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AceSLS ,

Why go out of your way instead of just using a proper search engine? Google has been getting worse and worse for the past 4 or 5 years

AceSLS ,

I am pretty content with DuckDuckGo at the moment. It's sadly still worse than peak Google was but that's enshittification for ya

Google's "Manifest V2" Chrome extension phaseout next month is expected to impact the original uBlock Origin extension, which still uses the V2 framework and has 37 million users (www.theregister.com)

The new MV3 architecture reflects Google's avowed desire to make browser extensions more performant, private, and secure. But the internet giant's attempt to do so has been bitterly contested by makers of privacy-protecting and content-blocking extensions, who have argued that the Chocolate Factory's new software architecture...

AceSLS ,

It's the best. Deletes all cookies and browsing data on exit by default. I changed it to keep history and cookies for a handful of sites

Turned up uBO to strict mode and installed JShelter to get rid of most clientside fingerprinting (this will cause some breakage on a site by site basis though, which is quick to be fixed. Mostly on sites that are dynamically managed by JS instead of the way it's meant to be)

AceSLS ,

Not really, NoScript prevents executing all JavaScript by default. JShelter instead strongly limits what JS can do and spoofs some values to throw of fingerprinters. It also has a network boundary shield (mostly blocking cross sites post/get requests. Same for lan to prevent your local network being scanned etc). And it comes with a fingerprint detector which allows you to see which websites want to track you the most (I avoid those whenever possible)

AceSLS ,

True

That's why I changed it to keep all history and cookies on pages I whitelisted

AceSLS ,

the kicker: she's an employee of a local catholic parish.

Not surprising at all, without misleading and lying to people no religion would gain mass traction

AceSLS , (edited )

For duplicates dupeGuru's Music Mode should suffice (don't be overly aggressive when batch deleting files!)

Then tag and sort them with MusicBrainz Picard (again, take it slow. Picard is great and all but not every automated match is correct and I always check mine if they're correct)

After doing that start taking notes while listening to your Music in case you detect something is wrong (missed duplicate, wrong/partial metadata, etc) which allows you to fix these errors later on

I'd also recommend you do backups along the way because dupeGurus and Picards changes can't be undone and as a beginner you're likely to do mistakes till your accustomed to the process

That's what I did and will continue to do with my 1500 songs (for now)

I also prefer to sync my music from my PC to my phone via rsync (any sync application should suffice). But that's just me, because imo offline playback is the way to go

AceSLS ,

No need to, check out ProjectM

AceSLS ,

You need to excorcise those daemons!

AceSLS ,

Sounds like Pixiv with extra steps

Seriously, it's addicting as fuck if that's your kinda thing

AceSLS ,

You almost forgot the "to protect your privacy" and maybe sprinkle some "protecting children" in there too

AceSLS ,

Ah yes, the duality of mankind

AceSLS ,

Or cross compile

AceSLS ,

Some say DeaDBeeF is a valid alternative for foobar2000. You could also just run foobar2000 in Wine, which seems to be possible for 5+ years now

As Paint.net alternative I highly recommend Krita instead of Gimp

AceSLS ,

That's a wtf for you? You must be new to the internet then

AceSLS ,

I don't think it is in backups only. My guess is they store your full edit history for each comment/post/whatever. Newest one will be shown on the frontend, rest is for data vampires

AceSLS ,

Why is it that smaller people can do seemingly obvious features like custom user-controlled site rankings, but the big players are completely incapable of that?

Because that would give control to the user. And we all know they hate us having that because they can't shove their shit down our throats then

AceSLS ,

If your phone is rooted you could also build isodrive in Turmux to mount any ISO from your phone's storage

AceSLS ,

User error Skill issue

FTFY

1000+ Firefox for Android extensions now available – Mozilla Add-ons Community Blog (blog.mozilla.org)

The new open ecosystem of extensions on Firefox for Android launched in December with just over 400 extensions. Less than five months later we’ve surpassed 1,000 Firefox for Android extensions. That’s an impressive achievement by this developer community! It’s exciting to see so many developers embrace the opportunity to...

AceSLS ,

On android I'm pretty basic:

  • uBlock Origin
  • JShelter
  • LibRedirect
  • Dark Reader

On PC I'm using some more:

  • uGet integration
  • Video Download Manager (grabbing links for yt-dlp)
  • SideBerry
  • Bitwarden

and probably some others I forgot right now. I also try to not use to many addons

After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year (www.billboard.com)

When Bloomberg reported that Spotify would be upping the cost of its premium subscription from $9.99 to $10.99, and including 15 hours of audiobooks per month in the U.S., the change sounded like a win for songwriters and publishers. Higher subscription prices typically equate to a bump in U.S. mechanical royalties — but not...

AceSLS ,

That's what I do

Get my Music from different sources (most streaming services can be downloaded from) and then tag them with MusicBrainz Picard. Sorts them neatly, gives them mostly way more metadata than any other streaming service and sometimes I tag them by myself

Currently using Symphony on android because it supports user defined artist metadata seperators (really wish more music apps would have that feature)

On PC I'm using mpc and controll it mostly via cli

AceSLS ,

If you wanna go next level I'd recommend hydrus

AceSLS ,

They already have a confirmation box when you try to change the extension

I think you overestimate the average users willingness to read anything. Only thing they know is how to bitch about things not working even when they were told exactly why it's not working/what they did (wrong)

AceSLS ,

"I don't remember how to do that. Let me go check my .bashrc."

Literally never happens thanks to atuin

Image viewer that remembers last visited image (Linux)

I'm looking for a FOSS image viewer on Linux that remembers the last visited image or lets me set a bookmark of some sort. Pix for example has the preference "Go to last visited location" - but that is just the folder, not the image itself. But I have folders with lots and lots of images that I work through day by day and it's...

AceSLS ,

Might be worth looking into Hydrus

UK Trial: Pornhub's Chatbot Halts Millions from Accessing Child Abuse Content (www.wired.com)

A trial program conducted by Pornhub in collaboration with UK-based child protection organizations aimed to deter users from searching for child abuse material (CSAM) on its website. Whenever CSAM-related terms were searched, a warning message and a chatbot appeared, directing users to support services. The trial reported a...

AceSLS ,

It had all sorts of illegal things before they purged everyone unverified due to legal pressure

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