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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by AdventuringAardvark@lemmy.one to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[-] AdventuringAardvark@lemmy.one 3 points 2 months ago

I'll try it out. Thanks for the tip.

[-] AdventuringAardvark@lemmy.one 3 points 2 months ago

Good thought; I had the same one. But it isn't... I checked for that.

[-] AdventuringAardvark@lemmy.one 3 points 2 months ago

No, I haven't done that yet. I know FF wasn't officially supported before but I thought MS supports it now?

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I have to use Microsoft Teams for work. I use the web version with firefox. The audio portion works just fine and the video portion works too. But the screen-share function does not work. I can't see anyone else's screen when they share it.

Firefox always has a notice when I start up MS Teams (attached the image to this post). But when I click on the "Learn More" button, the bar just disappears without taking me anywhere new. So I'm unable to learn more. Does anyone know what plugin I need or where to download it? I've done a couple of searches and haven't come up with anything helpful so I'm hoping someone can help me solve this problem.

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An oldie, but a goodie

[-] AdventuringAardvark@lemmy.one 8 points 7 months ago

Why would a seed be connected to me if I am also just seeding (not downloading or leeching)?

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by AdventuringAardvark@lemmy.one to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Noob question: When looking at the Seeds and Peers columns of qBittorrent, there are two numbers: one of which is outside the parenthesis and one is inside the parenthesis. Ex 0 (5).

What is the difference between the two numbers in each column?

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by AdventuringAardvark@lemmy.one to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Has anyone used AnyStream from RedFox? If so, do you like it or is it not worth it.

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As I get more and more invites to private trackers, I'm finding that I find myself spending more and more time on public tracker websites.

I'll only use private trackers if I can't find what I'm looking for on a public tracker. Private tracker rules can get pretty onerous and I prefer to just avoid the whole scene if possible.

If I'm honest, this opinion surprises me. I didn't expect to prefer public trackers. I always thought that private trackers were so cool and exclusive. I don't think that way anymore.

[-] AdventuringAardvark@lemmy.one 22 points 7 months ago

No, you can block ads with a pihole. This is because Roku hard codes its dns server as 8.8.8.8. Pihole doesn’t handle IP addresses, only DNS.

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Blocked that hard-coded google dns garbage.

[-] AdventuringAardvark@lemmy.one 4 points 8 months ago

I need to edit and annotate PDFs.

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I'm looking for a full PDF editor for use on Linux. Foxit, Qoppa... can't find anything on TPB, AllPCWorld or 4mirrorlink. Even looked on Milkie and saw a link for Qoppa PDF, but no one is seeding it.

Anyone have any ideas?

[-] AdventuringAardvark@lemmy.one 5 points 8 months ago

I also have a server for Linux ISOs. You can never have too many ISOs.

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I use Firefox as my daily driver but sometimes sites just work better on a chromium based browser. I had been using Brave but it seems like they keep adding on more bloat (crypto, VPN, AI) and I'm over it.

What chromium based browser would you recommend and why?

[-] AdventuringAardvark@lemmy.one 4 points 8 months ago

I get it. My privacy settings explicitly say do not send telemetry, analytics or whatever else you want to call it. But they ignore my request and try to capture the data anyway. Dunno why they call themselves a privacy focused browser. I already uninstalled it and put in the Mullvad browser.

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I turned off telemetry and "privacy preserving analytics" but saw the URL below in my DNS logs. Does anybody know what it is? I found this repo but don't know what it means.

star-randsrv.bsg.brave.com

[-] AdventuringAardvark@lemmy.one 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

If you use uBO on medium mode, you don't see any notifications, consent banners or pop-ups.

[-] AdventuringAardvark@lemmy.one 5 points 10 months ago

Don’t know if they’re free but Mullvad VPN is great. Proton VPN is also good.

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My kid discovered pokemon go and loves it. I'm excited because he's getting outside and walking around, getting some exercise and not just playing video games in his room all day.

I was thrilled when he asked me to download it so we could be friends. I've downloaded it but was wondering if there was a version (or a similar app) that is more privacy respecting?

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by AdventuringAardvark@lemmy.one to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

I am currently running Fedora 38 on an old Intel Mac Mini. It's time to upgrade to a new computer. I'd like to keep the hard drive (SSD) and just put it into the new machine. To do this, would I have to stick with intel for my new machine or would it also be possible to put the SSD into an AMD machine and have everything work properly?

[-] AdventuringAardvark@lemmy.one 2 points 11 months ago

Mullvad is great for people who don't want to tweak their browser settings very much. But lots of us see the tweaking as a feature, not a bug. I customize the heck out of my browser and appreciate that FF allows for the customization.

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