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New account since lemmyrs.org went down, other @Deebsters are available.

  • The Incredible Overcomplexity of the Shadcn Radio Button

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  • This is a crazy mess.

    The subject of "worse reimplementations of native features" reminds me of trying to find an event for the (2012?) Olympics. They didn't seem to have a search, but they did have an infinite scrolling schedule page so I held down End until the page had everything and used the native search. No results, even when I tried something that I knew was at the top of the page.

    I noticed the scrollbar was acting weird and looked into it. Turns out that they were removing the parts of the page outside of the viewport and loading them back in when you scrolled.

    I suspect it's because they were finding their bloated page was slow on some devices so put in this terrible hack, but it broke basic browser features.

  • Orion Browser’s Linux Alpha is Finally Here

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  • I have mixed feeling about this one. I'm on the newsletter as a Kagi + Linux user, but I'm not sure I'll make this my daily driver once it's ready.

    I have diversified my tech, using self-hosted and/or open source where possible. Orion is closed-source, and from the same company I use for my search, translation, etc. I trust Kagi far more than I trust Google, but I still don't want all my eggs in one basket.

    It's obviously good that we're getting alternatives in the browser market, but I don't know how much work they've done outside of the UI - is this effectively a reskin of Apple Safari in the same way we have the Chromium-based browsers that are dependent on Google's developers?

    I like that they have "native support for both Chrome and Firefox extensions", which means I should be able to replicate my Firefox setup in Orion. I guess I'll need to try it.

  • What are some common nicknames for names in your country?

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  • That's really interesting, I guess I'd assumed it was a universal thing.

    I know some people who are known by various versions of their names in their different circles, e.g. Robert/Bob to their family, Rob to their school friends, Bobby to their uni mates and Robert at work.

  • Companies with TLDs named after them is the best example of how ridiculously big those companies are.

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  • That argument only works if you're expecting Google to move youtube.com to youtube.google, which I can't see happening. If a brand's a household name and can be found at brand.com, then it stands to reason that they'd leave it like that.

    For Google/Microsoft budgets, domain name registration is irrelevant as a cost. Besides, even if they did move the domains, they'd still keep the old ones alive for forwarding and to stop anyone else taking them. For example, Google still has googleplus.com, despite that that was never the official address (they used a subdomain: plus.google.com).

  • What are some common nicknames for names in your country?

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  • The UK had a history of rhyming nicknames for shortened versions, like William -> Will -> Bill, and most of those are still common in English speaking countries. Richard -> Dick, Robert -> Bob (also Hob, Dob and Nob but these didn't survive).

    These shortened versions can then get extended: Edward -> Ed -> Ted -> Teddy, Margaret -> Meg -> Peg -> Peggy, Anne -> Nan -> Nancy

    In the middle ages it was common to make a diminutive name by adding -kin, -in, or -cock, which gave us John -> Jankin/Jenkin -> Jakin -> Jack. Also, Robert -> Robin, Henry -> Hank

  • Best LoRa Meshtastic Devices Of 2025

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  • It's very much not mesh networked, self-hosted*, or subscription-free, but there is the tin can phone which seems a really good solution for kids. To anyone looking for a project, please make an open version of this!

    * the service couldn't cope with demand over Christmas, for instance.

  • Companies with TLDs named after them is the best example of how ridiculously big those companies are.

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  • Equally, you can only allow *.google.com as easily as *.google, so I still don’t think that makes much sense.

  • Companies with TLDs named after them is the best example of how ridiculously big those companies are.

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  • You can block *.google.com as easily as *.google, so I don't think that makes much sense.

  • Coal power generation falls in China and India for first time since 1970s

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  • The two most populous countries are moving in the right direction, which is good news. I really wish you guys wouldn't insist on bringing your country into every single conversation - we know what's happening, you don't need to constantly remind us.

  • How often do you typo?

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  • Same, and they can be some truly baffling typos.

  • [WIP] UNBEATABLE.klwp

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  • It reminds me of the Wipeout aesthetic:

    Looking great so far, good luck with the difficult actually finishing it phase.

  • This Week in Rust 633

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  • US-based multinational companies exempt from global tax deal | AP News

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  • What's the point then?

  • I haven't written code at all these holidays

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  • Why Britain has a deer problem

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  • I don't understand why venison isn't on the menu more often in the UK. When I do see it, it's often on the special board, or in less mainstream restaurants. It's tasty, healthy and sustainable so what's that problem?

  • Slight Christmas Outage

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  • I hope it wasn't a long drive, thank you for putting us ahead of your own plans.

  • Queen of the Hacker Underworld

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  • That's my assumption, it would be interesting to hear the exact details, and if Mozilla has been approached regarding this already.

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  • Why would blocking ad blockers in Firefox bring in another $150 million? From where?

  • This long-term data storage will last 14 billion years

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  • I'm thinking of it the same way, and not having the readers be trade secrets but published specs is good for future digital archeologists.

    For example, Dyson uses trade secrets instead of patents, so it would be harder to recreate their tech in the future.

    Edit: patents not parents 🤦

  • Space @mander.xyz
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    16m YT vid

    Data Centres... in Spaaace?

  • Crossword @lemmy.ca
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    Cryptic Crossword Daily puzzle

    www.minutecryptic.com
  • Cryptic Crosswords @lemmy.sdf.org
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    Cryptic Crossword Daily puzzle

    www.minutecryptic.com
  • Linguistics Humor @sh.itjust.works
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    Linguistic Perscriptivists

  • Solarpunk @slrpnk.net
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    18:34 Youtube vid

    SolarPunk Cities: Our Last Hope?

  • Linguistics @mander.xyz
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    xkcd #2942: Fluid Speech

  • xkcd @lemmy.world
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    xkcd #2942: Fluid Speech

  • Raccoons @lemmy.world
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    Raccoon cuisine

  • xkcd @lemmy.world
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    xkcd #2937: Room Code

  • Babylon5 @sh.itjust.works
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    Accents and pranks - an interview with Peter Jurasik & Wortham Krimmer

  • Photography @lemmy.world
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    The Frigatebird and the Diamond Ring

  • DataHoarders @lemmy.ml
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    The Internet Archive Just Backed Up an Entire Caribbean Island

    archive.is /BT9g9
  • Rust @programming.dev
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    This year's (belated) April Fool's XKCD is written in rapier.rs

    xkcd.com /2916/
  • AbandonedPorn @reddthat.com
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    Abandoned industrial building 2/8

  • Taskmaster @feddit.uk
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    Taskmaster Series 17 starts on the 28th (or 29th online)

  • Linguistics @mander.xyz
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    Isolated for six months, scientists in Antarctica began to develop their own accent

    www.bbc.com /future/article/20240223-scientists-in-antarctica-developed-their-own-accent-after-six-months-of-isolation
  • British Telly @feddit.uk
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    Half of British Television Always Starts Like This

  • Climate @slrpnk.net
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    8:53 video YT link in post

    Is there any good news about climate change? Yes.

    nebula.tv /videos/simonclark-is-there-any-good-news-about-climate-change
  • xkcd @lemmy.world
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    xkcd #2896: Crossword Constructors

  • Linguistics @mander.xyz
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    The English words “wheel” and “rickshaw” are extraordinary cognates