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I do remote front-end dev and incidental travel, based in Eastern Thailand

privacy ∘ photography ∘ food ∘ tea ∘ FOSS ∘ functional programming #purescript #dhalllang #linux #firefox #nvim

เรียนภาษาไทย​ ຮຽນ​ພາສາ​ລາວ​ດ້ວຍ​
Taiwan is a country

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ｔｏ⟁ｓｔ⟁ｌSep 11, 2022
Lightning CSS
https://lightningcss.dev/
Lightning CSS

An extremely fast CSS parser, transformer, bundler, and minifier.

ｔｏ⟁ｓｔ⟁ｌAug 22, 2022
The downfall of smart TVs: From promises of seamless viewing to ad tool - https://adguard.com/en/blog/smart-tv-ad-blocking.html
The downfall of smart TVs: From promises of seamless viewing to ad tool on steroids

Before we start talking about smart TV technology, let's take a short trip down memory lane and recall what television was like without it: it's the early 2000s, your favorite show is on, the action builds to a climax, you're on the edge of your seat.... and there it is, the dreaded commercial break.

AdGuard Blog
Show threadｔｏ⟁ｓｔ⟁ｌAug 20, 2022
Going back to Xmonad from sway has been an experience, but slowly we are getting somewhere. I wanted to stick with Wayland, but no color management and broken screenshare are enough to ruin it.
ｔｏ⟁ｓｔ⟁ｌAug 20, 2022

New laptop in: Lenovo Z13 running NixOS

So far everything has acceptable. The display is not quite as good as my last (Asus Flip OLED + Tiger Lake), but OLED with 100% DCI-P3 coverage (97% AdobeRGB) as measured by my colorimeter. Trackpad feels slower, but clicks better. The Ryzen 6860Z runs about twice as fast and the devices gets about 70% more battery purely due to efficiency.

The hitches: BIOS menu is slow and was a little confusing what all needed to be disabled to get a good boot due to all the stupid Microsoft-imposed lock-in features. Upgrades don't require Windows which is an improvement to my older Razer Blade, but it's not just a simple *.bin file, but you need to `dd` an ISO which mean you need a drive that's okay to overwrite rather than just plopping a file in. The BIOS still constantly beeps with "self-healing" message every boot despite the upgrade.

ｔｏ⟁ｓｔ⟁ｌAug 19, 2022

Thai tech folk: what is your preferred consolefont for your Unix TTY? It seems console fonts are limited to 512 characters, and I use Thai more than I use most Latin diacritical characters.

CC: @veer66 @cwt

ｔｏ⟁ｓｔ⟁ｌAug 18, 2022

How to not build a font stack:

font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif," Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji";

To assume I want Arial over the default font I set in my OS or browser is infuriating.

ｔｏ⟁ｓｔ⟁ｌAug 11, 2022
https://krausefx.com/blog/ios-privacy-instagram-and-facebook-can-track-anything-you-do-on-any-website-in-their-in-app-browser
iOS Privacy: Instagram and Facebook can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser · Felix Krause

ｔｏ⟁ｓｔ⟁ｌAug 10, 2022
Laos economic crisis intensifies amid massive Chinese debt https://www.dw.com/en/laos-economic-crisis-intensifies-amid-massive-chinese-debt/a-62758725
Laos economic crisis intensifies amid massive Chinese debt | DW | 09.08.2022

Laos is facing one of its worst economic crises in decades, with the country experiencing galloping inflation and staring at a debt default.

DW.COM
ｔｏ⟁ｓｔ⟁ｌAug 9, 2022
Thai-style crab omelette on rice ข้าวน้าปูไข่คน
ｔｏ⟁ｓｔ⟁ｌAug 2, 2022
Tim Hortons Offers a Free Coffee and Pastry for Spying on People for Over a Year
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxnnn4/tim-hortons-offers-a-free-coffee-and-pastry-for-spying-on-people-for-over-a-year
Tim Hortons Offers a Free Coffee and Pastry for Spying on People for Over a Year

The wholesome Canadian chain caused a scandal when its privacy violation was revealed, and now it's proposing a free coffee and a baked good as restitution.