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sintaxi

1,013 karma · joined March 17, 2009

Co-creator of PhoneGap, Harp, & Surge.
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sintaxi··on CSS-Tricks in Limbo
Wow, Omarchy is hot right now. Great to see all these companies contributing to a future with Linux on desktop. Good on Digital Ocean for making such a substantial commitment.

It would be a shame if css-tricks went offline after all these years. I can understand it winding down now that we are in the age of agents but I hope to see it preserved in some way so it stays online for a very long time.

sintaxi··on Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin
Yes, though its worth noting the goal of Cordova was to not exist. In the eyes of the project the web itself is the cross-platform solution but at the time Browser progress was stagnant and Cordova helped move things forward by offering device functionality using open web standards. Cordova was never intended to be a "cross-platform productivity multiplier". The north star of the Cordova project was for browsers to get the device functionality that native platforms offered, such as geo-location, accelerometer, contacts, camera, etc.

I just want to correct this, because I agree with you but the framing is a misinterpretation of the goals of the Cordova project - goals which were ultimately met.

sintaxi··on Kyoto cherry blossoms now bloom earlier than at any point in 1,200 years
Im sure you're aware that the record of global average temperature is also influenced by urbanization as well as "data adjustments".
sintaxi··on Fossil fuels could have been left in the dust 25 years ago
The market is you and me. We decide with our purchasing habits.
sintaxi··on Global CO2 Levels
Actually yes. The chart is put together by "The 2 Degrees Institute" which has a stated objective of influencing "behavioural and lifestyle changes". That isn't science.
sintaxi··on Global CO2 Levels
Propaganda presented as data.

* data source on x-axis changes at 1958

* y-axis does not begin at 0

Fundamentally dishonest for the purpose of manipulation.

sintaxi··on Bun v1.0.0
You may not be aware that node created a situation where ESM maximizes compatibility when consuming libraries and CJS maximizes compatibility when producing libraries. Its a circular incentive paradigm. I suspect you are consuming libraries using "import" and everything "just works". Well, under the hood you are likely importing many libraries that use CJS "module.exports" because that is what libraries use to ensure their library can be used with both import/ESM AND require/CJS.

The only solution to this problem is to upgrade require work for importing ESM. Once that is implemented ESM will become the natural choice for those publishing libraries. Until that happens library authors are going to continue to use CJS so their libraries are available to everyone.

sintaxi··on For many home-schoolers, parents are no longer doing the teaching
What makes you think the free market doesn't regulate?
sintaxi··on For many home-schoolers, parents are no longer doing the teaching
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what is for dinner.
sintaxi··on Tesla is paying $20k a year to be on Elon Musk’s X, and it’s not clear why
Good-grief. 20k a year is $55 a day - for a company that was burning $1M a day. $55 ain't doing jack.
sintaxi··on Meta blocking news links in Canada
I'm Canadian.
sintaxi··on Meta blocking news links in Canada
This is verifiably incorrect. Members of the Canadian House of Commons swear their allegiance to the monarch. They make no such oath to the People nor the Constitution in Canada.

"I, [name], do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, Her Heirs and Successors. So help me God."

sintaxi··on MDN Playground
Agreed. Great job.
sintaxi··on Defaulting on Single Page Applications
The issue with large JavaScript files is the overhead of the browser parsing, interpreting, and executing of the JavaScript. The network transfer size has nothing to do with it.
sintaxi··on Airbnb Is Banning People Who Are ‘Closely Associated’ with Already-Banned Users
IIRC they banned Southern not for her politics but for being closely associated to people who had unacceptable politics, and then banned her parents for being closely associated with Southern.
sintaxi··on Ask HN: Why does Stripe need $4B?
I suspect the regulatory compliance is not easy to meet for their business.
sintaxi··on Show HN: Silly math games to make learning fun for K through 3rd grade
Thanks for sharing. Im always on the lookout for good teaching aids. Unfortunately I find this too stimulating for me to present to my kids. I prefer to show my kids media that is calming and beautiful rather than "fun".
sintaxi··on Twitter API Page
The "For You" & "Following" tabs are exactly what I have wanted for ages. Even still, I'm pleased to see that people are exploring other options or logging out altogether.
sintaxi··on How Did Sam Bankman-Fried Get Bail?
Let me guess, possession is the last charge for many repeat violent offenders that violates their parole and finally lands them in prison.
sintaxi··on Archaeologists ask Netflix to reclassify Graham Hancock’s docuseries as fiction
We don't know.
sintaxi··on Archaeologists ask Netflix to reclassify Graham Hancock’s docuseries as fiction
You should be more angry if people within your professional field still claim the pyramids were built as tombs by people wearing sandals and loincloths with bronze and copper tools.
sintaxi··on Marak: The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated
I offered this asshole money years ago when he seemed in trouble. Him pretending to "fix" the colors.js lib while the bug was obviously put there on purpose was beyond the pale. Who does he think he is fooling?
sintaxi··on Kiwi Farms is down across all domains as DDoS-Guard terminates service
There are no criminal consequences to speech in America.

Fraud is theft. Harassment is forcing a non-consenting party to listen. Libel is a civil issue, not criminal.

sintaxi··on Kiwi Farms is down across all domains as DDoS-Guard terminates service
There are mechanisms in law for courts to order removal of illegal content. ISPs don't ever have to define "hate speech". Sounds to me want to censor speech you hate.
sintaxi··on Kiwi Farms is down across all domains as DDoS-Guard terminates service
I run a web publishing product with over 10M deployments. The easy-to-enforce content policy is this "Are we breaking the law by hosting this content?". Basically the answer for an ISP is always no until there is a takedown order from the courts which your are under jurisdiction, OR you knowingly are hosting a phishing attack intended to defraud unsuspecting members of the public, OR you are put on notice of content infringement via sworn affidavit under penalty of perjury. It really is that simple because ISPs are immune by default.
sintaxi··on How to Nationalize the Internet in Canada
This is like wanting your internet to operate like the local DMV. No one in their right might would conclude the Canadian Government is in any way capable of improving internet service Canadians currently receive.
sintaxi··on New Zealand's plan to prepare for inevitable climate change impacts
Never.
sintaxi··on Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private
Proven ability to mitigate failures.
sintaxi··on Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work
Again, inflation isn't accounted for.
sintaxi··on What NPM should do to stop a new colors attack
Keep in mind Marak was active in the issue tracker afterwards pretending to be fixing the "bug". Marak didn't change the description, readme, or roadmap of the package. He passed the release off as a functioning library that deliberately crashes any process that used the library. That is a Trojan.
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