Human folly for 02023-02-07

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• How to allow Chrome to access my camera on localhost (stackoverflow.com):

  #Chromium #browsers allow access to the #HTML5 camera API #getUserMedia from localhost in JS, but not from file: URLs (even if you explicitly allow it yourself), though there's also chrome://flags/#unsafely-treat-insecure-origin-as-secure.

• getUserMedia doesnt work on localhost because its unsecure origin (stackoverflow.com):

  also in #Chromium #browsers, the #HTML5 camera API (#getUserMedia) can be blocked from a localhost port in chrome://settings/content/camera.

• How to use smartphone camera when access localhost website (stackoverflow.com):

  example code for #HTML5 camera API (#getUserMedia) to detect cameras (in this case for a #barcode #QR reader)

• Item (news.ycombinator.com):

  the #HTML5 camera API #getUserMedia in #Firefox #browsers requires HTTPS (or localhost) since 02019; the about:config flag to allow otherwise is media.getusermedia.insecure.enabled

• Front and rear camera access with javascripts getUserMedia (digitalocean.com):

  how to use the #HTML5 #getUserMedia API for camera access in #browsers, step by step

• Killer Rabbits in medieval Manuscripts why so many drawings in the margins depict bunnies going (openculture.com):

  drolleries in marginalia in #medieval #manuscripts frequently include killer rabbits

• Debugging guide (wizardzines.com):

  Julia Evans is selling her zines about how to be a wizard, including this one about #debugging

• getUserMedia (developer.mozilla.org):

  Mozilla’s official documentation for the #HTML5 #getUserMedia API for accessing cameras in #browsers; this has example code for things like front and back cameras. Apparently it’s deprecated, but I don’t know what alternatives exist.

• Secure contexts (developer.mozilla.org):

  #Firefox #browsers consider localhost and file: URLs to be "secure contexts" for #HTML5 APIs like getUserMedia and service workers and custom protocol handlers

• Registerprotocolhandler (developer.mozilla.org):

  interesting, #HTML5 lets websites register URL protocol schemes that start with web+. web+wikipedia:? web+latlon:?

• Wal (sqlite.org):

  #SQLite can use a write-ahead log (WAL) to use MVCC for #transactional concurrency, which probably ought to be the default. You say PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL; at the command line is all.

• SQLite internals Wal (fly.io):

  more about #SQLite’s WAL, with a goofy sandwich shop example

• Index (let-me-think.org):

  "Let Me Think" is an alternative academic system, or a planned alternative to the academic system, funded by Jaan #Tallinn. “Envisioning alternative academies to broaden access to scholarly practice. The university system does not value students. The university system does not value students. The university system does not value scholarship. The university system has a monopoly on learning.”