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Posting about online presentations

I organize online presentations about various topics in computing. (e.g. Python, Rust, Go, Databases, DevOps etc.) I also monitor many other channels that have online "meetups". Even if they don't use Meetup to organize them. I am new here and I would like to get the opinion of the community here. Would it be interesting and acceptable to post such events? Would it be considered self promotion if…

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Ask canvas for a WebP in Safari and you silently get a PNG

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