joeldebruijn

joined 1 year ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I like the way you assign different attributes to friends and family.... ๐Ÿ˜ Computer idiots, friends and family or ... Computer idiots friends, and family ....

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Thanks for this write up, appreciated because sometimes (like on LinkedIn, I know don't ask) it feels like everyone is an AI guru talking hype hype hype.

[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I looked briefly through their site:

  • Heavy on partnerships and ambition. Which is a good thing.
  • Light on technical details and implementation.
  • Hinting at former hype (blockchain) and current (AI)

But for me the biggest concern is development of a "new" decentralized protocol. IMHO there are enough protocols around to choose and pick from and help moving them forward instead of making one from scratch.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I have a floccus sync with NextCloud bookmarks but for long time archival and accessibility I use FireShot for pdf and png saving to local copy.

Your bookmark + pdf + image + html intrigued me but I is it possible to export in bulk these files for local archive and backup?

[โ€“] [email protected] 100 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Got a work related variant, a 3 letter domain we really liked was registered by a person asking a couple of hundred bucks or so. Which really was a good deal and we were more then happy to pay.

Our IT department advised guiding the transfer themselves. Instead our marketing department went ahead anyway and just agreed to "you end your subscription and after that we register it" ... instead of using transfer codes.

In the minutes between, a bulk claimer snatched it away.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same experience

Oh , that's cute this spammer thinks there must be an [email protected] etc

Only other downside I could think if is when my catch all cant be used to send a mail or reply.

So I do use them a lot for suppliers en services, but for registering initially and password reset. But I can't use it to contact support by mail.

Mostly I rely on forms or self service portals when I need it as a customer.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Or its just miniturisation in contexts without a separate phone (aka IoT)?

"Supersims are popping up in shared rental scooters, fleet tracking devices, and digital billboards."

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Ouch ... I hope I smell them from a mile away ... and change course.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

As a #2 person, when my level-of-current-knowledge hits a ceiling and I ask for technical advice in forums or lemmy or even social media, it often comes from a #1 person.

Assuming its specialized knowledge few other #2 have.

Half the time I get an answer (about what and how) AND background explanation (giving context and WHY).

But half the other time a #1 doesnt realize easy things for them are hard for me. When they are miles ahead their answer assumes I have a host of other skills already in place. But I dont know what I don't know so I dont ask for them.

But ... every answer from a helpfull stranger is appreciated. Just bridging knowledge is hard.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is "choosing which files and folders" an upfront configuration thing, or does it happen "on the fly" when opening a file?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's a type of integration with local file handling:

  • you see every folder and file in explorer / finder.
  • they are just filenames but without the data
  • they act normal and can be copy pasted renamed etc
  • the moment a file is opened the first time, the data gets synced locally.

I use it to connect to rather large folders (bigger then my SSD) because it only takes up space of the files in use.

 

My questions are:

  • Does the DuckDuckGo Firefox extension "Privacy Essentials" add a local css file to every visited site?
  • Can others reproduce this?
  • Is this harmfull or not?

Background:

I have a simple static one page site with just one html and css file. It's completely tracker free. Debugging it a bit with developer mode (F12) on I discovered a second css file. This file isnt on my webserver but added local. To pinpoint what caused this I removed every add-on / extension in my browser one by one, reloading and checking my website every time. Took me a while because didnt expect this one causing it.

To reproduce:

  • Install the extension from the link.
  • Open a random site
  • Check in developer mode the tab Style editor.
  • Scroll and look for a file named %3Ais(%5Bid*%3D'google_ads_iframe'%5D%.css or something like that.
  • Remove the extension and refresh.
  • Check if the file disappears.

Content of the css file: :is([id*='google_ads_iframe'], [id*='taboola-'], .taboolaHeight, .taboola-placeholder, #credential_picker_container, #credentials-picker-container, #credential_picker_iframe, [id*='google-one-tap-iframe'], #google-one-tap-popup-container, .google-one-tap-modal-div, #amp_floatingAdDiv, #ez-content-blocker-container) { display:none!important; min-height:0!important; height:0!important; }

Edit 25-03-2024: Changed title to not give the wrong impression. See comments below.

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Although the headline focusses on a obvious category of media, it really can go wrong on a lot of other categories as well.

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