Damian’s notes

Instructions for renaming the ‘master‘ branch in your Git repository to ‘main‘. There is no particular reason for the main branch of your repo to be called ‘master‘, so you might as well rename it rather spend eternity explaining to people that this isn’t a reference to ‘master–slave’ relationships; ‘main’ is as good a replacement as any.

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  Easily rename your Git default branch from master to main - Scott Hanselman

UK advice and regulations are still all over the place when it comes to wearing masks in public. Here’s the argument for doing it all the time you are out of the house.

(Via Marcin Wichary on Twitter)

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  Let's All Wear A Mask (Idle Words)

I have been internationalizing the software that powers ooble.uk. As a result, if you happen to have your browser set up to prefer Esperanto text to English, then you will see some sketchily machine-translated Esperanto text on the site.

A runtime for TypeScript or JavaScript programs that is positioned as a single-executable alternative to TypeScript + Babel + Node + NPM + ESLint + Prettier + Webpack. Modules are imported from URLs (same system as ES6 modules running in browsers), and asynchronous APIs use promises rather than those old-fashioned callbacks (so not a drop-in replacement for Node). Implemented in Rust, and aiming to be secure-by-default by restricting access to files and networks unless explicitly allowed.

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  Deno — A secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript. Deno is a simple, modern and secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript that uses V8 and is built in Rust.

Apple’s photos app does machine-learning-powered analysis of all your photos and stores the result sin SQLite files that can reveal a wealth of information if you know how.

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  Using SQL to find my best photo of a pelican according to Apple Photos According to the Apple Photos internal SQLite database, this is the most aesthetically pleasing photograph I have ever taken of a pelican: Here’s the SQL query that found me my …

Time lapse of the process of hand-stenciling the swag for the 2015 Brand New Conference.

(Via Underware on Twitter)

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  2015 Brand New Conference: Production Process A time-lapse of how we spray-painted 1,700 program covers; 1,000 tote bags; and 1,300 badges. For the finished pieces please visit http://bit.ly/bnconf2015id

Word lists for testing typeface designs developed by Hoefler & Co.

(Via Typophile on Twitter)

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  Fonts by Hoefler&Co. H&Co designs fonts for print, web, and mobile environments.

A special from-their-bedrooms performance by 40 artists of music from Cowboy Bebop to benefit COVID-19 Relief.

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  Cowboy Bebop's 'The Real Folk Blues' Special Performance feat Yoko Kanno, Steve Blum, and more Anime gives back! In collaboration with Funimation, Sunrise and Mason Lieberman, we are thrilled to share this star-studded tribute to the gorgeous music of ...

An exercise in film making when you can’t go out to film: light painting and parallax displacement create the illusion of 3 motion in a series of still photographs captured after nightfall.

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  Night Light An exercise in light painting and parallax displacement to create the illusion of 3D (or 2.5D) and motion in a series of still photographs captured after nightfall.…