Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
Thanks and bye, Microsoft Office!
I’ve never used Microsoft Office ever since 2015. Yep, until some certain college projects require me to use that, including my thesis. And now that I’m finally done with my thesis, it’s time to move on by, yep, removing Microsoft Office from my laptops. What I’m currently using? Plain good LibreOffice and Google Workspace for…
Re: What are the most successful apps using OpenStreetMap data?
What are the most successful apps using OpenStreetMap data? by Aakash Kapoor (Quora) Reinhart Previano’s answer: Would you believe if I say Apple Maps? Yep. Apple Maps. Over the last few years they decided to ditch TomTom map data for the sake of OpenStreetMap. I believe (but still canʼt confirm) that itʼs part of “the…
Porting “Every Door” OpenStreetMap Editor to HUAWEI AppGallery.
Every Door is a cross-platform application that allows you to contribute to OpenStreetMap in easy ways. Akin to StreetComplete, but Every Door can be installed for iPhones and iPads, too. We have gotten the permission from the app’s original developer, Ilya Zverev, to publish the app for HUAWEI AppGallery. More information can be found on…
Computer system multiculturalism in the world of cyborgs. (Part 1)
People in certain countries believe that technology should be in the control of the people, but governments and corporations in many countries believe that they should be the one. To give the political context behind this, read A Declaration of the Independence of the Cyberspace and Slavery 2.0 and how to avoid it: a practical…
Submitting my “custom emojis for the web” proposal for Interop 2024.
First started in 2021, Interop is a joint project by the makers of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Safari to fix which new web features which are still missing across these web browsers. It’s also sanctioned by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the organization behind most of today’s web standards, like, how…
The serif system font stack that we’re using right now.
A sequel of our awesome sans-serif font stack. And just for reference for CSS devs out there, font-family: ui-serif, “Aptos Serif”, Constantia, “Publico Text”, Charter, “STIX Two Text”, “Libertinus Serif”, “Linux Libertine O”, “Linux Libertine G”, “Linux Libertine”, “DejaVu Serif Condensed”, “Bitstream Vera Serif Condensed”, “Roboto Serif”, “Noto Serif”, “Times New Roman”, serif; And for…
Kate is usable again on macOS!
Kate, one of my favorite “Swiss Army Knife” text editor software was crashed in macOS because of a bug. I had wait for about 4 months to see that the bug is fixed, from version 23.04 to 23.08. And now, Kate 23.08 can be finally run in macOS again! What a relief!
Site Updates: “Rich Content” oEmbed, even more share buttons, a brand-new digital garden, and more!
WOW! That’s quite a long title (>_ ):] But do you know what’s even longer? The fact that we have another major site update for the first time in 1.5 months! 🔗 Share to KakaoStory, KakaoTalk, and X. The very first thing you’ll notice since last time is that, we finally included Share to KakaoTalk…
JavaScript is a programming language. But programming language is NOT JavaScript.
The , the { }, the >_ , and the debate whether “devs” are just only web, or specifically JavaScript devs.
Let’s test DevEco Studio on WINE (Linux)!
DevEco Studio is the official IDE for HUAWEI’s HarmonyOS platform. And it’s only available for Windows and macOS. Or is it? Considering that the Linux desktop (like Kylin and others) is increasingly important in Mainland China to reduce their dependence on third-party operating systems from foreign companies (including Windows and macOS), there should be many…
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