I finally hit my stride. I tend to work best in two, concentrated sprints, rather than one endurance run. This means I h
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by err4nt 11y ago
and iTunes went from a fully featured media library that focused on managing the media on your hard drive. iTunes STILL manages the media on your hard drive, but it's nearly impossible to manage the files through the stripped-down iTun
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by err4nt 11y ago
Its titled 'Help us create vets.gov' and I don't see any call to action where I can contribute or find out more. What sort of help are they looking for: content feedback, or hands-on stuff like front-end code?
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by err4nt 11y ago
I'm so glad you asked, I have never really though about it before. I think it all depends on the offer. I can think of a situation where a benevolent employer might offer somebody a price they dont see they are worth and not allow them
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by err4nt 11y ago
The thing that has helped me the most is reading CSS. It's a lot easier to write CSS than it is to read it. Start with CSS you already have that works and re-type that into a new file and you'll soon start experimenting with what
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by err4nt 11y ago
indeed http://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=tar+-xvf
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by err4nt 11y ago
> That said, I'm a little surprised you see no value at all in CSS preprocessors I find value in CSS preprocessors in a few limited cases: - auto-prefixing for added browser support. Especially with CSS animations this is one place
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by err4nt 11y ago
Tarballs are also easier to attach to an email or to share with other computers :)
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by err4nt 11y ago
-x means extract -f means force and my favorite to put in there is: -v for verbose This shows you all of the files being processed, sometimes it can be really helpful to see. Try: tar -xvf <filename>
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by err4nt 11y ago
I dunno, I write CSS for a living so I got nervous when I saw the title, but when I read it I can tell this is advice from the frontlines. This guys understands CSS, and if you actually understand CSS you dont need tools like SASS, and yo

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