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DHPersonal

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Front-end web developer with a focus on UX • Digital photographer • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • he/him ∅ https://dhepworth.com/social
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DHPersonal··on The Future of CSS: Target Multiple Classes with the Class Prefix Selector
The proposed mixin support in CSS will offer a way to reference both button.primary and a.primary without having to duplicate the styles in both, but it’s still in draft status.
DHPersonal··on Read the novels and forget everything else
I think they remain enjoyable even as fictional; I just would’ve preferred having them described that way to me at the start rather than the pretense of them being autobiographical.
DHPersonal··on Read the novels and forget everything else
I had a similar author shock when I learned James Herriot’s books were not the autobiographies I thought they were but instead were the fictionalized compilations of stories from multiple veterinarians. I had such a great time reading the books as a young man and was dismayed to learn they weren’t authentic. I appreciated learning the truth but wondered if perhaps believing the lie would’ve been better for something relatively unimportant.
DHPersonal··on About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.6
Holding down the camera button does open the AI search for me instead of the Camera app. This can be disabled, if I remember correctly.
DHPersonal··on Almost all coders at Id Software have been fired, following Xbox reset
Fortunately for Microsoft, Sony leadership is busy sabotaging themselves by switching to digital-download-only games.
DHPersonal··on Midtown Manhattan blocks evacuated after beams buckling at construction site
Spreading out requires more non-foot travel to get places. Density means things can be closer.
DHPersonal··on The return-to-the-office trend backfires
Why continue the cycle of finding a job and quitting it for solvable problems instead of staying and solving the problem?
DHPersonal··on I was a 10x engineer. Now I'm useless
Get off the slop or become the slop.
DHPersonal··on Put the zip code first
Address entries are the weirdest places of frustration. Business clients want Google Places to make address input easier. This user wants a single ZIP code entry to begin the process. Why is adding one’s own address manually that huge of a hurdle that we have to separate the user from the inputs? If there is one person in the world who should know my address, it’s me: why then put such an effort into building a site that takes away my ability to enter my address?
DHPersonal··on After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by hand
I only learn when I do things, not when I hear how they work. I think the teacher has the right idea.
DHPersonal··on Ozempic is changing the foods Americans buy
That’s what I’m noticing about apples more and more these days: all of them are incredibly sweet like candy. The only variety I’ve found that seems suitable for regular eating ate the Granny Smith variety, but I hate their tough skins.
DHPersonal··on iCloud Photos Downloader
Parachute Backup is a tool I use: https://parachuteapps.com/parachute
DHPersonal··on I migrated to an almost all-EU stack and saved 500€ per year
https://ghost.org — Open-source run by a non-profit headquartered in Singapore.
DHPersonal··on If you care about security you might want to move the iPhone Camera app
Do you also have the slow-motion bug where every second or so a frame or two gets dropped, resulting in stutters in the video?
DHPersonal··on Why 90s Movies Feel More Alive Than Anything on Netflix
What’s funny to me is how many hidden ramps are featured in that Mad Max 1 trailer :)
DHPersonal··on Why 90s Movies Feel More Alive Than Anything on Netflix
The fog you reference might just be a Hollywood Black Magic blooming filter placed in front of the lens.
DHPersonal··on AOL to be sold to Bending Spoons for $1.5B
Bending Spoons has taken at least one of the apps I’ve used and stuffed them full of subscription models in a pretty blatant attempt to wring as much money out of the existing user base before the app becomes obsolete.
DHPersonal··on Resurrect the Old Web
Browsers often present warning screens when visiting sites that aren’t HTTPS, which effectively blocks the site for any users unwilling to or unaware of being able to "proceed with caution."
DHPersonal··on The Mac app flea market
Before I used GitHub and got used to its interface I felt that the majority of repositories used as public-facing websites were the most confusing way to get releases. Why is the source code that seems to need some sort of tool or program to use sitting next to the installation program? Do I need all that extra stuff or can I just use the exe/app? Why is there not a page with a “download here” button that’s as plain and simple as other closed-source programs?
DHPersonal··on Liquid Glass in the Browser: Refraction with CSS and SVG
It still has plenty of consistency errors and issues for the devs. But even if they fix all the bugs, I still think the UI changes are regressive: now things are buried in even more icons; the menus warp, change color, and move in distracting ways; and text on button and menus have never been harder to read.
DHPersonal··on The Exodus from the Washington Post
I cancelled my subscription about the same time. The lack of an endorsement is best seen in the context of their choice of headlines and otherwise soft coverage of Trump’s increasingly dictatorial behavior. Taken out of context, it might seem innocuous and perhaps even admirable that no candidate was endorsed, but it’s in the comparison of being overly uncritical of Trump and then not advocating for Harris that gave all those subscribers a reason to cancel.
DHPersonal··on Learning Is Slower Than You Think
LLMs use em dashes because they were trained on content made by actual writers. Actual writers still exist and they still use em dashes.
DHPersonal··on Nobody has a personality anymore: we are products with labels
Isn’t the point of labeling something as a “trauma” to be a signifier for the moment or behavior that affected you greatly and not something that meets an arbitrary level of awfulness, especially by way of comparison? Your father lost a brother, which is definitely certainly traumatic, but my grandfather lost a son. Does that equate to a greater trauma, therefore nullifying your father’s loss? I would say no! Comparing traumas means in my mind that nobody can ever heal because someone else will always have experienced something that was in some way worse.
DHPersonal··on Tesla's Cybertruck flop is historic. The brand collapse is even worse
What an odd way to form a question. You seem to already be doubting the answer before it’s been sent to you.
DHPersonal··on FICO to incorporate buy-now-pay-later loans into credit scores
Maybe. For some reason it seemed like a more poignant reply at the time, but now I see it doesn’t add much to the conversation. :)
DHPersonal··on FICO to incorporate buy-now-pay-later loans into credit scores
It sounds very familiar to a fundamentalist Christian, taught in either private or home schools that fostered that sort of thinking.
DHPersonal··on Meta announces Oakley smart glasses
The difference between the stylish product shot and the goofy candid is stunning. The glasses look ridiculous on Zuckerberg.
DHPersonal··on My A11y Journey
Isn’t it used to write out “ally” in l33t speak?
DHPersonal··on The vocal effects of Daft Punk
The composer who assisted them also worked with M83 for the Oblivion soundtrack, which I think is also pretty spectacular.
DHPersonal··on Brother refutes "false claims" that it bricked printers using third-party ink
Your third-party toner chip could've been defective.
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