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mp3geek··on Whoop replacement noop 10.0 released
Author here, works fine. Using either whoop 4 or 5. Whoop 4 is more supported
mp3geek··on Network Scanner Script NWSS 3.2.0
Automating of scanning network items from websites and saving its output.
mp3geek··on Show HN: Adblock-rust Manager – Firefox extension to enable the Brave ad blocker
The lists are maintained same as extensions.
mp3geek··on Rust implementation of Mistral's Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime runs in your browser
Would check memory, ensure you have free ram. Tested here https://imgur.com/a/3vLJ6no Not perfect dictation, but close enough
mp3geek··on Rust implementation of Mistral's Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime runs in your browser
Does disabling shields help?
mp3geek··on Fop – Filter Orderer and Preener (Rust Edition) for Adblock
Allows Adblock list authors to submit, sort, combine adblock rules and then commit efficiently. And much quicker than using previous python methods. Is compatible with most adblock rules
mp3geek··on Brave blocks Microsoft Recall by default
First I heard of this. do you have any other extensions installed? Is HW acceleration enabled?
mp3geek··on Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-essential cookies
Rejecting all consents is just a webcompat disaster waiting to happen, "Why is embedded youtube video not working?", "Why is this social embedded not showing?".
mp3geek··on I was banned from the hCaptcha accessibility account for not being blind (2023)
Brave support here, tried to reach out to hcaptcha support and got the same auto response :|
mp3geek··on Consent-O-Matic – automatically fills ubiquitous pop-ups with your preferences
What wouldn't work? there is a mix of scriplets, css and network blocks.

Disclaimer; dev here.

mp3geek··on Consent-O-Matic – automatically fills ubiquitous pop-ups with your preferences
Brave uses Easylist/uBO Cookies list. Everyone develops for it.
mp3geek··on Brave launches Search Ads in key markets after successful test phase
Yes, Brave will block via Aggressive mode in Shields.
mp3geek··on Easylist adblocking reaches 200k commits
Today we reached a milestone of 200,000 commits.

From the Easylist authors to the adblocking community, To all the list authors, contributors, community/forum moderators, extension authors, the companies and organisations that support, users of adblocking software, we say THANK YOU.

To the ad and tracking companies, that keep us busy trying with new ads and trackers, we also say THANK YOU.

We will continue to innovate and improve the blocking and deliver the best user experience people demand.

/Easylist project.

mp3geek··on I don’t want to sign up for your newsletter (2018)
Subscrive to Fanboy Annoyances in brave://adblock or in uBO. No more newsletter popups :)
mp3geek··on GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome
Hey @mrspence, Enabled shields.

Test the following, add into brave://adblock (custom filters):

godaddy.com##+js(set, navigator.userAgent, '')

godaddy.com##+js(set, navigator.connection, {})

(logout and re-login into godaddy)

mp3geek··on Tell HN: Brave Browser is still messing with affiliate links
I had no issues here. In Easylist we will remove many of the nord ad (image) spam. Which uBO and Brave uses.

/Disclaimer Easylist Maintainer and Brave Webcompat

mp3geek··on Protecting Against Browser-Language Fingerprinting
I'll take a look later today. What's the issues or errors preventing the logins on the sites?
mp3geek··on Consent-O-Matic: Automatic handling of GDPR consent forms
Over the last few months this be much improved, many commits have fixed a few noscroll issues. If you find any let me know.

/FanboyNZ

mp3geek··on YouTube ads in Safari: you see them now, will you see them in the future?
Which sites are causing issues?
mp3geek··on Support for the IPFS Protocol – Firefox Bugzilla
Blocking ads via hosts file is a very basic method, delivers no flexibility to get around js/css, whitelisting sites. Acceptable only in a Pi-hole environment, but not in a stand alone browser.
mp3geek··on Support for the IPFS Protocol – Firefox Bugzilla
Clear cookies/cache, re-login. Check ads/trackers = Aggressive. We mostly fixed the twitter ads a while back.
mp3geek··on Support for the IPFS Protocol – Firefox Bugzilla
Is shields enabled on these sites?, Enabling ads/trackers = Aggressive. Regarding social, we have options to disable third-party twitter/facebook/linked in for addtional privacy.

I would try in private window mode, and ensure shields ads/trackers is enabled.

mp3geek··on Support for the IPFS Protocol – Firefox Bugzilla
> So much faster. However, it does a poor job of blocking advertisements and trackers. I'll be going back to Firefox for that reason, I can suffer the slowness.

What issues are you having with the blocking?

/Disclaimer, Brave webcompat support

mp3geek··on HTTPie – A user-friendly CLI HTTP client
Can it dump all the scripts/images/etc being loaded on a specific website? (not refering to source)
mp3geek··on Ask HN: What's the best setup for ad blocking and tracker blocking?
Use Brave :)
mp3geek··on 911 call centers down in Washington state
Don't worry, just remember the new number;

0118 999 881 999 119 725 3

mp3geek··on How we scaled Nginx
Submit them to your own github repo?
mp3geek··on Smugmug Acquires Flickr
For a brief moment I read "Samsung".
mp3geek··on UPX – Ultimate Packer for Executables
Reminds me of the ol'Amiga days with Imploder compressor
mp3geek··on Native Encryption for ZFS on Linux
Does ZFS use the native compression libs in the linux kernel?
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