@rl_dane@polymaths.social
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Jun 03, 2026
R.L. Dane 
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@rl_dane@polymaths.social
My blog: https://rldane.space/ My scripts: https://codeberg.org/rldane/scripts #Fediversian since late 2018, full-time #fediholic since early 2022. First-wave #twexodee. NOTE: Most of my toots are in markdown (rich text). Your client might mangle the formatting. Public statuses can be best viewed on on this instance's web interface. Your client should give you an option to copy the post's link. Imported profile from fosstodon: Involuntary time-traveler, recipient of offensive grace. Quasi-technical Linux and FOSS enthusiast. Armchair privacy advocate Profile pic is my own, copyright me. Header image courtesy of NASA: https://unsplash.com/photos/Q1p7bh3SHj8 My #interests: #StarWars #StarTrek #Linux #UNIX #Bible #Christianity #Jesus #AmateurRadio #Bash #Dallas #Writing #Poetry #Space #KSP #Tea #FountainPens #Journaling #TabletopRPG #RetroComputing #ClassicMac #uxn #fedi22
polymaths.social
Curious #poll about how #color is handled programmatically: You're writing a function that takes a 12-bit RGB color value and converts it to 24-bit. Assuming the input is 0x17b, what does your function output, and why?
#1070b0
22.2%
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#1177bb
77.8%
(7)
#000000
0.0%
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#deadbf ("0xDEADBEEF")
0.0%
(0)
Something else
0.0%
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@fediboard_science@flipboard.social
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May 06, 2026
FediBoard Science
@fediboard_science@flipboard.social
Follow this account for quality articles and curated #Science content from Flipboard enthusiasts — discovery, technology, space & innovation. Powered by FediBoard. 🔬 #Science #Technology #Space #Flipboard #Curation #FediBoard
flipboard.social
Color doesn’t exist—at least not how you think
https://www.popsci.com/science/is-color-real/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=Econopass%2Fmagazine%2FFLIPBOARD+EXCHANGE+FEED+%F0%9F%97%9E%EF%B8%8F
That's why it's impossible to describe the color red. Red means stop. Red means danger. Red means passion. The color conjures up a whole range of emotions and associations. It inspired an entire Taylor Swift album. And yet if someone asked you to describe what red actually looks like, without pointing …
#science #color
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@Color_Palette_Bot@mastodon.art
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Apr 29, 2026
Color Palette Bot
@Color_Palette_Bot@mastodon.art
Posting semi random, procedurally generated color palettes every six hours, because color is cool. sibling to https://bsky.app/profile/color-palette-bot.bsky.social color names supplied by this amazing list: https://github.com/meodai/color-names Learn about creative botmaking on https://botwiki.org.
mastodon.art
a dainty new palette for you to enjoy:
Deep Koamaru (#2e346b),
Blue Gem (#503d8f),
Harley Hair Purple (#864db3),
Mary’s Garden (#708f3d), and
Druid Green (#3f6b2e)
#color #ColorPalette
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砂くず Піщана підстилка
黒いキャンパスに散らばる砂くず
Піщане сміття на чорному кампусі
https://note.com/poison_raika/n/n236cc442f211
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#sand #scattered #across #black #canvas #sparkling #color #chaos #people #look #being #heart_shaking #portrait #mysterious #magic
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@Color_Palette_Bot@mastodon.art
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Jan 31, 2026
Color Palette Bot
@Color_Palette_Bot@mastodon.art
Posting semi random, procedurally generated color palettes every six hours, because color is cool. sibling to https://bsky.app/profile/color-palette-bot.bsky.social color names supplied by this amazing list: https://github.com/meodai/color-names Learn about creative botmaking on https://botwiki.org.
mastodon.art
a serendipitous new palette for you to enjoy:
Middy’s Purple (#a37dd4),
Wisteria Fragrance (#bcb8e0),
Zesty Apple (#91a659),
Tropical Tale (#e0deb8), and
Steamed Chestnut (#d4b17d)
#color #ColorPalette
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@bunnytown@apobangpo.space
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Jan 29, 2026
inspired by Connor Storrie's YSL look
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I’m #colorblind and I use https://xkcd.com/color/rgb/ frequently.
Randall ‘xkcd’ Monroe did a survey of over 100,000 readers where he showed them random rgb colors and said “what would you call this?” and afterwards he did his best to sort the results into the most popular color names and the colors they refer to.
It’s like a box of Crayola for the internet. Finally, my colorblind self can grab a sample of “dark magenta” that doesn’t just look like “grape purple” to everyone else.
The data is freely available as a .txt file under CC0, which I’ve converted into a .css file here: https://git.hatspace.net/nycki/nycki.net/src/branch/main/static/xkcd.css
so now when I want a color on my website I can just write color: var(--xkcd-off-white) or so on. it’s really convenient :)
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