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Boring company's las vegas tunnel is horrible. It's a one-way tunnel that barely provides transit to anybody. [1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPjODKUxV5g

Re:China lands rover on Mars on Saturday May 15, 2021 @08:08AM (#27164484)
What probe did Indians crashed on the moon on purpose? I wasn't able to find anything about it.

Is it the Vikram lander that was destroyed while landing because of a software glitch?

Re:Privacy Implications of Accelerometer Data [pdf] on Friday May 07, 2021 @03:27PM (#27079936)
Yeah, it only works if you have cookies enabled(works with js disabled). You could use containers or CookieAutoDelete if you use firefox to auto delete cookies later. Or just configure the browser to be on incognito mode always with only third-party cookies disabled.
Re:Investigation Xoth: Smartphone location tracking on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @01:39PM (#26004787)
XprivacyLua works fine as a replacement but it requires Xposed Framework.
Re:RIP iCloud, Self-Hosting Part 5: Finale on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @07:04AM (#24553087)
Itunes can also sync over Wifi[1] or You can use Nextcloud[2]. You can backup your photos to your PC/Mac and then upload them to a cloud service. I use duplicati[3], it automatically encrypts and compress your files and uploads them to the cloud service of your choosing. I use Backblaze B2 for the cloud service($0.005/GB)[4].

[1]https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210612

[2]https://nextcloud.com/install/#instructions-server

[3]https://github.com/duplicati/duplicati

[4]https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage.html#why-b2-menu2

My somewhat minimalistic youtube: https://imgur.com/a/hkrB04F

I use Stylus plugin to resize the videos and ublock filters to hide things like breaking news, views, "For You" search results etc.

Custom CSS in Stylus: https://pastebin.com/vcqVNfv4 Ublock Filters: https://pastebin.com/wsaTXG0H

Re:Ask HN: Are YouTube ads getting worse? on Thursday July 09, 2020 @04:46AM (#23778205)
This is pretty cool! Feature Request: An option to change the quality of the video.
Pihole does not block YouTube Ads. You can use Smart Youtube TV to watch ad free YouTube on your TV.

https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartYouTubeTV

Privacy and ad blocking for whole network instead of just one device and you can also add your own custom dns servers for extra privacy.

For ex: Pihole + Unbound