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ftk_on Browser extension (Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Edge) to redirect URLs based on regex

If you have uBlock Origin installed you can enable URL tracking protection filter list or write your own filters `$removeparam=<tracker param>`.

ftk_on Celebrating 6 years since Valve announced Steam Play Proton for Linux

There are now third party launchers for proton, such as: https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-launcher

As well as "game libraries": Lutris, Bottles, Heroic

Personally I use this alias to launch an exe via proton:

  alias proton='SteamGameId="${SteamGameId-1000}" PROTON_USE_WINESYNC=1 STEAM_COMPAT_CLIENT_INSTALL_PATH="$PWD" STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH=$HOME/proton /usr/share/steam/compatibilitytools.d/proton-cachyos/proton waitforexitandrun'
  # cd /gamepath
  # proton Game.exe

ftk_on Mpv – A free, open-source, and cross-platform media player

Not OP but also wrote a similar thing for mpv.

https://github.com/ftk/mpv-confluence/tree/torrserver

ftk_on YouTube slows down video load times when using Firefox

I implemented downloading of youtube thumbnails for one of these scripts.

https://github.com/marzzzello/mpv_thumbnail_script

ftk_on Show HN: Firefox add-on to open YouTube videos in alternative front ends

Here's how I use youtube, usually without opening web frontend at all:

Install mpv and yt-dlp.

Use play-with addon to open youtube or other video links directly in mpv.

Periodically convert youtube subscriptions into OPML using an userscript.

Import OPML into freetube or other RSS reader to check for new videos.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/play-with/

https://github.com/theborg3of5/Userscripts/tree/master/youtu...

ftk_on Tell HN: The Internet situation inside Iran

There's also DNS tunneling (dnstt) which is slow but probably harder to block

ftk_on Ask HN: Do you maintain a list of RSS links of GOAT blogs?

Little known but you can "subscribe" to YouTube channels without Google account by using RSS https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=${channe...

ftk_on I made a mechanical keyboard with 3D-printed switches

Good job! However, according to the wiring seems like it wouldn't be able to register something like ctrl+shift+z which is used as redo hotkey almost everywhere.

ftk_on Firefox 80 to Support VA-API Acceleration on X11

There's also play-with extension which doesn't require native client. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/play-with/