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Husband, Father, PHP Developer. Lover of Star Trek and anime.

Looking for other things to do, such as writing, acting, voice acting, but not really finding the time for it. Maybe when my kids are a little older, I'll get back on stage.

I'm also starting to learn Go. I think it's time to expand my programming skillset a bit more.

Feel free to follow. I may follow back if we seem to have similar interests.

#BlackLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights #StayWoke

Other interests: #Parenting #StarTrek #Writing #Theater #anime #PHP #golang #Programming #WebDevelopment #genealogy #ScienceFiction

Links: links.danielrayjones.com

Mastodon account: fosstodon.org/@danjones000

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Dan Jones shared 5 months ago

tante

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I fully switched to Firefox a few months ago when Google kept on pushing their "Manifest V3" Chrome policy, now that they continue to push it and remove V2 (and with it meaningful adblockers) from Chrome in 2024 maybe you want to start migrating as well?

https://developer.chrome.com/en/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3/

Don't go to Brave btw. It's a shit company that keeps doing shady stuff and is run by a homophobe. There are so many browsers, just pick one. (Whether other Chromium-based browsers will keep an interface for effective customization for users around is for you to research. Just use Firefox TBH).

Resuming the transition to Manifest V3 - Chrome for Developers Chrome for Developers

Dan Jones shared 5 months ago

Cookie Mumbles

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The doctor will see you now

Dan Jones shared 5 months ago

kottke.org

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Cars are fucking dumb. Replace cars with bats! https://kottke.org/23/11/replace-carswith-bats

Replace Cars….With Bats? kottke.org

Dan Jones shared 5 months ago

Dan

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The evolution of trash icons on Windows with the X logo being the most recent.

Dan Jones shared 5 months ago

Star Trek Minus Context

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It's the weekend, baby
#StarTrek

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Voyager scene. Seven of Nine (tertiary adjunct of unimatrix 01) is pictured. She has a metal robotic implant around her left eye because she is a borgs. Closed caption reads, "Fun will now commence."

Dan Jones shared 5 months ago

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I’m at the station and the train conductors… are playing trains 😂🚇

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Inside the ticket gates (which can be seen in the background) four men in train station uniforms are setting up a large model train set.

Dan Jones shared 5 months ago

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2850. Doctor's Office

title text: "The police told me I can't be a doctor, but whenever they show up I just go into the Google Maps settings page I found and change the house to 'Police Headquarters' and then they have to do what I say."

(https://xkcd.com/2850)
(https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2850)

2850: Doctor's Office - explain xkcd www.explainxkcd.com

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4 panel comic.

1. No hair approaches a person in a beret and lab coat sitting at a desk. Beret says "Welcome to the doctor! We're like librarians, but for your bones and blood."

2. No hair has a probe in their mouth leading to a device held by Beret. Beret says "Uh-oh! This beeper says you're too hot. You should eat some of these little snacks that make you colder."

3. Beret is holding a pen and no hair is holding a clipboard. Beret says "We can make holes in you, but you have to fill out this form first." No hair replies "This is a New York Times crossword." Beret replies "Don't worry, it's a Monday, so it's not too hard."

4. No hair is watching Beret use a dolly to move a large device labeled MRI. No hair says "This is a doctor's office, right?" Beret replies "Yeah! It used to be my house, but I found the setting on google maps to change it. Hey, wanna help find out what this box does? I it's loud!" — *Caption*

4 panel comic. 1. No hair approaches a person in a beret and lab coat sitting at a desk. Beret says "Welcome to the doctor! We're like librarians, but for your bones and blood." 2. No hair has a probe in their mouth leading to a device held by Beret. Beret says "Uh-oh! This beeper says you're too hot. You should eat some of these little snacks that make you colder." 3. Beret is holding a pen and no hair is holding a clipboard. Beret says "We can make holes in you, but you have to fill out this form first." No hair replies "This is a New York Times crossword." Beret replies "Don't worry, it's a Monday, so it's not too hard." 4. No hair is watching Beret use a dolly to move a large device labeled MRI. No hair says "This is a doctor's office, right?" Beret replies "Yeah! It used to be my house, but I found the setting on google maps to change it. Hey, wanna help find out what this box does? I it's loud!"

Dan Jones shared 5 months ago

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2852. Parameterball

title text: The ball's density also varies, but players don't learn the value until after choosing their raquets. The infamous 'bowling ball table tennis' region of the parameter space often leads to equipment damage.

(https://xkcd.com/2852)
(https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2852)

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Single panel comic divided in 4 quadrants.

Upper left: Two people holding tennis sized rackets face each other on opposite sides of a net with a ball bouncing from one side to the other. The court is about 1.5 times their height in width and 3 times their height in length. The net is about the same height as the people and the ball is easily larger than their heads.

Upper right: Far away image of two people holding rackets on a very large court (5 times their height in width and 10 times in length) with a net of a similar height to the people. The ball is about the size of a tennis ball.

Lower left: Two people holding ping-pong sized paddles face each other across a standard square table meant to seat four people. There is a very short net dividing it in half. The ball is the size of ping-pong ball.

Lower right: Two people holding tennis sized rackets face each other divided by a net 2 times their height. The court is also 2 times their height in both length and width. One of the players is attempting to avoid being crushed by a giant ball with a diameter equal to the height of the people.

Lower caption: Parameterball is a racket game divided into four quarters, with ball size, court size, and net height randomized each quarter. — *Caption*

Single panel comic divided in 4 quadrants. Upper left: Two people holding tennis sized rackets face each other on opposite sides of a net with a ball bouncing from one side to the other. The court is about 1.5 times their height in width and 3 times their height in length. The net is about the same height as the people and the ball is easily larger than their heads. Upper right: Far away image of two people holding rackets on a very large court (5 times their height in width and 10 times in length) with a net of a similar height to the people. The ball is about the size of a tennis ball. Lower left: Two people holding ping-pong sized paddles face each other across a standard square table meant to seat four people. There is a very short net dividing it in half. The ball is the size of ping-pong ball. Lower right: Two people holding tennis sized rackets face each other divided by a net 2 times their height. The court is also 2 times their height in both length and width. One of the players is attempting to avoid being crushed by a giant ball with a diameter equal to the height of the people. Lower caption: Parameterball is a racket game divided into four quarters, with ball size, court size, and net height randomized each quarter.

Dan Jones shared 5 months ago

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Google announced that starting in June 2024, ad blockers such as uBlock Origin #uBO will be disabled in Chrome 127 and later with the rollout of Manifest V3 (#Mv3).

The new #Chrome manifest will prevent using custom filters and stops on demand updates of blocklist. Only #Google authorized updates to browser extension will be allowed in the future, which mean an automatic win for Google in their battle to stop YouTube #AdBlockers .

#ManifestV3 is deceitful and threatening to your privacy, and now is a good time to switch to #Firefox (@mozilla) and/or #TorBrowser (@torproject) if you haven't done so already!

EFF (@eff) on Google’s Manifest V3:

⚠️⁠https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chrome-users-beware-manifest-v3-deceitful-and-threatening
⚠️⁠https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/googles-manifest-v3-still-hurts-privacy-security-innovation

Chrome Manifest V3 Transition Timeline (2023-11-16)

🚩⁠https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3/

EDIT for clarification: MV3 in Chrome will still allow some ad blocking extensions, but will severely limit their blocking ability and even restricts pre-set filters to 50 MAX.

Google’s Manifest V3 Still Hurts Privacy, Security, and Innovation Electronic Frontier Foundation

Dan Jones shared 5 months ago

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@Qato little known fact: within the PokeBall, Pokemon are covered in a thick layer of amniotic fluid

Dan Jones shared 5 months ago

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PSA for cis people (and others, actually)

stop telling trans people "I'm using dude, bro, guys, sis, etc. In a gender neutral way"

Start saying: "What terms feel comfortable for you? How would you like me to refer to you or groups that you are in?"

And this is for specific trans people you are close with, don't necessarily do this with random people.

In general stop giving disclaimers for your actions that you know hurt trans people. Just don't do them instead

Dan Jones shared 5 months ago

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When the Red Alert goes off. A fine display of the Aurora last night over Kinlochbervie #Aurora #Sutherland #Scotland

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A fine display of the Aurora last night over Kinlochbervie. Sutherland, Scotland.

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Extra hour of sleep.

My kids just wake me up an hour earlier.

#Parenting #DaylightSaving

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Netflix notifications are like, "Here's a reminder to watch that thing you watched twelve hours ago."

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an Android notification from the Netflix app which reads, "Here's your reminder that BLUE EYE SAMURAI is ready to watch"

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My company recently added me to the interview team to conduct technical interviews for potential developers.

So far, I've only done regular interviews, but today, I did an interview that involved a live coding challenge.

I hated doing it. I'm sitting here, watching him code. He's nervous, because it's a job interview. And I just want to help him out, but this is not a pair programming exercise; it's to see how he solves the problem I've given him.

I see him making mistakes and I want to be like, "Hey, you missed X in that SQL statement", but I've got to let him sweat it out and make these mistakes, and debug his own code.

It's awful.

Dan Jones shared 5 months ago

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If you rush headlong toward the future, you may despair when your path veers away, even for a short time, from your goals. Be patient. It takes time for you to become who you will be.

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I thought #CastawayDiva was going to be a cute, funny #KDrama.

I did not expect it to be so heart-wrenching, especially in just the first episode.

Dan Jones shared 5 months ago

Night Vale Openings

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'Tis better to have loved and lost, than to be slowly eaten while still alive. There are, on the whole, many things worse than having loved and lost.

Welcome... to Night Vale.

Dan Jones shared 5 months ago

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📚❤️ PLEASE BOOST. Would you buy a book written by a favorite social media poster? Platform doesn’t matter—any & all. Let’s say you follow someone because a certain subject is of critical interest, & this person’s input has been extremely high value. Said poster, w/thousands or millions of followers, publishes a book that’s mostly a compilation of post content. Are you likely to buy?

#WritingCommunity #Writers #books #bookstodon #reading #read #writinglife #bibliophile #bookworm #bookbuying