aartaka

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by aartaka 8mo ago
https://aartaka.me/ with posts about Lisp, ed(1), and Web Platform
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by aartaka 11mo ago
Yeah, right, the website is not accessible without JavaScript.
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by aartaka 1y ago
Both GNU ed and OpenBSD ed support wq as an extension to POSIX. But yeah, it all depends on whether you want to stick by POSIX or common practice. I personally prefer wq for interactive sessions and w\nq for scripts.
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by aartaka 1y ago
Not to be that person, but… ex is not ed-compatible, and it made really bad choices too.
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by aartaka 1y ago
Glad you noticed!
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by aartaka 1y ago
Yeah, that’s a really valuable thing to have an affirmation for one’s feelings and experiences. Especially when worded well.
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by aartaka 1y ago
I do. Because that’s the truth and a part of my life choices.
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by aartaka 1y ago
It does add a comic effect, so I consider it quite useful.
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by aartaka 1y ago
This hack is exactly why I do multi-format posts.
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by aartaka 1y ago
And that sucks.
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by aartaka 1y ago
This might be one interpretation, but in my particular case she also set English as the language she can date in. And then, she was visiting Armenia, so it was unlikely she wanted to date in German exclusively.
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by aartaka 1y ago
The post used an example of a Bumble match though. So it kind of makes sense one can discuss it alongside the main message.
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by aartaka 1y ago
I wonder why Apple just doesn’t use Readability.js instead of using a really crude set of heuristic they put into their own Reader Mode.
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by aartaka 1y ago
Hey Joel, glad to see you here!
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by aartaka 1y ago
Did the old GUI frameworks allow selecting text though? I had another commenter explain that selectable text is a totally different type of widget than a regular non-selectable text, and a much more involved/heavyweight too!
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by aartaka 1y ago
Links with target=_blank are annoying too. I want my click to open in this tab, and ctrl+click to open in new one. Give me mu fucking choice.
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by aartaka 1y ago
You can use OS-native ways for that, no need to burn forest just for text OCR.
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by aartaka 1y ago
There’s always hope.
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by aartaka 1y ago
Right, the more steps there are in the process, the more people just drop and forget it.
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by aartaka 1y ago
That’s a terrible use of technology. You can just read that. No need for a forest-burning slop machine there.
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by aartaka 1y ago
I did write on scrollbars too: https://aartaka.me/scrollbar.html
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by aartaka 1y ago
Pure does that pricing thing too, and that kind of makes sense given how disproportionate privilege and “supply/demand” is on dating apps.
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by aartaka 1y ago
That’s a fun idea, though I realize we’re too deep in backwards-looking design to ever fix that.
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by aartaka 1y ago
This is a good clarification, thank you.
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by aartaka 1y ago
I like Kandinsky’s metaphor of a flying pyramid with progressors at the tip and more down-to-the-earth people at the base. Such a good idea.
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by aartaka 1y ago
Yeah, do share it!
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by aartaka 1y ago
It was.
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by aartaka 1y ago
There are many ways to bypass that. User scripts and user styles too. But the point is delivered: one can disable selection, with just a couple of lines of CSS/JS, and cause a lot of pain for the reader.
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by aartaka 1y ago
Lol, that’s a good proof for my point. And a fun one at that! Thanks.
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by aartaka 1y ago
You can never know nowadays. But yeah, it must be a native app, at least on iOS with its PWA-hostile policies.

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