(webdev Tory) @worldsendless@qoto.org

Everyone should read this about #DRM and its alternatives. Special note: DRM (about crippling/controlling users) is NOT about copyright (about protecting content creators). https://www.defectivebydesign.org/faq#purpose #DBD #fsf

One of the biggest life-savers on #emacs #exwm has been the command `xrandr -s 0`. This somehow refreshes things and causes my triple-monitors to wakeup in ways that -auto and -set do not. But I cannot find documentation on it ANYWHERE; I've checked the manpages, web search... nothing!

EDIT: just tried `xrandr --help` and saw that it is short for --size. I'm still not sure why it works such miracles, though...

I have a general distaste for #mysql, and use #PostGres when I need SQL (except WordPress) and realized that I don't really know why I have issues with it, other than its proximity to the past's bad PHP. Is there any backup for my MySQL dislike?

Having moved away from Spotify and other streaming services and starting to use #emacs #emms, I found decade old burned CDs that needed meta tags. https://orys.us/vd

Found out about #easytag for editing cd tags; even easier than #Picard! And it can be set up with #gnudb Now to figure out if I can get #emms to use it instead of random python scripts... https://gnudb.org/howto.php

mass conversion of mp3 to opus from the command line #linux #emacs #opus #mp3 #find-exec https://orys.us/vc

I always mentally wonder about #TypeScript vs #ClojureScript, knowing that #Clojure's decision to avoid #types is very deliberate. But TypeScript is conquering the world; is that an ad populum sign that Types are really a better way to go? Or does ClojureScript offer other things instead? If so, what are they, and to do the benefits of each option find value in different situations?

https://swizec.com/blog/the-efficacy-of-typescript/?ck_subscriber_id=363186933&utm_source=convertkit&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The+efficacy+of+TypeScript%20-%2012297166

One of my biggest peeves is people spending time and effort "fixing" problems that have already been solved. I don't need you to fix my copy-paste! Stop coming up with replacements for email, planning, doing the dishes/laundry, etc. Unless your complaint is more substantive than "it's just hard for me," or "I'm used to something else".

If your complaint is inconvenience or difficulty, the answer probably doesn't require a disavowal of previous solutions, just a refinement for you (let's give you shortcuts, or reconsider the problem we are facing).

I received an unexpected "encrypted" email from my lawyer that includes the phrase, "If you have received this message, then you are the intended recipient. It is impossible to receive this message by error." It links only to a website, marcord. Now, the original message from him has all the trappings his emails always have -- do not share disclosures, intended recipient stuff, etc. The same footer. All-in-all, it looks like a rare breed of high-brow scam artistry.

I seem to have put my chips in long ago on the awkward "#privacy vs #publicity" thing, before I actually knew much about data privacy. it is an interesting debate in this era of content creators and social media. Are those two things both incompatible with privacy?