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krnl386

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I’m a computer and open source enthusiast from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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higher wages for the servers... by the customers. Fnbs (lemmy.world)

Went to a restaurant in LA today and when I got the check I noticed that it was a bit higher than it should be. Then I noticed this 18% service charge. So… We, as customers, need to help pay for their servers instead of the owners paying their servers a living wage. And on top of that they have suggested tip. I called bs on...

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I bet legally, the establishment owners aren’t required to give “service charges” to their staff the same way they are required to give 100% of the tips…

This is some shady shit, IMO.

Disclaimer: I’m not a lawyer (so I don’t know WTF I am talking about), so if someone here that knows the law could comment on “service charges” vs. “tips” in this context, I would love to know.

Orion browser for macOS and iOS/iPadOS (browser.kagi.com)

I’ve been testing the Orion browser for macOS and iOS/iPasOS for a few days. It’s WebKit-based, and Apple OS exclusive. First impressions are positive, although I haven’t put it through its paces (check multi-device iCloud settings sync, push tabs to its limits, dig into exactly how it protects privacy by syncing through...

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Bitwarden extension for Firefox loads but doesn’t seem able to autofill… but it works (note: I have a self-hosted VaultWarden server, not BitWarden’s cloud service).

Maybe uBlock Origin will work? It seems to be advertised on their website.

Given that this thing is a beta and based on functionality so far, I am impressed. I wish there were a way to tweak the built-in ad and tracker blockers (e.g., add/remove custom lists), but this is already impressive for the iOS/iPadOS walled garden.

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What’s the last one from the top row? The Pirate Bay? :)

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Fancy-ass front-end to their OpenAI API? Meh…

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There’s GameVault.

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Good to know. I had no idea it needs a Windows store client…

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Depending on your needs, a static file CMS may be a good fit. We’ve been using Grav CMS with great success to retire a bunch of Drupal and Wordpress sites. For simple sites, it was a no brainer.

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That’s a pretty hefty solution. Gitlab is a monster nowadays…

GOGS, Gitea/Forgejo can do 90% of what Gitlab does and are much lighter.

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The Defiant was a “tough little ship.” 😉

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You can turns that off… also those ads are text notifications that are shown at predetermined (by the user) time intervals.

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I am sure those who bought bitcoin relatively early and are sitting on $100K+ worth of bitcoin disagree…

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I am one of those people.

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I like choice. I use Librewolf with Adnauseam for sites that are in the super sketchy category, and Brave for everything else.

Using Noscript is safe, sure, but I’m not into 1992 web browsing, except at nerdout parties where we try using an old 486 laptop running Windows 95 and Netscape 4.01 to browse today’s web.

My point is that there are reasonable steps and compromises one can take to protect their privacy somewhat. Achieving Snowden level protection is cool, but not my cup of tea; too much of a compromise and loss of functionality, sorry. Sure, you can drop a nuke (like NoScript) in retaliation, but that’s overkill and will break most modern sites out there.

Brave, on the other hand, is based on uBlock Origin with actively maintained filters. It’s also 100% compatible with custom filters too. It’s also nicely deGoogled out of the box, so that’s definitely a bonus.

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They implement profile syncing (bookmarks, cookies, history, etc) using blockchain. AFAIK the data is encrypted with your private key which is derived from a mnemonic phrase, so it’s probably ZK.

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I’d take waterfox off that list. AFAIK it’s dev sold out.

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Did not know that… thanks!

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Fair enough. Are there extensions for Chromium/Firefox that do multi-device sync properly (e.g. strictly peer to peer)?

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Well, they should prepare for a crapton of new datacenters to be built there. 😂

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I sympathize with artists too, but to a point. I predict that:

  1. AI art will overtake human art eventually; that is human art jobs will be mostly replaced. Day to day art (e.g. ads, illustrations, decorations, billboards etc) will likely be AI generated.
  2. Human art will become something akin to a home cooked meal in a sea of fast food art. This might actually make some artists famous and rich.
  3. Humans will continue to learn art, but more as a pastime/hobby/mental exercise.
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How did you not get a usable Windows desktop in 2 days?! Drivers?

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Brave for Chromium and Librewolf for Mozilla.

PSA: Reddit is refunding active Premium memberships, despite their official stance

I’ve recently contacted Reddit support in order to prepare my ten year old account for deletion. Although all official sources say, that they don’t offer refunds for Premium, I tried to get at least a part of the 50$ (yearly membership; last renewal in Feb 2023) back. To my surprise, they’ve actually refunded me the full...

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I think this may be an EU consumer protection law side effect. I doubt they would refund the money in North America.

Live TTC Transit Control broadcast feed = alternative source of info on delays, etc. (www.broadcastify.com)

If you ever want more info about a transit delay than what you get from official communications, or if you want a better sense of daily issues on trains and buses (most of which are never reported to the police/press), check out this unofficial feed: www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/31629...

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Wow, that’s unreal! Where does the broadcastify feed come from? I presume it’s not official?

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Thanks so much for sharing!! I got some learning to do!

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