When opening links in newsboat Firefox will steal the focus, even though it's in another screen. That's annoying, and I'd like to open a bunch of links from newsboat, and then go to Firefox to see them. But since Firefox steals the focus, I need to switch to another window and switch back to newsboat to keep reading.

The solution is to set "browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground" to true in Firefox.

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Nov 10, 2021, 18:14

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Nov 10, 2021, 18:14

Nov 10, 2021, 18:14

Beto Dealmeida @beto@2c.taoetc.org

Monopoly was originally satire

gemini://taoetc.org/monopoly_was_originally_satire/index.gmi
https://blog.taoetc.org/monopoly_was_originally_satire/index.html

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Nov 10, 2021, 05:03

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Nov 10, 2021, 05:03

Nov 10, 2021, 05:03

Beto Dealmeida @beto@2c.taoetc.org

My story with the command line interface, from 1998 to today

gemini://taoetc.org/thoughts_on_the_command_line_interface/index.gmi
https://blog.taoetc.org/thoughts_on_the_command_line_interface/index.html

**Beto Dealmeida** · Nov 10, 2021, 02:42

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**mhoye** @mhoye@mastodon.social · Nov 10, 2021, 02:42

Nov 10, 2021, 02:42

mhoye @mhoye@mastodon.social

Seriously, the Chrome team just landed a patch that lets sites block "View Source" _right in the middle_ of the Chrome Dev Summit.

https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/3260807

https://developer.chrome.com/devsummit/

**Beto Dealmeida** · Nov 09, 2021, 22:20

Beto Dealmeida boosted

**Louisa** @Louisa@mastodon.xyz · Nov 09, 2021, 22:20

Nov 09, 2021, 22:20

Louisa @Louisa@mastodon.xyz

A website selling soap: your password is WEAK, you should try again with capital letters and lower case letters and numbers and special characters and no English words

My literal bank: whoa whoa whoa, you can't put special characters in your password! Who do you think you are, the Riddler

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Nov 09, 2021, 16:53

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Nov 09, 2021, 16:53

Nov 09, 2021, 16:53

Beto Dealmeida @beto@2c.taoetc.org

Apple used to get Fitts's Law (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts's_law) so well in early Mac OS.

Now I have 2 displays organized one on top of the other. When a window in the bottom display is maximized and I need to access its menu I need to play this stupid game of "hover over the 1px boundary between the screens".

**Beto Dealmeida** · Nov 08, 2021, 23:33

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**Devin Prater** @devinprater@devin.masto.host · Nov 08, 2021, 23:33

Nov 08, 2021, 23:33

Devin Prater @devinprater@devin.masto.host

I heard that System76 are making their own desktop environment. Does anyone know an email address to contact them about its accessibility, since its so early in the project? I tried putting in a ticket but I couldn't log in, even after resetting my password.

#a11y #accessibility #boosts_welcome

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Nov 06, 2021, 00:47

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Nov 06, 2021, 00:47

Nov 06, 2021, 00:47

Beto Dealmeida @beto@2c.taoetc.org

If you send me a commercial email saying "we miss you" I'll unsubscribe faster than the speed of light.

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Nov 05, 2021, 02:17

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Nov 05, 2021, 02:17

Nov 05, 2021, 02:17

Beto Dealmeida @beto@2c.taoetc.org

Thoughts on all the "old" software I've been using lately

gemini://taoetc.org/old_software/index.gmi
https://blog.taoetc.org/old_software/index.html

**Beto Dealmeida** · Nov 04, 2021, 20:22

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**Rob van den Berg** @rghvdberg@sonomu.club · Nov 04, 2021, 20:22

Nov 04, 2021, 20:22

Rob van den Berg @rghvdberg@sonomu.club

New challenge is up :
Libre Music Challenge #14 : Guitarix

Let's explore the wonderful application and plugin suite Guitarix
Read https://guitarix.org/ if you aren't that familiar with the plugins (like me :wink: )
Make a track using any number of Guitarix / GxPlugins.lv2 as you see fit.

more info https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=23781

boosts appreciated

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Nov 03, 2021, 18:26

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Nov 03, 2021, 18:26

Nov 03, 2021, 18:26

Beto Dealmeida @beto@2c.taoetc.org

More on the topic: https://medium.com/@timothy_downs/how-many-requests-can-be-served-per-second-from-one-square-meter-of-sunlight-675db9d0c819

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**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Nov 02, 2021, 23:21

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Nov 02, 2021, 23:21

Nov 02, 2021, 23:21

Beto Dealmeida @beto@2c.taoetc.org

Thinking about setting up my website on a Raspberry Pi running on solar power like this: https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/01/how-sustainable-is-a-solar-powered-website.html

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Nov 01, 2021, 17:42

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Nov 01, 2021, 17:42

Nov 01, 2021, 17:42

Beto Dealmeida @beto@2c.taoetc.org

I gave a talk about Shillelagh (https://github.com/betodealmeida/shillelagh/) last month, and I gave the exact same reasons for learning and using SQL!

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**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Nov 01, 2021, 17:41

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Nov 01, 2021, 17:41

Nov 01, 2021, 17:41

Beto Dealmeida @beto@2c.taoetc.org

"SQL is a mature standard, well established, well known, easy to learn, and declarative."

https://preset.io/blog/reshaping-data-engineering/

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Oct 30, 2021, 05:07

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Oct 30, 2021, 05:07

Oct 30, 2021, 05:07

Beto Dealmeida @beto@2c.taoetc.org

Setting up NextCloud for a friend (and myself)

gemini://taoetc.org/backing_up_photos_automatically/index.gmi
https://blog.taoetc.org/backing_up_photos_automatically/index.html

**Beto Dealmeida** · Oct 28, 2021, 08:02

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**Piggo 🌻** @piggo@piggo.space · Oct 28, 2021, 08:02

Oct 28, 2021, 08:02

Piggo 🌻 @piggo@piggo.space

i dont remember where i stole this clip from but its perfect

c59e2ea3d79c903411e2fe4bf2d623d3d0a03a0ad73efef140c3babdbb90c55c.mp4

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Oct 27, 2021, 01:31

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Oct 27, 2021, 01:31

Oct 27, 2021, 01:31

Beto Dealmeida @beto@2c.taoetc.org

Running a secure/private OS on an old laptop

gemini://taoetc.org/exploring_qubes_os/index.gmi
https://blog.taoetc.org/exploring_qubes_os/index.html

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Oct 26, 2021, 02:31

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Oct 26, 2021, 02:31

Oct 26, 2021, 02:31

Beto Dealmeida @beto@2c.taoetc.org

Saving my blog to archive.org every time there's a new post

gemini://taoetc.org/hosting_a_website_for_500_years/index.gmi
https://blog.taoetc.org/hosting_a_website_for_500_years/index.html

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Oct 25, 2021, 22:54

**Beto Dealmeida** @beto@2c.taoetc.org · Oct 25, 2021, 22:54

Oct 25, 2021, 22:54

Beto Dealmeida @beto@2c.taoetc.org

Saving my blog to archive.org every time there's a new post

gemini://taoetc.org/hosting_a_website_for_500_years/index.gmi
https://blog.taoetc.org/hosting_a_website_for_500_years/index.html

**Beto Dealmeida** · Oct 22, 2021, 04:21

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**Adrian Cochrane** @alcinnz@floss.social · Oct 22, 2021, 04:21

Oct 22, 2021, 04:21

Adrian Cochrane @alcinnz@floss.social

I've just finished writing the initial draft of HTMLite! Went through and added links to all the other specifications I cited! Whilst incorporating some other feedback I've received. Added a new appendix to hold duplicates of all those links.

I'm sure there's plenty of cleanup and proof-reading left (any cryptographers want to fix my <keygen> specification?), but I'll back off for a bit now in favor of others.

#weblite