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tau , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to asklemmy in Where do you like to go on the internet?

Simon Tatham’s Puzzle Collection. Just a bunch of cool puzzles for wasting time. No ads or bells and whistles.

You can download them or just play in the browser. Someone also made the collection into an Android app, which I usually use.

tau , 10 months ago to technology in Parmigiano-Reggiano makers are putting edible microchips the size of a grain of sand into their 90-pound cheese wheels to combat counterfeiters

To save you a click (although none of the other commenters seem to have read the article anyway): The microchips aren’t embedded into the actual cheese that you eat, but are part of the label attached to the outside rind. Nobody will be eating microchips.

tau , 10 months ago to asklemmy in What are some physics-based arguments against hard determinism?

But does it really matter if it’s possible for us to make such predictions? If a hypothetical omniscient observer (i.e. Laplace’s demon) could predict all your decisions, then that already shows that they’re deterministic. Us not being able to actually do the determination wouldn’t change the fact that there is a definitive state of the universe for any point in time.

tau , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to nostupidquestions in Why does “come here” bother me so much?

What would annoy me about it at least, is the implication that whatever you’re currently doing doesn’t matter at all. To him, whatever is currently on his mind takes precedence over anything you could possibly be doing at the same time. He doesn’t even think about how important or relevant to you the thing is that he wants to show you, because he doesn’t value your time the same as his. You’re supposed to just drop everything and do as you’re told.

Not telling you what it’s about also increases the sense of urgency (the implication being that there’s no time to explain; the bird could be gone from the windowsill or the kid could have fallen out of the window) while at the same time making it harder to make an informed decision about actually hurrying over or refusing. If you’d ask for an explanation, it might already be too late after all.

tau , 11 months ago to selfhosted in Is there an rsync like program with the ability to track changes in file location?

Have a look at rsync-sidekick maybe.

tau , 11 months ago to selfhosted in Looking for a email-provider where i can host my own domain

Not sure why I see this one recommended so much. Seems like it’s run by just one dude who won’t always be able to respond to support requests, security issues and other emergencies in the time frames you’d want with such a service. I also really wouldn’t want to bet my ability to securely access/send/receive important emails on that one person in Delaware not randomly getting hit by a car or something.

tau , 11 months ago to fediverse in Admin.Social - Fediverse Admin Guides

it’s direct support for all services including the server for admin.social

Sounds like there’s no reason not to be transparent about it then.

tau , 11 months ago to fediverse in Which TLDs are too risky for hosting?

I suppose free ones, new generic TLDs that aren’t owned by some trustworthy company or organization that will probably continue to exist for the forseeable future, and country code TLDs from countries without stable governments or a reputable institution managing the TLD.

tau , 11 months ago to fediverse in Admin.Social - Fediverse Admin Guides

Not a fan of reflinking (as you do with the VPS link) without at least acknowledging that you’re profiting when people use it.

tau , 11 months ago to technology in DeArrow extension for YouTube that makes thumbnails bearable

adblocker, sponsorblock and this

I’d even add Unhook (hide Trending, Shorts, Merch, replace “Home Feed” with subscriptions etc.) and Age Restriction Bypass (avoid the need to verify your account with a credit card). I also use Clickbait Remover. It essentially does the same as DeArrow without the crowdsourcing, which is already good enough for me.

tau , 11 months ago to technology in DeArrow extension for YouTube that makes thumbnails bearable

By default, if there are no submissions, it will […] set a screenshot from a random timestamp as the thumbnail.

Would it be possible to extract the most watched position from the watch graph in the seek bar or use positions that were already tagged as highlights in sponsorblock for better defaults?

tau , 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to fediverse in Is there a fediverse equivalent of Letterboxd / icheckmovies / trakt.tv?

Haven’t used it myself and it seems to be in relatively early development, but Movary might be worth a look then.

Edit: An alternative that is not open source, but still privacy respecting and a bit more featureful might be rate.house:

Privacy Policy Summary

• We do not have any advertisements.
• We do not give your data to anyone.
• You have full control of your data.

tau , 11 months ago to programmerhumor in why not a,b or x,y?

But n is commonly used for a total number. Using an index i to iterate over a number n of elements just makes more sense IMO.