shadowfaxRodeo

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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
I just read Sustainable Web Design by Tom Greenwood, one of the makers of the linked site. One of the points he made was that it's very difficult to sell sustainable design, and much easier to just tell clients it's about performa
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
Most of the activists I know are not developers, they don't have tech savvy people in their groups. And as far as I can tell developers will just add a million tracking scripts to anything without much thought. I don't think this
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
Solutions to the climate crisis can all be broken down into smaller and smaller parts — small enough to be ignored — or small enough to be easily fixed. For web developers that 5% is our responsibility, and we have the means to change it in
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
I think you're right on all points. Unfortunately there's not many other people doing any of this stuff. MightyBytes and WholegrainDigital, seem to be the leaders in this space. Which is why I'll be sending them a long, annoy
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
Yes, go on most popular websites, and most of the data consumption is not anything the visitor wants. This also has the effect of shutting out people with expensive data, or slow networks. Who i'd guess are the same people most effecte
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
There's a well-known correlation between site speed, and selling more stuff. So, the idea that a shop wouldn't be interested in having an efficient website is incorrect. As for backwards-compatible drop-in upgrades. They do exists
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
Given the latest IPCC report, I thought it would be worth sharing this site about sustainable web design. The internet is responsible for around 5% of global carbon emissions. It's difficult to measure, and generally not visible to the
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
The internet causes around 5% of global carbon emmissions. It's invisible, and difficult to measure, so little gets done about it. But if you're a developer who wants to help. Check out: https://sustainablewebdesign.org
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
Totally. For me it's a matter of credibility. Nobody wants to listen to the climate activist who flies around in a private jet.
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
350.org have done a bunch of stuff — as for plastic signs complaining about pollution. Yes that's annoying, (it annoys me that 350.org's website is incredibly bad for environment https://www.websitecarbon.com/websi
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Sustainable web design(sustainablewebdesign.org)
59 points by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago|48 comments
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
Even if every person on the planet did what you reasonably expect of yourself, we would still not even be close to reducing CO2 production. By all means do those things. But if you want to make a real difference you need to look beyond your
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
It sounds like safari is "destroying the web" because some devs would like features that would annoy users, or turn their websites into apps. AV1 support would be nice though. Everyone should push for that.
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
What do you think about supporting KaiOs, feature phones, older browsers, or 2g connections? Build your websites with progressive enhancement in mind, and you'll never have a problem with safari again. Safari is great.
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
I didn't really understand that article. But I did enjoy watching that jelly bean make its tower. I wish it well.
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
I've had very similar emails too.
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
I think google renders them in a raster format. Whatever they use to do that doesn't support emojis. It could be by design, by rendering any text in the svg icon google is making a design decision for you. They're choosing a font,
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
There's a few things to be aware of with svg favicons. 1. If a favicon is missing or in a format that's not compatible with the browser. The browser will look for a /favicon.ico file at the root of the site. It's worth h
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
this is correct
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
I should have said, some specific poorer countries. India has incredibly cheap data. While Mauritania has the most expensive in the world compared with the average income.
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
To put it in perspective, the average website costs $0.12 in Canada. Both an indictment of general bloat and Canada data prices. More interesting is how much it costs for people in poorer countries — Where the absolute value of visiting a s
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What Does My Site Cost?(whatdoesmysitecost.com)
378 points by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago|295 comments
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Sapolsky Lecture on Depression(youtube.com)
2 points by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago|0 comments
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
Disease is a pretty vague term — perhaps there are situations where it has a more specific meaning but in general usage it just means "health condition" Depression is used as an example of a disease in the first few paragraphs of
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
Citalopram then Sertraline. Different people have different reactions. This is not medial advice. Consult your physician to see if sertraline is right for you.
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
I should have mentioned in my comment, the first meds I took did absolutely nothing, it was the second try that actually did the trick. Worth giving it another shot.
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
I tried everything except for medication. I was afraid i would no longer be 'myself' or that's what other people told me — or maybe that it would make the problem more real. Anyway, I eventually took meds, and I have never fe
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Show HN: Not Another Gradient Generator(doodad.dev)
18 points by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago|2 comments
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
Everyone everywhere has to lower emmissions. The USA historically has produced the most carbon, it also has one of the highest carbon emmissions per capita. You can slice it up however you want and you'll always be able to point the fi
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by shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
"Cereal"

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