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Comment on Automation for android, preferably FOSS in ~tech
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Comment on I'm Not a Robot in ~games
creesch Link ParentI just managed to get it right by using reverse image search through https://tineye.com. A bunch of them are stock photos, one of them has news articles about AI, one is obvious and I believe...I just managed to get it right by using reverse image search through https://tineye.com. A bunch of them are stock photos, one of them has news articles about AI, one is obvious and I believe there was one more.
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In the category of sentences out of context, that baby has a bigger hit box than I thought.
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Comment on I'm Not a Robot in ~games
creesch LinkToday I learned I actually didn't know the rules for candy crush even though I have seen the game countless times. I am now stuck on the AI generated men. You can get slightly higher res versions...Today I learned I actually didn't know the rules for candy crush even though I have seen the game countless times. I am now stuck on the AI generated men. You can get slightly higher res versions through the dev tools, but that doesn't really help me.
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Comment on Is Tildes protected from malicious actors, aka paid trolls, aka bots? in ~tildes
creesch Link ParentWhat is this sentence? It is very broken and reads as if you are asking why that mimicking is bad. Reading some other sentences, my good faith guess is that English might not be your first language?Why mimicking the type of behavior I've described as problematic is bad?
What is this sentence? It is very broken and reads as if you are asking why that mimicking is bad.
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Comment on Is Tildes protected from malicious actors, aka paid trolls, aka bots? in ~tildes
creesch Link ParentAccording to cfabrro's bioAccording to cfabrro's bio
On Tildes I have these permissions:
- Edit topic tags
- Edit topic link
- Edit topic title
- Move topic to a different group
- Create new wiki pages
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Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech
creesch Link ParentNot just your watch, your phone as well. At least, that is my experience. The majority of notifications on my phone are silent without vibration. If something is urgent people will call me anyway....Not just your watch, your phone as well. At least, that is my experience. The majority of notifications on my phone are silent without vibration. If something is urgent people will call me anyway.
For a lot of applications I have actively turned off notifications. For example, I have discord on my phone but will only know if I got pinged when I open the app.
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Comment on Is Tildes protected from malicious actors, aka paid trolls, aka bots? in ~tildes
creesch Link ParentWe have had a few spam accounts here and there. But for the most part they stood out rather obviously and were dealt with rather quickly as well.Honestly, I think the Tildes community is not large enough to be worth it to have budget for having paid trolls or bots. And I'm glad that it isn't.
We have had a few spam accounts here and there. But for the most part they stood out rather obviously and were dealt with rather quickly as well.
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Comment on Am I the only who finds raw photography souless? in ~arts
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Comment on Am I the only who finds raw photography souless? in ~arts
creesch (edited )LinkHard disagree, the majority of professional photos will be taken in raw. Some photographers process the hell out of it, others are really subtle with the adjustments they make. I am willing to bet...Hard disagree, the majority of professional photos will be taken in raw. Some photographers process the hell out of it, others are really subtle with the adjustments they make. I am willing to bet you have looked at countless photos that were processed raws and not even realized. Simply because you have such very specific expectations of how processed raw photos will look like.
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BY RAW PHOTOGRAPHY I MEAN THE EDITED OUTPUT OF RAW FILES TRANSFORMED INTO IMAGES BY PHOTOGRAPHERS
This is all photos you encounter in any professional settings and a lot of additional photos made by amateurs as well. Photos in magazines, photos next to news articles, photos on any company website, photos used in advertising, wedding photos, portraits, hotel listings, real estate listings, etc, etc.
I honestly think you have a very specific aesthetic in mind, rather than just edited raws. But without concrete examples, I simply can only disagree with the statement as is.
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Comment on Playing tricks with web browser tabs in ~comp
creesch Link ParentTbh, it is a neat trick. But, I am also glad other websites don't do this sort of stuff.The favicon trick is super cool, I almost wish I hadn't read the article and instead had been tricked.
Tbh, it is a neat trick. But, I am also glad other websites don't do this sort of stuff.
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Comment on Samification of the current Web in ~design
creesch LinkFigured I'd share this one that I came across today: https://posthog.com I have no clue what the company is about and navigation feels a bit clunky. Which is part of the reason we see a lot of...Figured I'd share this one that I came across today: https://posthog.com
I have no clue what the company is about and navigation feels a bit clunky. Which is part of the reason we see a lot of corporate websites not having such unique looks anymore. But I do love the overall design and approach!
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Comment on Reddit announces new limits on moderating large subreddits and for moderators to remove content sitewide in ~tech
creesch (edited )Link ParentThat is a valid point, the sort of spam that got through into queues has changed and you could (up until I left) see that more of the "raw" spam was being caught. But, not all spam is created...That is a valid point, the sort of spam that got through into queues has changed and you could (up until I left) see that more of the "raw" spam was being caught.
But, not all spam is created equal. What the admins don't consider spam, some mods might still consider spam for very valid reasons.
Not to mention that there is highly domain specific spam that will simply not be recognized by admins.Basically what I am getting at is that I don't think there will ever be a world where moderators will not be dealing with some sort of spam.
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Comment on IRC - The Serial Port's love letter to Internet Relay Chat in ~tech
creesch LinkI could have sworn that this was posted on Tildes already, but apparently not. It is a pretty extensive history about IRC ranging from its origins (going back further than I thought) as well as...I could have sworn that this was posted on Tildes already, but apparently not. It is a pretty extensive history about IRC ranging from its origins (going back further than I thought) as well as the various technical and human challenges it faced over its history.
Having spend a fair amount of time in various IRC channels over the years it also was a nostalgia trip.
Sort of off-topic but also on-topic. Very recently I did boot up my BNC again and have been sitting on IRC (Which is very quiet these days). Today I discovered that libera.chat has a
#tildeschannel someone created at some point. It was empty, but now it has two of us for anyone who wants to hang out and feel nostalgic. ;) -
IRC - The Serial Port's love letter to Internet Relay Chat
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Comment on Samification of the current Web in ~design
creesch Link ParentIt does, it also pollutes the DOM, removes semantic meaning and abstracts things away to the point that it just makes for less competent front-end devs overall.It does, it also pollutes the DOM, removes semantic meaning and abstracts things away to the point that it just makes for less competent front-end devs overall.
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Comment on Samification of the current Web in ~design
creesch Link ParentI mean, for personal writing that is absolutely fine. If you are a programmer you have been trained to read monospaced to some degree so probably don't mind and if you are that overlap in the ven...I mean, for personal writing that is absolutely fine. If you are a programmer you have been trained to read monospaced to some degree so probably don't mind and if you are that overlap in the ven diagram it will only strengthen your preferences towards monospaced fonts.
But the majority of people are neither trained in reading monospaced text nor dyslexic. So if your demographic target is more than those two groups, you probably want to give Sans-serif or serif fonts some considerations ;).
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Comment on Samification of the current Web in ~design
creesch Link ParentTalk about irc, I recently got a client running again to join some old channels and still have it. I found out that libera.chat has an unofficial #tildes channel. No clue who registered it, since...Talk about irc, I recently got a client running again to join some old channels and still have it. I found out that
libera.chathas an unofficial#tildeschannel. No clue who registered it, since it is now empty but I am hanging around there now for anyone who feels nostalgic about irc :P -
Comment on Samification of the current Web in ~design
creesch Link ParentYup, this is a trend that started a while ago with frameworks like bootstrap around 2010ish and has continued ever since. It makes it extremely easy to scaffold a basic UI but since you are...Yup, this is a trend that started a while ago with frameworks like bootstrap around 2010ish and has continued ever since. It makes it extremely easy to scaffold a basic UI but since you are effectively using pre-fab components the end result is that a lot of these websites look very similar.
These days bootstrap isn't nearly as popular, it has been replaced by things like tailwind where the effect is amplified and possibly made worse in many ways.
The underlying reason is of course fairly simple, cost. It is quicker to make websites like this, you need fewer expensive designers, it is easier to train front-end devs on these tools, etc, etc.
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Comment on Samification of the current Web in ~design
creesch Link ParentOooh that is what you meant, I remember talking about it now a while ago. I'll reply to @PierogInTheButt with some additions.Oooh that is what you meant, I remember
rantingtalking about it now a while ago. I'll reply to @PierogInTheButt with some additions. -
Comment on Samification of the current Web in ~design
creesch Link ParentI'd argue that it is closely related to accessibility as well. Anyway, as far as your request for resources go, I had a crack at finding good neutral resources about it. The problem is that a lot...- Exemplary
I'd argue that it is closely related to accessibility as well. Anyway, as far as your request for resources go, I had a crack at finding good neutral resources about it. The problem is that a lot of the advice has been studied a bunch and has been around for a while. Since then been co-opted by seo driven websites, UX bureaus, etc who parrot this advice as their own to attract people googling on it it. Which made finding resources that do not look sus harder than I thought.
Having said that, I did manage to track down higher quality resources. There are two main principles I often encounter I'll mention specifically which are line length and font choice. But, there is a lot more to readability on websites like font size, line height, contract and much, much more. So I'll also link to a variety of other resources as well.
Line length (or width if you will)
Line length has a minimum and maximum size that allows most people to comfortably read text. This range is roughly between 50-70 characters per line. For resources:
- This stack exchange thread has some decent responses about the matter.
- As I mentioned it is closely linked to accessibility, so it is not surprising the W3C WCAG also contains something about it stating"Width is no more than 80 characters or glyphs (40 if CJK)."
- A bunch of the resources I will cover below also echo a variant of this rule. I didn't link them here since they go in many more aspects of typography as well.
Font choice
Sans-serif fonts generally speaking are easier to read on the widest range of screens. Having said that, on modern higher dpi screens Serif fonts generally are considered to be equal. Monospaced fonts are rarely a good choice as they reduce legibility for most people. The exception here might be people who work a lot in terminals and code editors who are used to monospaced fonts and people with dyslexia who sometimes have an easier time reading text in monospaced fonts. While not exciting, when in doubt Arial is the safest choice ;) Resources:
- Stack exchange thread on monospaced fontsOther resources.
- The US government has an entire page devoted to typography. These are guidelines for government websites, but effectively apply a lot of sound principles. Which makes it worth going through.
- Similarly the BBC has a design language called GEL where the typography section showcases similar principles
- Ironically Google is terrible at applying the advice itself but the Material design typography section also contains a lot of solid advice.
- If you really want to go for an extreme deep dive, Butterick's Practical Typography goes in extreme detail for everything. It probably is overkill for most people, but when in doubt it likely is then and properly cited with sources.
- Similar deep dive The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web
TL;DR?
- Set a max width on your lines of roughly 60-70 characters. With css there is no exact way to achieve this but using
40emas the max width will get you close,70chwill also work and is newer. - Don't use monospaced fonts for long form text. If you insist, provide a toggle for people who are not programmers or dyslexic.
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@TaylorSwiftsPickles is this what you meant by me being able to talk about this stuff at length? :P
Not FOSS, but if you happen to have a Samsung device you already will have automation available to you. It's called "routines" afaik. I don't have extensive experience with it either, just figured I'd mention it in case it is useful to you or someone passing by.