JavaScript tips

 I get page 'layout shifts' when I use 'Google Fonts'. If I say 'font-display: optional' to get round this then I do not see the Google fonts at all, as they do not load in time. I tried to reduce the size of the font file by specifying a font weight and by specifyng the letters in the alphabet as the 'text' to match. But the font file still takes too long to load. I also tried putting Google's intermediate '@font-face' rules directly in my CSS. But the font file still loads too slowly. I also tried downloading the font file onto my website. But the web server is a bit slow and again I do not see the Google fonts. My hosting provider is 'Hostinger'. I did not try adjusting the size of the system fonts to match the Google Fonts to remove the 'layout shifts'. This seems a bit complicated and may not work on all browsers. I am going to try loading fonts into my game using the JavaScript API. My game takes a few seconds to load an...

 I managed to get 'blogarama.com' to index my blog. I get 50 posts free. I only put my best posts on 'blogarama'. 'blogarama' did not mind when I waited 4 months before adding the next post.  'blogarama' thought I had put a reciprocal link in my blog when I had not. However, I cannot find any of my posts on 'blogarama'. There are a lot of ads. Many directories of RSS feeds seem to have closed in recent years. However, it seems it is still worthwhile having an RSS feed.

 I always put a '#' before a 'rm -rf' before clearing out old backups. I think a bit and then remove the '#' and then run the command. I once ran '/bin/rm -rf' as the user 'root' and deleted lots of files I wanted.  I even deleted the '/etc/passwd' file and got the famous 'you do not exist' error. I work as the user 'root' because my 'X Windows' system needs this. This is because I upgraded my Linux system myself 'from scratch' and did it slightly wrong.   I get a smiley '(:0)' next to my 'root' user's 'pseudo-terminal' when I run 'who' to show who is logged on

 Warnings from Chrome's Lighthouse turned out to be bugs from using an old version of Chrome used for Windows7. Lighthouse said: 'heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order'. I can get round this by using the 'Lighthouse' option at 'webpagetest.org'. Or I can go to a neighbouring libary that runs Windows10 and the latest Chrome