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- Comment on Tesla Cybertruck Owners Who Drove 10,000 Miles Say Range Is 164 To 206 Miles 10 months ago:
65 l/100km… Holy shit, a Bugatti Veyron running at top speed over 400km/h is consuming 122 l/100km.
That’s insane
- Comment on Dissing car brands is console wars for boomers 10 months ago:
I think things may have moved on with the tech, my Yaris Hybrid would average 3.8 l/100km with is 74 MPG (UK).
- Comment on I'm never lonely cuz i got these little guys with me :) 10 months ago:
I had cataracts done, have tons of floaters. Also makes it almost impossible to follow a golf ball in flight. I used to play, but got fed up not having a clue where I had hit the damned ball.
- Comment on Elon Musk's X claims it's now a 'video-first platform' as it tries to reverse an advertiser exodus that has cost it billions in value 10 months ago:
I’m still on Xitter, but on my own terms. I use a plugin called Control Panel for Twitter, which means I don’t get anything on my feed other than stuff from those I follow, and what they share, unless they share some bollocks then I will block shares from them. There are a bunch of Hong Kong activists, journalists and fellow HK travelers who don’t use other platforms yet, and I don’t want to get cut off from what’s happening there. There is also good motorsports contributors, who also post on TikTok and IG which I refuse to go near. In addition there are feeds and posters related to my work, some I can’t see anywhere else, then there is some random stuff I can’t see anywhere else.
I don’t have the Xitter app on my phone and use the same Control Panel plugin to ensure my terms of engagement are maintained on mobile. This plugin, for example blocks anyone who paid Xitter for a blue badge, so I don’t see any of their putrid bile in response to those I follow. It also frees you from the “algorithm” that determines what Xitter want’s you to see, I only get a chronological timeline feed. Upsells, ads, who to follow, bookmarks and other random bits of UI I never use are also gone.
Basically, it is exactly how I want the whole Xitter experience with none of elmo’s shit polluting my screen.
Get it now?
- Comment on The EU common charger : USB-C 10 months ago:
My Dell 7560 mobile workstation is powered by USB C when connected to the docking station, which is rated at 230 watt as I recall.
- Comment on Has google stopped working for finding anything? 10 months ago:
I would ask why op didn’t use IMDb.com or trakt which catalogue every Hollywood movie?
- Comment on Right-wing influencers pledge to bail out Elon Musk after Apple, Disney, others suspend advertising on X 11 months ago:
TFG’s Truth Social is using Mastodon code.
- Comment on Intel doesn’t think that Arm CPUs will make a dent in the laptop market 1 year ago:
Under previous non-technical CEOs Intel lost it’s focus on innovation leadership and became a commodity supplier, losing ground to AMD and NVIDIA. Pat Gelsinger is different, he’s an engineer, he led the 486 program, he is committed to regaining technical leadership and compete with TSMC as a foundry player. The Intel 4 node is now in mass production, Intel 3, 20A and 18A will follow in the next 2 years. New foundry capacity is being added in every factory, and new sites are being developed, 10’s of billions of investment, None-core business units are being divested.
Are these things that dying companies do?
- Comment on Elon Musk gives X employees one year to replace your bank - ‘You won’t need a bank account... it would blow my mind if we don’t have that rolled out by the end of next year.’ 1 year ago:
Resting in my account
- Comment on X adds video calling — and lets strangers ring you: Turned on by default, tool lets anyone you follow potentially call you up 1 year ago:
Deleted the app from my phone the day Elmo took control. Still use it via Firefox with Tampermonkey and Control Panel for Twitter, I only see stuff from those I follow, and anyone with a paid subscription is blocked. Tolerable like this.
- Comment on Meta is promoting Threads posts on Facebook and there’s no way to opt out 1 year ago:
I use Pi-Hole + uBlock origin, there is nothing FB can do to make me read this shit.
I keep an account there to catch up with relatives in other countries, nothing else gets on my feed.
- Comment on Most of the world's biggest advertisers have stopped buying ads on Elon Musk's X, exclusive new data shows 1 year ago:
Bypass most paywalls, also deny them the clicks. archive.today have a plug-in for Firefox, other paywall bypass tools are available.
- Comment on Everybody is supporting Firefox, but no one wants to use it. Because it is destroying itself. 1 year ago:
Dude, who is paying you to post this blatant misinformation?
- Comment on How embarrassing 1 year ago:
If it’s good enough for John Lennon…
- Comment on POV) You use Windows 11 and set up Pihole for the first time. 1 year ago:
10k calls per day…
More than 1 every 10 minutes. Seems legit.
- Comment on X rolls out new ad format that can't be reported, blocked 1 year ago:
Control Panel for Twitter users:
What’s a “For you Feed?”
- Comment on YouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers — and it's doing something about it 1 year ago:
It gets rid of the nag screen so you can just watch the video. For uBlock Origin, it’s a bit crude, may affect other bits of interface, I also use the Enhancer for YouTube plug-in for Firefox which is really useful.
- Comment on YouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers — and it's doing something about it 1 year ago:
! 2023-10-06 https://www.youtube.com www.youtube.com##tp-yt-paper-dialog.ytd-popup-container.style-scope
Oh no, anyway.
- Comment on Meta wants to charge EU users $14 a month if they don't agree to personalized ads on Facebook and Instagram 1 year ago:
I have used it since 2010, never paid a penny. Moving friends and relatives to Signal has been a waste of time, I feel like I have the first fax machine in the world.
- Comment on Meta wants to charge EU users $14 a month if they don't agree to personalized ads on Facebook and Instagram 1 year ago:
Same problem here, fortunately my FB feed is cleansed by uBlock Origin with custom scripts that block all the “suggestions for you” and other such bollocks as well as the ads. It’s surprising how little content my family actually post, means I can drop in once a week and not miss anything.
- Comment on Meta wants to charge EU users $14 a month if they don't agree to personalized ads on Facebook and Instagram 1 year ago:
Ublock Origin is free.
- Comment on How do people find good information on the internet these days? 1 year ago:
I used to frequent searchlores.org and fravia.com back in the day, they were a treasure trove of specialised web search and data mining techniques.
UNSW maintain a mirror of the old websites, last updated 14 years ago, worth a look if you have some time on your hands.
biostatisticien.eu/www.searchlores.org/indexo.htm
- Comment on Here we go again 1 year ago:
The available extensions are limited, but tampermonkey gives you access to lots of custom extension opportunities, I use it to make Twitter bearable.