Software Endorsements

[Car Won't Crank]

Been playing around with containers and Podman has been pretty nifty. It's rhel stuff so it's baked into fedora for easy quick and fast deployments. Nice alternative to docker.

 

[ditto]

Irfanview is pretty good if you want something autistic.

And the latest version still supports 32-bit Windows 7.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole 2]

And the latest version still supports 32-bit Windows 7.

It should be said that it needs some setting up at first. I use it, it's the best, but it should be set up to act and behave the way you expect it to. Don't let it play video, then download the plugin pack that supports webp and weird characters. It's a very nice image viewer because it's got so many options in it, it's also got so many options for converting from one format to the other, cropping, rotating, color/gamma correcting and other things as well. Sadly enough it doesn't have customizable key bindings.

 

[anustart76]

It should be said that it needs some setting up at first. I use it, it's the best, but it should be set up to act and behave the way you expect it to. Don't let it play video, then download the plugin pack that supports webp and weird characters. It's a very nice image viewer because it's got so many options in it, it's also got so many options for converting from one format to the other, cropping, rotating, color/gamma correcting and other things as well. Sadly enough it doesn't have customizable key bindings.

Easiest way to get it all installed is to just install the program and the "all plugins" package through Chocolatey.

 

[Dread First]

libredirect A web extension that redirects requests to alternative privacy friendly frontends and backends google frontends SearXNG, SearX, Whoogle, LibreX

LibRedirect is a fucking fantastic browser extension and I wholeheartedly recommend it... but why on Earth would you use it to reroute your search queries through SearX(NG), Whoogle, or LibreX? This extension literally taught me that Hyperpipe, Invidious, BreezeWiki, Wikiless, Quetre, LibReddit, and ProxiTok exist... but you're here focusing on a feature that's bog-standard in every web browser nowadays?

Firefox

Chromium instructions using Brave Search as an example (this works for StartPage and any other search engine too FYI)




I know that instance redirection is a nice "to have" but really... if you're gonna be using a public SearXNG instance, you might as well just self-host your own SearX instance instead. The Docker container's easy enough to get you going if your'e not a total fucking retard and know how to read instructions verbatim and understand 100% of the text.

 

[autosarcophagy]

LibRedirect is a fucking fantastic browser extension and I wholeheartedly recommend it... but why on Earth would you use it to reroute your search queries through SearX(NG), Whoogle, or LibreX? This extension literally taught me that Hyperpipe, Invidious, BreezeWiki, Wikiless, Quetre, LibReddit, and ProxiTok exist... but you're here focusing on a feature that's bog-standard in every web browser nowadays?

Firefox
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Chromium instructions using Brave Search as an example (this works for StartPage and any other search engine too FYI)
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I know that instance redirection is a nice "to have" but really... if you're gonna be using a public SearXNG instance, you might as well just self-host your own SearX instance instead. The Docker container's easy enough to get you going if your'e not a total fucking retard and know how to read instructions verbatim and understand 100% of the text.

adding it to search does not always work

 

[autosarcophagy]

has anyone heard of https://simplex.chat/ it seams to do something new with chat privacy i think even the farms could use it. but i don't know enough so it could just be shit.

 

[Dread First]

adding it to search does not always work

That's why I said if you intend on using SearX(NG), Whoogle, or LibreX, you're better off self-hosting. MetaGer operates on a similar principle to SearX(NG) but doesn't come with the baggage and uncertainty of public-facing search engine instances. MetaGer can also be added to your browser's search without issue whatsoever either.

 

[autosarcophagy]

That's why I said if you intend on using SearX(NG), Whoogle, or LibreX, you're better off self-hosting. MetaGer operates on a similar principle to SearX(NG) but doesn't come with the baggage and uncertainty of public-facing search engine instances. MetaGer can also be added to your browser's search without issue whatsoever either.

i don't think many people self host the hole point is that many poeple can use it in easy way. and what is easier then a browser add on. internet browsing is always uncertainty.

 

[Yandex Captcha Solver]

Anybody have a recommendation for self hosted OCR for Linux, that can read through a folder of screenshots that has search functionality to point to the image?
Coming up short in this regards from my searches. Find plenty of OCR solutions for single pdfs/pictures but not seeing anything with a database functionality for multiple OCR'd images.

 

[no-exit]

Anybody have a recommendation for self hosted OCR for Linux, that can read through a folder of screenshots that has search functionality to point to the image?
Coming up short in this regards from my searches. Find plenty of OCR solutions for single pdfs/pictures but not seeing anything with a database functionality for multiple OCR'd images.

Have you looked at ripgrep-all? I've had a good experience with the rga-fzf integration, albeit on normal PDFs.
https://github.com/phiresky/ripgrep-all

 

[Yandex Captcha Solver]

Have you looked at ripgrep-all? I've had a good experience with the rga-fzf integration, albeit on normal PDFs.
https://github.com/phiresky/ripgrep-all

That works pretty dang well. Have to enable the tesseract flag on it. Will help a lot finding certain screenshots. Much thanks!

 

[Free Dick Pills]

GitHub - Owez/yark: YouTube archiving made simple

YouTube archiving made simple. Contribute to Owez/yark development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

This feels like it should be included in the "archive fucking everything guide", since it works nicely with youtube's new distinction between video and livestream (*and shorts... (ewww, who'd archive that?)) @Null

 

[PlugsPugs]

So I'm a dipshit boomer, I guess, but what's the point of AdNausium?
Like, isn't clicking ads *rewarding* shit advertising? And how does adding more data to a pile obfuscate something more than just not giving any data at all?

 

[Null]

So I'm a dipshit boomer, I guess, but what's the point of AdNausium?
Like, isn't clicking ads *rewarding* shit advertising? And how does adding more data to a pile obfuscate something more than just not giving any data at all?

Google had to pay billions out for fraudulent clicks.

Is The AdNauseam Extension Still Losing Marketers Billions?

The Ad Nauseam extension is a free ad blocker for web browsers that also clicks on ads. By carrying out click spam how much does it cost marketers?

www.clickcease.com

>Multiply that by 216,000, and you’re looking at $13,608,000 each day.

 

[S.C.U.D.]

Google had to pay billions out for fraudulent clicks.

Is The AdNauseam Extension Still Losing Marketers Billions?

The Ad Nauseam extension is a free ad blocker for web browsers that also clicks on ads. By carrying out click spam how much does it cost marketers?

www.clickcease.com

>Multiply that by 216,000, and you’re looking at $13,608,000 each day.

I knew the name AdNauseam, but I knew nothing about it and had always assumed it was just another regular ad blocker, and I already had one of those, so I never thought about switching, but after reading this article I have installed AdNauseam.

 

[TerribleUser09]

I was using IVPN for quite some time. It doesn't need an account and accepts payments in crypto.

 

[Agent Sandoval]

So I'm a dipshit boomer, I guess, but what's the point of AdNausium?
Like, isn't clicking ads *rewarding* shit advertising? And how does adding more data to a pile obfuscate something more than just not giving any data at all?

Information is a ratio of specificity vs noise in data. Advertisers aren't interested in your data, they're interested in the information the data carries. You can't have Facebook un-buy your credit history or Google un-collect your browsing history. You can mess with that noise ratio though by increasing the amount of junk data. AdNauseum is about making your data contain less information which makes it worth less to advertisers.
The direct result of tampering with the information ratios is that a single ad spot is worth less to the platform serving the ad. If you ever step outside of ad-block-land you'll notice that internet advertising has gotten more and more aggressive. Google needs to sell more ads because each as spot is worth less and advertisers need to buy more ads because conversion rates are down.

 

[AnOminous]

The direct result of tampering with the information ratios is that a single ad spot is worth less to the platform serving the ad. If you ever step outside of ad-block-land you'll notice that internet advertising has gotten more and more aggressive.

Also when they misrepresent the worth of the ad spot, it opens them up to hugely expensive litigation.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole 2]

Blender is much better now. Old Blender could be recommended for many reasons, anger management therapy being one of them, it was by no means a bad program it was just... Current Blender seems to be way more pleasant to use.

If you're like me and feel the blood pressure rising at the thought of using it, give it a try. This is meant as a software recommendation for idiots like me that are stuck in the past.