DavideNL

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1. 721.▲
   by DavideNL 5y ago

   Perhaps it's a subtle nudge towards "okay we're making macOS just as locked down as iOS from now on... welcome to our new walled garden."
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   by DavideNL 5y ago

   > The way I look at it, Bitcoin is my data (aka value) and eth is my computer (aka financial transaction platform), I switch computers every other year, but my data comes along with me. Is Bitcoin the data, or is it the harddrive? Becaus
3. 723.▲
   by DavideNL 5y ago

   Was going to buy... but unfortunately it's credit card only :'(
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   by DavideNL 6y ago

   Your public ip provided by mobile/celltowers already reveals your location quite accurately (even with all location services turned off.) So it's definitely possible. Google is an ad company, they sell your profile/interests
5. 725.▲
   by DavideNL 6y ago

   I just started trying https://app.thestorygraph.com/ as an alternative...
6. 726.▲
   by DavideNL 6y ago

   Another similar alternative: https://github.com/henrywhitaker3/Speedtest-Tracker
7. 727.▲
   by DavideNL 6y ago

   > Will is the Cofounder & CEO of Rize, a simple, intelligent time tracker that improves your focus to help you become more productive. An app to improve focus. Yet another app.
8. 728.▲
   by DavideNL 6y ago

   Using a different browser results in a different video (/codec) being downloaded. The different codec is what can cause your hardware/cpu to spike.
9. 729.▲
   by DavideNL 6y ago

   I have approximately the same Macbook (but from 2015), one issue i have is playing 4K .webm videos on Youtube. It doesn't matter which browser, it even happens when i download the video and play it in another player. My CPU will spike
10. 730.▲
    by DavideNL 6y ago

    On which hardware?
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    by DavideNL 6y ago

    2 things i hate about Firefox on iOS: - Can't change font size (such a basic feature...) - Content blocker (strict) is worse than Safari + Adguard Other than that, i like it. Can set my own search provider, and i'm using Sync with
12. 732.▲
    by DavideNL 6y ago

    >> Total Cookie Protection creates a separate cookie jar for each website you visit. > This should have always been the only way it worked. Every website should run like if it was opened in a separate browser. FYI: Extension "
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    by DavideNL 6y ago

    So apparently the main EU plant for production of the vaccine is in Puurs, Belgium. The second one (already producing today) is in Marburg, Germany. Source in German: > "In the first half of 2021, 250 million doses of the vaccine a
14. 734.▲
    by DavideNL 6y ago

    > in one factory This is not true; Not sure if i can find the source i read (at spiegel.de) but i will have a look and post it if i find it.)
15. 735.▲
    by DavideNL 6y ago

    > but multiple times I ate 10 chicken wings then ate an order of French fries after the wings with zero increase in my blood glucose levels. I would assume the chicken slows down your stomach's digestion/emptying (resulting in
16. 736.▲
    by DavideNL 6y ago

    Magic Earth seems the best option of the apps mentioned, as they collect no data at all, indeed. Thank you!
17. 737.▲
    by DavideNL 6y ago

    https://github.com/notDavid/block-facebook-with-little-snitc...
18. 738.▲
    by DavideNL 6y ago

    I wonder what's the best-in-class iOS app using OpenStreetMap in terms of privacy . Functioning offline without sharing your location (or data derived from it) with some big-tech company selling it for $.
19. 739.▲
    by DavideNL 6y ago

    > the supporting material This was also present in the itunes-u courses in the past
20. 740.▲
    by DavideNL 6y ago

    Exactly. I enable Airplane Mode by default on my iPad too, except when i need to lookup something (and Do Not Disturb is enabled permanently anyway.)
21. 741.▲
    by DavideNL 6y ago

    > I feel that the reliability of their services in recent months has been completely unacceptable Elaborate...
22. 742.▲
    by DavideNL 6y ago

    Great, would be cool if you could set the language too... :)
23. 743.▲
    by DavideNL 6y ago

    I will have a look at the profile managers, that might be quite useful for now, thanks for the tips; As for the "unique device id", you can check it here where they also describe how to turn it off in Firefox: https://b
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    by DavideNL 6y ago

    Thanks for your reply, the basic things i was missing at a first glance: - Could not find a way/command to simply clear ALL the cache (cookies, cached images and files, Database storage, etc.) - The ultimate goal would be some way to r
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    by DavideNL 6y ago

    It looks really cool, will definitely check it out; I hate that it's based on Chromium though, and Qutebrowser privacy related settings also seem quite limited compared to Firefox... (and even compared to Chromium.)
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    by DavideNL 6y ago

    I don't know, but FYI it seems someone wrote a script for 1Password: https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/tree/master/misc/...
27. 747.▲
    by DavideNL 6y ago

    Yea... You need either a law/sanctions, or a technical restriction that can't be circumvented. Hopefully both, someday :)
28. 748.▲
    by DavideNL 6y ago

    I wouldn't say it is "unsubstantiated". Sharing bookmarks, is not the same as "sharing it with anyone in the world" - without any notification.
29. 749.▲
    by DavideNL 6y ago

    The ClearUrls Firefox extension often prevents this...: https://gitlab.com/KevinRoebert/ClearUrls
30. 750.▲
    by DavideNL 6y ago

    > I don't know if anyone knows an app that gives first-light and last-light for the phone, so I don't have to buy a new watch? Check out Sol and Sundial: https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/sol-sun-clock&#x2