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elementary<p>💡To more quickly type characters with accents or other special characters, you can set up a "Compose" key in System Settings → Keyboard → Layout</p><p>Check out this handy Compose Key cheat sheet to learn how to type arrows, fractions, em dashes, musical notation, and more! <a href="https://cheatography.com/davechild/cheat-sheets/ubuntu-compose-key-combinations/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cheatography.com/davechild/che</span><span class="invisible">at-sheets/ubuntu-compose-key-combinations/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProTip</span></a></p>
J. David Eisenberg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@jaykuo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jaykuo</span></a></span> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AltText4You" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AltText4You</span></a> </p><p>Photo of Buttigieg, with a post by “Call to Activism”:</p><p>NEW: Pete Buttigieg warns JD Vance’s 2028 run would be “dangerous” - calling him “very intelligent, very capable, and completely unprinicpled.” Says Vance went from comparing Trump to Hitler to praising him, and is now embracing “blood-and-soil nationalism.”</p><p>(<a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ProTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProTip</span></a>: When you have a mostly-text post, you can copy/paste it into the alt-text for the benefit of visually-impaired readers.)</p>
Catbus<p>screencap your favorite posts of all time and store them on fb so that years later they'll pop up in your Memories <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23protip" target="_blank">#protip</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23TheMoreYouKnow" target="_blank">#TheMoreYouKnow</a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mk.moth.zone/@eri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eri</span></a></span> Reminds me of those shitty <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/spammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spammers</span></a> trying to ransom me when I don't even have a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/webcam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webcam</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Protip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protip</span></a>: If one wants to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/blackmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackmail</span></a> one better has actual <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evidence</span></a> to show...</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sarcasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sarcasm</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NotLegalAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotLegalAdvice</span></a></p>
Jérémy -Jeey-<p><a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/ProTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProTip</span></a> pour <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/FBDirect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBDirect</span></a></p><p>Regardez la video ou écoutez le podcast en augmentant 1,5x la vitesse.<br>Ça apporte un peu de rythme.<br>Et la corvée vous sera moins longue</p><p><a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/Bayrou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bayrou</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/Budget2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Budget2026</span></a></p>
Joachim Heistinger<p>Wer mehr Geschmack und Schärfe aus einer <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chili" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chili</span></a> holen möchte, ohne Mixer oder Kochtopf, nehme die Knoblauchpresse.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protip</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SchoafeSochn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoafeSochn</span></a></p>
rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua<p><a href="https://mastodon.cisti.org/tags/ProTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProTip</span></a> (lo fanno pure lә astronautә).</p><p>Quando dovete fare qualcosa preparatevi liste di tutte le cose che potrebbero servirvi (una per giorno), così evitate il classico "Bioparco! Mancano le puntine! Corri dai cinesi a comprarne una scatola!".</p><p>E poi la scatola di puntine finisce da qualche parte nascosta e l'anno dopo bisogna comperarne un'altra…</p>
Richard R Lee<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProTip</span></a>: There won't be any <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MidTermElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MidTermElections</span></a>.The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascists</span></a> will have cancelled them and declared <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MartialLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MartialLaw</span></a> by then. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>georgetakei</span></a></span></p>
J. David Eisenberg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>georgetakei</span></a></span> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AltText4You" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AltText4You</span></a> </p><p>Post from Angry Staffer:<br>I’m not a doctor. Medical folks, thoughts on these ankles and hands?</p><p>I assume we’ll have to wait on the best selling book to find out what’s happening here</p><p>[Photo of Trump’s hand with foundation makeup on the back of the hand; photo of Trump’s feet where he appears to have swollen ankles.]<br>=====================<br>¡¡¡ <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ProTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProTip</span></a>: Please add <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a> so that people with visual impairments can get this important information!!!</p>
Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄<p>Web dev protip:<br>console.log("foo: ", p);<br>displays p in console as a live object. If it updates, every console entry of it updates.</p><p>console.log("foo: "+JSON.stringify(p) );<br>dumps the current state to console so you can figure out what changed over time.</p><p>In related news, my little BASIC parser now parses at least a couple tokens correctly (the colon lines are parsed tokens)</p><p><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/protip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protip</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/javascript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>javascript</span></a></p>
randomized<p><a href="https://masto.bike/tags/protip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protip</span></a> the cheap backpack sold by Lidl are ... Cheap</p><p>There was an interesting wireframe system in tension that would keep the bag from sticking to the back, but tension was too strong for the seam and low quality fabric.</p><p>I mist have done at much 50k with it</p><p><a href="https://masto.bike/tags/hike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hike</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.bike/tags/caturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>caturday</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.bike/tags/catsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>catsofmastodon</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lea.pet/@lea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lea</span></a></span> yes, the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> doing that because for the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/citizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>citizens</span></a> are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/paypigs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paypigs</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DebtPeons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DebtPeons</span></a>!</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Protip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protip</span></a>: Yeet that U.S. citizenship ASAP…</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NotLegalAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotLegalAdvice</span></a></p>
J. David Eisenberg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@Benjaminblackoak" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Benjaminblackoak</span></a></span> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AltText4You" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AltText4You</span></a> </p><p>The far-right is angry because they're being judged by the content of their character rather than by the color of their skin.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ProTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProTip</span></a>: if a post consists entirely of text, copy/paste the text instead of an image without ALT text. That’s “accessibility made easy”!</p>
J. David Eisenberg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thetnholler.bsky.social</span></a></span> <br>*sigh* <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AltText4You" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AltText4You</span></a> </p><p>Original post by Donald J Trump: Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship. She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her. GOD BLESS AMERICA!</p><p>Response from Aaron Rupar:</p><p>Every republican who goes on the Sunday shows tomorrow should be pressed to denounce this illegal and authoritarian proclamation from the president. And none of this "I didn't read the tweet" bullshit.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ProTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProTip</span></a> - if your post consists purely of text, just post the text so that it is accessible to people with visual impairments. (This is not exactly rocket surgery, you know.)</p>
enargeia<p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/ProTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProTip</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/LifeHack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LifeHack</span></a></p>
Lydia Conwell :mastodon:<p>Pro tip:</p><p>Anyone who uses the term 'Hard Left' </p><p>is your enemy.</p><p><a href="https://todon.nl/tags/ProTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProTip</span></a></p>
Ned Yeung<p>Tip for youse youngin's out there:<br>I used to think when I was younger that crunches were the most important, to keep that core strong. Now that I'm older I realize that it was the squats that were most necessary, to keep those knees limber.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/protip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protip</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/lifehack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lifehack</span></a></p>
SP⟁CED GO⟁T<p><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/ProTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProTip</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/LifeLessons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LifeLessons</span></a> </p><p>If ever you find yourslef asking yourself if yourself should be taking a back up before doing something. Just stop right there and take the fucking backup. It won't just be fine. You know I'm right.</p>
J. David Eisenberg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>georgetakei</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AltText4You" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AltText4You</span></a> </p><p>Post from Jo “OK this is hysterical.”</p><p>Pie chart with Title: Benefits of being MAGA</p><p>Pie chart is divided in thirds, colored green, orange, and yellow.</p><p>The legend has three colored rectangles with text next to them:</p><p>Purple rectangle: Being liked and respected<br>Light blue rectangle: Trump cares about you<br>Red rectangle: Cheatp Groceries</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ProTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProTip</span></a> for Mr. Takei: people with visual impairments will absolutely not get the chart if you don't add <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a> to make it accessible. (You know this. You shouldn’t need me to remind you.)</p>
J. David Eisenberg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@rbreich" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rbreich</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AltText4You" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AltText4You</span></a> </p><p>Jeff Bezos is worth $230 billion and is spending $20 million on a three-day wedding in Venice while sailng around on his $500 million yacht. If he can afford to do that, he can afford a wealth tax and to pay Amazon workers a living wage.</p><p>(<a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ProTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProTip</span></a>: If an image consists entirely of text, just copy and paste the text into a post so that you don’t have to depend on total strangers to provide <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a> instead. You’re a smart dude, Mr Reich. Make your posts accessible.)</p>
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