Are text-based deep-fakes OK?
What do we make of a deepfake "interview" with a text-based AI trained on the words of a real person?
Category: Techie
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How to make test users work with Facebook Messenger Bots
It's not massively easy, and it's definitely not clear. But you CAN have test users for your Messenger bot. Here's how!
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My new cookie pop-up setup
I'm sure you all know that the rules about how websites use cookies have changed a bit over the last few years. This post explains my current setup for cookie consents and analytics on WordPress sites. And tries to dissuade you from using them in the first place!
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Tech Note: Checking the integrity of npm modules
Quick tech note on how to find and check the integrity hash value of an npm package.
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WordPress: Fixing shortcodes that enqueue JavaScript when used in ACF fields
A quick bit of WordPress learning on the interaction between ACF, shortcodes, and enqueuing and registering scripts.
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Tech communities are good
Drama is a tiny-but-highly-visible portion of what goes on in tech communities. Let's shout about the good stuff too.
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My Government Petition Tracker: Some stats and facts
A quick write-up of how I built the government petition tracker that I made and how it's performed over the last 24 hours of being quite a lot busier than normal.
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Going Vanilla – initial thoughts on building a theme with no build tools
I'm attempting to build a WordPress theme with no build tool using only "vanilla" CSS and JS. Here's some initial thoughts I've had after getting started.
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My new CSS framework: SUCSS!
Everyone is writing about CSS, and I work with CSS, so I guess I should write about CSS too. Here's the new idea: SUCSS!
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Not all software development processes are equal
Coding is easy / software engineering is hard – we need more engineers! Foreward: This post has been in my drafts for ages. I’m hesitant to publish because…well…how could little old me have a valid critique of such a software engineering giant? Yet I keep reading it and I’m really happy with what I’ve written […]