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CSS-Tricks is joining DigitalOcean!
15.3.2022
Hey hey!
I’ve got a big announcement to make here. (Where’s my gong? I feel like this really needs a good gong hit.)
CSS-Tricks, this very website you’re looking at, has been acquired by DigitalOcean!
You can hear …
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Warren Spector Thinks NFTs are 'Ridiculous' And Not A Good Idea
13.3.2022
Remember NFTs? Y’know, those weird digital receipts vaguely attached to terrible-looking images of monkeys and apes that people have spent millions of dollars on over the last year or so. Well, while it seems many have moved on, Warren Spector is here to remind us all that they are still very...
Sunday Comics: Good Idea
13.3.2022
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon.Read more
Crypto Industry Welcomes Biden’s Executive Order — Expert Says ‘It’s About as Good as We Could Ask’
10.3.2022
Many people in the crypto industry welcome President Joe Biden’s executive order on crypto. A crypto regulatory expert says, “It’s about as good as we could ask.” Another sees the order as the federal government viewing “cryptocurrency as a legitimate, serious...
Pakistan’s Central Bank Sees Few Good Use Cases for Crypto Citing ‘a Lot of Misuses’ Worldwide
9.3.2022
The central bank of Pakistan does not see many good use cases for crypto. However, the regulator cites “a lot of misuses” of cryptocurrency around the world, “including human rights violations, trafficking of people, money laundering, and many other things.” Pakistani...
Report: LBMA Asks 6 Russian Gold Refiners if They Have Ties to Sanctioned Entities
7.3.2022
The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) said it wants six accredited Russian gold refiners to clarify if they have commercial ties with sanctioned Russian entities. The association’s request comes a few days after it revoked the membership of three sanctioned Russian banks. LBMA...
US Lawmakers Working on Policy to Open Crypto Markets to Institutional Investors, Says Kevin O’Leary
6.3.2022
Kevin O’Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, has revealed that a group of U.S. lawmakers is working on a policy to open crypto markets to institutional investors. “The good news is they are all over it and agree there is tremendous opportunity once they pass policy,” said O’Leary....
Bitcoin a 'good bet' if Fed continues easing to avoid a recession — analyst
3.3.2022
The statement appears as Jerome Powell keeps the door open for a 0.5% rate hike in the summer and Fitch Ratings warn about a major slash in the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP)
7 Fresh Links on Performance For March 2022
2.3.2022
I have a handful of good links to articles about performance that are burning a hole in my bookmarks folder, and wanna drop them here to share.
The new WebPageTest website design
From fonts to SVG: an icon migration strategy
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Starlink Terminals Arrive in Ukraine as Elon Musk Makes Good on Promise
2.3.2022
Spacex has managed to deliver Starlink equipment to Ukraine as promised by its founder, Elon Musk. The hardware will provide access to high-speed internet for users in the country, which has been experiencing disruptions in communications as a result of Russia’s military invasion. Ukrainians...
Web Component Pseudo-Classes and Pseudo-Elements are Easier Than You Think
28.2.2022
We’ve discussed a lot about the internals of using CSS in this ongoing series on web components, but there are a few special pseudo-elements and pseudo-classes that, like good friends, willingly smell your possibly halitotic breath before you go …
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Seizure of Bitfinex funds is a reminder that crypto is no good for money launderers
26.2.2022
Law enforcement’s robust capacity to follow the money on the blockchain is good news for the crypto industry
Remedy's New Shooter Is More Call Of Duty Than Control, But Not In A Good Way
18.2.2022
I really, really wanted to like Catalyst, the new campaign developed by Remedy Entertainment and released for free-to-play shooter CrossfireX earlier this month. Remedy, the developer behind great games like Control and Alan Wake, is one of my favorite out there, and while I wasn’t thrilled about...
Plus: why Total War: Warhammer III got review bombed
18.2.2022
But it's still doing good!
Hollywood Star Ryan Reynolds on Crypto: ‘It’s Emerging as a Huge Player’
17.2.2022
Famous actor Ryan Reynolds says crypto is “emerging as a huge, huge player.” The Hollywood star added that “companies are doing a good job of bringing it into a sort of safer, more mainstream light.” Ryan Reynolds Sees Crypto as a Huge Player Hollywood actor Ryan...
GSAP Flip Plugin for Animation
15.2.2022
Greensock made the GSAP Flip plugin free in the 3.9 release. FLIP is an animation concept that helps make super performance state-change animations. Ryan Mulligan has a good blog post:
FLIP, coined by Paul Lewis, is an
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Horizon Forbidden West Reviews Say It's Really Good (And Really Familiar)
15.2.2022
The embargo for Horizon Forbidden West has lifted, which means reviews have dropped before the game launches on February 18. Our review praised the game for its many improvements, including overhauling the rather uninventive climbing puzzles. And the wider critical consensus suggests that this...
This AI Generates Fake New Pokémon, And It's Actually Pretty Good
14.2.2022
A machine-learning engineer has harnessed a powerful machine-learning technology to develop a web application that lets you create images of fake pocket monsters. The results are hilarious, and I love how simple the tool is.Read more
Good News, Horizon Forbidden West Plays Fine And Still Looks Beautiful On Base PS4
14.2.2022
I was ready for Horizon Forbidden West to be a big disappointment on base PS4s. The game is a technical marvel in so many ways on PS5, and developer Guerilla Games hadn’t been showing off a ton of last-gen footage. Surely it would suffer on Sony’s old hardware. Not so. While a clear downgrade,...
The Market-Defying Rise of Near Protocol (NEAR) Could Be a Good Sign Ahead of Seesaw Protocol (SSW) Presale
9.2.2022
The cryptocurrency market has endured its fair share of ups and downs and can be a notoriously volatile place. After a months-long bull run at the back end of 2021, the market dipped considerably. This continued into the new year, with the first 10 days of January seeing Bitcoin (BTC) dropping...