Eight useful website tools you many not know about

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https://youtu.be/PiYS3PMXOjc

Pull down from top tight

Or tao the wee,pie icon "π" icon, bottom right .. on web interface

And enter ..

https://counter.social/console/goconsole.htm

"play a Game"

Enter the CoSo consulule

Have fun

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Following months of beta releases, Google has finally begun rolling out the stable version of Android 13 on Pixel phones.

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https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/android-13-stable-release-for-google-pixel-phones

We've pulled together all kinds of resources to create a comprehensive install guide to upgrading to Windows 11

This includes advice and some step-by-step instructions for turning on officially required features like your TPM and Secure Boot, as well as official and unofficial ways to skirt the system-requirement checks on "unsupported" PCs, because Microsoft is not your parent and therefore cannot tell you what to do

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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/how-to-upgrade-to-windows-11-whether-your-pc-is-supported-or-not/

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Use Bobbin for threads on twitter

Unlike "the thread reader" Bobbin is open source and has no adverts

Just grab the last URL to any thread and input it to

https://bobbin.herokuapp.com/

All tweets from thread will appear

An alternative to the thread reader and much better imo

funfact

to view tweets and threads and replies over on twitter without getting th pop up msg asking you to join/log in when using chromimium browsers

try firefox focus you can spend hours scrolling visiting TL profiles reading threads and replies etc....etc without any sign up/sign in requests

they are so annoying once they pop up you can't get rid of them other than a refresh and they re apear in 2.3secs

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Thread

To make those animations snappier, you'll first need to enable developer options on your phone

Open your phone's Settings.
Scroll down and select About phone

Scroll down to the bottom of this screen and tap Build number seven times

You'll be prompted to confirm your phone's screen lock

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by toggling the #dark-light-mode flag in the chrome://flags

Now you can have dark and light modes

Google said in a blog post, “The ‘light’ theme keeps things bright and airy, while ‘dark’ makes for easy reading at night or in low light, and can help conserve power

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Top tip

If you share a URL with AMP on end just dkete it

It won't harm the URL it will just take you to the article/site as normal without the AMP function

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android tip

never set one browser as a default browser

if you have go to > settings > find the browser you made default and clear it tap it scroll to bottom and "clear defaults"

now when clicking any URL from other apps you will get a pop-up bottom screen asking what browser you wanna use never click "always" click "one time"

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Unlike when hiding files on Android, you don’t need any special software to do it on ChromeOS

open the Files app

Next, find the file you would like to hide and click the three-dot menu icon in the top right

Select Show Hidden Files That might seem like the opposite of what you want

Right-click the file or folder you want to hide and select Rename from the menu

add a period to the beginning of the name and hit Enter

unselect Show Hidden Files

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Just months after getting Lotus 1-2-3 for UNIX running on modern Linux, Tavis Ormandy – a white-hat hacker and member of Google's Project Zero team – has conjured the same trick with classic text-mode WordPerfect 7

Tavis Ormandy ports WordPerfect for UNIX to Linux

Two ways to run the classic word processor on a modern open-source box

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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/07/20/wordperfect_for_unix_for_linux/

If you’re an Android user, and fed up of seeing constant ads, then this could be one of the most useful articles you will read this year.

Android users are in a hurry to get a new app that will instantly remove all annoying ads and pop-ups

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https://www.totaladblock.com/mobile-adblock-new

Last year, a hacker stole personal data every 39 seconds, with victims of fraud losing on average £10,000 each. This is set to rise in 2022.

That’s where TotalAV comes in…

The app will scan your Android device for hidden malware, check the dark web to see if your information has been breached, remove all website tracking cookies, remove adware, spyware and viruses.

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The Register: Improve Linux performance with this one weird trick.

A cryptic website with a single line of text promises to make your Linux box more responsive – if you are willing to accept some risk

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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/07/18/improve_linux_performance/

in chrome go to

chrome://settings/privacySandbox

toggle on privacy sandbox trial

When on, sites may use the privacy-preserving techniques shown here to provide their content and services. These include alternatives to cross-site tracking. More trials may be added over time.

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It’s not easy to know exactly how to remove yourself from data broker sites. But it’s worth the peace of mind and added privacy! We’ll show you how.

How to remove yourself from data broker sites

https://privacybee.com/blog/how-to-remove-yourself-from-data-broker-sites/

Turn On GPC

Enable Global Privacy Control to communicate your privacy preferences

https://globalprivacycontrol.org/

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Don’t forget your computer when you’re spring cleaning all your things. From the software to the hardware, there are some easy ways to get your Windows 10 laptop or desktop tidied up and running in tip-top shape.

10 Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Windows PC

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https://www.howtogeek.com/721589/10-spring-cleaning-tips-for-your-windows-pc/

Twitter account detector

his extension offers a quick way to show all twitter accounts from the page its on.

This extension helps you find Twitter accounts for the page its on so you can contact or follow them easily.
Unofficial extension.

Feel free to contribute with code or ideas:

https://github.com/stilliard/Twitter-detector

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tip for the day

use

Firefox Multi-Account Containers
Multi-Account Containers helps you keep all the parts of your online life contained in different tabs. Custom labels and color-coded tabs help keep different activities — like online shopping, travel planning, or checking work email

you can also open a website and then tap the "containers" icon and ask for that site to always open in the container of your choice

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