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  1. Comment on YouTube is now rolling out disabling videos after detecting adblockers in ~tech

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    It only works for a few hours then YouTube just pushes a new name or something that slips past the filter.

    It only works for a few hours then YouTube just pushes a new name or something that slips past the filter.

  2. Comment on YouTube is now rolling out disabling videos after detecting adblockers in ~tech

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    They keep hijacking my dns settings on my Windows LAN connection to their own DNS instead of my internal DNS. I had to turn on registry auditing and I'm still trying to figure out how. I'm pissed...

    They keep hijacking my dns settings on my Windows LAN connection to their own DNS instead of my internal DNS. I had to turn on registry auditing and I'm still trying to figure out how. I'm pissed off. I'm using my own DNS servers for a reason.

    8 votes

  3. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~news

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    Extremely terrifying. When I have massive panic attacks while talking to people it's very weird. I get tunnel vision, I start blacking out, I feel dissociated, etc and then I just have to stop and...

    Extremely terrifying. When I have massive panic attacks while talking to people it's very weird. I get tunnel vision, I start blacking out, I feel dissociated, etc and then I just have to stop and walk away before I hit the ground or something. I also have a myriad of health issues that could make me act like this one time too, if it all caught up to me. He may have had a stroke, might have been a panic attack, or maybe something else. I haven't watched the guy for a year or so, but he looks way older and rough in this clip. Terrifying because I could be right there in his shoes one day. I mean, not making a public speech or whatever.

    11 votes

  4. Comment on YouTube is testing a three-strikes policy for ad blocking in ~tech

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    I have an extension that automatically pops me on the 4k version of any video. Doing my best to increase their operating costs lol.

    I have an extension that automatically pops me on the 4k version of any video. Doing my best to increase their operating costs lol.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Bringing back the minimal web in ~tech

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    I really like Porkbun's prices and have bought 2 domain names through them. For hosting I'm using GitHub and Jekyll, which works pretty good for a free static site. Now that I have fiber I'm...

    I really like Porkbun's prices and have bought 2 domain names through them. For hosting I'm using GitHub and Jekyll, which works pretty good for a free static site. Now that I have fiber I'm planning on hosting my site from my own internal server once I'm confident I can secure it well enough.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Can you recommend a simple world weather map that shows weather fronts and upcoming lightning? in ~science

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    Windy is my current favorite. Nothing else I've used can be so easy and yet deeply configurable with multiple data sources. The UX is just fantastic.

    Windy is my current favorite. Nothing else I've used can be so easy and yet deeply configurable with multiple data sources. The UX is just fantastic.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on Do you think there should be more customization of user profiles on Tildes? If so, what should be added? in ~tildes

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    Atom One Dark seems to be the most neutral gray of the themes, but I know what you mean.

    Atom One Dark seems to be the most neutral gray of the themes, but I know what you mean.

    5 votes

  8. Comment on Redditors of Tildes, which subreddits are you missing the most during the blackout? in ~tech

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    It works that way for me sometimes, but I figured it was because I visited Reddit so many times the cookie magic on the backend said "He probably wants a Reddit result, so give it to him after a...

    It works that way for me sometimes, but I figured it was because I visited Reddit so many times the cookie magic on the backend said "He probably wants a Reddit result, so give it to him after a few ads disguised as results."

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Redditors of Tildes, which subreddits are you missing the most during the blackout? in ~tech

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    That's literally what happened. The first 25+ results are AI-written articles that don't make any sense and never get to the point just to shove ads in your face. They do a really good job hiding...

    a million different seemingly auto generated sites

    That's literally what happened. The first 25+ results are AI-written articles that don't make any sense and never get to the point just to shove ads in your face. They do a really good job hiding that it was written by AI, too. They put an author name, author's profile photo, really current article date (fake), fake comments, and everything else they can do to fool you into reading to the end before you realize you read absolute gibberish and the advertisers got a chance to squeeze you for every penny they could. I use adblockers, but you know what I mean.

    3 votes

  10. Comment on Redditors of Tildes, which subreddits are you missing the most during the blackout? in ~tech

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    I can't believe I used YouTube before SponsorBlock. It's probably saved me hundreds of hours at this point.

    I can't believe I used YouTube before SponsorBlock. It's probably saved me hundreds of hours at this point.

  11. Comment on Let's talk about Reddit alternatives, shilling, and Tildes bans in ~talk

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    I never became active on StackExchange, because every time I visited I was logged out.

    I never became active on StackExchange, because every time I visited I was logged out.

  12. Comment on Which theme are you defaulting to? I'm loving Atom One Dark. in ~tildes

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    I tried them all for a day and Atom One Dark is just the most natural to me. It matches the color theme that I put on my own internal environment monitoring website, so it just feels like home. I...

    I tried them all for a day and Atom One Dark is just the most natural to me. It matches the color theme that I put on my own internal environment monitoring website, so it just feels like home. I wanted to like some of the other dark themes, but they were either too blue, too purple, or felt like I was on night time eye saver (cut the blue) mode. I'm still sad they sunsetted Atom and I had to switch to VS Code. Atom was amazing.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Newbie here looking for advice on how to get into Programming/CS by building a project in ~comp

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    Maybe this isn't the answer you are looking for, but seriously just start coding. Download VS Code and just try to bang out the most basic thing you can think of. It just starts to snowball and...

    Maybe this isn't the answer you are looking for, but seriously just start coding. Download VS Code and just try to bang out the most basic thing you can think of. It just starts to snowball and get easier.

    Like unkz said, program something relative to you and you will have more motivation. I'm the worst programmer in the world, but I kept Googling and writing terrible code and eventually came up with this that actually works: https://github.com/themeadery/reefer

    I started to gravitate towards Python, because it just makes sense how it's written. It is human readable and writable. It doesn't have weird rules, it just flows.

    6 votes

  14. Comment on Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts in ~tech

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    I turned on the "Search Generative Experience" lab in Google, which gives me results that rank a few notches below Reddit results, but several notches above the SEO AI-written garbage that...

    I turned on the "Search Generative Experience" lab in Google, which gives me results that rank a few notches below Reddit results, but several notches above the SEO AI-written garbage that dominates the first 20 results.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts in ~tech

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    I like using uBlacklist just for filtering out garbage Quora results. I swear I have NEVER found a single correct answer on Quora. Nobody has any clue what they are talking about when they reply...

    I like using uBlacklist just for filtering out garbage Quora results. I swear I have NEVER found a single correct answer on Quora. Nobody has any clue what they are talking about when they reply to a question.

    4 votes

  16. Comment on Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts in ~tech

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    Google used to have this feature and they removed it. You could filter by the "Discussion" category. I used it all the time and I'm still pissed they removed it.

    Google used to have this feature and they removed it. You could filter by the "Discussion" category. I used it all the time and I'm still pissed they removed it.

    8 votes

  17. Comment on I need casual, easy going games to help me relax. So, Tildes, what you got? in ~games

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    I was a WoW addict for a long time. I will admit sometimes I just sat at the edge of a lake and fished for a while. It doesn't have to be stressful. Just don't go raiding, lol.

    I was a WoW addict for a long time. I will admit sometimes I just sat at the edge of a lake and fished for a while. It doesn't have to be stressful. Just don't go raiding, lol.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on I need casual, easy going games to help me relax. So, Tildes, what you got? in ~games

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    What part of The Witness made you motion sick? I get dizzy from everything, but not that game.

    What part of The Witness made you motion sick? I get dizzy from everything, but not that game.

  19. Comment on I need casual, easy going games to help me relax. So, Tildes, what you got? in ~games

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    Myst and everything that came after it including Obduction. Oh crap, just realized Firmament dropped! I can't handle fast-paced games anymore or anything that requires really careful timing. I...

    Myst and everything that came after it including Obduction. Oh crap, just realized Firmament dropped!

    I can't handle fast-paced games anymore or anything that requires really careful timing. I want to go at my own pace, which is usually slow AF. Myst, Riven, et al are perfect for that. I got really into the larger puzzle genre recently after 100%-ing all the Cyan Worlds games. One of them got close to my love for Cyan Worlds games and that was The Witness. But warning, it got way too hard for me halfway and I gave up. You might love it, though.

    Oh, almost forgot Amanita Design's catalog!

    1 vote

  20. Comment on What are you self-hosting currently? in ~tech

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    I have a Pi Zero W with multiple sensors attached that monitors ambient temp/humidity, my aquarium temp, then grabs outside temp/humidity/barometric pressure from 2 public API's. I also have a Pi...

    I have a Pi Zero W with multiple sensors attached that monitors ambient temp/humidity, my aquarium temp, then grabs outside temp/humidity/barometric pressure from 2 public API's. I also have a Pi Zero 2 W that runs fluidd/klipper for my 3D printer, but I guess that doesn't really count.

    I honestly want more Pi's to run more stuff. I think it's the perfect platform. I used to run linux on whatever my oldest hardware was that is 2 steps from the trash can as my home "server", but a Pi is about 3 trillion times more efficient, lol.