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outofcontrol, to random
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I see there’s a “hack” to use Google search without AI by appending udm=14 or something to the URL. Pretty sure this ”hack” is easier: Stop using Google.

Give DDG or Mojeek a try. The results may pleasantly surprise you!!

webcodingcafe,
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@outofcontrol And by using DDG you give less data to Google, but I don't know if the search results are better. Google sucks. Most results you get with web development questions are Reddit, Stack Overflow or Medium behind Paywall. 🤦‍♀️

outofcontrol,
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@webcodingcafe Seeing some good blog post answers in the results on DGG and mokeek. Definitely less ads!

outofcontrol, to random
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Awhile back I mentioned that my Step Cousin had a bout of bad luck with a tooth absess. I was was bitching about how dental should be covered under medical. This gofundme was setup by one of his immediate family, and is accurate, with the exception is that he is getting out this week… we hope: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ralph-steiner-through-an-unexpected-medical-emergency

outofcontrol, to random
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Back in ’94 I had a roomate for around 3 weeks. He was a busker and performed in various pubs around Montreal. He was, to this day, without a doubt the best classical jazz flamenco guitarist I have ever had the pleasure to listen to. He would often play so intensly that he would pass/grey-out. I knew him simply as “Yanni” or “Yanny”. He played as cutaway 6 string classical guitar. He left while I was travelling and I never saw or heard from him again. (1/2)

outofcontrol,
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A few time while I noodled around on my six string he would come and sit and teach me some simple to play but great sounding little riffs and chord progressions.

My Friday ask, if anyone know him, or has any idea where he is, I’d love to see what he’s up to today, in the hopes he is still playing. Please retoot/share.

(2/2)

outofcontrol, to gardening
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My first attempt to root some Concord grape clippings is going well. Hoping to revive my dad’s ancient arbor that was down to only 2 vines.

#gardening #foodsecurity #notphp

outofcontrol, to linux
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Given the iTerm hullabaloo, I tried Kitty (https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/). And I am unsure why I didn’t try it sooner, except having not heard of it. As a macOS and Linux user, it is more responsive, and miles easier to configure. Took about 15 minutes to get just how I had iTerm, and having all my configs in a simple .conf file means I can integrate with my dotfiles repo quite nicely. Bye-bye iTerm.

outofcontrol, to random
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Any quality paid replacement for Apple Music app on the desktop? Only use it for my own music, not the Apple Music service. A bit tired of the app randomly losing/deleting songs :(

bobmagicii, (edited )
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@outofcontrol everyone claims pine player pro is """""winamp for mac""""" but its also like 30$, which is very unwinamp imho.

outofcontrol, to random
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Love Obsidian, but for the past 2-3 weeks it would freeze and get slow.
TIL

  1. Themes and plugins must be upgraded separately from core
  2. iCloud appears to not automatically download all files, or quietly reverts some files to cloud only, making indexing and search in obsidian super slow
    3.Pages with large markdown table with broken formatting can cause Obsidian to become unresponsive for over a minute each time you try to open that page. Suspect this is a bug?

#obsidian

sylumer,
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@outofcontrol you have nothing to lose by trying. At least nothing mentioned should be losing data, it is more ireliability of content availability and ease of access (at minimal/zero cost).

Your current solution is seemingly no longer fit for purpose, so backup everything and give it a try.

outofcontrol,
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@sylumer All good advice, thanks. Just a time challenge now :)

outofcontrol, to random
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This morning, looking at my custom Claudebot rule:

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    |- Currently banned: 696
    |- Total banned: 696

That’s 696 IP addresses banned in the last 24 hours. Hitting hard and fast brings a small 4GB RAM VM to its knees.

outofcontrol, to random
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Today started with a text from my son travelling in Japan: “Help, stuck, credit card blocked a again.” Unable to call the bank from where he was, and since the card was on our family account, I was able to call. Bottom line: RBC gave super horrible customer service. Second call for unrelated task with Desjardin insurnace… made my day, best customer service ever... as usual.

RBC is also invests heavily in Fossil Fuels, this clinched the decision to fully leave RBC.

#notphp #customerservice

jay,
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@outofcontrol Fair enough, hope it goes smoother from now on for you.

outofcontrol,
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@jay One of those things in life. We will have good success again one day when needed :)

outofcontrol, to random
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Does anyone know if there is a Discord or Slack server for ? I know there used to be one for Slack, but entering my username/email into the 5 year old blog post about this isn't producing any results.

outofcontrol, to random
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This is an awesome video. Worth watching if you do any level of maker stuff. Funny to boot! https://mastodon.me.uk/@Stubbs/112427329822126564

outofcontrol, to music
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Music question today: does anyone remember the concert that was aired on TV and featured Ricky Martin singing Livin la Vida Loca, and also featured Shania Twain singing a song I can’t remember? Ricky has on stage with 2 or more of those giant inflatable tube fancy guys. I think it was 1999, but I can’t find video of it online. Maybe princes trust concert? Not the in the park one.

outofcontrol, to random
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The @MonaApp now appears tp ignore the MUTE feature after 1-2 days even if I set a user to mute for 30 days. :(

MonaApp,
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@outofcontrol Yea it’s a bit odd. The mute system should hide the posts even if those posts include hashtags you follow.

outofcontrol,
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@MonaApp Maybe this will help? You can see I muted George 3 times. But his posts randomly still show up, and I mute again. Shouldn’t a mute only appear once in that list? Another user I see his mute no longer appears in the list despite purposefully having added it twice, at least. Both time for 30 days.

outofcontrol, to ai
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Wow. Had to deal with Claudebot being overly vicious and causing issues with our servers. I contacted support, got an auto reply then never heard back. Today I find out they have added me to their mailing list and are now spamming me with their offers.

outofcontrol, to ai
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AI AI AI AI… AI everywhere, but has anyone thought to use an AI to help reduce spam or scammers? Seems it would be pretty good at that.

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