Liquix

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by Liquix 4y ago
Whoogle is best in class, but doesn't provide much benefit unless combined with a rotating VPN. It also doesn't solve the "GBY" problem, where the majority of search engines rely on Google/Bing/Yandex's in
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by Liquix 4y ago
> I came up with two mantras that I repeated to myself in my head whenever I really wanted to smoke: they were - "I don't want to smell" and "I don't want to die". This is another part of what makes vaporize
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by Liquix 4y ago
"You know, I know this steak doesn't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize..? Ignorance is bliss." - Cypher, Th
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by Liquix 4y ago
GNU/Linux users may be interested in rofi [0] or the more spartan dmenu [1] [0] https://github.com/davatorium/rofi [1] https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/
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by Liquix 4y ago
Does someone's opinion on recycling differing from yours truly qualify them as a "creepy dude"?
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by Liquix 4y ago
Please vote with your wallet and never purchase a "smart" TV. They're cheaper because the data they harvest from your network (and the always-on microphone) is extremely profitable.
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by Liquix 5y ago
No need to click anything nor be tracked across the web! I Don't Care About Cookies [0] combined with Cookie AutoDelete [1] will hide all cookie consent popups, deny permission/not click if possible, and auto-accept if required to
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by Liquix 5y ago
It's also worth trying an OS which respects you as a user (such as GNU/Linux)
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by Liquix 5y ago
This works flawlessly at the moment (currently using the same setup). However it's more of a workaround than a solution - Google could break/throttle all of Invidious at any point if it drives ad revenue down another couple points
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by Liquix 5y ago
NewPipe allows both picture-in-picture and background audio, no extension wrangling required :)
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by Liquix 5y ago
Love the sentiment & love F-Droid. Vote for non-dark patterns with your patronage wherever possible! It's a bit sad how a website not employing a dark pattern inspires explicit praise these days...
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by Liquix 5y ago
I believe the point is that it would require orders of magnitude more resources - a prohibitive amount of resources - for an overbearing government to strip citizens of physical assets, vs. the ease and subsequent temptation of doing so d
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by Liquix 5y ago
From Wikipedia: "In 2016, Liaison Interactive, a Chinese technology company, acquired a majority stake in Newegg in an investment deal." "In 2020, Newegg entered into a merger agreement with Lianlou Smart Limited wherein Newe
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by Liquix 5y ago
It doesn't run directly in your environment, but https://www.shadertoy.com/ is incredible for rapid prototyping & debugging
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by Liquix 5y ago
Does anyone have insight into _why_ google search has deteriorated so rapidly over the last ~6-12 months? Optimizing for NLP or websites learning SEO don't seem like they would have this big of an impact. Everyone seems to agree [0] [1
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by Liquix 5y ago
Could increased censorship actually be making the misinformation problem worse? If we are allowed to discuss and compare the merits of various theories, the wheat of truth naturally separates from the chaff of nonsense. When everything outs
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by Liquix 5y ago
grapheneOS ( https://grapheneos.org ) also still supports the Pixel 3, albeit in legacy/sunset phase now
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by Liquix 5y ago
Should it be the worker's duty to constantly be searching for better opportunities and interviewing for new jobs while working - or the employer's duty to provide reasonable CoL raises so employees aren't driven away from the
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by Liquix 5y ago
Awesome. If the aim is to protect tweens/teens from strange corners of the internet that could mess with their development, make sure to block discord as well
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by Liquix 5y ago
We can acknowledge that the internet has done great things for people while simultaneously acknowledging that it is deeply altering the fabric of society.
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by Liquix 5y ago
https://github.com/a4k-openproject/a4kSubtitles anonymous, scrapes a handful of sites including opensubtitles + subscene
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by Liquix 5y ago
Not only do you not get a choice, it benefits no one but Intel & the three letter agencies they are in bed with. Tanenbaum himself has expressed regret for the way it ended up being used: "Many people (including me) don't like
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by Liquix 5y ago
Plex may share Collected Information as expressly set forth in this Privacy Policy, including the following limited situations: [...] With third parties to improve and deliver advertising to you on our behalf. Plex may also use third-par
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by Liquix 5y ago
At minimum they employ multiple dark patterns with the aim of getting you to fork over your email/agree to some fine print. Jellyfin is a great alternative
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by Liquix 5y ago
> I can't imagine they're robbing moving trains WE NEED EVERY LAST DROP, JESSE
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by Liquix 5y ago
There's nothing wrong with taking a little (or a lot) of leisure time. It's the mindless screen usage and not-relaxing/not-being-productive limbo that are problematic
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by Liquix 5y ago
Yes! The tech mentioned in the article solves this problem: no more "we have to remove/compress all of these models/textures because our game can't be 300GB". Just use 10 high-res pictures of the object from all ang
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by Liquix 5y ago
Hopefully this is high profile enough to incur some consequences. GPL is ironclad on paper, but the sad reality is unscrupulous/international companies can and do just copy code directly off github into their products with no repercuss
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by Liquix 5y ago
For anyone who is curious (and acolytes of Zalgo): "In Unicode, character rendering does not use a simple character cell model where each glyph fits into a box with given height. Combining marks may be rendered above, below, or inside
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by Liquix 5y ago
Does the majority of the public know that Instagram == Facebook, though? Genuinely curious - non-tech folks do seem to love talking about how awful Facebook is and how they don't use it anymore, but then comes the scrolling through Ins

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