Microblog Memes

26a: Note that they will simply add more categories over time and helpfully subscribe you to each of the new ones whether you ever visit the site again or not.

Unsubscribe? You mean report spam

AdNauseam. It clicks all the adverts. Yes, this is actively malicious behaviour. No, I don't care.

Just want to post this here for anyone not aware... uBlock "medium" mode. Kind of an unadvertised feature that has to be enabled in a strangely obscure way (I think they want to make sure you're not a complete idiot).

Still, pretty easy to set up, and much more protection than the default (but also not nearly as frustrating as "hard" mode or whatever they call it). Basically, most sites you visit are going to be broken the first time you go, but you enable elements you need for the site to load, then save those settings for that domain. Takes about 30 seconds or so once you know what you're doing and you only need to do it once per domain. Basically, I keep 1st and 3rd-party scripts off completely most of the time. It's relatively rare that I absolutely need to enable 1st party scripts on a page for it to load.

It's kind of like uBlock + noscript learning mode. The element zapper is clutch as well, but that's not unique to medium mode or anything.

DNS level ad blocks have been a huge game changer for me. When I play games at home, no ads. Then when I go out and play those games, I forget that they have ads.

well, a large language model.

I just ublock every cookie screen and navigate in incognito mode so cookies publicity cooki s will have zero chances of actually getting read.

Not as it really matters. As most of my advertisement profile doesn't come from some random site cookies but from phone espionage.

also, all the search functions are deliberately broken so they can feed you algo slop instead of letting you find the product you want.

You may have already figured this out, but a variac would fit the bill.

I had one the other day, choose to login with password or the magic email link. I know my password, let me in fucker. Oh no, you still have to go to your email and click on some link to verify it’s really you.

Green button good, red button bad.

20C. Realize this is not the best price on the product. 20D1.

 For i in range (your_breaking_point): 
            if i == your_breaking_point:
                   break
            Return to step 1.

While it sucks, I think that's better actually. Let me cook lol

Websites that ship for free have to factor in the shipping into the item price.

Which means that if you order a lot of items at once rather than separately, you get no reward for being more sustainable.

Shipping costs ensure that people don't make inefficient, single-item orders unless they really need to.

Passkeys aren't so bad. Just switch to a password manager that stores them for you, preferably a self-hosted one if you're technically inclined.

Take my upvote because you made me laugh; however, in all reality pass key is more secure, and should be used when available.