tef
@tef

or, i attach a gameboy rom to a post, and there's a big play button on other people's timelines

honestly though, i do miss the flexibility of email attachments. right now if i want to link even a tiny file, i either have to smuggle it inside a blessed image format, or i paste some base64 code under a read more, and hope people are unix enough to care to decode it


lexi
@lexi

it is way easier: you can use data: urls with b64! select the text below (triple-click it) and drag it into your current tab like this:

data:text/html;base64,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

and yes, this requires 0 external code. this is an attachment! you can do up to 200kb in here lol


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