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same here. the last optical drive i had was used to rip my girlfriends dvd collection about 12 years ago. all still here on hunks of spinning rust if needed, but the space consuming load of dvds went to the flea market.

My Plex share doesn’t care lol

The way the industry is pulling the screws tighter and tighter is just ugly to watch, and it’s hard not to be caught out.

23217791 is gone now

That gave a really nice overview for someone who hasn’t had to dabble in IPV6 yet, thanks!

I really can’t compute why any reputable corp is still shitting the bed regarding equal pay in fucking 2024.

You can’t win with these people because Democrats are Democracy is “the enemy”

FTFY

and you can also add:

“I don’t care about cookies”

i referred to this part of your post - the addon does not add filter lists but skips GDPR Cookie dialogs by denying all. you can install it from addons.mozilla.org

please use “I still don’t care about cookies”, the original one has been bought by Avast, who in turn belong to Gen Digital, owner of AVG, Norton and Avira - not the most trustworthy names anymore.

https://searx.space/ has a listing with responsetime for the sites.

i use www.gruble.de, has worked without issue for the last month or so.

google chrome will go the way of netscape navigator and internet explorer. might take a while and a antitrust case or two, but we will get there… again.

I also use librewolf and have settled for iceraven on my phone. the list of installable extensions is much longer (even if not everything is working yet, depending on how far mozilla has come along) and it has about:config support, which gives me a pretty close approximation of my desktop browser.

domain based blocking systems are nice for a base level of ad removal, they do nothing if the ads are coming from the same domain. sponsorblock is nice, but it’s the work of volunteers to remove those ads - if youtubes userbase were splintered over thousands of apps it wouldn’t be feasable.

i don’t know when i have seen just text-based ads in the last 10 years. those are an non-issue, even for me. the issues are scripts, user profiling and tracking.

the big difference is: the browser gives webpages/apps a standardized environment where the user has the last word regarding what runs on it or not (if you are not using chromium anyway). in apps, the user doesn’t have that luxury, especially regarding tracking and profiling.

i join in on the PSU chorus. no bluescreen normally means power loss, so either the PSU craps out, or it doesn’t get the power. a defect of the mainboard is not completely out of the question tho.

grab yourself the free version of HWInfo64, and check the voltages below, they should be a) stable (and i mean stable - mine do not move at all and i would be concerned if they did) and b) close to the values in the name (12v, 3.3v, 5v). since you have complete power loss, it’s probably the 12v.

PSUs do age and lose about 10% of “maximum wattage” where they still stay in tolerance levels per year.

e: even if the voltages seem stable and ok i would still start looking at replacing the PSU if it’s old. e2: a classic one would be loose cables tho, either Power Cable or the 12v connector to the mainboard

i think i would get notified in some way if the Mozilla Foundation changes ownership, and since it’s open source that is not much of an argument. open source is getting more common the last few years, but it’s definitely not common

sure, it doesn’t mean they can’t. everyone making their own app also means that they don’t per default.

and you didn’t touch the point regarding NO ADBLOCKING IN APPS while the whole debate here is because alphabet doesn’t want effective adblocking in their browser.

I also agree with Mary.

By the way, i would be devastated if my own family wanted to see me in prison. I hope Trump at least has an extra heartbeat out of rhythm so he feels something.

looks like stolen artwork from a 90´s clipart cd lol

• no unified password management (or even worse: everything gets just attached to your google/ios account - i hate apps that do not give me the option to keep stuff separate)
• no history functions (esp. over multiple devices)
• single apps getting bought out by marketing corpos or bad actors without getting notified
• data sniffing apps are harder to reign in than my sandboxed browser tabs.
• NO ADBLOCKING AVAILABLE IN APPS

I’m sure there are a lot more reasons, that’s just what came into my mind

inconsequential fun fact: Tipper Gore is part of an SCP Foundation story arc, starting from here. It’s pretty well written, even if it does not have to do anything with the discussion here.

veracrypt is a thing, encrypting drives does not need TPM.

Just boot using the good old Master Boot Record for a clean solution (The Veracrypt documentation gives a good overview). Veracrypt works with EFI too, but the EFI partition itself cannot be encrypted. You can even create a hidden OS, if you are forced to give out your password, theres still plausible deniability.

he has such a punchable face, my right hand starts itching every time i see a picture of him