From aa54c194ff5e3fa2f42909f4eb5c27d1b1366dc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jaseg Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 23:41:06 +0100 Subject: Make images on dark mode darker --- content/blog/kicad-mesh-plugin/index.rst | 42 ++++++++++++++------------ content/blog/multichannel-led-driver/index.rst | 18 ++++++----- content/blog/wifi-led-driver/index.rst | 9 +++--- content/projects/svg-flatten/index.rst | 7 +++++ 4 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-) (limited to 'content') diff --git a/content/blog/kicad-mesh-plugin/index.rst b/content/blog/kicad-mesh-plugin/index.rst index 226f23f..df15933 100644 --- a/content/blog/kicad-mesh-plugin/index.rst +++ b/content/blog/kicad-mesh-plugin/index.rst @@ -125,25 +125,29 @@ means that on every step, the algorithm is choosing a new direction at random. .. raw:: html -
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