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4k93n2··on PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock
theres an unofficial version of freetube on the f-droid store as well. the UI isnt great for small screens really but you would probably have any eaiser time transferring the settings and subs between devices
4k93n2··on F-Droid 2.0
droidify is a much nicer looking frontend for f-droid
4k93n2··on Stop Making TUIs
why is it not right? ive been using it for years and everything works just fine
4k93n2··on Stop Making TUIs
they wont work on android though. thats the main reason i started using more TUIs myself. i needed to be able to run a bunch of python scripts on linux, windows and android/termux. or if any of the linux phones ever matures, or sailfish, then the same scripts will run thereas well, probably without any modifications needed
4k93n2··on Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera
if all that happens is the car beeping at them then i would imagine that number will stay at 50%
4k93n2··on U.S. government will decide who gets to use GPT-5.6
no point really. if someone was forcing them to take this off the front page then they would probably just tell them to add that explanation to the thread as well
4k93n2··on U.S. government will decide who gets to use GPT-5.6
or just use a 4pt font and find a tattoo artist with a steady hand
4k93n2··on The quiet renovation at Bitwarden
im using pretty much the same setup myself

just to mention an alternative method for anyone that doesnt know: keepass also has a feature called 'autotype' where the desktop program can send keystrokes to fill in password fields

the benefit of this over the browser extension is that there is no connection between your browser and your keepass vault.

its also handy for filling in passwords in desktop programs or even a terminal

one downside is that you wont be able to have passwords automatically filled in as youre browsing. you need to press a hotkey, but i would consider this to be more of a good security feature to cut out any chance of your browser autofilling any hidden password fields

there is still a browser extension that i use that adds the url to the titlebar of the browser, which makes it easier for the autotype dialog to show the correct logins from your vault

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/add-url-to-wi...

4k93n2··on The hypocrisy of cyberlibertarianism
maybe give comaps a go. it uses openStreetMap for its map data. i dont know what routing algorithm it uses or how it compares to google/apple but i do like how easy it is to start routes with this app. and if it goes off course is fairly easy to just tap another road and the click "add stop" to have it re-route

another plus is being able to download as many map areas as you would like, and unlike google its actually giving you the full map data (although i havnt used google maps in over a decade now but i remember downloading a map once but then certain POIs would only show up when i had data/cell turned on)

https://www.comaps.app

4k93n2··on Ghostty is leaving GitHub
they would have shut it down after 5 years
4k93n2··on Plain text has been around for decades and it’s here to stay
https://monosketch.io
4k93n2··on ChatGPT Images 2.0
sounds like a very efficient way for an indie band to lose all of their street cred at once
4k93n2··on Framework Laptop 13 Pro
how would they compare over 10-15 years though. with one you are able to swap out the motherboard when you want an upgrade and with the other you have to buy a completely new device.

then when it comes to repairing broken parts they are on opposite ends of the scale where apple actually go out of their way to make it harder for you to do that and its probably more expensive as well since only apple certified repair shops have access to certain parts

4k93n2··on The local LLM ecosystem doesn’t need Ollama
jan.ai would be the ideal route to take here then. its open source, has a simple chat interface, it uses llama.cpp, it lets you search for models and downloads them, and it supports .gguf so youre not locked in if you want to use the models with another program later on
4k93n2··on DaVinci Resolve – Photo
is davinci fusion not an after effects alternative? or is it not at the same level?
4k93n2··on Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?
well, just based off that group photo of the openclaw developer and the staff at openai, i wouldnt be surprised if there was some truth to this
4k93n2··on Tailscale's new macOS home
tailscale has a feature called "funnel" that will let others connect to a service running on your tailnet, even if they dont use tailscale themselves
4k93n2··on Is anybody else bored of talking about AI?
you can at least block some of it out with ublock origin?

  news.ycombinator.com##td.title:has-text(/LLM|AI/i)
4k93n2··on Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11
is Bitwig not as good as Ableton? ive never used Ableton so i wouldnt know, but Bitwig seems crazy good to me, especially compared to other DAWs on linux like Ardour or Reaper
4k93n2··on GrapheneOS will remain usable by anyone without requiring personal information
its only a fork since a year ago so there isnt a major difference between to two in terms of features. see: https://www.comaps.app/support/how-do-the-features-differ-fr...

but i mainly meant its better just because its more community based now

4k93n2··on Migrating to the EU
just to piggyback off of this, theres also Pikapods (based in malta i think) that have about 100 or so self-hosted apps that can be installed with one-click and then you just pay depending on what you use. im more into self-hosting on my own hardware but its a nice option for people who want to get their feet wet or that dont have the time to manage a VPS themselves
4k93n2··on Migrating to the EU
i thought the same but ive actually moved twice now. first to protonmail whenever that came out, then again a few years ago to posteo. it actually didnt feel like that much work in the end. i set up forwarding and switched over a few accounts every week. i still kept my gmail account around for years just in case but there will be a point where you just know you have all the important things switched over
4k93n2··on Migrating to the EU
thunderbird (formerly k9 mail) is a decent enough android app, but im not very picky when it comes to email either so keep that in mind. ive been using it with posteo for about 2 years now
4k93n2··on GrapheneOS will remain usable by anyone without requiring personal information
fennec (firefox mobile fork) lets you install ublock origin

newpipe or tubular for youtube. ive also been using freetube lately. its just the desktop ui ported to an android app so its not as good as newpipe, but im using syncthing to sync freetube's settings/subscriptions between desktop and mobile

comaps is better fork of organicmaps and has better people running it

the fossify apps are great for the basics, sms, phone/contacts, gallery, calculator etc

droidify is a nicer front end for the fdroid store imo

keepassdx for passwords

kde connect or localsend for one-off file transfers between devices, or syncthing for things you need to sync all the time

and hacki for hackernews!

4k93n2··on PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading
i think rsshub can help with this, but im not 100% sure. its something you have to self host yourself, or pay a service like pikapods to run it for you
4k93n2··on Do Not Turn Child Protection into Internet Access Control
Autonomi seems like a good start
4k93n2··on Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps
i would say its actually very easy. if someone doesnt have the smarts to know they are being scammed in the first place then not much is going to change in 24 hours when the scammers call back. the only hope is that this person mentions the call to someone else in the meantime
4k93n2··on Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps
different strokes i suppose. normally i like being able to use something the same day i buy it

95% of the apps i use are ''side loaded''. that includes a web browser, file browser, all the fossify apps for things like messaging, phone/contacts -- so the phone would be basically be a paperweight until that restriction is removed

4k93n2··on Lazycut: A simple terminal video trimmer using FFmpeg
being true cross-platform is a bigger draw for me. once something works on one platform it will usually work on any other platform that has a terminal.

im in the process of switching to neovim as my main editor just so i can have the same setup everywhere. IDEs like vscode are 'cross platform' but only work on desktop, and there are IDE-like editors for android but none of them work on desktop. oddly enough neovim on android/termux is actually easier to use than any of the IDE editor apps mainly due to everything being keyboard based

when it comes to writing my own mini programs/scripts, is basically the promise of things like flutter where you can write something once and run it everywhere, only it takes hours instead of days to throw something together and its not as overkill because im just using python or bash and then fzf or textual for any interactive parts

4k93n2··on The 49MB web page
something like RSSHub can be used in conjunction with your RSS reader and will generate feeds for sites that dont have them. RSS-Bridge is another option
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