Erik Moeller

I have yet to encounter a single calendar date range widget that works well (hotel/airline sites all have it). Must be one of those impossible #UX problems. Or maybe just something that people think is easy that's actually quite hard to get right.

TIL that `npm` ships with `npm completion` to enable bash autocomplete. Nice. (Yeah, I still use `npm` over `pnpm` -- old habits, mostly.)

RE: @brookie@hachyderm.io

Exemplary work by Johan to engage in direct outreach _and_ document the resulting interactions.

Most people won't do quite that much, but if you're an EU citizen or resident and a bit lazier (like me 😇) you can still look up a few accounts and send a few emails.

See the lists on https://leavex.eu/ as a starting point, especially for EU MEPs.

A good read with lessons for social systems anywhere.

The post explains how "means-testing" (is someone "worthy" of receiving a social benefit?) funnels taxpayer money designated for social purposes into for-profit companies, sometimes dwarfing spending on the benefit itself.

There are many reasons societal services like health care and public transit should be universally free and accessible; this is one of them.

https://lpeproject.org/blog/the-means-testing-industrial-complex/

@syhr@social.coop

Might be worth considering as a #SocialCoop service ...

@be@floss.social @moritz@social.heiber.im

Sigh ...

If you enjoy #VisualNovels and #InteractiveFiction, check out the latest issue of #ChoiceBeat, a free zine dedicated to the genre:

https://choicebeat.wordpress.com/2024/02/23/choicebeat-10/

It's chock-full of reviews; I contributed two:

- Night Cascades, a mystery romance set in a New Age infused version of the 1980s, by @hanakogames@mastodon.gamedev.place

- Seers Isle, an interactive graphic novel by @novabox@mastodon.gamedev.place in a fantasy medieval northern Europe setting. Themes include individual survival, and the clash between monotheism & polytheism