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Re:I'm funding Ladybird because I can't fund Firefox on Sunday July 07, 2024 @06:26PM (#40900998)
And in fact their FAQ for donations doesn't even mention Firefox under their "How will my donation be used?" section:

At Mozilla, our mission is to keep the Internet healthy, open, and accessible for all. The Mozilla Foundation programs are supported by grassroots donations and grants. Our grassroots donations, from supporters like you, are our most flexible source of funding. These funds directly support advocacy campaigns (i.e. asking big tech companies to protect your privacy), research and publications like the *Privacy Not Included buyer's guide and Internet Health Report, and covers a portion of our annual MozFest gathering.

Re:Minecraft mod that runs RISC-V Linux on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @02:12AM (#29888520)
Basic instructions:

1. Download the mod and its dependencies from Curseforge (should be 3 JAR files: oc2[1], sedna[2] and markdown_manual[3])

2. Install MultiMC[4], run it and sign into your Minecraft/Microsoft account

3. Click the Add Instance button in the toolbar and choose Vanilla version 1.18.1, give it a name if you like and click OK

4. Click Edit Instance in the sidebar for the new instance

5. Click Install Forge on the right sidebar and select the latest version

6. Select Loader mods in the left sidebar

7. Click Add on the right and select the three JAR files you downloaded in step 1

8. Click Launch down the bottom

Usually it's simpler to install mods with MultiMC if they're already in a modpack, but these mods don't appear to be in one currently.

[1] https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/oc2/files

[2] https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/sedna/files

[3] https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/markdownmanual/...

[4] https://multimc.org/

Re:How Debian cron handles DST transitions on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @07:54PM (#29020630)
Also I recently noticed that DuckDuckGo time zone conversion ignores you when you enter AEST and uses AEDT when the other states are in daylight savings time and yours is not.
Re:Guide to Firefox Containers (2018) on Monday August 30, 2021 @04:46PM (#28360684)
I use this as well and it's quite good.

The only thing I sometimes have a problem with is when going through a payment flow using PayPal and forgetting to open the site in a persistent container. Many sites will fail to process the payment on the redirect back to the site as it ends up in another container.

I haven't looked recently, but I didn't see an option to open a site in an existing temporary container based on domain if there is one already open which I believe would solve this.

Re:Archive and genealogy of all Quake 1 bots on Monday July 05, 2021 @08:27AM (#27737256)
And Blue's News still has the articles up in their archive (albeit at a different link): https://www.bluesnews.com/archives/may97-5.html
According to [1], version 0.2 of pip was released 2008-10-29. The 1.0 release which added Python 3 support was 2011-04-04 (which is what Wikipedia lists).

The earliest release I can find for Go at [2] is 2009-12-09, with 1.0 being released 2012-03-28.

[1] https://pypi.org/project/pip/#history

[2] https://golang.org/doc/devel/weekly

I sometimes find myself going to Google for some complex queries or obscure error messages as well, but I'll usually try an alternative query first.

In this case, DDG happens to have a bang shortcut for postgres which takes you directly to the search results on the PostgreSQL site if you query !postgres array_agg.

There's a surprisingly large number of these which end up making it more useful than the generic web search results page overall.

Thanks for the clarification. The Steam Link app throws a little bit of a wrench into the argument since you could purchase a game and remotely install it with the Steam app then switch over to the Steam Link app to play it on the platform.
I've found it interesting that the Steam app on iOS has somehow slipped past the radar and allowed transactions bypassing Apple for a long time.
Gamers Nexus has a video & article explaining how TDP is primarily a marketing term.

https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3525-amd-ryzen-tdp-explai...

Re:We can't get enough of audiobooks on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @02:16AM (#20447862)
If you enjoy the Stormlight Archives I would also highly recommend the Lightbringer series of books by Brent Weeks.

I won't spoil anything besides saying that the series has a number of really memorable plot twists and a very interesting magic system.

Simon Vance does a fantastic job narrating the audiobooks and I'm eagerly anticipating the fifth and final book of the series which is due for release in October.

Re:New Mac Pro on Monday June 03, 2019 @11:25PM (#20091553)
Often when I plug one of my Razer mice into a different USB port I get a big pop up with a prompt to install their Synapse software that takes two clicks to dismiss.
The city's website [1] says that cost includes the design, manufacture, install and associated civil works.

[1] https://www.kwinana.wa.gov.au/our-city/news/Pages/City%E2%80...

Re:How Discord Went Mainstream on Thursday March 14, 2019 @08:20AM (#19388540)
There's also an issue that there doesn't seem to be any way to mute @ mentions of roles you're assigned to. So if a server admin assigns you to a role and then mentions that role you'll get a notification even if server mute is on and suppress @everyone and @here is on.
Re:Show HN: Startup with no website - [email protected] on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @03:57PM (#19099865)
This is why I use a catch-all on my own domain with a blacklist for companies found sharing or leaking the email address I gave to them. Fastmail makes this really easy to set up and their web interface also lets you set the From address to anything on the domain.
Re:Firefox 65.0 released on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @03:06PM (#19029380)
I just updated and immediately noticed two things that bothered me:

1. It added a new search engine (amazon.com.au) to my list that I'd culled down to just DuckDuckGo

2. It started recommending extensions for websites I visited

Maybe I'm overreacting a bit but why does it feel like every time I update anything recently I then have to spend 5 minutes going through the preferences to make sure it hasn't changed anything. It makes me hesitant to update any app when I feel like the developers are working against my interests.

Re:Windows 98 Icons are Great (2015) on Sunday January 20, 2019 @05:40PM (#18956078)
I have a firewall rule set up in Windows to disable outbound connections from Edge purely for this reason.
Re:Bash 5.0 released on Monday January 07, 2019 @09:42PM (#18852639)
The man pages for bash are fairly comprehensive and I'd definitely recommend referencing them while writing scripts: https://linux.die.net/man/1/bash