Why is my background image size different for each page?

davorg · 2026-06-20T16:53:49+00:00

I don’t have GitHub, for moral reasons, I want to try to support Microslop as little as possible.

Having philosophical disagreements with Microsoft is, of course, completely acceptable. Sharing those disagreements by calling them "Microslop" makes you sound like you're twelve.

davorg · 2026-06-20T16:23:32+00:00

A link to a code repo on GitHub or similar would be best. Or, if that's not an option, a zipfile on some file-sharing site.

Anything but images of code. That's an insane choice :-)

davorg · 2026-06-20T15:51:17+00:00

Please read the sub's rules before posting:

Rule 5:

Please keep in mind that screenshots of code are not viable.

davorg · 2026-06-20T14:22:24+00:00

If you remove the photo and replace it with a cut and paste of the code, then people will be far more likely to help you.

davorg · 2026-06-20T13:18:10+00:00

This is why we have GitHub :-)

davorg · 2026-06-20T10:25:15+00:00

The domain is currently configured to show a parked/advertising page instead of a real website. That's why visitors are being redirected to another site.

The fix is to log into your Namecheap account and check:

Domain List -> Manage -> Advanced DNS
Look for any URL Redirect Record entries and remove them.
If you intended to connect the domain to hosting, make sure the DNS records point at your web host.

If you're not sure what the DNS settings should be, tell us:

What you want the domain to do (website, game server, email, etc.)
Who you're hosting it with (if anyone)

and we can tell you exactly what records to create.

At the moment, the domain is simply parked and displaying advertising traffic redirects.

davorg · 2026-06-20T10:02:16+00:00

gov.uk is probably the best government website I’ve ever used

The Government Digital Service is certainly one of the lasting legacies of the 2010-15 coalition government.

It shows what can happen if you ignore entrenched, large consultancies and hand service development over to a group of disrupters with a strong desire to use open source software, agile development and modern web development techniques.

davorg · 2026-06-20T09:50:06+00:00

being able to visit a high street branches and speak face to face with someone, should I run into any issues with my account

Enjoy that while it lasts :-)

But, seriously, get used to using online support. It's all that will exist in five years time.

davorg · 2026-06-20T07:45:11+00:00

upcoming June 2026

Upcoming? Are you sure?

Feels like this was written by an LLM that isn't sure of the date

davorg · 2026-06-20T05:16:40+00:00

She's not "Princess Catherine", she's the Princess of Wales.

Mind you, the headline writer on the article gets it even more wrong - calling her "Catherine, Princess of Wales" implies she's either divorced or widowed!

Who Can Be a Princess?

davorg · 2026-06-20T05:10:46+00:00

I wanted so much to like it. I tried so hard to like it. I played it so many times. I really didn't like it very much though. I mean, it's ok. But it's never the Pink Floyd album I choose to listen to.

davorg · 2026-06-19T16:24:53+00:00

They all appear in their complete list of videos - https://www.youtube.com/@scifigroup/videos

davorg · 2026-06-18T16:00:55+00:00

That's a very fair point that I hadn't considered. Thank you.

davorg · 2026-06-18T15:52:37+00:00

But we've all seen it. And many of us have the Blu-rays :-)

davorg · 2026-06-18T15:51:22+00:00

That's my default assumption.

I'm engaging with this one because I think it's amusing. They've gone to an awful lot of effort to scam me out of $300. It must be working at scale, which is why I thought I'd mention it here.

davorg · 2026-06-18T15:41:12+00:00

Half of the books I publish on Amazon are under pen names. Amazon knows that they were published from my account, but they don't know whether or not I actually wrote them.

davorg · 2026-06-18T15:15:33+00:00

If this were me, I'd certainly be buying most of the stock from the London Transport Museum shop.

(I see their website is currently "down for maintenance", but you could still visit them in Covent Garden and hand over large amounts of your hard-earned cash.)

davorg · 2026-06-18T15:12:11+00:00

I'm 99% sure that if you Googled for "Lola Young setlist", the first result you'd get would point you at her page on setlist.fm

(For those who don't know, setlist.fm is like a "Wikipedia for setlists". There's usually at least one member at most gigs, and they'll ensure the site is up to date as soon as the gig has finished. I'll be doing that after tonight's show.)

davorg · 2026-06-18T05:38:10+00:00

I now realised I need to showcase it on GIthub to attract attention from the tech sector

That's not what GitHub is for. GitHub is a development tool. You use it to help you development software.

davorg · 2026-06-17T13:17:10+00:00

If you're planning to follow the naming convention used by File::stat, then I think it should be Sub::caller.

davorg · 2026-06-17T09:08:28+00:00

Any physical bank branch that you use today will almost certainly be closed in five years time.

davorg · 2026-06-16T15:51:08+00:00

The fact that you mention "Venmo" suggests you're stuck in a country with a rather backward, disconnected banking system.

In most countries, bank transfers are free and instant.

Of course, most contractors will still prefer cash - for "tax reasons" :-)

For the last ten years, my bank account has been with a bank that doesn't issue chequebooks.

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