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How to Open a Tor Brave Window from Command Line
6.2.2023
I love the Brave web browser for many reasons: ad blocking, Brave rewards, crypto integration, and even a Tor tab feature. I’ll often use the Tor feature but wanted to know how I could automated opening Tor windows from command line. To open a Brave Tor tab, you can use the following command:...
Market Strategist Predicts Gold Will Be the Top Performer in 2023 Over Cryptocurrencies and Equities
5.2.2023
Gareth Soloway, president and chief market strategist at inthemoneystocks.com, predicts that gold will outperform cryptocurrencies and equity performances in 2023. In an interview published Thursday, Soloway emphasized his belief that “gold will be the best performer” this year...
How to Open an App from Anywhere on Mac Command Line
31.1.2023
Many engineers like myself live in the command line, and perform actions from command line that most others would click an icon for. I’ve always found opening apps from command line on Macs painful. You need to references the Applications directory, add .app to the name, etc. I just want...
How to Create a Diff of Two Images
30.1.2023
When I was a child, I loved looking for Waldo in the “Where’s Waldo?” book series. These days I’m a sucker for TMZ’s “What’s the Big Frigin Difference” images, where TMZ slightly changes an image and you have to spot the differences between the two....
Market Strategist Warns of ‘Blood’ on February 1 Ahead of Fed Meeting
29.1.2023
Stocks, precious metals, and cryptocurrencies rallied during the first month of the year, and market strategists are saying that markets could retract in the near future if the U.S. Federal Reserve keeps hiking rates and maintaining a broader tightening policy. In three days, on Feb. 1, 2023,...
5 Web Design Trends for 2023 That You Should Pay Attention To (Sponsored)
17.1.2023
The start of a new year is usually a time when we start looking for ways to make something a little better. That something could be our life, work, or what we produce. Web designers, for example, might look for ways to make their designs more interesting or effective. In this post we will focus...
fetch with Timeout
16.1.2023
A few years back I wrote a blog post about how write a fetch Promise that times out. The function was effective but the code wasn’t great, mostly because AbortController , which allows you to cancel a fetch Promise, did not yet exist. With AbortController and AbortSignal available...
Česká státní správa už 20 let přechází na doménu gov.cz. Tentokrát to ale vyjde, slibuje Bartoš
13.1.2023
Píše se rok 2003 a tehdejší – dnes již zrušené – ministerstvo informatiky představuje portal.gov.cz. Portál veřejné správy, který se měl stát rozcestníkem pro občany, kteří se chtějí z první ruky získat informace z úřadů a jiných orgánů veřejné moci.
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Here's how to quickly spot a deepfake crypto scam — cybersecurity execs
13.1.2023
The fast-paced nature of the crypto markets means investors are under massive pressure to quickly verify whether a video message is authentic or not
Customizing HTML Form Validation
9.1.2023
Form validation has always been my least favorite part of web development. You need to duplicate validation on both client and server sides, handle loads of events, and worry about form element styling. To aid form validation, the HTML spec added some new form attributes like required and pattern...
Celebs who got burned endorsing crypto and those that got away with it
4.1.2023
Screen actors and sports stars copped most of the backlash for 2022’s crypto endorsements, while soccer legends appear to have gotten away with it
How to Determine a JavaScript Promise’s Status
3.1.2023
Promises have changed the landscape of JavaScript. Many old APIs have been reincarnated to use Promises (XHR to fetch, Battery API), while new APIs trend toward Promises. Developers can use async/await to handle promises, or then/catch/finally with callbacks, but what Promises don’t tell...
Detect XR Support with JavaScript
2.1.2023
A few years ago I wrote an article about how to detect VR support with JavaScript. Since that time, a whole lot has changed. “Augmented reality” became a thing and terminology has moved to “XR”, instead of VR or AR. As such, the API has needed to evolve. The presence...
'Crypto winter' won't end in 2023 — Bitcoin advocate David Marcus
31.12.2022
It will be "another tough year" for crypto in the wake of the FTX scandal, suggests the former Meta executive turned Bitcoin Lightning Network advocate
Document.elementFromPoint
30.12.2022
Reacting to events with JavaScript is the foundation of a dynamic experiences on the web. Whether it’s a click event or another typical action, responding to that action is important. We started with assigning events to specific elements, then moved to event delegation for efficiency, but...
Detect Browser Bars Visibility with JavaScript
30.12.2022
It’s one thing to know about what’s in the browser document, it’s another to have insight as to the user’s browser itself. We’ve gotten past detecting which browser the user is using, and we’re now into knowing what pieces of the browser UI users are seeing....
JavaScript print Events
30.12.2022
Media queries provide a great way to programmatically change behavior depending on viewing state. We can target styles to device, pixel ratio, screen size, and even print. That said, it’s also nice to have JavaScript events that also allow us to change behavior. Did you know you’re...
How to Control CSS Animations with JavaScript
27.12.2022
When it comes to animations on the web, developers need to measure the animation’s requirements with the right technology — CSS or JavaScript. Many animations are manageable with CSS but JavaScript will always provide more control. With document.getAnimations, however, you can...
Silver and Gold — Precious Metals Stored Value This Year Outperforming Crypto Assets in 2022
26.12.2022
Gold prices are ending the year a hair below the values recorded 12 months ago. Statistics on Dec. 26, 2021, show the U.S. dollar value per ounce of gold was $1,810 per unit, and today gold is $1,797 per ounce. Silver, on the other hand, managed to increase a hair in value since last year, […]
Detecting Fonts Ready
26.12.2022
Knowing when resources are loaded is a key part of building functional, elegant websites. We’re used to using the DOMContentLoaded event (commonly referred to as “domready”) but did you know there’s an event that tells you when all fonts have loaded? Let’s learn how...