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robot_··on 3% use IE9 and 14% have a disability. Why do we only cater for the former?
xScope provides a great tool for testing common vision impairments. What I'd love is a well written overview for keyboard accessibility within websites.
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I feel like a may be missing something, but don't these taxes only apply for people who cashing out to a USD? You can still buy things with Bitcoin (as a currency) directly and not pay any taxes to the US government. 1 BTC is still worth 1 BTC.
robot_··on Hexagon 16384
Plus, its not really that much fun.
robot_··on Clear Sans
No, its simply more informed.
robot_··on Dogescript
I got a huge laugh out of this. I love how some of the statements I ended up writing could almost be interpreted as poetry, hilarious poetry.
robot_··on Why two spaces after a period isn’t wrong – lies typographers tell about history
Also, I really just had to give up. There's no point in educating those who are too stubborn to entertain an alternative to what they learned at the age of 5. Why do you think there are still so many racist individuals in the US?
robot_··on Why two spaces after a period isn’t wrong – lies typographers tell about history
Without design snobs, programming snobs would never reach the masses.
robot_··on Why two spaces after a period isn’t wrong – lies typographers tell about history
Just because you say "I don't think I'm being stubborn" does not make it so. You clearly are. No one claimed bathing or brushing are bad habits that should be changed.
robot_··on Why two spaces after a period isn’t wrong – lies typographers tell about history
You honestly find 12pt black text on a dark grey background with a measure of 90+ characters to be easy to read?
robot_··on Why two spaces after a period isn’t wrong – lies typographers tell about history
I know I find it frustratingly obvious that the author has no real grasp of typography just by looking at the text in this article.
robot_··on Why two spaces after a period isn’t wrong – lies typographers tell about history
The argument by typographers has no grounding in history, it's a choice based on preferred visual rhythm.
robot_··on Why two spaces after a period isn’t wrong – lies typographers tell about history
I honestly don't know what I expected from programmers discussing typography... so much misinformation in this thread
robot_··on Why two spaces after a period isn’t wrong – lies typographers tell about history
This article is very bitter and inflammatory. In my experience, people only use two spaces after a period because thats what they were taught and are too stubborn to change.

The main typographic case against two spaces after a period is that it breaks up the flow of text and creates rivers inside the text block. Counter space is the most important aspect of a typeface, and by adding two spaces after a period you are breaking the rhythm of the text.