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@samthor.au

tech echosystem influencer πŸ“£πŸ¦‹ building a thing πŸ‘€ former greentech CTO πŸ”ŒπŸ”‹ + xoogler 🧒

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Yeah I love caniuse but we need a reset on these %ages. Or maybe I'm just too scarred from being in DevRel when we actually had to care about IE11 πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

It's more that maybe it's a different world now. 95% is effectively everybody.

02.03.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🀦 I left in a dependency I was using for testing.

Published a valid version now.

02.03.2026 11:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know why I even mention on the page that it has 95% browser support.

`fetch()` only has 96.3%. `async` is 96.2%. CSS Grid is 96.5%.

The last 5% can't use the interactive internet today in _any_ meaningful way. (Yes, ship uninteractive HTML/CSS. But stop imagining we can compile 'web apps')

02.03.2026 10:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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but-unzip - npmx tiny (<1k) unzip for node/browser

The AI and me cut 5% (for Node) and 30% (for browsers) off but-unzip: probably the world’s smallest unzip library.
npmx.dev/package/but-...

02.03.2026 10:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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more train riding

28.02.2026 01:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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alert CERN

26.02.2026 07:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know this is copium but

> β€œI know that the Japanese government essentially, and Japanese companies, are very interested in playing a role. [...]”

JR South has a nice ring to it.

23.02.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Two big tax holes are perpetuating Australia's wealth inequality Intergenerational inequality will only be dealt with by taxing the people that have the money, not by cutting the taxes of those who don't have it.

Alan Kohler talking about the urgent need to tackle inequality. The major parties talk about it a lot but don't seem to want to do what it'll take:

πŸ’Έ changes to CGT discount on investment properties

πŸ’Έ start taxing wealth more than work

πŸ’Έ get a fair return for our natural resources

23.02.2026 00:33 πŸ‘ 232 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 4

I'm not sure. Costs are everywhere.

I just see the "a" series as "I don't care, I need a phone".

Like if you have a broken 9a right now under warranty.. I reckon you'll on odds get a 10a replacement. It's just Google's standard phone.

22.02.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"automotive grade"

22.02.2026 10:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

People are giving Google a hard time for the Pixel 10a.

But it's legitimately a decent phone with zero camera bump. No "almost nothing". No "measure the main part of the phone". Just flat.

Not since the old iPhone SE have we been so lucky.

Anyway, flat lovers unite.

21.02.2026 23:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

nit: I was confused by "VT animations" because maybe there's another type?

I'd say "it does not provide *any* animations, but simply provides stub methods for ..."

But also maybe I'm just tired and blind! πŸ˜‚

17.02.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

does it... actually do the VT? or just mock the methods/behavior?

I feel like you're underspecifying the library here

17.02.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I didn't know Pixel could talk

16.02.2026 08:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh a new friend!!!

15.02.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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thank $​DIETY

14.02.2026 03:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

hooray, it's `x := new(1)` day

12.02.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I didn't know what EU shoe sizes were based on, TIL, thanks.

I now basically only refer to my EU size (43) since it feels the most universal. Also I don't have to think about kids sizes being different scale than adult sizes.

10.02.2026 04:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently 150g!

10.02.2026 04:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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it's a train watching day

09.02.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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someone should base64 their fonts

09.02.2026 23:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have some thoughts, but overall a good read.

09.02.2026 22:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

> I will read transport/smux_client_test.go around line 252 to confirm if the t.Error("lol") is indeed a leftover debug statement and then remove it.

lol

09.02.2026 07:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
USB cable with three male USB-A ends

USB cable with three male USB-A ends

07.02.2026 07:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

three-pronged USB πŸ™ƒ

07.02.2026 07:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Bsky was the only service that wanted me to verify my age thanks to AU's new wild rules.

Which I've done, you can DM again. Not that anyone was before πŸ₯±

06.02.2026 00:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a close up of a man 's face with a white shirt ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a white shirt

why not

04.02.2026 09:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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If you ever wondered how you might kill someone with an egg. It's freezer cleanout time.

02.02.2026 07:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In case anyone is curious.

But also @ubiquiti.bsky.social I had to scrub to find this guy. Possums are animals too plz fix.

02.02.2026 06:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We bought a new camera to spot the roof possum.

Well, cats are fine.

29.01.2026 11:18 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0