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TheSeeker11on You paid me, a long-time Linux user, to use Windows 11 exclusively for a month

They did. One can compress natively to TAR and 7z.

TheSeeker11on Moving to FreeBSD from Linux

Not to mention Netflix!

TheSeeker11on XZ backdoor story – Initial analysis

I was rather amused to see Chris Titus announce that "XZ Backdoor is NOT that bad!" He seems to have done next to no research into this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_WkMtEPsuE

TheSeeker11on YouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers – and it's doing something about it

I agree.

TheSeeker11on YouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers – and it's doing something about it

Australian pricing is $14.99 per month for an individual subscription or $22.99 per month for a family subscription (I subscribe to the latter). Well worth it.

TheSeeker11on Quad9 blocks pirate site globally after Sony demanded €10k fine

Google DNS supports ECS https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/ecs

TheSeeker11on AdGuard publishes the first ad blocker built on Manifest V3

As a Linux user, thoroughly looking forward to this. Not having an AG desktop application like Windows is a drag.

TheSeeker11on Blocklist of all Facebook domains (2016)

Gave me a good laugh :D

TheSeeker11on Five Years of Quitting Twitter

Can relate to this on so many levels. I've had several reddit accounts which I've nuked over the years (got rid of my Twitter around three years ago). Would love to ditch my phone too, but almost a necessity nowadays. May compromise and change to a feature phone.

TheSeeker11on I read 100 books in the last 2 years – here are 10 thoughts on reading

One thing I find as I get older (I'm 43) is I have less interest in advice from others. Advice is simply what works for that individual.

TheSeeker11on 78 days, and still no broadband (Sky/Openreach, UK)

Cannot speak to how they are now, but I was with IDNET for quite a while back in 2008 or so and they were very good https://www.idnet.net

TheSeeker11on Opera, Brave, Vivaldi to ignore Chrome's anti-ad-blocker changes

AdGuard will not be affected by these changes - https://adguard.com/en/blog/chrome-api-comment.html

TheSeeker11on Ask HN: Does anyone still use IRC?

I do indeed. I use Monochrome as my client - written by the author of foobar2000 https://perkele.cc/software/monochrome

TheSeeker11on The Problem With Happiness

Now 41 years old I relate to this on a deep level. Although I work in an industry which interests me, most days are spent thinking that none of it means anything. I struggle to not walk out and abandon everything a few times a week. I think I'm waiting for death.