Sometimes when I use exact matches like “keyword1” “keyword2” I see results that contain some of the matches but not others. Is there a search engine that only shows results with all the exact matches exactly as they are written?
I get that some instances use the domain + TLD to make a word, like lemm.ee or to an extent, sh.itjust.works. But I’ve seen so many TLDs I had no idea existed, like .world, .zone, .social, and yes .works as well....
There are people who use (regex) blocking for the zip TLD and that other one that google released with it, for the reason that they can be very deceptive.
This is not the first post where I feel it but I love it so much that we have a lot of people on Lemmy that can talk about things not related to computers!
Yes but that’s only good. I’m a computer guy too, but I couldn’t talk much about anything else, and I want to read about other topics too, besides this
edited the heading of the question. I think most of us here are reasoning why more people are not using firefox (because it was the initial question), but none of that explains why it’s actively losing marketshare....
If it’s only quality would be being foss, I would understand. But that’s not case case. The main quality of firefox (I think) is that you have no chance for privacy whatsoever with other browsers. It’s not just the current state of chrome, but from time to time google always does something to make chrome worse than before, and it’s even expected because that is in their interest
Me too, but I have at least a dozen of firefox windows and hundreds of tabs combined, all of which are restored on starting it (because I want it this way, I could also just disable restoring them if I wanted).
Also don’t forget that there are addons that make the browser waiting before continuing to start up, and with a good reason.
One such is uBlock Origin, which needs some time to load it’s filters into memory, especially if you have enabled more than the defaults. If it wouldn’t do that, it couldn’t do filtering for the tabs that get loaded right at startup, and that would be quite bad.
On chrome, addons can’t make the browser to wait with the first network requests (but also can’t do efficient filtering anymore thanks to Manifest v3 changes, brought to you by your favorite advertising company), so chrome will inevitably be able to start up faster, but with a huge cost on your privacy, because uBO and such firewalls can’t do their job properly.
Because they’ll use against you what they have found out.
Advertising networks want to get you to buy things you don’t need, or at places where you probably wouldn’t want (higher price, garbage warranty process).
They are also used for deception campaigns*, which is made more efficient by showing you those ads that may have a better chance to catch your attention.
an example is false political propaganda, which was youtube spreading in unskippable ads in my small country, before and while elections were going. It was a great success to them. multiple local channels were trying to block these with minimal success (channels have tools to filter ads their guess see), as somehow blocking by category or by uploader channel did not work, only blocking every single such video, which is ineffective because new ads from those scumbags still get shown.
Insurance companies may also change your rates when they find out something about you from data brokers, which includes diseases you don’t even know you have.
Media platforms (social media, video sites like youtube, movie sites heavily using recommendations) know your rough (or finer) worldview, your interest, what makes you click and such, and they’ll first put you in an echo chamber where they form your opinions by showing you news and other media that you want to see (which is not necessarily true, and can also miss the bigger picture, but you’ll most likely accept it with the least questioning), and then they also form what you see by their agendas: they know what gets your interest, they can use that to show content that makes you stay for longer, and they can also show content that spreads information that is in their interest and about which they know you’ll still read it or at least think about it.
Well, I was thinking of the RAM and swapping… firefox is regularly slow for me (along with a lot of other programs!) because dumb windows starts swapping out everything at 22-25 GB usage out of 32. Apparently there’s no such thing here as swappiness. Blood boiling.
I’m not trying to cause an argument but when Reddit pulled it’s bs - I said that’s enough. I gave up my Reddit addiction and didn’t open it or visit the site for over 30 days....
The scraped data of 2.6 million DuoLingo users was leaked on a hacking forum, allowing threat actors to conduct targeted phishing attacks using the exposed information.
My partner doesn’t do much on the computer except web browsing and writing. The Scrivener writing program had a Linux version at some point that was abandoned....
A little different, but I hope you’ll see my point.
My family members use netflix on our smart TV. The netflix that says in it’s privacy policy that they’ll scan your network to know what devices you have.
I have never agreed to that outrageously unacceptable privacy policy, still, my devices are scanned by that garbage service, and by that they have insight on what devices I have, when am I around (at home), the network services that those devices run (any android app can run a network service in the background), and probably the OS along with it’s version that your device runs. These information can be quite telling about your personality, your life situation and other private matters.
How is there no way? Yes, there is. Google implements it in the original, websites start requiring it, all of those browsers that didn’t implement it will be denied from access to websites. The end.
These are not conclusions based on the other half, these are distinct facts. Also, if not for this, why would a chromium fork named “ungoogled chromium” exist?
I’m a conservative. I don’t mind the liberal stuff here. It’s good to learn the other side, but I don’t want a liberal echo chamber. I’d like to be more politically balanced in the fediverse. Is there any way I can do that?
I gather some server is for some arcane reason censoring naughty words to protect our delicate sensibilities. Is it on my end, on lemmy.ml? Is it the server people are posting from? Is it something happening in the federation? Is it the Romulans?
If you use Liftoff (which I largely recommend!) then you have to open the community or instance that you are interested in, and on the “about” tab (it shows the sidebar) there is a “modlog” button at the bottom, which if you click you’ll see the modlog for that community or instance.
You can open the main page of a community by clicking on it’s name when you see it (like in the header of a post), or by searching.
For opening the instance main page you basically click on the instance name until you see it. Most of the times it will get you there directly, but sometimes you’ll need to find and click the instance name once more.
Or you can open either from a search menu, of course.
I don’t know what a .webp file is but I don’t like it. They’re like a filthy prank version of the image/gif you’re looking for. They make you jump through all these hoops to find the original versions of the files that you can actually do anything with....
I think webp has already “won”, because google refuses to have jxl support in chrome, the web browser most of the people use.
Apart from that, if I’ll have a website I’ll aim to support jxl and the old formats, but webp not even by mistake.
Why? I think this is yet another thing with which google wants to be everywhere for this or that reason and I’m fed up with that.
I wouldn’t say that. Maybe youtube uses it by default (I don’t know, though) but a lot of other sites still use H264.
And I don’t see AV1 even on the horizon.
A couple of years ago (2?) I tried converting some of my huge H264 video files to AV1 with then up to date ffmpeg. It was horrendously slow. I don’t remember the numbers but I’m pretty sure it was progressing much slower than the clock.
I doubt they will find anything in the logs. It is overwritten over time, and it is also lost when the phone is rebooted. Might still be worth checking, but yeah… check the date of the oldest message.
Finding when was that app installed would be a good idea, as that is stored persisently (e.g. you can check it with App Manager), but not after it has been uninstalled.
Iphone 15 (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
What search engines really have exact match?
Sometimes when I use exact matches like “keyword1” “keyword2” I see results that contain some of the matches but not others. Is there a search engine that only shows results with all the exact matches exactly as they are written?
unholy software.. (feddit.de)
Is ZeroNet still a thing?
If this is the wrong place to pose this question, point me in the right direction...
Why do so many Lemmy instances use weird TLDs?
I get that some instances use the domain + TLD to make a word, like lemm.ee or to an extent, sh.itjust.works. But I’ve seen so many TLDs I had no idea existed, like .world, .zone, .social, and yes .works as well....
What is your "inexpensive" hobby that turned out to be expensive/ you gradually invested lots of money into?
Edit: so it turns out that every hobby can be expensive if you do it long enough....
Why is firefox losing market share? Why don't more people use Firefox?
edited the heading of the question. I think most of us here are reasoning why more people are not using firefox (because it was the initial question), but none of that explains why it’s actively losing marketshare....
What does the fear of being judged by others hold you back from doing that you would otherwise do?
To be fair I still do these things but only when I’m alone....
Reddit is a Dying Mall (www.staygrounded.online)
Is anyone else having trouble giving up Reddit due to content?
I’m not trying to cause an argument but when Reddit pulled it’s bs - I said that’s enough. I gave up my Reddit addiction and didn’t open it or visit the site for over 30 days....
Should one prefer Firefox PWAs (via plugin) and Firefox Web-Apps over Electron apps?
Not really that worried but rather curious about your opinions. Use what suits your demands best....
Scraped data of 2.6 million Duolingo users released on hacking forum (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
The scraped data of 2.6 million DuoLingo users was leaked on a hacking forum, allowing threat actors to conduct targeted phishing attacks using the exposed information.
Trying to get my partner to switch from Windows to Linux. Has anyone tried Scrivener with Wine?
My partner doesn’t do much on the computer except web browsing and writing. The Scrivener writing program had a Linux version at some point that was abandoned....
This community lately (feddit.nl)
Is there a more politically conservative part of the fediverse?
I’m a conservative. I don’t mind the liberal stuff here. It’s good to learn the other side, but I don’t want a liberal echo chamber. I’d like to be more politically balanced in the fediverse. Is there any way I can do that?
Umm guys... (programming.dev)
How come I'm seeing "removed" all over the place?
I gather some server is for some arcane reason censoring naughty words to protect our delicate sensibilities. Is it on my end, on lemmy.ml? Is it the server people are posting from? Is it something happening in the federation? Is it the Romulans?
what are .webp files and why has my online experience been plagued by them?
I don’t know what a .webp file is but I don’t like it. They’re like a filthy prank version of the image/gif you’re looking for. They make you jump through all these hoops to find the original versions of the files that you can actually do anything with....
Can I sue a coworker for using information about me they obtained illegally and used in order to create a hostile work environment?
My good friend at work is dating a guy that is also a coworker and at first I thought this guy was pretty cool....
Twitter users right now (sh.itjust.works)