Axel Rauschmayer

Topics: #JavaScript #TypeScript #fedi22

Other interests:
– Languages: German, English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Mandarin
– Sustainability, degrowth, permaculture, urbanism
– Tiny houses
– Education
– Psychology, getting out of one’s head, heart-centered living
– Minimalist spirituality: Advaita, Daoism, Buddhism, Christian mysticism, J. Krishnamurti, …

I live in Munich. http://pronoun.is/he

Non-tech:
– :pixelfed: Photos: City impressions (npub15e5…950q)
– 💬 Languages: Language Tales (npub1tkt…r67e)

📜 Blog (#2ality):: https://2ality.com
📚 Free ebooks:: https://exploringjs.com
📧 Newsletter:: https://ECMAScript.News
💡 Sustainability:: [@[email protected]](https://mastodon.green/@light_bulbs )

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NIP-05 Address

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Last Notes

2026-07-01 11:46:33 UTC

Why are DRAM prices so high (apart from increased demand due to LLM data centers)?
• Micron Suggests Apple Helped Cause Memory Price Crisis: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/26/micron-suggests-apple-helped-cause-memory-crisis/
• Price fixing also seems to be an issue (Micron is mentioned here, too): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_price_fixing_scandal

2026-06-29 10:39:07 UTC

Some UI patterns are so dark, they are almost funny. In this case, I saw the toggles for customization but no way to not accept all cookies. It took me a second to find it.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/832/949/490/062/344/original/d25ebbf07c77de76.jpg

2026-06-20 19:10:37 UTC

Test #Mastodon collection: https://fosstodon.org/collections/116784011788427486

2026-06-05 23:04:36 UTC

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2/ Thinking about it some more: Passkeys are probably fine if:
1. You only use one browser.
2. That browser manages your passkeys
3. and syncs them across your devices.

2026-05-31 14:27:00 UTC

RE: https://mas.to/@vrandecic/116669516161287801
It’s interesting how many people want the results (fame, money, etc.) but don’t enjoy the work that gets them there and don’t really care about the product. That’s also how we have been producing goods (food, furniture, clothes, etc.) for a long time.
#note1qnn…yeyn

2026-05-27 10:56:28 UTC

Computing the “length” of a #JavaScript iterator:
> ['a', 'b'].values().reduce((_acc, _cur, index) => index + 1)
2
Use case: How many code points does a string have?
> Iterator.from('🙈🙉🙊').reduce((_acc, _cur, index) => index + 1)
3

2026-05-23 15:15:10 UTC

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True! Restarting fixed it, probably a partial download somewhere. I’ll delete my post.

2026-05-23 12:33:23 UTC

Weird YouTube bug that only occurs in Firefox (Mac): You can’t see Chinese characters in comments anymore.
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TERB9EVMIAo
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/623/904/567/998/025/original/19e9d41ba9dfb025.jpg

2026-05-21 17:17:52 UTC

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You can also experiment with container.removeChild() and container.appendChild().

2026-05-21 16:30:07 UTC

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Interesting! I found something: .childNodes seems to return a live collection – which becomes empty when you .remove().
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72483973/javascript-element-remove-not-remove-dom

2026-05-20 23:25:39 UTC

“Meta to track workers’ clicks and keystrokes to train AI”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvglyklz49jo

2026-05-15 18:59:16 UTC

I’m still processing what’s going on in tech at the moment. I used to feel at home in that world. It used to feel incredibly creative and positive. Now it’s increasingly full of bugs, dark addicting patterns and AI slop.
I’m not sure how to change that. We need to provide a better vision for the future than what’s currently pushed by most tech companies. They have a lot of power and (e.g.) many politicians listen to them. That’s why different narratives are important.
https://2ality.com

2026-05-09 14:43:05 UTC

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Just in case you didn’t know: Mastodon now supports true quote posts (with a much better UX in the web app – no more visiting another website to see the quoted post).

2026-04-24 22:22:04 UTC

Firefox Tab Groups [1] really shine with vertical tabs [2].
[1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-groups
[2] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/use-sidebar-access-tools-and-vertical-tabs
I’d expand this to more universal support for a tree of tabs (think tree-style tab FF extension):
• Tabs opened in background become children.
• Any node with children can be expanded and collapsed.
• The tree structure can by changed by dragging&dropping nodes.
• Blank pages can be named and become tab containers.

2026-04-19 17:04:53 UTC

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French and Spanish do the same, BTW: French “temps” and Spanish “tiempo” mean both “time” and “weather”.

2026-04-17 15:04:58 UTC

• Demos für erneuerbare Energien
• 18. April 2026 (Samstag)
• #Berlin, #Hamburg, #Köln, #München
https://erneuerbare-energien-verteidigen.de/demos/

2026-04-17 09:16:40 UTC

In the future, front lines may well consist of robots fighting robots.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/04/fighting-robots-give-ukraine-hope-in-war-with-russia

2026-04-16 20:52:27 UTC

Safari: Sometimes a web app hangs (it subjectively feels like a service worker issue to me—but I can’t prove it): I can’t visit the web site in “normal” mode, only in private mode.
Solution:
• Go to “Settings > Privacy > Manage Website Data…”
• Search for the web app and click on “Remove All”.

2026-04-14 20:12:47 UTC

EGOT: a person who has received all of the following awards:
• Emmy for television
• Grammy for music and recording
• Oscar for film
• Tony for Broadway theater
There are not many of them: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/14/entertainment/gallery/egot-winners-list

2026-04-13 17:29:33 UTC

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I just tried to find that setting (MacBook Pro M1 Pro) and couldn’t find it either. It seems to have moved: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102338

2026-04-13 14:53:30 UTC

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My impression:
• The key thing for small businesses (especially non-technical ones and/or non-journalistic ones) is that whatever the means, it has to be simple.
• A user-friendly service that is accessible via a domain that the user owns, seems like the best of both worlds(?)
• In the future, even a Mastodon account could work that way: https://fosstodon.org/@rauschma/116397512054022050
#note1rcc…2tk0

2026-04-13 13:31:52 UTC

Ctrl-K deletes all text until the end of the line.
Alas, what’s considered a line differs (MacOS):
1. Most apps use “logical lines”—they delete until the end of the complete line (which may or may not be soft-wrapped into multiple visual lines).
2. Firefox and Zed use “visual lines”—they delete until the end of a soft-wrapped line.

2026-04-13 13:23:27 UTC

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@evilpie/116391564430143523
“The Web Serial API provides a way for websites to read from and write to serial devices. These devices may be connected via a serial port, or be USB or Bluetooth devices that emulate a serial port.”
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Serial_API

2026-04-13 12:58:03 UTC

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It’s possible that Mastodon eventually gets simple account portability via domain names. Then you could even reach an account via a URL with the user’s domain.

2026-04-13 12:23:20 UTC

It’s shocking how many small businesses are still using Facebook. And Facebook is becoming increasingly hard to access for non-members.
I’m wondering what an open alternative would look like—maybe:
• Support for a few simple web pages. Maybe not even fancy layouts but only Markdown-based text (incl. tables and images).
• News updates could be provided via ActivityPub. IIRC, Mastodon has plans to let you subscribe to those via email.
Anything else?

2026-04-13 11:59:22 UTC

A bounty is currently accumulating for someone to implement scheduled #Mastodon posts (scroll to the end): https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/10088

2026-04-11 19:10:17 UTC

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Much appreciated! I really like it here.

2026-04-10 16:00:10 UTC

I’ve grown to deeply dislike AI texts and their excessive use of the pattern “not A, not B, but C”.

2026-04-09 13:09:22 UTC

What’s the least bad way of reading mainstream ebooks (which usually have DRM)? AFAICT, it’s ebooks.com(?)
Example: https://www.ebooks.com/en-de/book/346399824/chain-reaction/ijeoma-uchegbu/

2026-04-04 17:11:31 UTC

Interesting take on whether John Giannandrea “failed” at Apple: He bet on local AI – which may yet turn out to be a good thing for Apple.
https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/12/02/apple-owes-its-greatest-strength-in-ai-to-giannandrea

2026-04-03 14:17:44 UTC

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Weren’t outdoor toilets reasonably private though? One toilet in a small cabin with a door that you could at least close?
But I am aware of communal toilets in Ancient Rome where people sat next to each other, out in the open. Shudder.

2026-04-02 22:09:50 UTC

#Mastodon tip: You can search your posts via:
from:<localname>
Example (me…):
from:rauschma
In other words: neither an @ symbol nor a server name is needed.

2026-04-02 22:07:50 UTC

#Mastodon idea—plain text attachments:
• Rationale: an alternative to screenshots of text plus alt text
• The temptation is to get fancy and support (e.g.) rendered Markdown or syntax highlighting, but keeping things simple has many benefits.
Alternatively, one could increase character limits for posts but, personally, I like the limits (otherwise you may as well write a blog post). Text attachments do give you an escape hatch if you really must post a long text.

2026-04-02 15:02:10 UTC

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Guter Punkt! Wusste ich auch nicht. Habe es denen per E-Mail mitgeteilt.

2026-04-01 20:41:50 UTC

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Yes that’s what I meant:
Me: “Line breaks via backslashes are now broadly supported and reasonably convenient.”
Implied: Previously you could only use trailing double spaces for that.
Apart from them being stripped, the invisibility is also a problem IMO.

2026-04-01 18:38:07 UTC

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Good question! I don’t know.

2026-04-01 17:32:27 UTC

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Sadly, this looks a bit shady: They are basically stealing someone else’s source code.

2026-04-01 16:33:42 UTC

Gaussian Splats let you make high-resolution 3D scans of scenes and objects. This is a 27-min. non-technical overview of how they work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8yRlA7jqEQ

2026-04-01 14:14:00 UTC

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Good to know, thanks!
One more benefit of the backslash (vs. #1 above): Even with soft-wrapped text, you’re never sure where the line breaks are. Therefore, it’s good to see them clearly marked (even though that’s a bit anti-WYSIWYG).

2026-04-01 12:10:29 UTC

Petition: „Keine Macht für Oligarchen: Bundesregierung endlich runter von X“
https://weact.campact.de/petitions/keine-macht-fur-oligarchen-bundesregierung-endlich-runter-von-x

2026-03-31 23:20:27 UTC

#Markdown: I’m going back and forth on how line breaks should work:
On one hand, it’s nice if a newline at the end of a line becomes a line break:
• It fits with Markdown’s WYSIWYG philosophy.
• You can list lines without having to add extra markup (bullets or explicit line breaks).
On the other hand:
• The de-facto standard across MD dialects is to support hard-wrapped text.
• Line breaks via backslashes are now broadly supported and reasonably convenient.

2026-03-26 16:58:22 UTC

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2/ Two wishes for the future:
• Mute dialog: immediately show all options (I use the hidden ones often).
• In triple-dot menus: show an ellipsis whenever a menu command brings up a dialog.

2026-03-26 16:58:13 UTC

1/ #Mastodon: There are many nice small usability improvements for profiles in the upcoming version 4.6!
• My favorite improvement: The UI for handles has become simpler: It’s just text + help button now. This is unavoidable complexity, so you can’t really simplify.
• Always showing the full handle is great, too. Less confusing IMO.
Good writeup by @npub1404…fqef: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/a-redesign-for-profiles/

2026-03-26 16:37:08 UTC

Feature of Vivaldi browser: tab stacks
https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/tabs/tab-stacks/
These features all seem related:
• Tab stacks
• Tree-style vertical tabs: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-tab/
• Tab groups: https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/safari-tab-groups-macos/

2026-03-25 15:24:55 UTC

List of uplifting #TV shows: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTMOBtM1PJLzL7XsF1oFEbFmzXPBkNzTrR7rAgV2qC9kDE7ik7qIA23HkgJGC2gLROR3lme024FLyNe/pubhtml?gid=0&single=true

2026-03-24 16:13:16 UTC

I watch most (non-music) videos at 1.5–2 times speed. I’ve gotten so used to that that, if I ever watch someone familiar at normal speed, they sound drunk. 😀

2026-03-22 16:40:41 UTC

I always feel like the new Number.app icon is showing me the middle finger.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/273/809/026/717/891/original/238f35a29f6c17b8.jpg

2026-03-21 12:33:26 UTC

Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines
https://www.theverge.com/tech/896490/google-replace-news-headlines-in-search-canary-coal-mine-experiment

2026-03-19 21:59:27 UTC

YouTube app wish: partial downloads of playlists (e.g. the most recent 10 videos of a given playlist).
Why? Grouping downloads by playlist is convenient but playlists can grow quite large.

2026-03-15 14:50:47 UTC

The Moment a Hardcore MAGA Supporter Realized He Was Wrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tdt1hVSAmw

2026-03-12 01:16:17 UTC

“Earlier today, Temporal reached Stage 4 in the TC39 staging process, which means it will be part of the next annual ECMAScript specification (ES2026). However, you don't need to wait until then – you can use it today!”
https://bloomberg.github.io/js-blog/post/temporal/
#JavaScript

2026-03-10 20:50:26 UTC

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Excellent. Thanks for your work!

2026-03-10 19:31:46 UTC

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It may make sense to name these buttons differently. I initially thought that sending emails and copying emails was a two-step process.
Maybe:
• Copy email addresses (1–95)
• Copy email addresses (96–123)
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/206/540/579/647/876/original/a93a2c79d68c2af5.jpg

2026-03-09 23:28:19 UTC

New #JavaScript blog by Bloomberg: https://bloomberg.github.io/js-blog/

2026-03-08 19:01:47 UTC

In most operating systems, you can define “text shortcuts”—text fragments that are automatically replaced by other text fragments (with the former usually being easier to type than the latter).
MacOS text replacements (built-in): https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/replace-text-punctuation-documents-mac-mh35735/mac
Linux autokey: https://github.com/autokey/autokey
Some of mine:
&rarr ➡️ →
&times ➡️ ×
&green ➡️ 🟢 (marker in my notes)
&red ➡️ 🔴 (marker in my notes)

2026-02-28 18:01:09 UTC

#MacOS clipboard history is nice:
• Bring up Spotlight (e.g. Command-Space)
• Press Command-4 (you can also switch between Spotlight categories via tab or arrow keys)

2026-02-24 23:13:14 UTC

How “Liquid Design” Broke the iPhone and Forced Apple’s Great Reset
https://webdesignerdepot.com/how-liquid-design-broke-the-iphone-and-forced-apples-great-reset/

2026-02-22 22:34:21 UTC

Experiment: Do a picture web search for “earth and moon”.
Those images have shaped our collective impression of the distance between moon and earth.
But: The Moon is an average of about 30 Earth diameters away from Earth.
https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/moon-distance/en/

2026-02-20 21:35:24 UTC

YouTube constantly experiments with the UI (I wish they experimented more with combating AI slop and comment spam). For a while, the playback speed controls got worse, but the current iteration is the best so far.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/105/090/167/633/624/original/0d31945b29ce0c18.jpg

2026-02-20 20:26:42 UTC

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I’m still wondering what the future will look like: Is atproto ever going to be really distributed or will there only be very few “servers” (Relay + AppView)?
It’s interesting that there is now an alternative to bsky—Blacksky. But if someone on server B wants to follow someone on server A, server A has to index the follower’s PDS (otherwise, the followee doesn’t see the follower’s replies).
Is that eventually going to be solved? Is there even an interest in more distribution?

2026-02-19 16:48:40 UTC

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👍
I also find named capture groups very helpful.
( I you’re interested: My list of RegExp tips starts here: https://exploringjs.com/js/book/ch_regexps.html#tips-for-making-regular-expressions-easier-to-use )

2026-02-19 16:35:37 UTC

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Every time I use regular expressions (usually my own):
• Without insignificant whitespace (*): nearly impossible to understand.
• With insignificant whitespace: relatively easy to understand.
(*) https://exploringjs.com/js/book/ch_regexps.html#tip-insignificant-whitespace-and-line-comments-via-

2026-02-19 16:32:04 UTC

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Six tips for making #JavaScript regular expressions easier to use.
https://exploringjs.com/js/book/ch_regexps.html#tips-for-making-regular-expressions-easier-to-use

2026-02-19 16:30:25 UTC

#JavaScript—making regular expressions easier to read:
const RE_API_SIGNATURE = new RegExp(
String.raw`
^
(?<prefix>
new \x20
|
get \x20
)?
(?<name>
[
A-Z a-z 0-9 _
.
\[ \]
]+
)
`.replaceAll(/\s+/g, ''),
'v'
);
assert.equal(
String(RE_API_SIGNATURE),
String.raw`/^(?<prefix>new\x20|get\x20)?(?<name>[A-Za-z0-9_.\[\]]+)/v`
);
https://exploringjs.com/js/book/ch_regexps.html#bonus-tip-insignificant-whitespace-without-a-library

2026-02-19 15:37:10 UTC

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“You can say ‘no’ to us but only until we feel like showing things to you again.”
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/098/031/676/262/352/original/79fd4492de43e09b.jpg
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/098/032/229/881/515/original/c3c6d7e847d99305.jpg

2026-02-14 21:41:31 UTC

Interesting news from around a year ago: “Lenovo cuts the Windows tax and offers cheaper laptops with Linux pre-installed”
https://itsfoss.com/news/lenovo-cuts-windows-tax/

2026-02-13 09:22:40 UTC

Half-serious idea for a new law: Whenever there’s a button “not now”, there must also be a button “not ever“.
(I can literally feel how much tech companies don’t want you to say no. This has gotten much worse in recent years.)

2026-02-10 19:56:13 UTC

#VisualStudioCode: By default, if there is no selection and you copy or cut then the current line is copied/cut.
As a consequence, I often accidentally overwrote the contents of the clipboard.
Thankfully, the default can be changed:
"editor.emptySelectionClipboard": false

2026-02-09 22:42:01 UTC

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passing gas

2026-02-09 15:03:46 UTC

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Website ist gerade *sehr* langsam. Beschreibung des Termins:
Forderungsübergabe: Übergabe der Forderungen an die OB-Kandidat*innen und den Vertreter*innen des Stadtrats

2026-02-08 15:12:12 UTC

A Former White Supremacist Left MAGA After Jan. 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRt9e6ga8Es

2026-02-07 16:31:48 UTC

#MacOS: It’s often not possible to copy text inside a native app.
Work-around:
• Press Command-Shift-4 and select the part of the screen which contains the text.
• A UI comes up.
• Inside it, select and copy the text.
• Delete the partial screenshot via the trash can icon.
Slightly inconvenient. I’m considering buying this tool: https://textsniper.app/

2026-02-07 15:37:27 UTC

Space Based Data Centers Won’t Work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHJ8PDbCkrI

2026-01-28 18:13:50 UTC

Unicode subscript characters: They seem like a relatively random collection.
• Lowercase Greek letters: ᵦᵧᵨᵩᵪ
• Lowercase Latin letters: ᵢᵣᵤᵥₐₑₒₓⱼₕₖₗₘₙₚₛₜ
• Schwa letter: ₔ
• Digits: ₀₁₂₃₄₅₆₇₈₉
• Mathematical symbols: ₊₋₌₍₎
• Notable absence: subscript dot
If possible, it’s probably best to avoid them anyway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_subscripts_and_superscripts

2026-01-25 06:05:29 UTC

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It did!

2026-01-24 20:16:12 UTC

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Very true! My initial partial fix was to lock the screen; then the computer goes back to sleep more quickly.
However, deactivating “Wake for network access” seems to completely fix the issue. 🤞

2026-01-24 20:12:21 UTC

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The whole computer wakes up from standby/sleep – which causes the display to wake up too.

2026-01-24 09:46:39 UTC

MacOS 26 bug: My MacBook (in clamshell mode with external monitor) wakes up regularly. This has never been an issue before.
I’ve deactivated “Wake for network access”. Let’s see how it goes.

2026-01-23 08:30:14 UTC

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Sadly, for now, all we can do is rewatch old “Pigs in Space” episodes!

2026-01-23 07:10:59 UTC

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It makes fun of the trailers Marvel is currently putting out: So many characters are going to be in “Doomsday”. I would love Kermit to be in it, though!

2026-01-23 06:27:03 UTC

*Everyone* is in “Avengers: Doomsday”…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZmKPBLN7BM

2026-01-20 00:22:09 UTC

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2026-01-18 02:39:51 UTC

Continuity Camera (=iPhone as camera for Mac)—I did some experiments and it only seems to work if I do this:
1. iPhone is unlocked.
2. iPhone falls asleep.
3. Some time passes.
4. CC is activated.
I was not able to skip step 1 and 2 (= to start with a locked iPhone).
I could reconnect after disconnecting by switching CC off and on in the settings.

2026-01-17 22:27:30 UTC

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Update: Quite happy with Ecosia’s search results. With other engines I often additionally had to use Google. Not so with Ecosia.

2026-01-16 20:17:13 UTC

Multitool (think pocket knife) from Ancient Roman times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QKot2HxQJs

2026-01-14 20:20:07 UTC

One area where cell phones could still actually innovate is support for mesh networks:
• Allow people to communicate locally whenever there is no cell phone reception (during outages, in remote areas, in overcrowded areas)
• Bonus: support for peer-to-peer synchronization of data (files, contacts, notes, etc.)—e.g., between a laptop and a cellphone.

2026-01-14 04:21:07 UTC

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Good question! I don’t know.

2026-01-10 19:28:32 UTC

#Mastodon bookmarklet: Show the current post or profile on your server.
https://gist.github.com/rauschma/677544618b73dc4e3d11611e298cbe3a

2026-01-09 21:43:31 UTC

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I love the iPad mini form factor. A more portable iPad mini feels like a very appealing device to me.
I was initially worried about the closed device not fitting in my pocket but an iPad mini is almost exactly twice the size of my wallet. Thus, it shouldn’t be a problem.

2025-12-31 16:08:53 UTC

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Ich glaube mich daran zu erinnern, dass es Studien gibt, die zeigen, dass Autofahrer auch von besseren Fahrradwegen profitieren, weil es weniger Autoverkehr gibt. Damit müsste man die Änderungen der CSU eigentlich gut verkaufen können(?)

2025-12-30 16:34:51 UTC

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True! I just wanted to collect multiple pieces of data from one sheet in a spreadsheet file and add them to another sheet. Not convenient. Best approach I could think of: Open a new temporary file and use it to collect the data.

2025-12-30 16:17:53 UTC

Visual Studio Code has spoiled many data editing apps for me:
• Multiple views of the same data (by opening a file multiple times)
• Multi-cursor editing
• Searching with regular expressions
• Etc.

2025-12-29 19:00:56 UTC

It’s interesting to see the evolution of YouTube’s dialog for adding videos to playlists (iPhone app):
• First: checkboxes.
• Second: bookmark items. They work like checkboxes but the dialog disappears immediately when you click. Thus: harder to move things to the beginning of a playlist (by removing & adding again) and harder to add a video to multiple playlists.
• Third: dialog remains open when unchecking but still closes immediately when checking.

2025-12-29 17:02:18 UTC

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Interesting! Why the migration? (I’m also using Feedbin, BTW.)

2025-12-29 16:55:57 UTC

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Don’t forget about Greek letters! μνημονικός
Interesting details: As far as I can tell, the Greeks seem to pronounce the m (μ) whereas Americans don’t.

2025-12-29 16:51:16 UTC

“Why do people support Trump?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELYpvrrlXv8
It’s not about making excuses but about understanding what happened.
The good news is that, for many, the spell seems to be breaking.

2025-12-28 15:30:09 UTC

Question for native English speakers: Can you dictate the word “mnemonic“ to your iPhone?

2025-12-28 14:50:27 UTC

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Thanks for pointing this out!

2025-12-27 21:37:12 UTC

In some ways, AI brings a modus operandi to the digit world that we have long had in the physical word (food, clothes, furniture, appliances, etc.):
Producing stuff cheaply, with a low quality and without thinking about the resulting pollution.

2025-12-27 16:43:51 UTC

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Good question!
I’m not aware of anything that already exists. Doing this well will be difficult—especially if subcommands are involved: Positional arguments are handled in various ways, each subcommand accepts different options, etc.
So far, I have simply logged a de-indented tagged template to the console. But I have yet to look at any of the CLI frameworks—e.g.:
https://github.com/bloomberg/stricli/
https://oclif.io/