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Re:Ask HN: Need help coming up with a name on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @09:09AM (#40645796)
"Tart up your startup"
Re:The Page with No Code on Saturday January 21, 2023 @10:50AM (#34467205)
> Plus, we have a lot of processing power on the client side, which should be utilised.

That does not mean it should be utilised by you. Have some humility as a developer.

Re:Pipe Operator (|>) For JavaScript on Friday January 20, 2023 @12:25PM (#34456427)
> some of the shittier proposals manage to slip in

Examples?

They tried this already in 2014 as part of the Typography Refresh™ package, but reverted it rather quickly after a backlash. Likewise line height changes and not-quite-black black text. Only the relatively benign font changes stayed.

Today the only reminder of it (a rather cryptic one) seems to be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiSpeak#Typography...

Re:Explore Wikipedia's New Look on Thursday January 19, 2023 @02:40AM (#34437733)
I have been using a user script to do just the opposite, because the interface is so much poorly delineated and the content much harder to read.

I guess I'll be modifying it to plaster ?useskin=vector at the end of every link as well...

You should make your website work without JavaScript.
Re:Money Creation in the Modern Economy on Sunday January 15, 2023 @02:32AM (#34387478)
Sound, being ephemeral, is pretty useless as money. I'm glad it is gone.
Re:Tweetbot Is Broken on Friday January 13, 2023 @07:00AM (#34366627)
If we're being so pedantic, you have misspelt 'Fediverse'.
Re:Why ChatGPT won’t replace search engines any time soon on Saturday January 07, 2023 @04:38PM (#34293132)
I'd be more impressed if it explained set-theoretic forcing on that level.
Re:Ask HN: Why are URNs not more popular? on Friday January 06, 2023 @02:58PM (#34280119)
Why "urn:msisdn:" when "tel:" already exists?