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by extra88 4y ago
They're not referring to the Substack platform, they're referring to this specific newsletter/blog this post is in; it's made by the self-described "nonprofit investigative team Chiron Return." Googling "C
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I need a Debian package that's a like a "mouse jiggler" for the CPU, a process that will automatically use enough CPU to satisfy Oracle.
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Here's what Oracle says: Reclamation of Idle Compute Instances Idle Always Free compute instances may be reclaimed by Oracle. Oracle will deem virtual machine and bare metal compute instances as idle if, during a 7-day period, the foll
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by extra88 4y ago
I currently work in this area (web accessibility) and am just repeating what is commonly understood. When considering what WCAG criteria cover (which is not even everything that could pose a barrier to people with disabilities), most failur
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That's not where macOS came from. For Windows and Linux, "in the beginning was the command line" but not for Macs. There's plenty one can do in macOS and its native applications with a keyboard by default, those that nee
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by extra88 4y ago
Did you enable Full Keyboard Access and learn how to use it?
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by extra88 4y ago
> it seemed straight up broken because it couldn't reach my site: https://wave.webaim.org/ It worked for me, it found lots of color contrast problems (white-on-light purple has low contrast). https://wave
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by extra88 4y ago
One SVG to display 1 to 9,999 by using just a bit of JavaScript to toggle CSS classes to show/hide segments and update the SVG's accessible name. https://adrianroselli.com/2021/02/cistercian-svg.html
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According to this [0], it's illegal for retail businesses to not accept cash in San Francisco, Philadelphia, New York City and the states of Massachusetts and New Jersey. [0] https://www.cashmatters.org/blog/right-
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You can order Google News by date and Search (at least in a desktop view) can be filtered to only include results from the past hour, day, week, month, or year.
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Unfortunately, that lacks any of the semantics or properties a modal dialog should have, like role="dialog", managing focus when the dialog opens or closes, or making the page contents behind the modal inert (if the contents behin
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by extra88 4y ago
You can, but shouldn't. Visually, it can work fine but misusing the semantics of a checkbox will be confusing to screen reader users and may make it difficult to operate for a voice control user. Stick to using a button with an aria-ex
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There was enough premeditation to buy cigarettes and have matches or a lighter, not also planning for what to do with the butts is a choice.
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My understanding is one can build a Universal app on either platform. Debugging the Apple Silicon side does require an Apple Silicon Mac but a well-developed app with a constrained feature set might "just work." They could make a
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Most instances may have an emphasis on an interest or affiliation but that doesn't mean most people are on such instances or pay it much mind. Most instances are quite small. The largest instances tend to be generic. And people do mild
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I wonder if it's still being developed. It's concerning that it's still an Intel-only build instead of a Universal build that can run natively on Apple Silicon hardware.
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My favorite painting.
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> why isn't there an SSI equivalent in the HTML spec? Because HTML Imports died in the spec drafting process. Unless you want a client-side SSI equivalent that doesn't require any JavaScript, HTML Imports wasn't that. I&#x
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> I override anyway many sites and add "text-align: justify". I think you're an outlier in your strong preference for justified text but this serves as an example in favor of using HTML to present content. Well made web co
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At minimum, you'll likely have different effects for links than for buttons. Component-centered design is very common so the styles for each component that would benefit from :hover may have its own variation on it, for the color diffe
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by extra88 4y ago
A) The comment was about "food in the UK" not "British food." He's eating food in the UK so his list is of food in the UK. B) Domino's and McDonald's are not British foods but sausage rolls and pork pies a
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by extra88 4y ago
The market for Zigbee products is likely much larger so per-unit costs are lower. Also, it seems LoRa is proprietary and patent-encumbered while Zigbee is an open spec.
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Thanks for sharing that, it's much more common to see opinions from people based on what they think others feel. That word pairing evoked a bad history and was based on that particular definition of the word "master." Do you
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All the buttons in that area require not just a click but holding mousedown for effect to occur, Transparency and Combination work for me in Firefox if I do that.
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I didn't notice any problems in Firefox but the layout is totally broken in Safari for Mac.
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Not going to let facts get in the way of a good story. :)
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Oh dang, you're right! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Watson
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Oblique references to IBM and their product Watson. I assume they're afraid IBM would otherwise find their comment and sue them for libel (implausible). For those that need further explanation, HAL is the killer computer in the movie 2
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He poorly handled his insistence on Tesla (and other?) staff return to working in the office. It seems like he has screwed up being a parent to his many children, most publicly the one that transitioned and cut off ties with him.
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I've also heard Pinafore is the most accessible for people with disabilities. https://github.com/nolanlawson/pinafore#goals

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