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Simeon.__proto__

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Lover of the open web, keyboards, browser extensions, ceramics, and video games. Currently: incremental.software, co-chair of the W3C WebExtensions Community Group Previously: Mozilla Add-Ons, Chrome Extensions, video game industry

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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 24/09/2026
FYI I encountered a text wrapping issue with the default theme on headers. Screenshot taken on Firefox for Android 156.0.1 (Build #2016185927), also observed in Chrome 153.0.8010.52
The header "Ideas for Your Personal Website" has a line break in the middle and wraps onto the next line. The ascender line of the wrapped text is rendered above the descender line of the start, making the header difficult to read.
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 23/09/2026
Ohh! I'll have to dig into the spec, but hopefully we can use this concept when specifying WebExtension popup sizing
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Paul Kinlan @paul.kinlan.me · 23/09/2026
Great seeing responsively sized iframes landing in Chrome - developer.chrome.com/blog/respons... In my post "The browser is the sandbox", I said: "We need a way to size the outer-iframe (or iframes in general) that doesn’t rely on access to iframe.[...].innerHeight and sandbox='allow-same-origin'"
developer.chrome.com
Responsive iframes in Chrome 154  |  Blog  |  Chrome for Developers
Chrome 154 adds support for responsively-sized iframes, letting an iframe size itself based on the intrinsic size of its embedded document.
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 18/09/2026
I don't think it's what you're referring to, but I really like the glitch effect on your name in the footer
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 17/09/2026
@pfrazee.com I'm only just getting into The Discourse, so sorry if this is naive, but I'm not familiar with "open society" as used here. How, if at all, would an open society approach access restrictions? ATM I'm thinking everything from driver's licenses & job certifications to nuclear arms control
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 12/09/2026
I could really go for some Jet Set Radio Future right now
static.klipy.com
Jet Set Radio Future: Character Showcase
ALT: Jet Set Radio Future: Character Showcase
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 09/09/2026
I didn't expect the iPhone Duo to have Pencil support. Even thr promise to being support in the futute makes it significantly more interesting to me 🤔
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 06/09/2026
My moustache has gotten to the length where it is starting to fall into my mouth when I eat 😮‍💨
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 03/09/2026
Very disappointed to learn that the creator of the Ladybird browser project took the very political position of responding to a PR suggesting the use of gender neutral language with "This project is not an appropriate arena to advertise your personal politics." kvibber.com/reviews/soft...
kvibber.com
Ladybird and the Controversy over Inclusivity
What people were upset about, why it blew up, and why some people are still leery of the project to this day.
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 03/09/2026
I love the idea of a completely modular camera, but can’t afford to back it myself at the moment (Digital Camera World)
digitalcameraworld.com
Forget interchangeable lenses, this camera has swappable everything from sensor to mount
A German engineer is building what could be the first commercially available customizable modular camera system
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 02/09/2026
100% agree. I'm honestly tempted to set this up as wall art at my place
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 02/09/2026
defrag98.com
defrag98.com
Windows 98 Disk Defrag Simulator
The classic Windows 98 Disk Defragmenter, free in your browser. Pick a drive, cue the HDD sounds, and relive 1998.
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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 01/09/2026
Two a11y engineering roles (one of them early career!) at Apple in London in the team my daughter manages. These sound like excellent roles to share with UK a11y folks. jobs.apple.com/en-gb/detail... jobs.apple.com/en-gb/detail...
jobs.apple.com
Accessibility Engineer (Web Accessibility SME) - Jobs at Apple (UK)
Apply for a Accessibility Engineer (Web Accessibility SME) job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 01/09/2026
I need to stop seeing "X is officially a global streaming hit" headlines
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 28/08/2026
Yall at me
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 27/08/2026
So are we not allowed to drive around with guillotines now or ... ?
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 26/08/2026
Just saw a post announcing Dungeons & Dragons: Long Rest Tavern and I'm a bit surprised by how much it reminds me of Tavern Keeper store.steampowered.com/app/436780/T...
store.steampowered.com
Tavern Keeper 🍻 on Steam
From the creators of Game Dev Tycoon comes Tavern Keeper 🍻, a cosy-chaotic management sim, featuring a powerful decoration sandbox and a magical storybook RPG!
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 15/08/2026
Why don't we call midnight "low noon"?
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 14/08/2026
The benefits of suboptimality: dotproto.com/2026/08/14/the-benefit… The search for a retro digital camera elicits a reflection on analog photography and how friction can kindle intentionality.
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 18/07/2026
Intellectually I know a million dollars is a lot of money, but also it feels like a drop in the bucket compared to what could be done www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
politico.com
Anthropic CEO gives $1 million to super PAC amid battle of AI big-money groups
The committee also got $5,000 from an employee of the company's rival OpenAI.
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 17/07/2026
HGAPPY BIRHTDYA!@ 😱🎉🍰
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 16/07/2026
I've been working on a clay figure sculpture for a while now. Last time I went into the studio I experimented with techniques for hair
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 10/07/2026
Subway ads: Deploy reports to Sandhill instantly using PopFeel. Brought to you by hAPPYcUP, a BlackRock company Me: 🫠
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 27/06/2026
I started 007 First Light yesterday and so far I'm a bit surprised how much of the game has been cinematics and quick time events
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 26/06/2026
I'm endlessly ticked by the fact that Sam and Dario didn't hold hand in this photo
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) takes a group photo with AI company leaders including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (C) and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei (R) at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on February 19, 2026.
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 25/06/2026
Tim (probably): ...and if you want to sell those cigarettes, then you have to get this Scarlet Letter of the Surgeon General's warning attached to your product...
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 25/06/2026
Tim Epic: ...and if you want to [list a game built with AI] on Steam, then you have to get this Scarlet Letter of AI attached to your product... www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus... If using a tool to build your game sinks its viability in the market, maybe don't use that tool?
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 23/06/2026
And I want Mark to renounce his work at Meta and spend the rest of his life focusing on how to improve the lives of those who can't afford basic food and housing, but we don't all get what we want techcrunch.com/2026/06/23/m...
techcrunch.com
Mark Zuckerberg wants Meta to launch its own prediction market | TechCrunch
The app would be independent of Meta's other social media offerings, although sources told the NYT that those social sites could direct users to engagement with the app.
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Barry Pollard @tunetheweb.com · 19/06/2026
The Chrome DevTools team are doing a "papercuts" sprint where they try to address lots of small, irritating bugs and annoyances. Reply with crbug.com links (no bug, no fix—that's the deal!) and will see what we can do. No promises though as some may be features/too big/unclear how to solve.
crbug.com
Chromium
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Bramus @bram.us · 19/06/2026
I’m seizing this moment, as I’ve already sent a selection of 10 bugs to our DevTools team for them to look at 😁 Which papercut bugs would you like to see solved? Send me your crbugs and I’ll forward them. No crbug to point to? No worries: you can always file new ones at crbug.com/new 😉
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 19/06/2026
Not from Chicago, but hell fucking yeah
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 19/06/2026
AT Protocol's ability to self-host your own PDS tickles the web 2.0 part of my brain
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 19/06/2026
I didn't know about the Aella thing before this and honestly seeing that diagram just further convinced me than Sankey diagrams are f'n cool
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 17/06/2026
And of course thanks to the CWS team for making this happen 😁
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 17/06/2026
Congrats! 🎉
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 17/06/2026
Oh, very cool! Chrome Web Store just added an automated check at upload time to help catch file name casing collision issues. Thanks, @oliverdunk.com! groups.google.com/a/chromium.o...
groups.google.com
Windows- & MacOS-specific CRX install failure
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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 05/06/2026
Was it all a bit of a faff to integrate? Yes. Did I get rate limited multiple times? Absolutely. But do I think it’s worth doing? I think this is going to do *wonders* for website discovery, so without a doubt. bell.bz/i-did-the-st...
bell.bz
I did the Standard.site thing
Was it all a bit of a faff to integrate? Yes. Did I get rate limited multiple times? Absolutely. But do I think it’s worth doing? I think this is going to do *wonders* for website discovery, so without...
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 05/06/2026
Re-asking from HN: have you seen any cases where models/agents access page content before the Browser Shield is able to sanitize the page?
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 05/06/2026
I'm afraid it still isn't carebare enough for me. 1 rook is too many. I just wanna shoot robots with my buds
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 05/06/2026
Giving Marathon a shot First impressionc Beautiful game. Feels great. Bursting at the seems with style. Really curious about this world. Shame about the omnipresent inescapable PvP
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 01/06/2026
#hugops for the folks working on cs.chromium.org right now
Screenshot of https://source.chromium.org/ showing a black error page that reads "Unable to load page. Please try again later." A white bar at the bottom of the screen says "An unexpected error occurred."
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 27/05/2026
Hi @cassidoo.co! 👋☺️
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Katerina Marchán 🐈 @zkat.tech · 27/05/2026
doing my part, etc
It has come to my attention, per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Workers_United_solidarity, that the Wikimedia Foundation recently laid off multiple union organizers during a union-establishing effort at the Foundation, as well as Brooke Vibber, another union organizer and long time developer.

This is incredibly troubling to me, and I am writing to let you know that unless the course here is corrected/reversed and Wikimedia takes significant steps towards fixing this, I will be withdrawing my ongoing donations to Wikimedia.

-kat
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Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
look. is everything more expensive now? yes. but you have to look on the bright side too. now every time you open a computer, it doesn't work
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 27/05/2026
"Now remember, this is your homepage. There are no limits in this world."
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 27/05/2026
I legit like that coinage
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 27/05/2026
Apparently there's a social network for people in music called Vampr. Using a name that suggests leeching off of others was certainly a choice
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 24/05/2026
/me accidentally typos "WeebExtension" /my brain: A lot of people making extensions like Japanese culture, but WeebExtension is a bit much, okay?
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Simeon.__proto__ @dotproto.com · 23/05/2026
Ugh 😣
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 22/05/2026
Really think we could stand to drop the utterly credulous headline style of "Billionaire says doorway to Narnia will be open by 2027"
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