Adactio: Links

In defense of the girliest programming language.

A grim tally. adactio.com/links/22779

I am an AI skeptic/hater/slow adopter, due to a combination of concerns about the ethics and environmental impact of AI and the fact that I like doing things myself.

Aaron’s talk at Papercamp opened with this: Fun fact: Alex and I first met 19 years ago at a conference in Paris where, coincidentally, I was speaking about something I referred to as the “Papernet”.

Some good ideas on how browsers could offer the ability to install the current site.

Modern HTML and CSS have gained a surprising number of features that cover interactions and layout problems we used to solve with custom scripts or libraries.

I hope you’ll read and understand that for many of us, this isn’t a knee-jerk reaction or a culty, cosmic doomer rant.

The question of when humans invented art leads us to imagine early humans much like ourselves, deciding one day to express themselves through symbols and figures.

A fascinating essay by Celine Nguyen on the history of taste; not changing tastes but the very concept of taste throughout history. adactio.com/links/22748

Seams!

Amid the dying embers, a resilient cohort of indie web bloggers, artists and creators will keep going, keep on talking to each other through their blogs, without tracking, pop-ups or invasive ads.

CSS finally gave the web its own grain.

I try to keep on doing what I do in order to stay sane.

Ag fanacht… adactio.com/links/22735

For me, libraries are about books.

HTML has been gobbling up swathes of what used to be JavaScript’s remit.

Instead of chasing an ever-changing number of fixed breakpoints, utopian or intrinsic design follows the web’s intrinsic ebbs and flows via fluid type scales that are always in tune with the screen on which they’re viewed adactio.com/links/22725

The story of Fray: In the earliest days of the web, Derek Powazek set out to create a website meant for sharing.

All the items in this room were once out of reach; some not yet invented, others too rare or costly for the vast majority of people.

The unveiling ceremony is scheduled for September 29th: The Milestone plaque recognizing Colossus is to be displayed outside Block H at Bletchley Park, near Milton Keynes, England.

I’m quite touched that I make an appearance in this great talk from Ana. adactio.com/links/22714

Doomerism always feels to me like a psyop designed to keep people dispirited. adactio.com/links/22713

Exactly one of these ridiculously deep holes in the Earth is dug by hand.

I really, really, really like this proposal!

An excellent interview!