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   by palsecam 2y ago

   Oh that’s an interesting idea! Thanks Dave, had not think about that! Regarding playing on phone: one improvement I have in mind, is to have the stock (aka reserve) and waste piles be on the right side. That would make them easier to reach
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   by palsecam 2y ago

   444 is a (nginx-specific) idea too, indeed. Blocking at the edge (on the CDN) is another, and it would be even quicker ;-) (I use Cloudflare, a Cloudflare worker could be set to answer /wp-login.php or anything, without even reaching
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   by palsecam 2y ago

   Wow, thanks jbombadil! That’s so heart-warming to hear <3 I’m speechless. I’m glad you like https://FreeSolitaire.win that much! Thank you again for your kind words (and donation!)
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   by palsecam 2y ago

   I use 418 as a reply to illegitimate bots. It’s fun and it makes filtering logs easier. Nginx config snippet: # Nothing to hack around here, I’m just a teapot: location ~* \.(?:php|aspx?|jsp|dll|sql|bak)$ { return 418; } e
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   by palsecam 2y ago

   To have FreeSolitaire.win homepage be only 20.7 kB over the wire. That’s for the whole game : graphics are inline SVGs, JS & CSS are embedded in <script> and <style> elements.
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   by palsecam 2y ago

   https://www.laPoste.fr/digiposte (digital safe) & https://laPoste.net/accueil (e-mail); offered by the postal services. https://FranceConnect.gouv.fr/ is the online auth provided by the
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   by palsecam 2y ago

   `<!doctype html>` can be minified into `<!doctypehtml>`. It’s, strictly speaking, invalid HTML, but it still successfully triggers standards mode. See https://GitHub.com/kangax/html-minifier/pull/9
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   by palsecam 2y ago

   OK, finally found a fix: /* Work around Firefox Mobile getting the hit target (clickable area) of the game control buttons wrong, when the (bottom) navigation bar gets hidden (when scrolling down). See https:&#
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   by palsecam 2y ago

   Thanks for the feedback! I understand your will to disable vibrations. But thing is, right now I can’t think of how to offer that option properly. For instance, adding a Setting menu+icon just for that would be lame. I’ll think about it mo
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    by palsecam 2y ago

    Oh thank you for that! Could reproduce that bug. It’s because of https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1813213 I just spent a couple hours trying to find a clean workaround, without success… Will investigate more ASA
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    by palsecam 2y ago

    Thanks! Word of mouth, mainly. Posted it on Reddit back then, things like that. It grew organically from that. And, although it’s far from being on top results on SERP (search engine result pages), some people do find it that way. Also: bec
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    by palsecam 2y ago

    There is also the “turn 3 by 3” mode! Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40726628 , just below in this thread.
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    by palsecam 2y ago

    It basically is nothing more than a glorified shortcut. The installed app gets a custom load screen. It gets listed on the device installed apps list, and can be removed from there. But there is nothing a PWA can do that a website can’t do.
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    by palsecam 2y ago

    Oh, you can play in “draw 3 by 3” mode too: https://FreeSolitaire.win/turn-three ;-) (You can also choose the mode in the New Game dialog.) And yes, it’s indeed harder. The solving algorithm has a winning rate of 52% in “tu
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    by palsecam 2y ago

    Exactly. “it’s just opening a browser window with no actual browser controls” : yes, due to the `display` setting in the app manifest: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Manifest/displa... It
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    by palsecam 2y ago

    This. Safari (and Firefox) does not have https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/BeforeInsta... So you can’t have a custom button/way to prompt players to install. However, they can install
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    by palsecam 2y ago

    Thanks! The algorithm is described here: https://FreeSolitaire.win/strategy I came up with it by myself. “The strategy presented here is the basis of the computer algorithm of FreeSolitaire.win, which is used to select fin
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    by palsecam 2y ago

    AdSense.
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    by palsecam 2y ago

    https://FreeSolitaire.win is a successful PWA of mine. It’s a Klondike Solitaire game. It used to bring ~$500/mo of advertising revenue, but that’s significantly down these days: I refuse to have a cookie/consent banne
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    by palsecam 2y ago

    Thank you!
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    by palsecam 2y ago

    Oh, thanks a lot for such great feedback <3 About double-click on Win11: hmmm thanks, didn’t know about that. Will investigate as soon as I can put my hands on a Windows device. About donations: great idea, indeed prompting with a fixed
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    by palsecam 2y ago

    A faithful remake of the good ol’ Minesweeper is at https://minesweepergame.de/ Since it’s a PWA, you can also install it. It’s also open-source: https://github.com/phartenfeller/minesweeper_js
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    by palsecam 2y ago

    Self-plug: play on https://FreeSolitaire.win — no ads until game over. You can install it, it’s a PWA (Progressive Web App). It’s also available in the Microsoft Store: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p&#x2F
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    by palsecam 3y ago

    If you take installable Progressive Web Applications: https://FreeSolitaire.win
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    by palsecam 3y ago

    Nice little collection! I suggested adding https://freesolitaire.win (minimal Klondike Solitaire game, self-plug) to the list, via the Google Form ;-)
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    by palsecam 3y ago

    NB: there is also nginx `gzip_min_length` directive to avoid compressing small files https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_gzip_module.html#gzi...
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    by palsecam 3y ago

    Yes, you can use `$x("//a/path")`, with (at least) Chrome & Firefox. See https://devhints.io/xpath & https://devtoolstips.org/tips/en/evaluate-xpath/ , and in
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    by palsecam 3y ago

    You’re right, however for offline but non npm workflow, you can also use the Closure Compiler JAR, grabbed for instance from Maven: https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.javascript/clo... $ wget h
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    by palsecam 3y ago

    I still use, to this day, XSLT on my website: 1/ To transform its Atom feed to pretty-looking HTML, if you access it from a browser: https://paul.fragara.com/feed.xml 2/ Similarly, to embed the feed dynamically on
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    by palsecam 3y ago

    Said website: https://EuroBillTracker.com/ Still operational!