vaguerant

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[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 13 points 11 hours ago

This one's not strictly enshittification-related, but I find YouTube Comment Search (Firefox, Chrome) extremely useful. YouTube videos frequently have way more comments than any sensible person is going to read through. By searching for keywords, you can check whether somebody else already said what you were thinking and 👍 that instead of posting another duplicate comment that will get buried forever.

[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 22 points 1 day ago

For any Arthur-heads excited that the new lore just dropped, this is a copy of a previously documented rare manuscript rather than new material:

There are less than 40 surviving copies of the Suite Vulgate du Merlin text known to scholars, and since medieval scribes copied them by hand, each is a unique version. The one found at Cambridge University Library, for example, has decorative red and blue initials. Based on this as well as other features, the researchers suggest the text was written between 1275 and 1315.

That does not detract from the incredible work done here in any way, just wanted to make sure it's clear these are not previously unknown writings.

[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Uhhhhhh, bem vindo a EasyList/uBO – Cookie Notices.

Sorry, can't speak Portuguese beyond the stuff out the front of Nando's. uBlock Origin includes two lists in the settings (both off by default) that also handle bypassing cookie notices. The other one is AdGuard/uBO – Cookie Notices, but I've been getting by with just the first one enabled. Useful if you want to keep your number of extensions down.

EDIT: Also just realizing this is not Portuguese. Told you I can't speak it.

[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 1 points 3 days ago

This article is paywalled on my end, here's an archive link if anybody else needs it: https://archive.md/KoTcD

[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 41 points 5 days ago

Democrat strategists: "You mean win by doing nothing? We're trying!"

[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 8 points 5 days ago

It really whips the Lemmy's ass.

[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 2 points 5 days ago

We'll just tell your mother that we ate it all.

[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 3 points 6 days ago

Which one is the wrong one?

[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's funny, what are the odds that his name would be Boycott.

[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 44 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That was an experiment somebody did on Twitch a few years back, although only with a single 32X. They posted their findings in this Twitter thread.

tl;dr: It works until it doesn't, each cart is adding some extra power draw and eventually there isn't enough juice for the whole stack.

[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Stuff that doesn't move. Like a terrestrial radio station, they have one big tower that broadcasts the station and it doesn't physically go anywhere. That's distinct from mobile radios like phones, CB radios, etc. which are always moving around all over the place and potentially causing interference. Fixed radio, you generally have a license for a specific geographic area and only you are allowed to use that band in that area. But then they can license it to somebody else at a distant location where it won't interfere.

[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

Not that I'm aware of, but Lemmy-compatible fediverse server software like Mbin does calculate a Reputation score for all threadiverse users, including people from Lemmy. I went into a bit more detail about it in this comment. Mbin users can see Reputation scores for other fediverse users, but because this whole system is decentralized, it's only the score as known about by that server, so it's not a complete picture of the "real" score.

 

By Joe Brockmeier
March 4, 2025

Mozilla's actions have been rubbing many Firefox fans the wrong way as of late, and inspiring them to look for alternatives. There are many choices for users who are looking for a browser that isn't part of the Chrome monoculture but is full-featured and suitable for day-to-day use. For those who are willing to stay in the Firefox "family" there are a number of good options that have taken vastly different approaches. This includes GNU IceCat, Floorp, LibreWolf, and Zen.

If you're interested, you should read the whole article, but below are the summaries of the four tested browsers.

IceCat is probably a good choice for folks who are more concerned with the free software ethos and privacy than with functionality.

Overall, Floorp is an interesting project with some nice enhancements to the Firefox UI. However, the development roadmap seems a bit more haphazard than I would like—switching back and forth between Firefox rapid release and ESRs, for example. That may not dissuade other folks, though.

For the most part, users would be hard-pressed to spot many differences between LibreWolf and Firefox at first (or second) glance, so a screen shot of LibreWolf seemed a bit unnecessary. That approach is likely to appeal to many users who are uneasy with things like telemetry and Pocket, but don't want an entirely new browsing experience.

Currently, Zen isn't fully baked enough for me to consider switching to it. Others may be more adventurous in their browsing habits than I am, though. I can say that it has stabilized significantly since I first tried it shortly after its first public release. The project does bear keeping an eye on, and the Mozilla folks could do worse than to copy some of the ideas (and code) that the project is experimenting with.

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