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    That's ok, I wasn't going to ever buy an #HP printer anyways. #Printers https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/19/hps_ceo_spells_it_out/ "Every time a customer buys a printer, it's an investment for us. We are investing in that customer, and if that customer doesn't print enough or doesn't use our supplies, it's a bad investment."

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    Why I 🧡 the web. "SURF THE WEB LIKE IT'S 1999!" https://billsworld.neocities.org/ #GeoCities #oldschool

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    This is potentially cool for #frontend developers. It's a site that allows you to build and customize #CSS only loaders. https://www.loadership.com/ #webdev

  • Interesting read. "Culture Change at #Google"via @sussman https://social.clawhammer.net/blog/posts/2024-01-19-CultureChange/ "When employees feel truly valued (which is rare!), it creates psychological safety, high morale, productivity, and creativity… If you're someone building a company, challenge yourself to value employees above all else, then watch and be amazed at the ROI."

  • The best social network right now (at least in terms of "what makes me feel 💯") for me isn't #Mastodon, Twitter, etc. but a (relatively small) #Slack (one of the few Slacks i'm active on).

  • For busy stores, I don't mind self-checkout if i don't have a million or complex items. Usually faster than lines. But literally every time I'm using them either the machine gives me an error OR someone who is understandingly confused with the self-checkout UI needs assistance (and there's only one employee covering 6-10 stations). https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20240111-it-hasnt-delivered-the-spectacular-failure-of-self-checkout-technology

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    Probably the best creative watch face i've seen for #developers.

  • Not the first time I've seen people ditch or thinking of leaving Slack and similar tech for… just plain Web 1.0 forums. https://posthog.com/blog/slack-closure Slack and others do keep great content hard to find or out of reach unless the owner pays. Could 2024 or 2025 have a slight uptick in just old fashion forums? the…

  • Why I 🧡 the web. A site that tracks the price of a #BigMac in every US McDonald's. 🍔 https://pantryandlarder.com/mccheapest

  • Question to my tech people on #Mastodon: My wife and daughter are building an app for web/iPhone/Android that requires storage of text/CSV files in a *secure* #database or storage via a service. Not AWS. Not preferably iCloud. Is there a service that can JUST provide SECURE storage with an API? Files contain records of students,…

  • What's New In #PHP 8.4 https://www.amitmerchant.com/whats-new-in-php-84/

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    hhhmm… so #programmers if you've ever made software and get feedback or ratings from customers/clients, i'm sure you can relate to the recipe author when they read this.

  • In reply to @davidbisset. I wouldn't be surprised if @siracusa mentions this on @atpfm at some point with a certain tone.

  • One sad prediction of mine is that #Firefox (my current primary browser) will continue to shrink in marketshare in 2024. I don't know what an "end" will be to it but I am prepared by this time next year to having to define it and make a decision.

  • Every time my wife complains about the clothes on my side of the bed that should be in the closest I just say it's my "object cache". Hasn't worked well yet.

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    New physical keyboard for #iPhone – not for me, but part of me (my Pro Max is already taller than me) but can't help but remember fondly about my BlackBerry keyboard. https://www.clicks.tech

  • It's the second day in 2024 and i'm already mad. "#Muppet Babies Will Never Be Available on Streaming Due To Studio #Copyright Claims" https://movieweb.com/muppet-babies-jim-henson-streaming-issues/

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    As a #parent and a #developer I won't tell you how I was initially skimming these sub chapters.

  • If you use #VSCode and looking for a new theme, here's a nice gallery: https://vscodethemes.com/ #webdev

  • Thanks to @marcoarment @caseyliss for providing probably the best moment in 2023 for @atpfm when @siracusa quizzed them on #MacOS names and versions. First time I didn't let the podcast auto-delete and had to rewind and listen to that chapter again several times over the past few days. Here's to #macOS Uranus. 🪐

  • In reply to @davidbisset. All of these are "tries" (try to own your own domain name, etc.). Often many especially non-techs can't do all of these. I rated these personally in the order I think of importance.

  • #Content lessons even more relevant in 2023 than previous years. 👉🏻 Own your domain name even if it's a "crappy" $5/year one.👉🏻"Own your content" and as much of "the stack" as possible.👉🏻 Control your distribution of your content.👉🏻 If you aren't hosting your content, ensure you have backups, archives, or access in case your provider…

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    I'll have to admit I don't remember this book when I was growing up.

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    You're a modern 2023 #WordPress dev and designer if everywhere you look you see block layouts and patterns. #Gutenberg

  • Cool drinking game. Take a shot when you look in your 2023 social stream and see serious non-ironic mention of #Web3, #NFT, and #Blockchain being the future. I'm completely sober.

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    Developer: "I didn't set a max-height to the element in #CSS. I don't think anyone will notice." Me: 🤔

  • Ode to the "end of year" blog posts which are appearing this (and last) week. "Best X of 2023""I'm Giving A Rating of Each Month of 2023""A 2023 #Spotify Wrapped inspired version of my company and/or my life""Top Stuff I Used In 2023""Biggest Successes of 2023""Biggest Mistakes of 2023""New Year Resolutions Are Bad""New Year Resolutions…

  • Finding "the best way" to create animated gradient borders in #CSS https://bejamas.io/blog/css-animated-gradient-border/?ref=web-design-weekly.com Sadly this doesn't seem to currently work in #Firefox for me.

  • Advice for new software #developers who've read all those other advice essays https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/archive/advice-for-new-software-devs-whove-read-all-those/ #development

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    Customer: I want an "Infinity Stone Gauntlet" quality project but I don't want to pay very much. Me: 🤔