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JoeClu Alien Surfer @lemmy.world

Each and every one of the creatures we descended from, stretching all the way back to the beginning of life on Earth, has survived by killing before being killed. We are the final product of a string of millions of killers.

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The Firefox browser now has a built-in page translator that works even without the Internet
  • I can't seem to find the setting. Is it not available for Firefox for Android (Fenix), do you know?

  • What I felt after reading "All Systems Red" by Martha Wells
  • Ive read the first few so far. The next book on my list looks to be a full length novel.

    I find your reference of "her humans" is interesting. I never thought of muderbot as a her. Perhaps I missed an important line somewhere in the story?

    I think your review is right on. You captured exactly what it's like. I look forward to reading the next book.

  • Where the hell does wind begin??
  • To add to others, wind also is generated when a rain "microburst" occurs.This happens frequently in the southwest U.S.

    A microburst is when a very large amount of water is dropped out of the clouds. The gaining rain speed pushes the air below it out of the way. The air is pushed outward horizontal to the ground, which in essence is a massive wall of wind.

    Often in the Sonoron desert a microburst causes the wind to push a lot of dirt from the ground surface to be blown out with the wind. When this happens it's called a haboob. The wall of thick dust and particles can be up to a mile high and as wide as a city.

    Below is a link to an image of a haboob over Phoenix, Arizona.

    Haboob over Phoenix AZ USA

  • I Don't Like Bleps
  • Thanks.

  • The Chinese calendar is 4721 years old. Did it have the same problem as the Julian calendar with an imprecise number of days per year?
  • Very interesting. Thank you for taking the time to contribute your knowledge. I appreciate it.

  • Amazon restricts authors from self-publishing more than three books a day after AI concerns
  • Not if they are regulated to put an "In Full or in Part AI Generated" label on it.

  • I Don't Like Bleps
  • I'll ask. What is a blep?

  • Why do you use firefox?
  • Doesn't seem to be available for Android.

  • Why do you use firefox?
  • Fennec Scan:

    2 trackers = 1157 Classes

    598 tested signatures on 21823 classes
    (12812985)
    
    ²?Sentry
    Mozilla Telemetry
     
    *Mozilla Telemetry
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    31org.mozilla.fenix.components.metrics
    568org.mozilla.fenix.GleanMetrics
    
    *²?Sentry
    216io.sentry
    
    
    file:///data/app/~~k4F0B9l9UkHypp0nn27niw%3D%3D/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid-_WwVR-gNLaGHpnUII6BfVg%3D%3D/base.apk
     
    MD5sum: 392619da4257fda7f9fd888afedba8b5
    SHA1sum: 8781f7d8b48ee92af264af324362719bddcff56f
    SHA256sum: 06151ec252361697a743388911ea571a145a7e32996b8a9affb59d1e1c609075
    
    CN=FDroid,OU=FDroid,O=fdroid.org,L=ORG,ST=ORG,C=UK
     
    SHA256withRSA
     
    CERTIFICATE fingerprints: 
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    sha1: f5545ec2f9681d40ba4211a0967a3bbd4f4bf54b
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  • What do you think about Lemmy, so far?
  • Bingo. This is exactly the issue for me. The militant and intolerant attitudes and name calling. It's deeply disappointing.

  • What do you think about Lemmy, so far?
  • And this is exactly what s/he's talking about. The whole name calling thing if someone has a differing viewpoint. It's militant and intolerant. I'm just so sick of this kind of attitude here, I'm close to ditching Lemmy because of it.

  • Why do you use firefox?
  • Privacy? Firefox [at least on Android] has Trackers.

    6 Trackers = 1747 Classes

    598 tested signatures on 23677 classes
    (13792756)
    
    Adjust
    °Google Play Install Referrer
    Google AdMob
    Google Firebase Analytics
    ²?Sentry
    Mozilla Telemetry
    
    *Adjust
    183com.adjust.sdk.
    
    *Google AdMob
    5com.google.android.gms.ads.
    
    *Google Firebase Analytics
    1com.google.firebase.analytics.
    
    *Mozilla Telemetry
    343mozilla.telemetry.glean.
    44org.mozilla.fenix.components.metrics
    616org.mozilla.fenix.GleanMetrics
    
    *°Google Play Install Referrer
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    *²?Sentry
    544io.sentry
    
    
    file:///data/app/~~kGEETamkCtNrtff0YUQwJA%3D%3D/org.mozilla.firefox_beta-uIpZWar9aqI8JdCRKxBL4Q%3D%3D/base.apk
    
    MD5sum: 898c5776bd4ae16ccbf3a17b463d55d1
    SHA1sum: 045059895e3b387343c00ae2d80d85e1ef24b37d
    SHA256sum: e63240e437b73c64991c27a23d3ffe1fb3b7e8d3b49346b6dcd8a43cc782b75e
    
    CN=Release Engineering,OU=Release Engineering,O=Mozilla Corporation,L=Mountain View,ST=California,C=US
    
    SHA1withRSA
    
    CERTIFICATE fingerprints: 
    md5: b1e1bcee2733025ece9456e419a814a3
    sha1: 920f4876a6a57b4a6a2f4ccaf65f7d29ce26ff2c
    sha256: a78b62a5165b4494b2fead9e76a280d22d937fee6251aece599446b2ea319b04
    
  • Long hold the + in imessage to bring up photos quickly
  • Too bad apple refises to provide a manual with these kinds of features in it. That'd be useful. No, it's not intuitive, clearly.

  • TIL In the Hot Coffee lawsuit against McDonalds,punitive damages were given due to McDonalds intentionally overheating coffee to save money on refills
  • It's pretty scary how media can influence us so much, even when we think they aren't, and even when we think "only dumb people fall for it." No my friend, the majority fall for it. Not cause they're dumb, but because they've scienced the hell out of human nature and know precisely how to do it right under our noses. It started with marketing and advertising that works well, unfortunately. They've cracked the psyche code. Media adopted it. Big tech improved it. Gah... this is turning into a rant about capitalism; I didn't intend to go there. Eek.

  • YSK how to get your IP address from the command line
  • Thank you for being kind in explaining that to me.

  • YSK how to get your IP address from the command line
  • Is 'ifconfig -all' no longer a thing?

  • title bar on linux mint cinammon windows - how to resize?
  • Can you recommend one with a short window title bar? I've tried numerous ones that appear in the Main Menu -> Preferences -> Themes: Add/Remove Tab. None of them thus far has made any difference regarding the height of the title bar. Or are you suggestions to get these gtk themes from elsewhere?

  • title bar on linux mint cinammon windows - how to resize?
  • How does one do that? Through the Themes icon in the menu bar, under Preferences, I was able to double click on the following themes. Adapta-Nokto, CBlack, and Windows 10 Light Theme.

    There is a checkmark to the left of them indicating they are installed. But I can't seem to activate them. I double click on them and nothing happens. Right mouse button and middle mouse button does nothing.

    When I go back to the Themes tab under Simplified Settings, they do not appear in the Style drop down list.

    How do I activate these themes I downloaded? I see they are in ~/.themes as expected.

    ~$ ll ~/.themes
    drwxrwxr-x  5 clu clu 4096 Sep 11 19:49 ./
    drwxr-x--- 26 clu clu 4096 Sep 11 19:55 ../
    drwxrwxr-x  9 clu clu 4096 Sep 11 19:48 Adapta-Nokto/
    drwxrwxr-x  7 clu clu 4096 Sep 11 19:48 CBlack/
    drwxrwxr-x  9 clu clu 4096 Sep 11 19:49 Windows-10/
    

    So I found an option under Themes Tab called Desktop. When I click it, the downloaded themes are available to select, along with a million other ones. I selected each of my themes but really didn't notice much difference. The Start Menu changed a little bit. Very underwhelmed. Is theming only available for the Start Menu? No title bars, windows, background, icons, mouse looks different at all.

    I must be doing this wrong. ??? The Mouse Pointer, Applications, and Icons buttons don't list the new theme as an option to select. ?? I guess I mistakenly thought a "theme" impacted most aspects of the GUI. ??

  • title bar on linux mint cinammon windows - how to resize?

    I recently installed Linux Mint Cinammon on an old laptop to try it out. The Title bar on windows is too tall for me preferences. I poked around in settings but couldn't find a way to make the title bar shorter. Is this not possible or is there some CLI-fu config to force it?

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    [Android Firefox 116.3.0] about:config returns nothing, says Connection is not secure

    How do I get to the about:config page? It says Connection is not secure. There is no popup which asks "if I am sure".

    What I tried already:

    • Disabled all extensions
    • Disabled all system wide tracker and ad blockers
    • Turned off HTTPS only mode
    • Turned off Enhanced Tracking Protection

    Didnt know how to enter Safe mode in Firefox for Android. So couldn't try that.

    • Wiped cache and all app settings using Android Settings:App menu.
    • Uninstalled Firefox.
    • Reboot Device.
    • Reinstalled Firefox.
    • about:config does same thing; no change.

    This happens on both my Android Tablet and my Android Phone, both Samsung. Any ideas?

    2

    Text editor with sort functionality

    I tried acode, quickedit, markor, squircle CE, and numerous others.

    Isn't this like a basic thing, to sort?

    16

    Suggest a Textra replacement

    Tired of all the tracking in app. 9 trackers found. Any suggestions?

    9 Trackers Detected in Textra

    598 tested signatures on 20976 classes (11813031)

    Amazon Advertisement °Google Play Install Referrer Google AdMob Google Firebase Analytics IAB Open Measurement Inmobi Moat Smaato Tappx

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    *Inmobi 621com.inmobi

    *Moat 91com.moat.analytics.mobile.

    *Smaato 994com.smaato.

    *Tappx 67com.tappx.sdk.

    *°Google Play Install Referrer 12com.android.installreferrer

    file:///data/app/~~Bnb2y4Sqi5K-c5PwsGsCDA%3D%3D/com.textra-jD9SCwu5EPoq5Aae3cLjMA%3D%3D/base.apk

    MD5sum: 38a2df184b2009cb5c0d48daee7f900b SHA1sum: a27f0974518b56d55a29629520b773321f61f296 SHA256sum: b25224621825637f652c58905b1cd83350944d8dd5ab0d8188bd82f782f30f07

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    SHA1withRSA

    CERTIFICATE fingerprints: md5: f0f1ea75d97096771c5056d741836541 sha1: 1ba23faa58443e811f8352118377846149efd5c7 sha256: f6176da5770d5348bf95aad29dcbc0561dc0d3d384337f0bd22f2afda241b92e

    5

    what kind of music is Brutus?

    Hi. I'm not into punk (sorry), but I like this band called Brutus. It sounds kinda punkish to me, but I'm not sure what all the different genres of punk sound like. I don't want to insult punk if Brutus doesn't fit the category. What does Brutus sound like to you? Is it punk?

    Some examples:

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    Remove Save Settings button; just save them when user presses the back button.

    Remove Save Settings button; just save them when user presses the back button. Easier. User doesn't have to remember to press Save Settings. Do it automatically. You can even add a cancel button if user doesn't want to save changes.

    2

    Remove Save Settings button; just save them when user presses the back button

    Remove Save Settings button; just save them when user presses the back button. Easier. User doesn't have to remember to press Save Settings. Do it automatically. You can even add a cancel button if user doesn't want to save changes.

    1

    Any Nostr ppl here?

    Been hearing a little about Nostr. Apparently it's a protocol?

    How did it differ from fediverse stuff like ActivityPub protocol?

    What is the community size or population of Nostr users compared to Lemmy or Mastodon?

    Do you use it?

    27

    Highly rated book you DNF

    Here is my embarrassing list.

    =Noteworthy

    1984 by George Orwell Catch-22 Joseph Heller Dune by Frank Herbert East of Eden by John Steinbeck Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

    =Less Noteworthy

    Black Sea Gods by Brian Braden Mythos by Stephen Fry Smallworld by Dominic Green The One by John Marrs The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

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    I wish "they" would separate "fantasy" from "romance fantasy" genre.

    I see many 4.5 to 5 star fantasy books. I get excited and read about them only to find out they are really just "romance" or smut type books. Grrr.

    I really wish these romance novels would separate themselves from the fantasy genre. It wastes my time seeking out highly rated fantasy books only to find out they are actually romance books.

    I wish I could block the romance and smut books when searching for fantasy novels.

    It's disappointing that these romance novels are masquerading as fantasy novels. I do understand these romance novels really are, for the most part, fantasy, but I wish I wish there were a separate category either for the romance fantasy or for the traditional non-romance fantasy novels so I could block them in my searches. I've no interest in romance at all.

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    Television @lemmy.world Alien Surfer @lemmy.world

    1883 paramount+

    Anyone been watching this? I wasn't interested but wife asked me to watch with her. It's actually pretty good.

    I like the narration; it's beautifully poetic.

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