Peter Janes
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Peter Janes
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· Apr 2
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In the last ~6 months someone linked to their blog about using JS-free custom elements for page structure and style in place of a methodology like BEM, e.g. using `<my-element>`/`my-element {}` instead of `<div class="my-element">`/`.my-element {}`. Might have referenced HUG CSS) as well. I'm […]
Original post on mastodon.peterjanes.ca
mastodon.peterjanes.ca
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 AM
In the last ~6 months someone linked to their blog about using JS-free custom elements for page structure and style in place of a methodology like BEM, e.g. using `<my-element>`/`my-element {}` instead of `<div class="my-element">`/`.my-element {}`. Might have referenced HUG CSS) as well. I'm […]
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HEY CANADA.
MP Elizabeth May is sponsoring a petition to get Electoral Reform back in front of Parliament.
Could all of us who were utterly betrayed in 2016 when JT reneged on this please go put our electrons onto this one? yes, yes, the petitions don't mean a thing WILL happen, but there was […]
MP Elizabeth May is sponsoring a petition to get Electoral Reform back in front of Parliament.
Could all of us who were utterly betrayed in 2016 when JT reneged on this please go put our electrons onto this one? yes, yes, the petitions don't mean a thing WILL happen, but there was […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
December 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
HEY CANADA.
MP Elizabeth May is sponsoring a petition to get Electoral Reform back in front of Parliament.
Could all of us who were utterly betrayed in 2016 when JT reneged on this please go put our electrons onto this one? yes, yes, the petitions don't mean a thing WILL happen, but there was […]
MP Elizabeth May is sponsoring a petition to get Electoral Reform back in front of Parliament.
Could all of us who were utterly betrayed in 2016 when JT reneged on this please go put our electrons onto this one? yes, yes, the petitions don't mean a thing WILL happen, but there was […]
Looks like the "Six Degrees of Kevin Fox" website no longer exists, and the Wayback Machine doesn't have the underlying data. https://web.archive.org/web/20070629173548/https://www.aquezada.com/kevinfox/
six degrees of kevin fox
web.archive.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Looks like the "Six Degrees of Kevin Fox" website no longer exists, and the Wayback Machine doesn't have the underlying data. https://web.archive.org/web/20070629173548/https://www.aquezada.com/kevinfox/
Went to see a production of one of the "50 Greatest Plays of the Past 100 Years" tonight. It was... not good. Wondered why it was scheduled strangely and performed for free, and now I know why.
November 28, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Went to see a production of one of the "50 Greatest Plays of the Past 100 Years" tonight. It was... not good. Wondered why it was scheduled strangely and performed for free, and now I know why.
It took me way too long to figure out that, to create an output file with DOS-style line endings (as required by the iCalendar specification, for example) in #11ty, you just create a template file that has DOS-style line endings. Sometimes things that should be easy are.
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
It took me way too long to figure out that, to create an output file with DOS-style line endings (as required by the iCalendar specification, for example) in #11ty, you just create a template file that has DOS-style line endings. Sometimes things that should be easy are.
Reposted by Peter Janes
There needs to be contract language for government using consultants drawn up that amounts to
"if the final report is found to contain AI-generated fake or mis-quoted information, or it is otherwise suspect that part or all of the report has been generated using an LLM, the entire report will […]
"if the final report is found to contain AI-generated fake or mis-quoted information, or it is otherwise suspect that part or all of the report has been generated using an LLM, the entire report will […]
Original post on mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
November 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
There needs to be contract language for government using consultants drawn up that amounts to
"if the final report is found to contain AI-generated fake or mis-quoted information, or it is otherwise suspect that part or all of the report has been generated using an LLM, the entire report will […]
"if the final report is found to contain AI-generated fake or mis-quoted information, or it is otherwise suspect that part or all of the report has been generated using an LLM, the entire report will […]
Reposted by Peter Janes
When governments flip direction every cycle, long term projects stall and public trust sinks.
This is what first-past-the-post produces by design.
Proportional representation creates stable majorities that support consistent long term policy.
This is what first-past-the-post produces by design.
Proportional representation creates stable majorities that support consistent long term policy.
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
When governments flip direction every cycle, long term projects stall and public trust sinks.
This is what first-past-the-post produces by design.
Proportional representation creates stable majorities that support consistent long term policy.
This is what first-past-the-post produces by design.
Proportional representation creates stable majorities that support consistent long term policy.
Gotta love a "minor" release that completely rewrites configuration syntax and doesn't provide backward compatibility or migration tooling.
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Gotta love a "minor" release that completely rewrites configuration syntax and doesn't provide backward compatibility or migration tooling.
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HTTP has a new method: QUERY. Tl;dr: GET with a body.
https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-safe-method-w-body-14.html
#ietf
https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-safe-method-w-body-14.html
#ietf
The HTTP QUERY Method
This specification defines the QUERY method for HTTP. A QUERY requests that the request target process the enclosed content in a safe and idempotent manner and then respond with the result of that processing. This is similar to POST requests but can be automatically repeated or restarted without concern for partial state changes.
www.ietf.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
HTTP has a new method: QUERY. Tl;dr: GET with a body.
https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-safe-method-w-body-14.html
#ietf
https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-safe-method-w-body-14.html
#ietf
@kathleenbelew.bsky.social Omar El Akkad's "One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This" just won the National Book Award for nonfiction. You might appreciate his acceptance speech. (It starts a few minutes from here, which is the intro of the finalists.) […]
Original post on mastodon.peterjanes.ca
mastodon.peterjanes.ca
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
@kathleenbelew.bsky.social Omar El Akkad's "One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This" just won the National Book Award for nonfiction. You might appreciate his acceptance speech. (It starts a few minutes from here, which is the intro of the finalists.) […]
As a now-long-former subscriber to F&SF—because of my own limited time, nothing to do with what's documented—this is still disappointing to read (including today's update). https://www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/2025/11/12/a-dream-denied/
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
As a now-long-former subscriber to F&SF—because of my own limited time, nothing to do with what's documented—this is still disappointing to read (including today's update). https://www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/2025/11/12/a-dream-denied/
Reposted by Peter Janes
Imagine a commodity that you could buy and sell which literally wasn't anything. It's called "SPEC", and its only purpose is for is speculating on whether SPEC will go up or down. Basically bitcoin but without blockchain, and not as easy to use for crime.
Twenty years ago I would have said that […]
Twenty years ago I would have said that […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Imagine a commodity that you could buy and sell which literally wasn't anything. It's called "SPEC", and its only purpose is for is speculating on whether SPEC will go up or down. Basically bitcoin but without blockchain, and not as easy to use for crime.
Twenty years ago I would have said that […]
Twenty years ago I would have said that […]
Oh no! Anyway...
(The rest of the headline is the words "other services", which, hoo boy, CBC/AP.)
(The rest of the headline is the words "other services", which, hoo boy, CBC/AP.)
November 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Oh no! Anyway...
(The rest of the headline is the words "other services", which, hoo boy, CBC/AP.)
(The rest of the headline is the words "other services", which, hoo boy, CBC/AP.)
Reposted by Peter Janes
Did you know that there’s a premium version of Whatsapp which :
- Has no advertising
- Has no mandatory AI integration
- Has no tracking and does not gather your personnal data
- Has increased privacy and stronger encryption
- Is exclusive and allows you to chat with other premium members
Best […]
- Has no advertising
- Has no mandatory AI integration
- Has no tracking and does not gather your personnal data
- Has increased privacy and stronger encryption
- Is exclusive and allows you to chat with other premium members
Best […]
Original post on mamot.fr
mamot.fr
June 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Did you know that there’s a premium version of Whatsapp which :
- Has no advertising
- Has no mandatory AI integration
- Has no tracking and does not gather your personnal data
- Has increased privacy and stronger encryption
- Is exclusive and allows you to chat with other premium members
Best […]
- Has no advertising
- Has no mandatory AI integration
- Has no tracking and does not gather your personnal data
- Has increased privacy and stronger encryption
- Is exclusive and allows you to chat with other premium members
Best […]
I had only just decided that my unplayable first WWF letter tray should be called a "boing" (as opposed to an "ognib") when my opponent played a first-tray bingo.
November 15, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I had only just decided that my unplayable first WWF letter tray should be called a "boing" (as opposed to an "ognib") when my opponent played a first-tray bingo.
My local CBC outlet has started posting on X again after a 14-month absence. What's the urgent breaking story that warranted their return to the Nazi site? (With a link to YouTube, no less, instead of the CBC website.) #ldnont
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
My local CBC outlet has started posting on X again after a 14-month absence. What's the urgent breaking story that warranted their return to the Nazi site? (With a link to YouTube, no less, instead of the CBC website.) #ldnont
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I haven't yelled that many (overwhelmingly excited) swear words at the sky for a long time. WWOOOOOWWWWW. Reddest auroras I've ever seen!! Usually it takes a long time exposure/CCD camera to see red at all. This is BRIGHT!! You can actually see easily outside […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I haven't yelled that many (overwhelmingly excited) swear words at the sky for a long time. WWOOOOOWWWWW. Reddest auroras I've ever seen!! Usually it takes a long time exposure/CCD camera to see red at all. This is BRIGHT!! You can actually see easily outside […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Somehow found myself at a Wikipedia page for the Roud Folk Song Index <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_folk_songs_by_Roud_number> and was reminded that, back in the Napster era, I collected something like 50 versions of _The Raggle Taggle Gypsy_. (Not one was credited to Weird Al Yankovic […]
Original post on mastodon.peterjanes.ca
mastodon.peterjanes.ca
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Somehow found myself at a Wikipedia page for the Roud Folk Song Index <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_folk_songs_by_Roud_number> and was reminded that, back in the Napster era, I collected something like 50 versions of _The Raggle Taggle Gypsy_. (Not one was credited to Weird Al Yankovic […]
Not to make light of the latter, but "Once again millions of Canadians literally forget how to drive after first snowfall"* is Canada's "'No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens".**
*< […]
*< […]
Original post on mastodon.peterjanes.ca
mastodon.peterjanes.ca
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Not to make light of the latter, but "Once again millions of Canadians literally forget how to drive after first snowfall"* is Canada's "'No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens".**
*< […]
*< […]
Reposted by Peter Janes
Aaron Swartz should have been 39 years old today
#aaronswartzday
#aaronswartzday
November 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Aaron Swartz should have been 39 years old today
#aaronswartzday
#aaronswartzday
Finally fixed (i.e. rebuilt) the long-broken iCalendar feed on my theatre website. I'm the only one who actually uses it, so it wasn't a priority, but it was a good opportunity to figure out a better way of handling things. As a bonus, I've already found it useful.
Next, the user-facing […]
Next, the user-facing […]
Original post on mastodon.peterjanes.ca
mastodon.peterjanes.ca
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Finally fixed (i.e. rebuilt) the long-broken iCalendar feed on my theatre website. I'm the only one who actually uses it, so it wasn't a priority, but it was a good opportunity to figure out a better way of handling things. As a bonus, I've already found it useful.
Next, the user-facing […]
Next, the user-facing […]
Apparently yesterday was #ireadcanadian Day, so here are a few books by Canadian authors I've enjoyed:
* _Sleeping Giants_/_Waking Gods_/_Only Human_ (The Themis Files series) by Sylvain Neuvel
* _Dreaming Sally_ by James FitzGerald
* _The Healing Power of Singing_ by Emm Gryner (of more […]
* _Sleeping Giants_/_Waking Gods_/_Only Human_ (The Themis Files series) by Sylvain Neuvel
* _Dreaming Sally_ by James FitzGerald
* _The Healing Power of Singing_ by Emm Gryner (of more […]
Original post on mastodon.peterjanes.ca
mastodon.peterjanes.ca
November 6, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Apparently yesterday was #ireadcanadian Day, so here are a few books by Canadian authors I've enjoyed:
* _Sleeping Giants_/_Waking Gods_/_Only Human_ (The Themis Files series) by Sylvain Neuvel
* _Dreaming Sally_ by James FitzGerald
* _The Healing Power of Singing_ by Emm Gryner (of more […]
* _Sleeping Giants_/_Waking Gods_/_Only Human_ (The Themis Files series) by Sylvain Neuvel
* _Dreaming Sally_ by James FitzGerald
* _The Healing Power of Singing_ by Emm Gryner (of more […]
Looks like no one at #immich ever reported #cursed issue https://github.com/immich-app/immich/issues/10796 to the #npm git repository https://github.com/npm/cli
Also, surprisingly, it appears that neither Immich nor npm have presences in the fediverse.
Also, surprisingly, it appears that neither Immich nor npm have presences in the fediverse.
immich_server container makes request to registry.npmjs.org every 30 seconds · Issue #10796 · immich-app/immich
The bug This may be working as designed, but I'm not familiar enough with NodeJS apps to say. I noticed in my pi-hole logs that registry.npmjs.org had become a top hit and traced it back to the imm...
github.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Looks like no one at #immich ever reported #cursed issue https://github.com/immich-app/immich/issues/10796 to the #npm git repository https://github.com/npm/cli
Also, surprisingly, it appears that neither Immich nor npm have presences in the fediverse.
Also, surprisingly, it appears that neither Immich nor npm have presences in the fediverse.
Reposted by Peter Janes
November 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM