So here’s how the problem started. For the past few years, I’ve been working (on and off, but mostly off) on the UI overlay for Ultrawidify, for various reasons ranging from “some people asked for it” to “they have a point, because extension buttons in the extension toolbar aren’t accessible in full screen, so adding in-player UI would be nice.” Also, personally, I get… Continue Reading... "Hey Google … Why Does My Extension’s Hidden Message Appear in Google Search Results?"
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I really hate the language police grifters
Back in mid-2010s, there was a series of online controversies going on. In coding specifically, there was a push to include incredibly politically-motivated codes of conducts onto projects, written by people who couldn’t contribute anything of value to any of the projects if their life depended on it. Unfortunately, plenty of projects caved in — because the only thing the people pushing for said… Continue Reading... "I really hate the language police grifters"

Vacation Stories: The Free Apartment
All the way back in February, our mini-painting fantasy-oriented club learned of Isle of Wonders — a three-day festival happening on Cres. The club leadership was very interested in being there, and were very quickly offered a large role at the event (on the “behind the scenes” side of things). Given our level of involvement, we were provided free accommodation in the gym of… Continue Reading... "Vacation Stories: The Free Apartment"
Instagram’s security is shit (or: why you shouldn’t trust IP geolocation)
I’ve probably mentioned that before, but I ended up being one of the de-facto photographers for a club I’m in, where I take photos of the events we organize. As such, I was encouraged to create an instagram account. For reasons, I keep all Facebook/Meta apps off my phone, and only access them through a browser on my computer. In the past, that ended… Continue Reading... "Instagram’s security is shit (or: why you shouldn’t trust IP geolocation)"
Why I’m Boycotting Opera
So it occurred to me that if Ultrawidify is going to feature a throwaway statement about how Opera browser can piss off, I should probably elaborate on why. You are probably aware that most internet browsers nowdays are just a Chrome reskins. To be more specific: they take Google Chrome, take the bit of Chrome that decides how websites appear on your monitor, and… Continue Reading... "Why I’m Boycotting Opera"

Revising the spectacle hack-fix
Not too long ago I talked about my quick and dirty workaround for KDE’s screenshot capture utility being … less useful than I’d like thanks to a(n upstream) Qt bug. To recap: When you try to capture rectangular region of the screen, Spectacle (said screenshot utility) will freeze the entire desktop and allow you to draw a square If you’re running a multi-monitor setup… Continue Reading... "Revising the spectacle hack-fix"
Spain forget to check themselves, wreck themselves
So here’s a fun thing that happened today in the Spanish-Catalonian dispute. Catalonian leaders stated they want to follow the ‘Slovenian way’ to independence. Spain was quick to reply with: “ye you mean that violent conflict that ended dozens of lives?” Meanwhile in Slovenia, Slovenian foreign ministry invites Spanish ambassador to have a much-needed history lesson. The abstract of the history lesson goes somewhere… Continue Reading... "Spain forget to check themselves, wreck themselves"