Michael

@mcampbell
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I just saw what I can only conclude to be at attempt at abbreviation of the current year as "2K24". I mean... why? Other than "look how pretentious I am"?

I don't like BEM. I GET it, I just don't like it. There, I said it.

#CSS

I don't trust configuration screens without an explicit "save" action/button. Even with auto-save notifications, they make me uneasy.

#DamnImOld

I received a desktop coffee mug warmer as a Christmas gift, and I'm irrationally happy about it. #ItsTheLittleThings
I'll just go ahead and say it, but I miss dot matrix printers. #nostalgia
@ruby_discussions I like this feature. One dividing line between many on this issue is if they've had exposure to JS or not.
Neat. As an old guy I learned about orphans and widows in various writing and typing classes in school, and they've always bothered me. https://developer.chrome.com/en/blog/css-text-wrap-pretty/ #css
CSS text-wrap: pretty - Chrome for Developers

Opt-in optimized text wrapping, for beauty over speed.

Chrome for Developers
@gregly If you're talking about the RBS flavored stuff, your IDE might be able to make use of it. RubyMine does, for example.

Austrian Actress Hedy Lamarr (Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler) was born #OTD in 1914 (not 1913).

At the beginning of World War II, she and avant-garde composer George Antheil developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes that used spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology to defeat the threat of jamming by the Axis powers. Though it was never used in wartime, this device is a component of present-day satellite and cellular phone technology. via @wikipedia

#science #technology

To celebrate Google’s request at the EU to force Apple to open iMessage, today we celebrate the career promotions for every PM and VP at Google that gave us this bouquet of innovation:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/a-decade-and-a-half-of-instability-the-history-of-google-messaging-apps/

A decade and a half of instability: The history of Google messaging apps

Sixteen years after the launch of Google Talk, Google messaging is still a mess.

Ars Technica