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Finding your Twitter peers on the #Fediverse is easy with fedifinder.glitch.me

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/10/30

Edit 20221118-19: Added Twitidon

Lot’s of interest in Mastodon and other social media projects in the Fediverse now that Musk tries to reign Twitter.

Jan explained how easy it is to your existing Twitter peers in the Fediverse and import them using fedifinder.glitch.me:

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HTML / XML / RSS link checker – Visual Studio Marketplace

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/10/04

On my list of Visual Studio Code extensions to try (after I change the shortcuts, as direct Alt shortcuts are not a good idea, luckily those are configurable)

[Wayback/Archive.is] HTML / XML / RSS link checker – Visual Studio Marketplace (partly paraphrased):

VSCode extension that checks for broken links in an HTML, XML, RSS, PHP, or Markdown file.

Checks currently open file:

  • for broken links in anchor-href, link-href, img-src, and script-src tags in currently-open HTML or PHP file
  • both clearnet and onion (Tor) links
  • for badly-formatted mailto links, and duplicate local anchors (anchor-name, anchor-id)
  • for working HTTPS equivalents of HTTP links

Optionally checks for invalid characters and common mistakes (missing tag content, empty attribute value, more).

Also checks for errors in a small subset of semantic HTML tags (in HTML and PHP files): checks that each page has header, main, footer; checks that each heading is inside a section, article, or aside; checks that each section/article/aside has exactly one heading in it; checks that heading values are nested properly.

To see/change settings for this extension, open Settings (Ctrl+,) / Extensions / “HTML / XML / RSS link checker”.

To change the key-combinations for this extension, open File / Preferences / Keyboard Shortcuts and search for Alt+H or Alt+T or Alt+M or Alt+L.

–jeroen

Posted in .NET, Development, HTML, Lightweight markup language, MarkDown, Power User, RSS, Software Development, vscode Visual Studio Code, Web Development, XML, XML/XSD | Leave a Comment »

Jelmer Visser on Twitter: “Doelwit van een flamewar op Twitter? Dat is vervelend. Zo doorsta je de storm. … 1/*”

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/10/02

Good thread:Β [Archive.is] Jelmer Visser on Twitter: “Doelwit van een flamewar op Twitter? Dat is vervelend. Zo doorsta je de storm. 1. Blijf kalm, reageer nergens op 2. Traceer de ergste aanjagers, herkenbaar aan quotetweets met meeste likes 3. Zoek naar je eigen naam met een sokpop voor screenshots van geblokte accounts 1/*”

–jeroen

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Herhaald appel aan #MeerOverMedisch (hallo @ReneSteenhorst): zorg dat je behalve per columnist de columns van individuele columnisten makkelijk terug kunt vinden. Bijvoorbeeld de geweldige columns van @IvanWolffers.

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/09/05

Ik herhaal mijn appel van een paar weken terug:

[Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “Tip voor #MeerOverMedisch (ik hoop dat @ReneSteenhorst dit kan laten fiksen): zorg dat je behalve meerovermedisch.nl/columntypes/gastcolumn/ ook per columnist de columns van individuele columnisten makkelijk terug kunt vinden. Bijvoorbeeld de geweldige columns van @IvanWolffers.”

De volledige draad vind je opΒ [Wayback/Archive] Thread by @jpluimers on Thread Reader App, waarover hieronder meer.

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If you are a Signal messenger user: there has been a breach, so please enable “Registration Lock” in the mobile app to protect your account

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/08/29

For Signal messenger users: please visit [Wayback/Archive] Signal PIN: manage Registration Lock – Signal Support then enable it on your mobile phone.

The breach: [Wayback/Archive] Twilio attacker ‘explicitly’ looked for 3 Signal numbers β€’ The Register

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For my link archive: Facebook banned me for life because I created the tool Unfollow Everything.

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/08/23

For my link archive: [Wayback/Archive.is] Facebook banned me for life because I created the tool Unfollow Everything.

Via:

Related:

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WhatsApp Desktop for Mac or PC cannot only chat but also voice and video call

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/07/28

Easiest way to video call from your PC via WhatsApp is to use [Wayback/Archive] WhatsApp: Download – Mac or Windows PC.

This should be an alternative for Hangouts Video Calling as Hangouts is yet another product killed by Google as mentioned in many places for instance:

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Hopefully also soon in the Twitter web user-interface: “Sometimes you want to see yourself out. Take control of your mentions and leave a conversation with Unmentioning, now rolling out to everyone on all devices.”

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/07/20

I have seen this work on some mobile devices for some accounts but not yet in the web-userinterface at http://www.twitter.com or mobile.twitter.com

[Wayback/Archive] Twitter Safety on Twitter: “Sometimes you want to see yourself out. Take control of your mentions and leave a conversation with Unmentioning, now rolling out to everyone on all devices.”

–jeroen

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To Favor Microsoft VS Code, Microsoft’s GitHub is Killing GitHub’s Atom Editor – time to prepare switching to another open source editor with a rich ecosystem in less than half a year

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/06/21

If you are still on Atom, try to see if other cross platform open source editors suit your needs.

Myself, I have moved to Visual Studio Code quite some time ago as, though based on Electron – the core of Atom, it is way faster and much better supported than Atom.

The official announcement is atΒ [Wayback/Archive] Sunsetting Atom | The GitHub Blog.

Various sites reported it in different phrasings:

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Posted in .NET, atom editor, Development, Missed Schedule, Power User, SocialMedia, Software Development, Text Editors, vscode Visual Studio Code, WordPress | Leave a Comment »

To make Twitter a better place for visually impaired: please do without those fancy Unicode letters in your account and messages – Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2022 – #a11y

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/05/19

Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day, so it is a good day to write about a Twitter bot that tries to coerce people in having more accessible Twitter names and messages.

I knew I made a bookmark ofΒ [Wayback/Archive] Jacques Favreau on Twitter: “@Conundrum9999 @asciiArtHelpBot will make a little video of reading these things if anybody wants to try it out on a tweet.”

But when searching for it earlier this month, I could not find it (see below how in the end I did find it back).

The tweet was part of a thread that started with this tweet which very well describes why you should refrain from using fancy characters in Tweets or Twitter names:

[Wayback/Archive] Katie Mixtochtli – read my pinned – use alt text on Twitter: “Why you should avoid symbols and nonstandard letters in your twitter name if you want to be screen reader friendly: #DisabilityTwitter #disabilityinclusion Read on to see how “π•π•’π•žπ•–π•€ – ʷʰᡉʳᡉ ⁱ˒ ᡗʰᡉ ᡖʳᡒᡗᡉ˒ᡗ – ℂ𝕣𝕠𝕩π•₯π• π•Ÿ liked your reply” sounds to me πŸ‘‡πŸΌ”

The thread contains the long text you get when a screen reader reads that tweet. A video of that is below, and I saved the thread atΒ [Wayback/Archive] Thread by @Conundrum9999 on Thread Reader App:

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