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@bondolo@mastodon.social

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Software is where the magic happens. Enigmatic tooting almost certainly does not refer to anybody who you might know.
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Joined September 11, 2018

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

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@Tijn@dosgame.club I was about 15 when I decided that for ethical reasons I would pay for my software development tools, starting with Brad Templeton's PAL64 assembler. My rule was that if I used something for longer than it took me to earn to buy it I was obligated to pay. Of course, since then, sticking by that rule, I have basically no excuse but to buy everything I consume. The last media I "pirated" was a Stargate episode in 2006 because my ReplayTV recorded at wrong time while a DirectTV subscriber.

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@vitaut@mastodon.social combining the worst of both BeOS and z/OS!

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@elfin Nothing is worth it, nothing ever will be.

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

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@jcsteh@aus.social I would be interested in the technical insights but just as interested in the cultural thoughts about what they believed the Firefox 85 (2021) save-to-pdf feature was for; unless I am wrong all of the major OSes have offered generic print to PDF as a standard feature for at least 10 years as part of their printing stack. Absent value add features like tagging and content structure this seems no better than redundant.

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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Finely dice a shallot or torpedo onion. Add butter and shallot to saucepan along with a hefty pinch of salt. On a low burner swirl constantly as the butter melts. Once the shallots are fully softened raise the heat and continue to swirl. Once it starts to bubble vigorously add white vinegar. It should flash to steam immediately. Turn off the heat and give it a solid grind of black pepper. Swirl in the pepper and pour over washed and well dried young lettuce leaves. Toss and serve!

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 8mo ago

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@dave I am in a similar situation and have decided to work on a variety of projects, some just for learning and fun and some to make a contribution. My personal passion is improving the accessibility (#a11y) of apps that are job critical. I am starting with #Wireshark which I have contributed to in the past. I don't have a particular project to suggest but perhaps consider the social causes you want to support beyond the particular tech that might be used.

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@forty2 @ELS @QasimRashid if is not their primary residence then too bad. A tax should apply to ALL secondary residences.

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@igb 395 between Kernville and Carson is so lovely. Stop in Bishop, Benton, Mammoth or Kernville some time!

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 8mo ago

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@jwz@mastodon.social The only thing I would add to that list is to provide industry leading developer tools built in to the browser that allow developers to build the most robust, performant, beautiful and standards compliant web apps.

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 4mo ago

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@maxleibman@beige.party Same feeling here.

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@firstdogonthemoon looking forward to the spoken version of this one!

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@TheDonRaab@mastodon.social 25? That's so last year!

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 7mo ago

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@jochenwolters@mastodon.social The difference between Sam Bankman-Fried and Sam Altman is 2-4 years.

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 25mo ago

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@TechConnectify@mas.to if you really want to confuse and mess with the haters you could unironically do a video on how electronic igniters work on gas stoves.

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@ekuber This isn't about Klingon script is it?

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

Indoor plumbing was a bad idea. Creating the possibility of water or waste leaking in the living space is not worth it.

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

Huh, #Java doesn't support variable fonts. ☹️

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

It is really easy to screw up colourspace operations. I've been working on fixing numerous incorrect colourspace issues with the game I have been working on and I keep discovering more whoopsies. Yes, most colour numeric constants ARE sRGB values not linear…oops.

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

Except of course for blind people who now finally have convenient access to menus. Availability of large print or braille menus is an extreme rarity.

Also people with food allergies can enter their own order and be very clear about NO DAIRY, NO NUTS, etc. without some dipshit uninterested waiter ignoring or not caring about their concerns.

Lastly, it is a lot more convenient to translate a web page than a paper menu if you need that.

At many restaurants, but not all, I prefer QR code menus.

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

No, your CEO is not a "good guy".

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

Text UIs that could have been a web page.

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

How boring am I?

The wildest thing I have ever done while abroad is eat a chocolate containing Tonka bean.

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

I wonder how often a corporate failure analysis exercise concludes that the root cause was poor moral character resulting from negligent parenting. Probably not often enough.

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

About as believable as a Labrador Retriever telling you that they ate something "Against their better judgment".

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

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@jcsteh@aus.social Fantastic news and long overdue. Churlish of me to ask but why wasn't it there from the start? Why build a print-to-PDF feature that throws out the HTML semantic structure?

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 7mo ago

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@A11yAwareness@disabled.social How about ask why you are making a PDF in the first place? Is it meant to be printed? Will the people who receive it ever print it or will they just struggle with the poor accessibility (even with “remediation”) fixed layout and pagination on their computers and phones?

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@igb@mastodon.hccp.org We could call them sprints!

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bondolo @bondolo@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@jschauma@mstdn.social Yes, I may resemble that remark.

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