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A CDN for this? Sorry, but just store the fonts on the same d**n server you're serving the site from. Files are tiny, it's not 1080p video we're talking.

unicornpornon Is 400k/yr overpaid for a SWE?

The prime minister in my country (SWE, also known as Sweden) makes 170k/yr per year. So what do you think? :-D

unicornpornon Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all users

Firefox has a sub 8% market share, so I doubt this will make a drastic change to how they operate.

unicornpornon Ultrawide monitors are overrated, here's why I use a 4K TV instead

Not to poop on the big screen party, but from an ergonomic standpoint that does not look like a great idea[1]. Such a big screen at that distance will likely make your head tilt back slightly and your eyes look up and may wreak havoc on your neck and eyes.

[1] https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/ergonomics/office/monitor_po...

unicornpornon Mozilla releases local machine translation tools as part of Project Bergamot

Thanks!

unicornpornon Mozilla releases local machine translation tools as part of Project Bergamot

Google Translate code is present on many web sites to provide automatic translations of text. Could your translate code be uploaded to a server and embedded in web page to provide the same functionality?

unicornpornon A Letter to D1sc0rd for Not Supporting the Linux Desktop

...and if there's still anyone wondering what the alternative is: https://matrix.org/

unicornpornon A Letter to D1sc0rd for Not Supporting the Linux Desktop

> Using a third party client is considered self botting and against the TOS. This part of the TOS are enforced.

And this is what open source projcts use as their official means of communication and coordination... When did programmers become so gullible?

unicornpornon Using a "proper" camera as a webcam

> A lot of cameras will list maximum time before shutting off as 29 minutes, 59 seconds. This isn't neccessarily because of overheating issues but (I think) to avoid falling on the wrong side of some tax/duty differences between camcorders and stills cameras.

That's for recording to memory card, not for the HDMI feed.

unicornpornon You're Not Losing Fat Because You're Eating Too Damn Much (2016)

Also: once a fat cell, always a fat cell. Not really, but...

https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/your-fat-cells-never...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18454136/

unicornpornon No Dislikes has officially ruined YouTube for me

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/df-youtube/

unicornpornon I'm all-in on server-side SQLite

Speaking of this, I really wish there was SQLite support in WordPress...

unicornpornon Pirate site traffic surges with help from manga boom

I'm not a native English speaker, so I suspect you are right. However, I'm not finding anything here to support your definition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product

This is as close as I get: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_(business)

And it says:

> In marketing, a product is an object, or system, or service made available for consumer use as of the consumer demand; it is anything that can be offered to a market to satisfy the desire or need of a customer.

Sounds like something you'd buy?

unicornpornon Pirate site traffic surges with help from manga boom

> This is one of those cases where the pirates really are providing a superior product.

Product? Are they sellings these files?

unicornpornon Grindr user data has been for sale for years

> Grindr must’ve been started by the gay community, yeah? Why the hell are we doing this to ourselves?!

That question is harder to answer if you adhere to identity politics and easy to answer if you apply https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Marxism

unicornpornon Milk alternatives produce up to 4.5x less greenhouse gas emissions as milk

> The sugars in oat milk are a bit simpler (primarily maltose rather than lactose), which gives a lower glycemic index

That would lead to a higher glycemic index?

>> Either way, if you compare them to something like fruit juice or full-sugar soft drinks, the sugar content is still pretty low.

From https://www.jeffnobbs.com/posts/oatly-responds-in-defense-of...:

Even with the slightly lower glycemic index for maltose due to the soluble fiber content, I get more or less the same result for Oatly’s blood sugar impact: a glycemic index of 77 (previously 79) and a glycemic load of 18.4 (previously 19.0) for a 12 oz portion; still about the same blood sugar impact as a 12 oz cola, which has a glycemic index of 63 and glycemic load of 20.8.

unicornpornon Milk alternatives produce up to 4.5x less greenhouse gas emissions as milk

Oatly's primary sugar, maltose, has 2.3 times the blood sugar impact as lactose, the primary sugar in cow's milk. Maltose has a glycemic index of 105, compared to 46 for lactose.[1]

[1] https://www.jeffnobbs.com/posts/oatly-responds-in-defense-of...

unicornpornon Milk alternatives produce up to 4.5x less greenhouse gas emissions as milk

Oatly's primary sugar, maltose, has 2.3 times the blood sugar impact as lactose, the primary sugar in cow's milk. Maltose has a glycemic index of 105, compared to 46 for lactose.[1]

[1] https://www.jeffnobbs.com/posts/oatly-responds-in-defense-of...

unicornpornon Milk alternatives produce up to 4.5x less greenhouse gas emissions as milk

When it comes to Oatly... It tastes good, but that's because it contains plenty of sugars. You'll notice the difference when you make your own oat milk from oats. It's tastes quite terrible actually.

Oatly adds enzymes to break down the starches to sugar.

https://www.gq.com/story/oatly-nutrition-ipo

unicornpornon Ask HN: Which small video editor do you use?

> the UI is a bit old, not very handy in comparison to more modern tools in the browser.

Old? It's a Qt app that looks best and most native in KDE. Why would one want a video editor in the browser? That does not make sense to me. :)

unicornpornon Infinite Mac

> but in order to get a 'complete' desktop experience you kinda have to opt-in to GNOME/KDE which are trying to do the same things as Apple or Microsoft, aesthetically speaking.

This is so true and that's why I deep inside mourn the end of this UI era.

unicornpornon Mastodon – A Federated Twitter Alternative

My recommendation to anyone having difficulties getting started or finding interesting people: try to find a small instance that suits your interests.

Mastodon got so much better for me when I left the generalist instances. I now see my instance as a micro community with the ability to connect to a greater community.