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Aug 6, 2014 at 17:48

Question of the day: Would a Firefox plugin that only allowed HTTPS be useful? How far away are we from that state of affairs?

Feb 7, 2026 at 20:55

Today I learnt about "bypass charging", a phone feature where it can run directly off the mains without using the battery at all. No battery charging, less heat, less battery wear. Nifty.

Here are all the phones that support bypass charging, and why you should use it

Few phones on the market can draw power directly from the wall, bypassing the battery while charging. But are the benefits tangible enough?

Feb 5, 2026 at 23:09

I'm considering using WebP more: for example, my websites would load faster and browsers have supported it since 2020: https://caniuse.com/webp That said, GitHub just added support in August 2025, so I suspect I'd still find use cases that don't work yet:

WebP image format | Can I use... Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc

"Can I use" provides up-to-date browser support tables for support of front-end web technologies on desktop and mobile web browsers.

Added support for WebP images - GitHub Changelog

WebP image support is now available across github.com and GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency. Previously, uploading WebP images resulted in broken previews or forced users to download files to…

Jan 29, 2026 at 22:51

I've written a website that archives all my posts/tweets/toots/skeets across different microblogging platforms! It's fun to be able to see similar posts that I wrote at completely different times. It also lets me edit links that have bitrotted.

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