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SEC Commissioner on Banning Bitcoin: ‘It’s Very Difficult to Ban Peer-to-Peer Technology’
25.4.2021
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce believes that the U.S. government cannot ban bitcoin, stating that “it’s very difficult to ban something that’s essentially a peer-to-peer technology.” The commissioner is hopeful that with the new chairman who has deep knowledge of bitcoin...
Eliminating five top compatibility pain points on the web
23.4.2021
Robert Nyman and Philip Jägenstedt:
Google is working with other browser vendors and industry partners to fix the top five browser compatibility pain points for web developers. The areas of focus are CSS Flexbox, CSS Grid, position: sticky, 
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Gemini users can now buy Bitcoin with Apple Pay and Google Pay
23.4.2021
Gemini crypto exchange has integrated deposits via Apple Pay and Google Pay to simplify crypto purchases
Using New Gatsby Source WordPress Plugin
23.4.2021
In my previous article, I discussed how I learned to create a decoupled WordPress powered Gatsby site using the Gatsby Source WPGraphQL plugin. The project was done following the ongoing developmental version of WPGraphQL and an excellent tutorial by Henrik …
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Text That Sometimes Turns to Emojis
22.4.2021
There are some Unicode characters that some browsers just decide they are going to turn into emojis for you. I couldn’t tell you why exactly, but here’s what I see:
Chrome on the left. Safari in the simulator on top…
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The Almost-Complete Guide to Cumulative Layout Shift
22.4.2021
Here’s Jess B. Peck writing all about Google’s Core Web Vitals:
Let’s step back one. CLS is when you’re about to click on a link, and the whole page shifts and you click on a different link instead. It’s when
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Tools to Improve UX and Win Over Your Customers
22.4.2021
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An enjoyable user experience and high conversion rates go hand-in-hand. It makes sense then, that if you want to improve conversion rates, your first task is to improve user experience.
To improve UX, deeply understanding …
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The Making (and Potential Benefits) of a CSS Font
22.4.2021
Not a typical one, at least. Each character is an HTML element, built with CSS. A true web font!
Let me elaborate. This is a way to render text without using any font at all. Random text is split with …
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Canaan to Ship 11,760 Next-Generation Bitcoin Miners to a US-Listed Firm, CAN Shares Jump 11%
22.4.2021
On April 21, the bitcoin mining rig manufacturer Canaan announced the firm will be supplying 11,760 next-generation A1246 ASIC Avalonminers to a company called Mawson Infrastructure Group. The announcement notes that the mining units will be dispersed among Mawson’s bitcoin mining operations...
Still Hoping for Better Native Page Transitions
22.4.2021
It sure would be nice to be able to animate the transition between pages if we want to on the web, at least without resorting to hacks or full-blown architecture choices just to achieve it. Some kind of API that …
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Sticky Headers: 5 Ways to Make Them Better
21.4.2021
Page Laubheimer says that if you’re going to do a sticky header…
Keep it small.
Visually contrast it with the rest of the page.
If it’s going to move, keep it minimal. (I’d say, respect prefers-reduced-motion.)
Consider “partially persistent
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How to Add a Double Border to SVG Shapes
21.4.2021
Let’s say someone asks you to add a double border to some random geometric SVG shapes. For some reason, you can’t use any graphic editor — they need to be generated at runtime — so you have to solve it …
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Governments can stop Bitcoin by shutting down mining, says Electric Capital exec
20.4.2021
"If the U.S. stopped all the U.S. miners, Kazakstan stopped all the miners there — that kind of shuts down 80-90% of the hashrate pretty quickly," said Curtis Spencer
Intrinsic Typography is the Future of Styling Text on the Web
20.4.2021
The way we style text hasn’t changed much over the years. There have been numerous advancements to help make things more flexible, like layouts, but in terms of styling, most finite aspects of our designs, like text, remain relatively unchanged. …
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Say Hello to CSS Container Queries
20.4.2021
Container queries are finally here! Now available behind a flag in the latest version of Chrome Canary, you can go ahead and experiment to your heart’s content. Oh, and if you’re not familiar with container queries then check out …
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Morgan Stanley Says Central Bank Digital Currencies Not a Threat to Cryptocurrencies
20.4.2021
Major investment bank Morgan Stanley believes that central bank digital currencies are not a threat to the existence of cryptocurrencies. The bank believes that both types of digital currencies can coexist because they serve different purposes and have different appeals. Cryptocurrencies and CBDCs...
How to Improve CSS Performance
19.4.2021
There is no doubt that CSS plays a huge role in web performance. Milica Mihajlija puts a point on exactly why:
When there is CSS available for a page, whether it’s inline or an external stylesheet, the browser delays rendering
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When demos can radically expand your game's discoverability
19.4.2021
But also... many don't help much at all!
Float an Element to the Bottom Corner
19.4.2021
Need to lay out an element to the right or the left, such that text wraps around it? That’s an easy task for the float property. But what about if you also want to push that element (let’s call it …
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Some Previously Banned Players Can Now Compete In Counter-Strike Events
17.4.2021
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has changed its rules for competitive players who’ve been banned for violations of Valve’s Anti-Cheat system. Previously, those bans were permanent; now, players who’ve been banned for VAC violations in the past can compete in Valve-sponsored events under specific...