dphnx

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Comment · 1 year ago

Ah, so the characters we’re seeing here are twice as wide as they would be when printed? Adding some CSS to compress the page horizontally looks a lot closer to the first image you shared:

  html {
    transform: scaleX(50%);
  }

Comment · 1 year ago

uv is just a Python package manager. No idea why they thought it was relevant to mention that

Comment · 1 year ago

This is cute, but please don’t. If you don’t have perfect vision or dexterity, whether due to permanent disability or temporary impediment, this is a nightmare to navigate.

Comment · 3 years ago

I'm not sure. There could be a setting or maybe something in chrome://flags, but purely on principle I'm voting with my feet and switching to Firefox.

Comment · 3 years ago

Why oh why do they have to be three letter acronymns? I’m sure it’s fine if you’re immersed in front-end web development and have memorised the nuances of each unit, but as a back-end developer with a good working knowledge of CSS but for whom it isn’t my focus, I just know I’m going to have to constantly look these up every time I come across them.

Comment · 4 years ago

`document.all` can be used in this way:

  <div id="foo"></div>
  <script>
    const { foo } = document.all
    // do something with foo
  </script>

Don't use it though, it's deprecated as well[1].

[1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/al...

Comment · 5 years ago

This is sad news, genius.com is still my go-to website for lyrics and interpretations.

I’ve been a fan of Genius since they were featured in an episode of Small Empires[1], a series by the Verge presented by Alexis Ohanian (an investor in then-named Rap Genius), eight years ago. While I’m glad they expanded beyond annotations for rap music into other genres, it doesn’t surprise me that they struggled to expand beyond music.

Reading the article, I wonder if layoffs mean they’ll stop producing their artist Lyrics & Meaning video series on YouTube[2]. I hope not because it’s a unique angle. Either way I’m sure the website will live on, I just hope the new owners don’t destroy it through monetization.