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Kevin Lloyd<p>Ran a couple of errands. Due to a time crunch today, I took a cab instead of biking. Great couple of drivers! One from the Philippines, the other from Rwanda! </p><p>Love using the Alberta Gold app! <a href="https://mstdn.kevinthetechguy.ca/tags/protip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protip</span></a>, though, if you pay through the app, you'll be surprised with a pre-auth charge. Pay in the car.</p>
Mark<p>If you hard-code success responses your system will never fail.</p><p><a href="https://hard.blue/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://hard.blue/tags/protip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protip</span></a></p>
skrlet13<p><a href="https://chilemasto.casa/tags/protip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protip</span></a> : no se torturen jugando Tabletop Simulator con joystick</p>
Richard R Lee<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProTip</span></a>: There won't be any <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MidTermElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MidTermElections</span></a>.The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascists</span></a> will have cancelled them and declared <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MartialLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MartialLaw</span></a> by then. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>georgetakei</span></a></span></p>
buheratorIn case you feel like singing into a megaphone: please don't!<br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://infosec.place/tag/activism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#activism</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://infosec.place/tag/protip" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProTip</a>
Itchi5 illustrations<p>The material you use to draw has nothing to do with your art.</p><p>I've met people who drew the most amazing professional stuff with just some worn out brush and paint from a construction site. Or just a silly little brush and cheap paint from a €1,- store.</p><p>It's the 'hand' that makes the art, not the 'tool'.</p><p><a href="https://illo.social/tags/ciaocorporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ciaocorporate</span></a> <a href="https://illo.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a> <a href="https://illo.social/tags/protip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protip</span></a></p>
DW ¯\_(ツ)_/¯<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Font" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Font</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Protip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protip</span></a> <br>I stopped caring about font hinting, subpixel twerking, anti-alias smudging, and byte-code interpreter-ing when I got my prescription glasses.</p>
Yesterday's Rose<p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/protip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protip</span></a>:</p><p>Are you annoyed that you need to mess around with start menu to launch administrator Notepad to edit some random file (like hosts)? And Notepad sucks these days, right? Wouldn't you rather just run a text-UI editor in Administrator PowerShell?</p><p>Well! Now you can! AND OH BOY, HOW!</p><p>Microsoft brought back a next generation version of the MS-DOS Editor! And it's <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> and cross platform too!! AND it's written in <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/RustLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RustLang</span></a>!!! 😮</p><p><a href="https://github.com/microsoft/edit" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/microsoft/edit</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Virginie<p>So turns out I can’t carry a hammer in my handbag without being considered suspicious and engaging in illegal activity. Well I guess I’m back at analog photography then. So many old cameras are just a hammer with a lens and a cute strap ;) <a href="https://woods.secretbearsociety.org/tags/protip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protip</span></a></p>
Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄<p>Web dev protip:<br>console.log("foo: ", p);<br>displays p in console as a live object. If it updates, every console entry of it updates.</p><p>console.log("foo: "+JSON.stringify(p) );<br>dumps the current state to console so you can figure out what changed over time.</p><p>In related news, my little BASIC parser now parses at least a couple tokens correctly (the colon lines are parsed tokens)</p><p><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/protip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protip</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/javascript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>javascript</span></a></p>
randomized<p><a href="https://masto.bike/tags/protip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protip</span></a> the cheap backpack sold by Lidl are ... Cheap</p><p>There was an interesting wireframe system in tension that would keep the bag from sticking to the back, but tension was too strong for the seam and low quality fabric.</p><p>I mist have done at much 50k with it</p><p><a href="https://masto.bike/tags/hike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hike</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.bike/tags/caturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>caturday</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.bike/tags/catsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>catsofmastodon</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lea.pet/@lea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lea</span></a></span> yes, the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> doing that because for the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/citizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>citizens</span></a> are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/paypigs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paypigs</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DebtPeons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DebtPeons</span></a>!</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Protip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protip</span></a>: Yeet that U.S. citizenship ASAP…</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NotLegalAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotLegalAdvice</span></a></p>
J. David Eisenberg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thetnholler.bsky.social</span></a></span> <br>*sigh* <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AltText4You" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AltText4You</span></a> </p><p>Original post by Donald J Trump: Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship. She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her. GOD BLESS AMERICA!</p><p>Response from Aaron Rupar:</p><p>Every republican who goes on the Sunday shows tomorrow should be pressed to denounce this illegal and authoritarian proclamation from the president. And none of this "I didn't read the tweet" bullshit.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ProTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProTip</span></a> - if your post consists purely of text, just post the text so that it is accessible to people with visual impairments. (This is not exactly rocket surgery, you know.)</p>
Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄<p>/* remove language button */<br>.compose-form__dropdowns button[title="Change language"] {<br> display: none !important;<br>}<br><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/protip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protip</span></a></p>
enargeia<p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/ProTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProTip</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/LifeHack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LifeHack</span></a></p>
Lydia Conwell :mastodon:<p>Pro tip:</p><p>Anyone who uses the term 'Hard Left' </p><p>is your enemy.</p><p><a href="https://todon.nl/tags/ProTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProTip</span></a></p>
Stephen Darlington<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/protip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protip</span></a> don’t deliver chocolate when it’s over 30°C. I’m sure this would have looked very pretty.</p>
buherator"IBM Software Download Tips: Three Easy Steps to Make Download Director Work Again"<br><br><a href="https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7181432" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7181432</a><br><br>Free <a class="hashtag" href="https://infosec.place/tag/protip" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProTip</a> for IBM: no one should ever have to use Download Director. Web servers should just not randomly drop connections.
Ned Yeung<p>Tip for youse youngin's out there:<br>I used to think when I was younger that crunches were the most important, to keep that core strong. Now that I'm older I realize that it was the squats that were most necessary, to keep those knees limber.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/protip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protip</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/lifehack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lifehack</span></a></p>
SP⟁CED GO⟁T<p><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/ProTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProTip</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/LifeLessons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LifeLessons</span></a> </p><p>If ever you find yourslef asking yourself if yourself should be taking a back up before doing something. Just stop right there and take the fucking backup. It won't just be fine. You know I'm right.</p>