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charli xkcd@ky· 29d

hello from 2011

A character with cropped white hair and a gold crown stands in front of a fountain and a double rainbow in Animal Crossing New Leaf for the 3DS

charli xkcd@ky· 29d

for full control, yeah, that's probably the way to go. interestingly, unlike Chrome and Firefox, Safari doesn't apply `skip-ink` to wavy underlines, even when `text-decoration-skip-ink: all` is set. codepen.io/kydecker/ful...

Comparison of underline styles in various browsers.

charli xkcd@ky· 29d

`text-decoration-style: wavy` varies in appearance from browser to browser. In Chrome it appears thicker than a straight underline of equal width. Safari's wavy underline looks the nicest, imo. Firefox uses hard 45º angles for some reason

A comparison of the `text-underline-style: wavy` treatment across browsers. Top is Chrome, where the underline is thicker and taller. Middle is Safari, which has a shallower wave and a thickness which matches the default underline. Bottom is Firefox, which is thinner and has hard 45-degree connections between the segments of the wave, rather than rounded ones

charli xkcd@ky· Jul 11

charli xkcd@ky· Jul 10

YouTube comment on a Sweet Genius video that says "Please stop feeding that evil creature"

charli xkcd@ky· Jul 10

Sisyphus pushing a boulder and the boulder is the "reply" button on an email.

charli xkcd@ky· Jul 10

this is the world leftists want

Bumper sticker on a red card that says "Garlic should be free!!!!!!! It shouldn't cost anything"

charli xkcd@ky· Jul 10

Yellow bumper sticker on the back of a Tacoma pickup truck that says "How's my gardening?" in the same style as "How's my driving?"

charli xkcd@ky· Jul 9

and we wonder why people are burning out

One recent study on AI "efficiency" out of Stanford found that the introduction of a flood of rushed and factually-incorrect AI slop into workflows actually results in human beings having to work harder than ever:

“When coworkers receive workslop, they are often required to take on the burden of decoding the content, inferring missed or false context. A cascade of effortful and complex decision-making processes may follow, including rework and uncomfortable exchanges with colleagues.”

As the Harvard Business Review notes, this hyperscaled introduction of pseudo-efficiency workslop results not just in new conflict and a bunch of wasted time for people, but a sort of broader "knowledge decay" that introduces the potential for organizational downward spirals:

“Errors compound and pile up. Trust in information erodes. People spend more time verifying facts or risk costly and dangerous mistakes. Eventually, people start to lose trust in the processes that they rely on to do their jobs.”

charli xkcd@ky· Jul 9

the SVGs allow detecting when the user is hovering over the irregular sticker shape + display an outline + change cursor. wouldn't be possible with `<img>` alone

Top row is the combination of sticker image + svg path. Middle row is the svg path alone. Bottom row is the image alone.

charli xkcd@ky· Jul 9

it's "prep for interviews" time which means it's also "fiddle with portfolio" time the <abbr> tag is often neglected in HTML so I decided to give it a home on my site and make it expandable inline