YouTube archiving made simple

Yark lets you continuously archive all videos and metadata for YouTube channels. You can also view your archive as a seamless offline website

#TipsAndTricks

https://github.com/Owez/yark

Next time you need to remember something important, don’t reach for a sticky note and pen

Instead, reach for the One Thing GNOME extension

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https://github.com/dantehemerson/one-thing

There are many reasons why we use web crawlers. One of the primary reasons is to discover and index new web pages

Creating Darkweb Crawler using Python and Tor

The Python script we will be examining is designed to crawl websites using the TOR browser, with a new random IP generated every 10 seconds. This is useful for a number of reasons

#TipsAndTricks

https://infosecwriteups.com/creating-darkweb-crawler-using-python-and-tor-53169d146301

ChromeOS 109 adds SFTP to the Terminal on Chromebooks

you’ll need to be on the Beta Channel of #ChromeOS 109 and enable it at

chrome://flags#terminal-sftp

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Enable This Setting to Stop Chrome From Hogging So Much Memory

chrome://flags/#high-efficiency-mode-available

“Enabled,” then click “Relaunch.” When Chrome restarts, head to Settings, and you’ll notice a new “Performance” tab on the left side of the screen where “Memory Saver” now lives. Click the slider to turn on the feature.

over past few weeka thw play apps and play store on my chromebook aren't working

so, maybe after this #ChromeOS update which is in progress might fix that issue

if not and if you are experiencing the same issues >> apps downloading/updating stuck on PENDING then there are a few fixes for this some are easy and could work others more extreme like a full powerwash to start again

i'd recommend trying the more simple fixes 1st i this how to guide

#TipsAndTricks

https://chromeready.com/7078/fix-the-google-play-store-stuck-at-pending-while-installing-apps/

Increase animation speed

Once you've enabled developer settings, it's time to speed up those animations.

Go to the Settings.
Scroll down and select System.
You should now find Developer options near the bottom of the list.

Scroll down until you reach the Drawing section.
Here you'll find three different Animation scale settings, which will all be set to 1x by default:
Window animation scale
Transition animation scale
Animator duration scale

#Android #TipsAndTricks

Want your notifications to appear on screen a little longer/shorter than they do ?

#Android #TipsAndTricks

Settings > accessibility > timing controls

Now you can set how long notifications stay on screen if apps are set to show notifications in pop on screen mode (also works with toast msgs)

What is a toast msg

The ‘Microsoft access not responding’ error occurs when Microsoft Access users attempt to interact with a shared database on Windows computers.

#TipsAndTricks

https://appuals.com/microsoft-access-is-not-responding/

#ProTip

when setting up your CoSo pro account you can have a different password on the CoSo subscription site then your actual CoSo account

once you have signed in to the CoSo pro portal tap beside your name(which is your email name) and change password

then you won't have the same password

#TipsAndTricks

I don't "swoon" much

BUT FUCKIN SWOON

The Commodore 64 might be 40 years old, but there’s still an active community for developing new games and software for the once-popular 6-bit computer. With the help of a new program, TOTP-C64, the C64 can act as a two-factor authentication app for your online accounts

#TipsAndTricks #CoSoTech

https://www.howtogeek.com/850049/the-commodore-64-can-now-be-a-two-factor-authenticator/

can't beat

https://www.google.com/alerts

most of the time anyway using google's alerts page is faster than other alert services at least 75% depending on the other services you use to keep you alert

that and it's free to set up as many alerts as you want and the alerts will be pushed to your gmail or you can manually check each alert by tapping it on the home set up page

example: and yes i have had a few "hits" over the last 2yrs when i set that up(for fun as well)

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FTR:

F-Droid is one of the older app stores on the list and among the most trustworthy

The store experience is mostly for productivity and power user stuff. We’re talking about apps like an Arch Linux package browser type of stuff

this is an app store for people who need something a little extra that the Play Store doesn’t have. F-Droid is open source and every app on the platform is open source

#TipsAndTricks #Android

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JustUseApp helps you discover the truth about software vendors and take control of how you spend on them

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https://justuseapp.com/en

The following error can be caused by several reasons, such as corrupt Windows update components, antivirus interruption, and generic corruption errors within the system. Below, we take a look at the troubleshooting methods that worked for other users in resolving this issue. Proceed with the ones that suit your situation the best.

How to Fix Update Error 0x80246019 in Windows 10/11?

#TipsAndTricks #Windows

https://appuals.com/update-error-0x80246019-windows/

for newer users

did you know there are some hidden easter eggs around CoSo on certain pages ??

here are just two

tap the (π) at bottom right of @th3j35t3r name on the far right column << have fun >> wanna play a game << no spoilers :)

over at https://share.counter.social/ tap the wee ❤️ bottom left (Powered by CounterSocial with ❤️)

#TipsAndTricks

There are currently 1100+ media sources listed in our database and growing every day. Don’t be fooled by Fake News sources.

This extension is completely open source, and the source code is hosted here

https://github.com/drmikecrowe/mbfcext

with documentation here

https://drmikecrowe.github.io/mbfcext/

you can also use the chrome search settings "search engine" setting > Manage search engines and site search

set MBC then after that you can just input mbc in address bar to get to site faster

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Here’s how I tracked down the people selling my data, then stopped them

#TipsAndTricks

https://www.digitaltrends.com/features/how-to-stop-data-brokers/

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you can set shortcuts for search engines

chrome://settings/searchEngines

Site search
To search a specific site or part of Chrome, type its shortcut in the address bar, followed by your preferred keyboard shortcut.

i have a load of them set and it can be shortcuts for your fav websites aslo

not my fav site but example:

top one will open twitter just input twt in address bar and enter

second one input
twtad enter will take you to twitters advanced search page