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  1. Comment on BYD is cutting prices on electric vehicles in ~transport

  2. Comment on BYD is cutting prices on electric vehicles in ~transport

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    WARNING! OFF TOPIC QUESTION * Hi skybrian I can see that B is at start of headline.. BYD’s aggressive push is setting baseline for what an EV should cost And t is the 68th letter. Hence the 0 and...
    • WARNING! OFF TOPIC QUESTION *

    Hi skybrian
    I can see that B is at start of headline..
    BYD’s aggressive push is setting baseline for what an EV should cost
    And t is the 68th letter.
    Hence the 0 and 68 in your link...
    https://archive.is/zt8wE#selection-1551.0-1551.68
    So my browser scrolls to that headline and highlights those 68 letters.

    This link does it for just first three letters BYD...
    https://archive.is/zt8wE#selection-1551.0-1551.3

    That's smart.
    But where does the 1551 come from?
    And did you calculate this selection yourself counting on your fingers, or was it generated by your browser?
    (Scroll to Text Fragments feature or similar).

  3. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    Hi I'm re-reading... "Ghost Wars" by Steve Coll.

    Hi
    I'm re-reading...
    "Ghost Wars"
    by Steve Coll.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    Hi I'm reading... "Putin's Wars" by Mark Galeotti Info here

    Hi
    I'm reading...
    "Putin's Wars"
    by Mark Galeotti
    Info here

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news

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    Hi Something from The Guardian newspaper. "Dead drops, PR stunts and punishment beatings..." text here At any one moment in towns and cities across Russia, thousands of drug packages lie buried in...

    Hi
    Something from The Guardian newspaper.
    "Dead drops, PR stunts and punishment beatings..."
    text here

    At any one moment in towns and cities across Russia, thousands of drug packages lie buried in the ground...

    4 votes

  6. Comment on DuckDuckGo seems like a significantly worse search engine than Google despite SEO bloat, and I think community discussions mislead people by omitting that in ~tech

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    Hi As others have indicated, DDG is great for general enquiries. I have DuckDuckGo Light as default search in the browser address bar. Also !bangs use other engines such as amazon, bing, google,...

    Hi
    As others have indicated, DDG is great for general enquiries.
    I have DuckDuckGo Light as default search in the browser address bar.
    Also !bangs use other engines such as amazon, bing, google, reddit, wikipedia etc.
    eg...
    !a dog washes
    Info is here ---> https://duckduckgo.com/bangs

    14 votes

  7. Comment on "Recommend a nonfiction book" - Book reviews in ~books

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    Hi I've just read "The Sleepwalkers". As well as "The War That Ended Peace". These two World War I books by Clark and MacMillan are both great, imo. Coke v Pepsi.

    Hi
    I've just read "The Sleepwalkers".
    As well as "The War That Ended Peace".
    These two World War I books by Clark and MacMillan are both great, imo.
    Coke v Pepsi.

    1 vote

  8. Comment on "Recommend a nonfiction book" - Book reviews in ~books

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    Hi Your Sleepwalkers notes look OK. I have... "The War That Ended Peace" By Margaret MacMillan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_MacMillan Probably it's a similar book. Recently I read......

    Hi
    Your Sleepwalkers notes look OK.
    I have...
    "The War That Ended Peace"
    By Margaret MacMillan
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_MacMillan
    Probably it's a similar book.

    Recently I read...
    "Beyond The Wall"
    By Katja Hoyer
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katja_Hoyer
    I found it interesting and well written.
    But hey, I'm not an influencer!

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Persistent Black Theme for Tildes with uBlock Origin in ~tildes

  10. Comment on Introducing Vivaldi on iOS in ~tech

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    Hi Safari web browser app can display JPEG-XL images with iOS17. Maybe Brave and Chrome too with iOS17. JPEG-XL Test Page Does Vivaldi display JPEG-XL images with iOS17?

    Hi
    Safari web browser app can display JPEG-XL images with iOS17.
    Maybe Brave and Chrome too with iOS17.
    JPEG-XL Test Page

    Does Vivaldi display JPEG-XL images with iOS17?

  11. Comment on Wikipedia:Dark mode in ~design

    Fishtail_Parka
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    Hi In the wiki post there are options for unregistered users. It suggests the browser addon Dark Mode for Wikipedia (by mrhirsch). It's working OK for me (so far) with Android and Desktop Firefox.

    Hi
    In the wiki post there are options for unregistered users.
    It suggests the browser addon Dark Mode for Wikipedia (by mrhirsch).
    It's working OK for me (so far) with Android and Desktop Firefox.

  12. Comment on Wikipedia:Dark mode in ~design

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    Hi I've looked into this idea before... https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2023/Reading/Dark_mode I would be interested in a Wikipedia dark theme for Android Firefox. I'm...

    Hi
    I've looked into this idea before...
    https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2023/Reading/Dark_mode

    I would be interested in a Wikipedia dark theme for Android Firefox.
    I'm not a registered user.

    Some of my previous posts here have been about dark themes using uBlock Origin "My filters".

    And I thought OK, maybe I could achieve a sexy black homepage...
    but once inside things might go titsup.

    All those images, graphs, charts etc.
    So much to go wrong.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on [SOLVED] Help needed with a uBlock Origin filter rule in ~comp

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    This is great synergy-unsterile. Thanks. :-) Getting too old to learn about HTML and CSS. I will rely on the kindness of strangers. Using lite duckduckgo with Android Firefox. Added a new search...

    This is great synergy-unsterile.
    Thanks.
    :-)

    Getting too old to learn about HTML and CSS.
    I will rely on the kindness of strangers.

    Using lite duckduckgo with Android Firefox.
    Added a new search engine and set it as default...
    Search string is ---> https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite/?q=%s

    There's a LITE addon for Desktop Firefox...
    Here ---> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ddg-lite-search-provider/

    Picture is here ---> https://imgur.com/hSLRKJY
    And here ---> https://imgur.com/Lnd161p

    PLEASE WILL A MOD EDIT THIS THREAD TITLE TO INCLUDE [Answered] or [Solved]

    1 vote

  14. [SOLVED] Help needed with a uBlock Origin filter rule

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    Hi With this LITE site ---> https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite/ There isn't the Dark Theme that's available for original duckduckgo site. I found a "My filters" rule on the web. Add these two lines...

    Hi
    With this LITE site ---> https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite/
    There isn't the Dark Theme that's available for original duckduckgo site.

    I found a "My filters" rule on the web.

    Add these two lines to My filters

    lite.duckduckgo.com##html:style(color: rgb(141, 141, 141) !important; background: none repeat scroll 0 0 rgb(48, 48, 48) !important; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue','Segoe UI', Arial, sans-serif;)

    lite.duckduckgo.com##a:style(color: rgb(201, 201, 201) !important;)

    When the rule is used the search homepage looks reasonable.
    And the search results...
    The black background is not very black, not as black as Tildes black theme.
    I can live with that.

    But the red text under each result is very muddy.
    Can that be improved?
    Make it brighter Crimson or even Orange would look better.

    11 votes

  15. Comment on Persistent Black Theme for Tildes with uBlock Origin in ~tildes

    Fishtail_Parka
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    cfabbro said... You got it. Also Delete browsing data on quit option with Firefox etc.

    cfabbro said...

    I guess this makes sense for people that automatically delete cookies after close a tab though.

    You got it.
    Also Delete browsing data on quit option with Firefox etc.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on Persistent Black Theme for Tildes with uBlock Origin in ~tildes

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    cfabbro said... Not everybody on Earth has a Tildes account yet. Many people are still lurkers.

    cfabbro said...

    what is the point of this? I don't quite understand...

    Not everybody on Earth has a Tildes account yet.
    Many people are still lurkers.

  18. Comment on uBlock Origin Lite now available on Firefox in ~tech

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    Hi I'm using I still don't care about cookies with Android and Linux Firefox. Here ---> https://github.com/OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies It works well for me.

    I'm also sick of cookie consent. I've tried various plugins but they all go wonky somewhere so if someone wants to suggest something, I'm all ears.

    Hi
    I'm using I still don't care about cookies with Android and Linux Firefox.
    Here ---> https://github.com/OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies
    It works well for me.

    3 votes

  19. Comment on Android Mozilla browsers with access to about:config in ~comp

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    OK It seems trr means "Trusted Recursive Resolver". Info is here ---> https://wiki.mozilla.org/Trusted_Recursive_Resolver I've made those two changes. Now when I use website...

    OK
    It seems trr means "Trusted Recursive Resolver".
    Info is here ---> https://wiki.mozilla.org/Trusted_Recursive_Resolver

    I've made those two changes.
    Now when I use website https://dnsleaktest.com/
    It shows
    dns.adguard.dns.io, Datacamp Limited, London United Kingdom
    Previously it showed Cogent Communications Spain.

    Adguard website says
    "...supports all popular secure DNS communication protocols: DNSCrypt, DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH), DNS-over-TLS (DoT), and DNS-over-QUIC (DoQ)..."

    Thanks for your reply.

    3 votes

  20. Comment on Android Mozilla browsers with access to about:config in ~comp

    Fishtail_Parka
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    Nope. I've edited my question to read "Does anybody here have other about:config suggestions?"

    Are you looking for additional browser suggestions?

    Nope.

    I've edited my question to read "Does anybody here have other about:config suggestions?"

    1 vote