It is a cliche that you cannot kill an idea. But this is exactly what intellectual property does. Copyrights, patents, trademarks are magic spells cast to make an idea unthinkable, unspeakable, unprintable.
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"Inktober", "Little Free Library", and the "Progress Pride Flag" design with the triangle side shape are all trademarked and as such, I ultimately cannot trust them -
"Inktober", "Little Free Library", and the "Progress Pride Flag" design with the triangle side shape are all trademarked and as such, I ultimately cannot trust themI was going to post "if nanowrimo is so good why didn't they make a picowrimo". But then I looked it up and there is a picowrimo and has been for years https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@The4thCircle/113244704230142319
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"Inktober", "Little Free Library", and the "Progress Pride Flag" design with the triangle side shape are all trademarked and as such, I ultimately cannot trust themPower to libraries which are free and also small in size. You may or may not be allowed to describe them in fewer words than that
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"Inktober", "Little Free Library", and the "Progress Pride Flag" design with the triangle side shape are all trademarked and as such, I ultimately cannot trust them"Inktober", "Little Free Library", and the "Progress Pride Flag" design with the triangle side shape are all trademarked and as such, I ultimately cannot trust them
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So with Cohost shutting down in about 24 hours, a note to every remaining social media site: You should totally rip off the "Following" pane.So with Cohost shutting down in about 24 hours, a note to every remaining social media site: You should totally rip off the "Following" pane.
Cohost had a view where (as alternative to the normal linear feed), it showed everyone you follow, sorted by last post, and you could click to see recent posts. A problem with social media is the more you post, the more space you take up. Cohost "Following" made everyone take up the same amount of space, while still prioritizing recency. A nice compromise
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In UI circles you sometimes see a (usually derogatory) label of "hover tunnel" given to a UI widget, like a clickless contextual menu, which requires you hover over an element then continue to hover over specific elements in order to keep the widget ac...In UI circles you sometimes see a (usually derogatory) label of "hover tunnel" given to a UI widget, like a clickless contextual menu, which requires you hover over an element then continue to hover over specific elements in order to keep the widget active. I would like to propose the term "Reverse Hover Tunnel" for the current YouTube front page, where you must move the mouse in strict and meticulous paths to avoid it beginning to autoplay random crap, possibly forever showing it as 10% watched