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Polyfilling CSS with CSS Parser Extensions

cton — Mon, 05 May 2025 02:57:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bram.us/2025/05/04/css-parser-extensions-pitch/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43891576

Points: 1

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New comment by cton in "iPhones were being stolen off porches right after delivery, and now we know how"

cton — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 05:18:47 +0000

Whatever the solution is here, it must not, under any circumstance, involve an analysis of why people are so willing to steal from one another. All that matters is me getting my iPhone.

New comment by cton in "When imperfect systems are good: Bluesky's lossy timelines"

cton — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 22:46:40 +0000

> The only year that beat it – again – was 2020 when universal mail-in voting was more widely available.

You answered your own question. Voting was made more difficult in 2024, so fewer votes were cast.

Playstation 2 GS emulation – the final frontier of Vulkan compute emulation

cton — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 02:14:19 +0000

Article URL: https://themaister.net/blog/2024/07/03/playstation-2-gs-emulation-the-final-frontier-of-vulkan-compute-emulation/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41413662

Points: 222

# Comments: 65

New comment by cton in "Will Figma become an awkward middle ground?"

cton — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 04:42:09 +0000

You’ll be able to one day!

https://www.w3.org/TR/mediaqueries-5/#at-ruledef-custom-medi...

New comment by cton in "Animated Knots"

cton — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 07:41:25 +0000

I must have saved upwards of 10 minutes so far by tying my laces with the Ian Knot [1]. If anyone knows of a faster knot I’m all ears, otherwise, cheers to Ian and his innovation in the shoe lace knot space.

[1] https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ianknot.htm

New comment by cton in "Anisotropic Filtering"

cton — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 14:01:27 +0000

Same here, it felt good knowing that I could at least crank something to the max.

As an aside, does anyone know why console games will sometimes opt to use a very low AF setting? It’s something that comes up in Digital Foundry videos and I was curious if anyone familiar with console dev could shed some light.

New comment by cton in "Why didn’t we get the four-hour workday?"

cton — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 10:37:45 +0000

I honestly believe this could have been achieved already, at least in my country. But opportunities to push us in that direction are avoided more often than not. Maybe the same characteristics that advanced developed nations will also be their downfall?

New comment by cton in "Why didn’t we get the four-hour workday?"

cton — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 04:57:26 +0000

Because people spend a large portion of their lives at work. I think it’s sad that so many people have to work these kinds of jobs because their talents aren’t monetisable. A person shouldn’t have to justify their need for shelter or food.

New comment by cton in "Why didn’t we get the four-hour workday?"

cton — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 04:17:14 +0000

I think “useless” is the wrong aspect to focus on. Having someone sit at a desk doing nothing except answer a couple of phone calls sounds terrible. It’s good from the firm’s perspective because they get their receptionist, but the person in that role likely doesn’t get anything more than a pay check out of it.

New comment by cton in "Why does calloc exist? (2016)"

cton — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 08:28:45 +0000

Is calloc avoided for a good reason? Or is it something that people should be doing in most cases?

New comment by cton in "Solarized"

cton — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 08:47:02 +0000

Solarisation is a photographic technique

New comment by cton in "Telefunc: Remote Functions instead of API"

cton — Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:21:40 +0000

It’s still called RPC. https://telefunc.com/RPC-vs-GraphQL-REST

New comment by cton in "Why does ancient Egypt's distinctive art style make everything look flat?"

cton — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 07:49:16 +0000

Perhaps that’s how banks and the justice system view art. Two pillars of society that are perfect just the way they are.

New comment by cton in "The 0.5 MB of nothing in all Apple Music files (2020)"

cton — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 13:30:04 +0000

Apparently they lose players when the game receives large updates, so I think this is a pain point for them as well.

https://www.pcgamer.com/call-of-duty-warzone-cant-have-more-...

Elden Ring Lets Its Open World Speak for Itself

cton — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 02:15:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.escapistmagazine.com/elden-ring-lets-its-open-world-speak-for-itself-extra-punctuation/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30885309

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by cton in "Why did the Pfizer young kids trial fail?"

cton — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:23:04 +0000

This doesn’t help with decision making though. If long covid is worse than going to the ICU then something must’ve been measured or documented that shows this. Otherwise what’s your point?

New comment by cton in "AirGuard: Protect yourself from being tracked by AirTags and Find My accessories"

cton — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 01:09:49 +0000

This is a solution in the same way anti-homeless design is a solution

New comment by cton in "A Linux distro with a focus on simplicity and the concept of less is more"

cton — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 06:10:34 +0000

If I could, I would kiss Linux. I like the name.

New comment by cton in "Mise-en-place for knowledge workers"

cton — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 01:29:25 +0000

Windows’ built-in file search becomes embarrassing once you’ve used Everything. Though Windows search does save me from having to trawl through settings/control panel.