📝💝 but what a privilege it is to read your code
https://kayserifserif.place/posts/2026/handwritten-code/
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hey that's my emotional support Untitled spreadsheet
(i've been asking a lot of questions on here and i always find that people are generally so helpful, thank you!!)
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has anyone written a guide for all the joy-bringing low-tech devices with which you could reduce your smartphone use? :]
buds! shoots! and the beginnings of flowers!
space 🥹 and science 🥹 and people ❣️
amaze amaze amaze ❤️🪨 (great little phrase)
i'm Very Sad that songkick is now owned by suno. i think i'm going to have to abandon it, but it's so hard to keep track of when artists are touring in my area. :(
(open to suggestions if anyone has some?)
i know it's not entirely possible, but is there any way to make a web page (as a subpath on an existing domain or a new subdomain) that is relatively hidden from crawlers, including even regular search engines? i don't currently plan to link to it, though of course i can't stop anyone from doing that if they come across it. is robots.txt still better than nothing?
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@beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com ahh, really lovely! it feels so nice to read these and know that people have spent a long time pondering and feeling feelings about the topic and crafting exactly the thing they wanted to tell other people about it.
(am also grateful to be included! :))
everything is everything
this piece by @mttaggart@infosec.exchange! https://taggart-tech.com/reckoning/
i really liked the questions asked and the quandaries waded into and the safeguards suggested. i found it very empathetic and thoughtful. i really gravitated to and am grasping tightly to the concluding message of caring for each other and understanding our wider context and remaining critical of those who exploit workers to enrich themselves.
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it feels really helpful and comforting to know a little bit of shell scripting and python for these cases! i definitely don't know a lot, but it's just enough that i don't have to feel beholden to the npm/javascript/node environment and can do something a lot more lightweight
re:
- https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk/116947351241392060
- https://mastodon.publicinterest.town/@b_cavello/116947371965048907
i really resonate with this! i've been stewing on this a bit. i've learned a lot (especially on mastodon) about the DIY spirit and tech sovereignty and owning your data and digital presence. i've appreciated learning about all of it, but i want my friends and family and most importantly anyone who isn't living and breathing this kind of technology to feel safe on the web, and be able to do all the fun and interesting things without basically having to become a sysadmin, or even necessarily a programmer.
better defaults, better regulations and protections, more effort to understand what technology and the web are like for a new user, average user, wide range of users. i want to be conscious not to set my own defaults (browsers, ad blockers, password managers, just tech/design familiarity or literacy) and become complacent about making sure we continue to make things better for everyone else.
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@jasonsantamaria thank you!! i was surprised at how relatively straightforward it was to implement, and using semantic elements too! i feel like there are lots of typographic possibilities to play around with :)
14 years and going strong https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=654072
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@jasonsantamaria @beep oh that's so cool, i had no idea! is it still around or is there any documentation of it?
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@chriskirknielsen love your languages page!! totally feel the enthusiasm for writing systems and accents 💪💖
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@nathanlovestrees@disabled.social wow, at first glance i thought the mushroom was as big as a tree!
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@jasonsantamaria @beep gosh, that looks like Good Software!! and such a strong, conscientious voice throughout all the articles on Stet. thank you for sharing, it sounded like such an inspiring endeavor!
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@beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com i don't use gifs much but i sure appreciate great software like this!!
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@PsySal@mastodon.social haha that's definitely a good tip!! I'm guilty of feeling like e-books are "easier" or maybe more adjacent to a dopamine fix than the many physical books around me. I'm happy that I'm still reading either way, but maybe I should push on that a bit more for myself
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@chrisamaphone i really agree!! I think there's a practice of care there (https://sunny.garden/@kayserifserif/110877325203574237)
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i seem to run into this often with buttons that might get disabled, so i just slap an autocomplete="off" on those and it seems to fix it. but i don't always remember
hmm zotero api? social ecosystem exists/possible? hmm
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@beep HAHA YAY! i'm so glad you like!
yeah, having writing on my mind really made me think about tools for writing and the writing process. definitely taking Word/Google Docs as inspiration for how we digitally manage the editing process (whether alone or with someone else). it's such an interesting and important part. are there ways to motivate and honour that process?
OH NO :( this is so upsetting @MarcHurBoston@better.boston