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How Web Content Can Affect Power Usage
18.9.2019
Because we know that all people with battery-powered devices are constantly concerned about their battery levels, and that websites are significant consumers of that battery power, we should probably think about this stuff a lot more than we do.
I'd expect the browser itself to be our main ally...
WDRL — Edition 273: Elegant Simplification, Power Usage of Web Content, and Native JavaScript Modules.
30.8.2019
Hey,
how can we build better web experiences? There are likely more things about it than I could list in this short introduction paragraph but here are a few examples from this week’s reading list. First, we can build simpler interfaces, not add new elements or new features and to ensure this,...
90% of Bitcoin Usage is Speculation — 10% Transactions, Says Luno CEO
26.8.2019
Bitcoin is mostly used for speculation and investment on Luno, the CEO reveals
Crypto in Venezuela: Daily Usage and 'Seamless' Bitcoin Transactions
29.7.2019
Though she doesn’t know how many people use cryptocurrency in Venezuela exactly, those who do use it, go through a seamless process, according to Jill Carlson, co-founder of the research-oriented, non-profit organization Open Money Initiative.
Carlson herself got interested in cryptocurrency...
Police Bust Chinese Bitcoin Mining Farm After Surge in Power Usage
14.7.2019
Police confiscated over 4,000 mining devices in a 20 person bust
House Reps Question FinCEN Director on Libra’s Potential for Illegal Usage
28.6.2019
Members of House Committee on Financial Services questioned FinCEN Director Kenneth Blanco on potential illegal usage of Libra
Latin America and Turkey Have the Most Cryptocurrency Users, Poll Shows
18.6.2019
Cryptocurrency usage has been expanding globally and a new survey confirms that trend. The poll conducted by Statista shows that the citizens of troubled countries tend to exploit the benefits of decentralized digital money far more readily than the citizens of thriving nations. Also read:...
Zcash Price Analysis: A Command Line Version of Paper Wallet Out for Usage
14.6.2019
Interestingly, Zcash Foundation has announced for the live streaming of the Zcash Conference “Zcon1” over various digital platforms. According to the foundation, the streaming will help in adding new users and will help in enriching their understanding of the altcoin. Additionally, a major...
Reports Reveal An Increase In Litecoin Onchain Usage
27.5.2019
Since early 2019, several metrics have begun flatlining indicating the potential support floor and the interest of the network users. From the start of May, however, the interest began to grow overall, based on the data provided by BitInfoCharts. Litecoin Onchain usage is growing as transaction...
CSS Algorithms
6.3.2019
I wouldn't say the term "CSS algorithm" has widespread usage yet, but I think Lara Schenck might be onto something. She defines it as:
a well-defined declaration or set of declarations that produces a specific styling output
So a CSS algorithm isn't really a component where there is some parent...
Mask Compositing: The Crash Course
2.3.2019
At the start of 2018, as I was starting to go a bit deeper into CSS gradient masking in order to create interesting visuals one would think are impossible otherwise with just a single element and a tiny bit of CSS, I learned about a property that had previously been completely unknown to...
Text Wrapping & Inline Pseudo Elements
27.2.2019
I love posts like this. It's just about adding a little icon to the end of certain links, but it ends up touching on a million things along the way. I think this is an example of why some people find front-end fun and some people rather dislike it.
Things involved:
Cool [attribute] selectors that...
What We Want from Grid
27.2.2019
We felt spoiled with CSS grid for a minute there. It arrived hot and fast in all the major browsers all at once. Now that we're seeing a lot more usage, we're seeing people want more from grid.
Michelle Barker lists hers wants (and I'll put my commentary after):
Styling row and column gaps. I've...
Git Checkout at Previous Timeframe
9.1.2019
In the past I’ve blogged about checking out branches created on a specific date as well as sorting git branches by date, but one frequent usage of git and dates is checking out a commit at a given time in the past. For example, I often say “Weird, this feature was working a month...
10 Node Frameworks to Use in 2019
28.11.2018
Introduction
More developers have switched to using JavaScript to build more applications, especially for the web. This has brought about an exponential growth in the usage of frameworks b
Don’t just copy the @font-face out of Google Fonts URLs
19.6.2018
I don't think this is an epidemic or anything, but I've seen it done a few times and even advocated for. This is what I mean...
You go to Google Fonts and pick a font like Open Sans, and it gives you either a <link> or an @import with a URL there in which to ready this font for usage...
Just a Couple’a Fun Typography Links
22.5.2018
Marcin Wichary made an incredible demo exploring "segmented type" as in, the kind you might see on a display like a microwave, but scaling up in complexity from there.
"Datalegreya is a typeface which can interweave data curves with text."
Airbnb commissions their own new font, Cereal (complete...
Set a Default Push Remote with git
27.3.2018
During my early days of git usage, my config allowed me to simply type git push instead of git push {origin} {branch_name} which I need to now. Up until recently I needed to type out the long version…(I know)…which was incredibly annoying because I like using detailed branch names....