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ajyotirmay··on DuckDuckGo Removes Pirate Sites and YouTube-DL from Its Search Results
Spam scam
ajyotirmay··on DuckDuckGo Removes Pirate Sites and YouTube-DL from Its Search Results
That's the github link, not youtube-dl website :)
ajyotirmay··on DuckDuckGo Removes Pirate Sites and YouTube-DL from Its Search Results
10yo me would have loved this information. Linux FTW
ajyotirmay··on DuckDuckGo Removes Pirate Sites and YouTube-DL from Its Search Results
It's a search engine, not a popularity ranking system.
ajyotirmay··on DuckDuckGo Removes Pirate Sites and YouTube-DL from Its Search Results
Probably worse than Google at this point. At least Google doesn't hide behind "privacy respecting"
ajyotirmay··on DuckDuckGo Removes Pirate Sites and YouTube-DL from Its Search Results
What are you switching to?
ajyotirmay··on DuckDuckGo Removes Pirate Sites and YouTube-DL from Its Search Results
Same issue, youtube-dl.org doesn't show up in web results
ajyotirmay··on DuckDuckGo Removes Pirate Sites and YouTube-DL from Its Search Results
Not anymore. I'm also using it in India, the original website is no longer listed. Top result is the repo
ajyotirmay··on DuckDuckGo Removes Pirate Sites and YouTube-DL from Its Search Results
I'm trying startpage right now. Looking for alternatives to ddg, liking it so far
ajyotirmay··on The end of the nice GTK button
As he mentions at the 4nd of his blog, Qt/KDE is his only option if he actually wants decent software specially one where he wants to be heard.
ajyotirmay··on 'Children of Men' is happening
Racism sucks :(
ajyotirmay··on 'Children of Men' is happening
Is it still going on? Sounds like a good offer
ajyotirmay··on Why I will never buy another Samsung device
braided cables? Apple PR is just BS at best
ajyotirmay··on Why I will never buy another Samsung device
that might be a thing, but chargers are supposed to be portable unless I'm buying a power supply for a computer. Apple's cables aren't good design, and planned obsolescence
ajyotirmay··on Don't you lecture me with your thirty dollar website
hahah love this!
ajyotirmay··on Don't you lecture me with your thirty dollar website
ngl this is super fun!
ajyotirmay··on Google Maps now requires WiFi scanning to use navigation
I occasionally use OsmAnd+ by picking up my destination from GMaps. It works nicely (I like the offline option it provides). The one drawback is perhaps the traffic data, but otherwise it's really good with a good choice of different map types.
ajyotirmay··on AirPods don't “just work”
I guess I'm eligible to answer this as I'm both a Linux user and a stick shifter.

I hate Linux for when things fall-apart. But I also know most of the things are being made by devs because of their passion. My hardware doesn't fail because Linux is blindly arrogant, but because of the hardware vendors who don't support the platform or me (as I paid them money)

Manual transmissions are an extra level of engagement that's fun to drive and useful in many casses. My 86bhp car lacks torque and power, specially combined with its heavy metal body. When I need to overtake and I lack the power for it I can downshift and pass. Add in the rev matching, and it makes it sweeter and perfect.

In a country like India, you pay a good price for a reliable automatic. So that's money saved.

It's the same difference as a home cooked meal and a takeout.

Apple doesn't get slack from me because they know the hardware, the software and still manage to mess it up with loyal fans defending their bad decisions

ajyotirmay··on Music industry is suing youtube-dl hosters
There are some solutions if you'rere willing to look into it. Not a 100% solution, but they work amazingly.

I'm afraid of naming them here because not sure of the repercussions

ajyotirmay··on Return YouTube Dislike - Extension
How is it a great design for users? Then why even show like count?

Edit: I thought about what you said, and your claim is simply wrong. It still stores the per user reaction, otherwise it won't be able to show me that I've disliked a particular video. There's honestly no good reason to hide the dislike count, other than to please a certain group of users.

Overall, it definitely makes YT a worse site in terms of UX compared to what it was before this change. F for YT

ajyotirmay··on We analyzed 425k favicons
Yes it is! That should go on your profile. I wonder how much money that simple change is going to save!
ajyotirmay··on Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors
We'll be able to undo most of our damage to environment this way, as it's always replacements
ajyotirmay··on Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors
Yes, I want a device as thin as what my wallet is going to be after its repairs
ajyotirmay··on Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors
Sounds more like using a sword where a knife is needed.
ajyotirmay··on Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors
Even in school we were taught the lessons to better and sustainable environmental habits: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

In the very same order.

So, no sir. Apple isn't the environment friendly company that they claim to be. So much money, and so little accountability.

ajyotirmay··on The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used
> Is supporting at most 64 GB really that much better than a laptop with 64 GB soldered in?

Yes. Normally some people (like me) can't afford to buy the highest spec laptop. Thus, I'll be going with a lower memory and storage version of a machine, and then expect to upgrade the RAM and storage when I've got enough. That's exactly what I did with my current Thinkpad T440. And for a current gen Apple, I can either buy a 8 or 16GB machine, and the price difference is pretty significant for me.

ajyotirmay··on Web-based editor
Firefox has a config option to not close window with lasttab. I actually find it quite useful. If you're on Chromium based browser, pretty sure there will be something similar
ajyotirmay··on Why wild foxes led you to treasure in Skyrim
Thank you, I had the same idea about collapsing threads. This is really helpful!
ajyotirmay··on ClearURLs – automatically remove tracking elements from URLs
I hate how some websites break when you go aggressive on cleaning tracking elements. One such example is Hey mail. There are many others, but for this one reason I moved to Chromium for Hey mail and all websites that break after privacy protection enabled, for everything else, it's Firefox.
ajyotirmay··on KDE Connect: Enabling communication between all your devices
Apart from the usual bells and whistles of KDE Connect, I have my devices connected to each other over awireguard tunnel. This way KDE Connect works even if the devices aren't on the same network. It was the best thing I did for myself!
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