hollyberries
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- Comment on What does baobab *wood* look like 4 weeks ago:
Try searching for a “cross section” image, which should give you slices of the tree.
- Comment on Youtube has fully blocked Invidious 1 month ago:
Right now we have no other solutions/fixes. You may be able to get Invidious working on residential IP addresses (like at home) but on datacenter IP addresses Invidious won’t work anymore.
This might explain why mine has been reliable even though it hasn’t been updated in months. I guess add me to the list of confirmations that it works on residential connections.
- Comment on Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled 3 months ago:
Forking is indeed the way forward when Mozilla loses its way a little more. For myself, I switched to Librewolf about 6 months ago, along with replacing Thunderbird with Betterbird after using it since the Phoenix days.
I cannot remember what prompted the move to Librewolf, it may have been the AI stuff they were pushing at the time, or possibly the update that forced the tabs into my titlebar without having to go into about:config to fix it. Or the fact that Firefox was constantly pushing me to sign up for an account. There were quite a few gripes that added up over time lol
Betterbird restored some removed things I liked pre-supernova as well as a native systray icon under Linux and that was enough motivation to make the switch.
It is time for a new browser to enter the market. Either Ladybird or something built with Servo seems likely.
- Comment on Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled 3 months ago:
I’ve got some bad news for you. Mozilla bought an ad company.
- Comment on Looking for a crossplatform backup solution over https 3 months ago:
Have you looked at Duplicati? I use it and find it dead simple and reliable (I did a full recovery from a total data loss last year).
- Comment on Michael Jackson's Moonwalker Is Coming To MiSTer And Analogue Pocket This Week | Time Extension 4 months ago:
Someone will likely share it for preservation purposes soon enough.
- Comment on 3D technology has gone too far 4 months ago:
I only see upsides here. Some people need expensive lessons in order to learn anything >.>
- Comment on Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining 6 months ago:
I admit that I am a bit biased. During the 8-10 years I tanked my startup by going all-in on Microsoft Store apps because I absolutely loved my Windows Phones and was convinced that they were the future, especially when Continuum was announced (and it actually worked!).
The disenchantment started when Microsoft forced developers to rewrite their apps for Windows 10 after already having forced the mobile devs to do it from 7 to 8. The hatred ramped up when they killed support for the Lumia 950XL 6 months after launch. I freaking loved that phone.
It pissed me off so much that I went to Apple lmao talk about cutting off my nose to spite my face.
- Comment on Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining 6 months ago:
You forgot Vista before 7. The list didn’t “break down” because Vista was the steaming pile of shit in between.
8 sucked, 8.1 was good at least in my opinion. 10 was when I fucked off to Linux land permanently after using it on and off for 15 years and have never been happier.
- Comment on Dreamcast - Virtua Fighter 3tb 7 months ago:
The Playstation overshadowed it again lol
- Comment on Nato should not appoint Mark Rutte without broader discussion, says Latvia 8 months ago:
It disgusts me to see this guy fail upwards. He used the tax office to target vulnerable groups, destroying their lives, and was found guilty in doing so. 0
That alone should have disqualified him from any political position going forward.
But no, dumbasses voted him in AGAIN, and then he failed yet again. Now we have a conservative majority with a xenophobe at the helm. Ugh.
Somewhat related: to add on to the above scandal, I had my own run-in with the tax office after obtaining my residence permit almost 10 years ago. It took me 3 years to even gain residency. As soon as the residency was approved I got retroactively fined on not having health insurance while being legally unable to get insurance under the Dutch rules. I’m certain it was a part of that “policy” as well.
- Comment on Nato should not appoint Mark Rutte without broader discussion, says Latvia 8 months ago:
NATO shouldn’t appoint Rutte, full stop.
Rutte honestly needs to fuck off away from politics for good. The trouble we are having here in the Netherlands is largely the fault of his (and his cabinets) policy waffling on important issues like housing and healthcare.
Our refugee “problem” that gave rise to Geert Wilders and his disgusting rhetoric is the result of 13 years of conservative foot dragging on building housing and getting away with it. His party and cabinet were also dragging their feet on reaching climate goals, and implemented a disastrous half-measures covid policy in which the RIVM happily parroted the advice of the American CDC instead of coordinating their own research.
His cabinet also had scandal after scandal that “broke” coalitions, with the last one being because he walked away from the table, showing a total lack of respect towards our other politicians. He’s not fit to hold office in any shape or form and is an utter failure in all aspects. His parents should be ashamed.