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noughtnaut
·4 mesi fa·discuss
If you like them _ultra short_ then I'd recommend 365tomorrows.com which feels like a single page ripped out of a greater (non-existent) work. Most, but not all, have a sci-fi theme.
noughtnaut
·4 mesi fa·discuss
I have an old Apple flag I've been intending to auction off at some appropriate point in time. Perhaps this is it?

I think it's really pretty. It's maybe 2m², with the original coloured apple and the company name in Motter Tektura typeface.

Don't know why I mention it here, just thinking aloud before bedtime I suppose.
noughtnaut
·5 mesi fa·discuss
I'm having problems interpreting step 23, to arrive at 24.

The archived Japanese instruction wants to unfold the paper entirely, and then ... what? I'm stumped.
noughtnaut
·5 mesi fa·discuss
Fair point - but then take national eID apps instead.

Take Denmark, for example: most banking apps use eID for login, so that problem translates 1:1. But other apps who do the same include the national school communications platform (which is pretty much mandatory for a huge chunk of the adult population, who need to look at it almost daily). Also: social security card (including health portal/doctor booking/comms), driver's license, bus pass, parking app, used-stuff-marketplace, ... eID is _everywhere_ because it's a good idea.

Sure, all of this can be done on a computer. If you're near one. Or you can have separate and physical cards, like we used to have. That still works, mostly: more and more services (eg. bus pass) are going digital-only.

Really, what we need is a top-down embrace of open-source-based platforms as being _as_ (or more) secure than the established tech giants. From governments down, organisations _should_ move away from locked-down (foreign) commercial interests.

I'm not holding my breath though.
noughtnaut
·5 mesi fa·discuss
"AltSnap" is a continuation of AltDrag that's better on Windows 11. It is instrumental in making me loathe Windows 11 _ever so slightly_ less.

https://github.com/RamonUnch/AltSnap
noughtnaut
·5 mesi fa·discuss
I wonder if this sort of thing belings to a certain kind of organisation, or type of career. I can certainly see the value of "we have all of <brilliant engineer's> technical notes going back 43 years!" but in my experience, it's rare to meet a "brilliant engineer" who'll stay in one position for even a decade.

Personally, I've been in many 2-15 year employments where I made copious notes - but I did so in whatever wiki my department was using. I've never had the opportinity (or, for that matter, much desire) to bring those notes with me to the next position, as they were (a) specific to that place or task, and (b) quite certainly proprietary (if far from high-value industrial secrets). Detailed notes on the inner workings of an in-house framework, or end-to-end credit card processing flow, just aren't that relevant when your next role is steward of a 25-year-old national tax reporting platform.

I've done a few blog posts, but haven't generally felt the need to share my brilliant thoughts with the greater world, those were just my personal musings (as is this piece right here).

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to _be_ in a position where such long-term usefulness was expected.
noughtnaut
·5 mesi fa·discuss
...which is when you set up a browser bookmark with a keyword, so you can just type "http 411" and it will redirect you! :-)

Eg.: "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/..." would then go to: "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/..."