robin_reala

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Donations at Work: One Year of Sponsored Servo Development(servo.org)
3 points by robin_reala 2h ago|1 comments
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CSS Color Gamut Mapping(github.com)
2 points by robin_reala 2d ago|0 comments
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by robin_reala 4d ago
I was described by a slightly mad client as “the Harry Potter of front-end development” after I’d pulled off a particular effect my designer had come up with. (They then proceeded to give the entire dev team Harrods hampers and failed to pa
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by robin_reala 5d ago
I built a mildly responsive site in 2007 using transparent PNGs overlaying a photo in the header, only for it to turn out that the client’s IT policy blocked the PNG loader. In the end I had to explain to them that everyone else would see t
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by robin_reala 5d ago
When working in the public sector in 2016 I had a person seriously annoyed with me for dropping IE6 support when all their libraries (as in buildings with books) were still on it.
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by robin_reala 5d ago
I was so glad to replace SIFR with Cufon: http://cufon.shoqolate.com/generate/
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by robin_reala 5d ago
They’re still there for use in forced colors mode. I blogged about this a bit at https://medium.com/flat-pack-tech/ikea-windows-high-contrast...
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by robin_reala 5d ago
Sounds about right. Looking back I’d already moved IE7 to “functional” support in late 2016[1] and was planning to do the same to 8 and 9 in the not too distant future. [1] https://technology.blog.gov.uk/2016/10/21
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by robin_reala 5d ago
Out of interest, how do you define “old”?
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CSS Curiosities of the Past(vale.rocks)
92 points by robin_reala 5d ago|60 comments
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Put an AV test at the start of your slides(shkspr.mobi)
4 points by robin_reala 6d ago|0 comments
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Shattered Pixel Dungeon v4.0.0(shatteredpixel.com)
1 points by robin_reala 6d ago|0 comments
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by robin_reala 7d ago
Define art?
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by robin_reala 7d ago
The real costs are externalised to society and the environment. I assume you weren’t including that in your “reasonable costs”.
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Canceling Emily(tbray.org)
6 points by robin_reala 7d ago|1 comments
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by robin_reala 8d ago
I’ve used them on Latin before.
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by robin_reala 9d ago
”We assign a value to your privacy”
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by robin_reala 9d ago
You can see the GDPR stats on https://www.enforcementtracker.com/statistics (scroll to “Enforcement over time” and click on “Total €”). 2018–2020 was effectively nothing compared to later.
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South Atlantic Anomaly(en.wikipedia.org)
5 points by robin_reala 9d ago|0 comments
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by robin_reala 9d ago
I mean, I’m not disagreeing, but it’s a bit rich for a site that logs data to 1,745 “partners” to be complaining too much.
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Wikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA(wikiworkersunited.org)
300 points by robin_reala 11d ago|174 comments
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by robin_reala 11d ago
Sorry, mushrooms and addiction? Of all the things to worry about with mushrooms, that’s the least likely.
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by robin_reala 12d ago
There’s a get-out clause in the law that allows your battery not to be required to be user replaceable if it can last 1,000 cycles while remaining at 80+%. Apple’s phones certainly meet that these days, and I imagine Samsung’s will as well
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by robin_reala 12d ago
$5.85 a US gallon? Horrendous, you’re up to 70% of what diesel costs in Sweden today.[1] [1] https://bensinpriskollen.se/dieselpris/
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Before It's Lost – Rebuilding the Sega Saturn's Dev Environment on a Modern PC(yabasanshiro.com)
2 points by robin_reala 12d ago|0 comments
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Bank of Canada bank notes: Resources for the blind and partially sighted(bankofcanada.ca)
7 points by robin_reala 12d ago|0 comments
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by robin_reala 13d ago
The fomenting of racial hatred a few tens of kilometres from me? I’m lucky to not be targeted by him and his chosen cause, but a lot of my colleagues are right in his firing line.
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by robin_reala 13d ago
Can I assume that you’re not someone affected by DHH’s abhorrent views?
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GOV.UK Pay at 10: how it started and how it's going(gds.blog.gov.uk)
3 points by robin_reala 14d ago|0 comments
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Vexatious Litigants(gov.uk)
5 points by robin_reala 16d ago|0 comments

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