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e2le
3y ago
If only there was a headless version of AdNauseam, I would finally have a use for the many Raspberry Pi's sitting in my drawer.
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e2le
3y ago
It sounds like the bug was in the Android app. Shouldn't the microcontroller (on the pump) be validating dose values received? (dose > MAX_DOSE) ? return DOSE_TOO_HIGH : return DOSE_ACCEPTED; 20 units is obviously dangerous for a si
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e2le
3y ago
The quality of comments on Reddit has also declined.
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e2le
3y ago
Perhaps they ought to give GPT-4 a position on the future board. I have no doubt it would give better output than its current human counterparts.
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e2le
3y ago
>How’s firefox these days? Surviving but continues to bleed users. https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/user-activity
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e2le
3y ago
I doubt it was necessary to write so many repeating statements. Additionally, I'm confused by what is written here.
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e2le
3y ago
I would be interested to see a list of capabilities and features lost in MV3. For example, do we lose CNAME filtering or strict-blocking? It's not clear what we are losing.
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e2le
3y ago
That is an opinion which assumes waste/pollution affects no other person than the one creating it. Ridiculous and naive.
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e2le
3y ago
I assume they were referring to the motorway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4_motorway
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e2le
3y ago
Pay $42.99/month or watch multiple low quality garbage advertisements per video. I assume Google is using the carrot and stick method?
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e2le
3y ago
On Firefox, uBO and AdGuard don't appear to be doing badly despite the crackdown these last few weeks. ABP has being declining in popularity for years, 7.75M users in 2020 and now down to only 4.22M (-3.53M). Since 2020, uBO has gained
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e2le
3y ago
Too many advertisements are low quality garbage (fraud, scams, soft porn, malware, FOMO, etc.) designed to target susceptible individuals. For those of us with vulnerable family members, it's not worth the anxiety. I don't even tr
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e2le
3y ago
Setting Firefox as the default browser will force it to generate a .desktop in "~/.local/share/applications/".
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e2le
3y ago
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7080/8/2/18 Although this study doesn't discuss C02 emissions, it does discuss energy use and the potential impact of internet advertising. Unfortunately, it only discusses the
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e2le
3y ago
As a user, I have a right to control what is executed and rendered on my devices. It's not the user's fault that internet advertisements have become a security threat, a significant visual nuisance, and now an environmental issue
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e2le
3y ago
>The AdNauseam approach to ad blocking isn't great for the security side of ad blocking It's for this reason I'll never use it. Some kind of automated headless version of AdNauseam that could be installed on a Raspberry Pi
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e2le
3y ago
These days, I don't feel comfortable installing any extension that isn't part of the recommended extensions program. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recommended-extensions-...
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e2le
3y ago
I doubt their proprietary AI replacements would be much of an improvement, who controls the AI?
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e2le
3y ago
I imagine prohibitive cost might act as a filter without explicit discrimination.
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e2le
3y ago
Perhaps crapitalism would be a better name?
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e2le
3y ago
Attestation of personhood would be another possible solution. Might even be more effective given the cost of each new key ($10+). https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-cryptographic-attest...
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e2le
3y ago
A few. https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends#youtube
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Piped – An alternative privacy-friendly YouTube front end
(github.com)
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e2le
3y ago
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e2le
3y ago
>Changing the server key protects you against the case that whoever made the distribution did it wrong I'm unsure of ssh_host_* and it's importance, however on some hosts I manage the "ssh_host_rsa" key is only 2048 b
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e2le
3y ago
I feel this is setting up a false dichotomy, either you believe creators have a right to monetize views and thus watch the ads, or you don't. It's possible for an individual to believe in the right of a creator to monetize their o
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e2le
3y ago
Unfortunately there's some RCE vulnerabilities and other nasty bugs between 18 and 23 that can be exploited remotely. I wouldn't feel safe running an unpatched version if it can be helped. https://openwrt.org/docs&
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Energy Conservation with Open Source Ad Blockers
(mdpi.com)
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e2le
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e2le
3y ago
Debian does package Raspberry Pi software [1] (firmware, kernel) and maintains images for each Pi [2] although it is an unofficial effort. [1]: https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/raspi-firmware [2]: https:/
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e2le
3y ago
Although good that it's possible to get a free replacement, I suspect the broken bulb will still end up in a landfill or polluting some place in the world with more micro plastics. It's a real shame when manufacturers would rather
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e2le
3y ago
>This is how internet services should look like. Thankfully I've noticed more sites copying gov.uk, very few but still positive.
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