lilo @lilo@mastodon.technology

"Which Programming Languages Use the Least Electricity?"

Sounds like a silly question, but makes for a rather intriguing read!

https://thenewstack.io/which-programming-languages-use-the-least-electricity

Web dev protip: if you're searching for an open-source component, use the keyword "accessible" or "a11y." E.g. "accessible dialog," "accessible carousel," "accessible autocomplete."

Accessibility is like the brown M&Ms in Van Halen lore – if they didn't mess that up, then they probably didn't mess anything else up either. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brown-out/

Quite deep overview of Time zone problems, and #JavaScript...deficiencies in dealing with it.
https://medium.com/@toastui/handling-time-zone-in-javascript-547e67aa842d
At first,

"there are only 6 #values in #Javascript that are 'falsy'"

...sounds easy, doesn't it?

Well, but #JS compares those to true/false pretty randomly - this language is a huge clusterfuck wherever you look.

invention: a font that uses ligatures to correct common spelling errors

The year is 2019 and I can’t buy a good majority of consumer technology because we lack privacy legislation and consumer protections. Example: it’s absurd that my TV came with spyware that can’t be turned off or avoided; I had to stop it from phoning home at the network level. It also came with an arbitration clause and a clause waiving the right to a class action lawsuit.

“Some thoughts on Social Networking and Usenet”
https://jfm.carcosa.net/blog/computing/usenet/

This reminds me, I should finish writing that “apps that should exist but don’t” blog post. A best practices social media consumption app is one of them.

Hey #35c3, I've been thinking.

#Thread on why we need queer feminist hackerspaces. ⤵️

#feminism #hackerspaces #PTSD #RapeCulture

Imperial space station classes

1. Death Star
2. Serious-Injury Planet
3. Bruise Moon
4. Insult Asteroid
5. Make-You-Feel-Unwelcome-But-Don't-Actually-Do-Or-Say-Anything-Overtly-Hostile Micrometeorite

What are the technical terms, in your field, for 'dunno'?
In astronomy there's 'unmodelled second order effects'
In medicine there's 'idoeopathic'
In archeology/anthropology there's 'ritual purposes'
How do you professionally term 'we haven't got a clue'?

swc –speedy web compiler– a super-fast alternative for babel, https://github.com/swc-project/swc.

It’s 16x faster than Babel, or 20x faster with SIMD enabled.

The project is in 1.0.0-alpha. Crazy compatibility!

#javascript #transpiler #babel #rustlang

The challenges of digitising hospitals, both cultural and technical: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/12/why-doctors-hate-their-computers

@nolan

I realize there can be reasons for this and it's not entirely a fair criticism but …

That article complaining about the amount of JS in the average page makes *34* requests for JS, for a total of 494 KB of (compressed!) javascript. That compares unfavorably even to the admittedly awful average of 364 KB cited in the article.

#CSS Tip:

If you're searching for info about CSS, add "mdn" to your search (works for duckduck go, google, maybe other stuff?) to get the Mozilla Developer Network which is really really good documentation compared to some stuff out there.

A game where your attention to details earns you a lot of coins. WARNING: Once you see the difference between the images, you won't be able to unseen... https://cantunsee.space/

Now, we have a way to detect if a user has set system-level preferences to use a light or dark colour theme.

The Dark Web Rises:

https://charlesrt.uk/blog/the-dark-web-rises/

dat://charlesrt.uk/blog/the-dark-web-rises/