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📰🎻 Ah, the almighty NYT: where a lone violin string holds the key to the planet's economic doom, and #JavaScript is the true gatekeeper of enlightenment. Because nothing says "global crisis" quite like disabling your ad blocker. 😂💸
nytimes.com/2025/04/02/busines #NYT #EconomicCrisis #ViolinString #AdBlocker #HackerNews #ngated

Kun Shoulder Rest factory, a family-owned business in Ottawa, makes ergonomic shoulder rests used by violinists worldwide, from New York to Berlin.
The New York Times · How a Small Violin Part Highlights Bigger Problems for the Global EconomyBy Peter S. Goodman

🤓 Oh, look! The New York Times tries to sound smart by reminding us that the US is waging a full-on war against *science* 🎓, but first, they need you to battle a rogue ad blocker just to read the article. 🛡️ Priorities, am I right?
nytimes.com/2025/03/31/science #HackerNews #NewYorkTimes #Science #AdBlocker #MediaCritique #HackerNews #ngated

The Stand Up for Science rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington this month. The Trump administration has frozen funding for scientific research and fired thousands of employees at federal agencies.
The New York Times · Trump Administration Has Begun a War on Science, Researchers SayBy Benjamin Mueller

1 an avec #Orion de @kagihq : un navigateur solide, mais encore un peu instable à mon goût. Des fonctionnalités prometteuses mais l’#adblocker doit encore être amélioré.

Je vais donc donner une nouvelle chance à @brave qui reste un des navigateurs les plus performant du marché (une fois certaines fonctionnalités désactivées). Son bloqueur de pub et de « popup cookies » par défaut fait vraiment la différence!

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@hoernchen72 @fasnix @expertenkommision_cyberunfall EXAKT DAS!

Oft sind das #Betrüber die Menschen dazu überreden (#SocialEngineering / #SocialHacking) und/oder entsprechend #FUD machen.

Ist nix anderes als die #Schockanruf-Taktik, nur halt 'irgendwas mit #Cyber' und sei's nen Fake-#Popup.

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@darth
If you have an old #Android device collecting dust in a drawer, which still is working but too low-end to handle stuff with an aftermarket OS/rom/LineageOS fork as a daily driver, there's this project I recommend to have a look at (#Pi-hole 6.x on Android, needs root and Busybox). You get an #adblocker appliance with screen and built-in battery:

github.com/DesktopECHO/Pi-hole

Pi-hole/Unbound Raspbian APK Installer for Android 5.0+ devices (requires root) - DesktopECHO/Pi-hole-for-Android
GitHubGitHub - DesktopECHO/Pi-hole-for-Android: Pi-hole/Unbound Raspbian APK Installer for Android 5.0+ devices (requires root)Pi-hole/Unbound Raspbian APK Installer for Android 5.0+ devices (requires root) - DesktopECHO/Pi-hole-for-Android
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@abulling
From a different point of views and the fact that one can host a Server on any machine.

Components or machines should avoid as many parts as possible from big tech Bros. That means all for recommendations before should be ignored.
AMD instead of Intel and Nvidia is more compatible with Linux as it supports it.

I'll keep my current stuff as it does not make sense to throw functional parts away, but I'll consider this on next sets.

What do you think?

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BTW - if anyone of you has a recommendation for a 19" mini rack server (shorter mounting depth) I'd love to hear about them.

I'd like to try #proxmox for the typical services #homeassistant #nextcloud #paperlessngx #adblocker #vpn etc

Ideally #ssd or #nvme in a #raid plus separate disks for storage (also raid). IOMMU

Doesn't have to be the newest version. A slightly older and used one is also fine.

#boost welcome - thanks a lot!