Localization
How to detect machine-translated webpages
Detect and measure when a web browser or an online translation-service has translated the contents of your webpages.
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HTML
Mitigate “tabnabbing” without breaking window.open() features
Windows opened from your website can redirect the opening tab to a new destination. Mitigations break window.open() functionality like sizing and positioning.
HTML
Semantic markup improves the quality of machine-translated texts
Text-level semantic HTML can improve machine-translation of texts containing program names, programming instructions, file paths, URIs, etc.
Web Monetization
How Coil and Web Monetization works compared to Flattr
I explore the new Coil micro-payment system and browser extension, based on the proposed Web Monetization web-standard, and compare it to Flattr.
Fonts
Text rendering doesn’t look too good on VA-QLED display panels
“Quantum pixels” works by turning off half of the pixel. This can badly affect text-rendering on VA-QLED displays like the one in the Samsung C24FG70.
Storage
Why Syncthing kept deleting my re-created files
I finally worked out why files seemingly at random kept disappearing from my Syncthing-synchronized directories.
Hardware
Normalize fridge temperatures by installing a small fan
I installed a PC-fan to improve air circulation in my aging combo refrigerator. The upgrade cut its power-bill by 29 % and it achieved more stable temperatures.
Apache HTTPD
Make changes to static content with response body substitutions
Tweak the HTTP response body with regex substitutions. Apache HTTPD configuration example shows changing the URL tracking parameters in a syndication feed file.
Your online identity is owned by your email provider
Your email provider owns your online identity by controlling your email address. You can’t port your email address to another provider as with phone numbers.
Diabetes
What’s it like to wear a FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring sensor?
My experiences with showering, sleeping, and living with a FreeStyle Libre 2 Sensor glued to the upper arm for up to 14 days. The convenience trumps all.
Podcasts
How to block programmatic podcast ads
Here is how you can block most programmatically inserted ads, or “dynamic ads”, in your favorite podcasts. No special software required.
Mobile Apps
Unobtrusive sleep tracking app for Android
Sleep Debt Tracker is a simple Google Fit-compatible Android app that assumes you’re sleeping in the hours when you don’t use your phone at night.