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Thinking about VBScript.
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Thinking about VBScript.
I don't know if modern Web developers are aware how much of a struggle it was to get to the HTML5 stack we use today. There was a loooooooooot of bullshit to wade through. VBScript, ActiveX, Java applets, browser plugins, Flash. It was a fight every step of the way.
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I don't know if modern Web developers are aware how much of a struggle it was to get to the HTML5 stack we use today. There was a loooooooooot of bullshit to wade through. VBScript, ActiveX, Java applets, browser plugins, Flash. It was a fight every step of the way.
The Web Standards Project was instrumental in this work. Their efforts probably generated a trillion dollars in value for the planet and saved countless lives. Open standards fucking matter.
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I don't know if modern Web developers are aware how much of a struggle it was to get to the HTML5 stack we use today. There was a loooooooooot of bullshit to wade through. VBScript, ActiveX, Java applets, browser plugins, Flash. It was a fight every step of the way.
@evan layout made with tables...
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I don't know if modern Web developers are aware how much of a struggle it was to get to the HTML5 stack we use today. There was a loooooooooot of bullshit to wade through. VBScript, ActiveX, Java applets, browser plugins, Flash. It was a fight every step of the way.
@evan I remember this one gaming site that uses a bunch of frames and a Java app in the top bar to control the whole rest of the frame.. and man.. getting that Java app to work and be signed and… >_<
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@evan I remember this one gaming site that uses a bunch of frames and a Java app in the top bar to control the whole rest of the frame.. and man.. getting that Java app to work and be signed and… >_<
@scanner Oh, boy.
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@evan layout made with tables...
@BreakingNerd I mean, that's a bad practice, sure, but it wasn't a commercial product by a single company foisted onto the Internet by gullible Web developers. Nobody had to download RealPlayer to get a table layout to work.
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The Web Standards Project was instrumental in this work. Their efforts probably generated a trillion dollars in value for the planet and saved countless lives. Open standards fucking matter.
I wonder if @davew ever talks about some of the grotesque syndication products like PointCast and Castanet from the late 90s when he's discussing the history of RSS.
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I wonder if @davew ever talks about some of the grotesque syndication products like PointCast and Castanet from the late 90s when he's discussing the history of RSS.
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@davew TIL! Those are fascinating posts.
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@davew TIL! Those are fascinating posts.
@davew I mean, TIL about the relationship of RSS to Pointcast. I already knew that you can look things up using the Google search engine, even if I don't always practice it.
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@davew I mean, TIL about the relationship of RSS to Pointcast. I already knew that you can look things up using the Google search engine, even if I don't always practice it.
i was very impressed with pointcast.
that CNN on the Desktop piece ran in Wired.
and they quoted it everywhere.
it was a breakthrough. probably not the most elegant implementation, but wow what an idea.
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i was very impressed with pointcast.
that CNN on the Desktop piece ran in Wired.
and they quoted it everywhere.
it was a breakthrough. probably not the most elegant implementation, but wow what an idea.
btw i was ready to help you too. shortly after i moved to nyc and got settled in i was going to come up to montreal for a visit, but somehow right at that moment you and a bunch of other familiar people were meeting privately with someone from google. i had seen that movie before too in many instances of the tech industry.
i see the long journey you took from that, i think we might have gotten there quickly.
did you write the software in identi.ca?
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btw i was ready to help you too. shortly after i moved to nyc and got settled in i was going to come up to montreal for a visit, but somehow right at that moment you and a bunch of other familiar people were meeting privately with someone from google. i had seen that movie before too in many instances of the tech industry.
i see the long journey you took from that, i think we might have gotten there quickly.
did you write the software in identi.ca?
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@davew those ones I remember!
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@davew those ones I remember!
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@davew in wiki world we talk about the "WikiNow". This kind of timeless way that we can interact across days and decades. I love seeing it in blogs, too.
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@PsySal does ctrl-alt-F2 work if you hold the FN key?
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I am having a tricky time with Ubuntu 24. #wayland sometimes seems to deadlock, possibly AMD driver, possibly a Wayland big I hit because I have so many gnome extensions installed. I don't care why, what I wanna know is can I get to a textmode term? In Ubuntu 20 I used to hit Ctrl+alt+f2 but this does not seem to work, or at least not in this situation . Killing gdm process tree without remorse is also ok-- as it is I have to 10-second-hold the power button.
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Turned on the baseball again and it was way more boring than last night.
Guess I’m just gonna be chasing the dragon now…
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imagine if Bob Ross's "The Joy of Painting" got an 8k HDR 60hz AAA PBR remake. finally, we'd be able to experience mount mckinley the way it was meant to be experienced
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Watched 28 Years Later. Entertained and occasionally startled and/or grossed out, but not sure how I feel about it.
I know we're suspending disbelief, but there are things that just don't gel with the rules established in the first film. I'm kind of a stickler for internal consistency. The first film remains the only great, or even really good, one in the series, I think.
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@evan "past investments fighting climate change have been misplaced, and too much good money has been put into expensive and questionable efforts."
Like maybe these, Bill? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/deep-sky-startup-grant-1.7413954
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/feb/06/bill-gates-climate-scientists-geoengineeringHe's decided he's too bad at climate activism to competently allocate his billions, so... He's decided to continue making allocation choices?
