Full stack developer and privacy advocate. I like to keep the mentality, if you can program one language well, then you can program in any language!

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  • I’d recommend to use both.

    uBlock does a nice job of blocking well known advertisements.

    However NoScript, is more secure because it disables all JS by default.
    While offering you an easy UI to (temporarily/permanently) whitelist individual components.

    Keep in mind, this will cause rather heavy site breakage in the first few weeks of using it.
    However that will get better once you whitelisted the bare essentials for the sites you regularly visit.

    Most sites use 0 to 3 JS sources enabled in NoScript to read/work correctly.
    While spy-ware/telemetry infested sites will ship with up to 15 or so JS sources.




  • Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.detoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlWhat do you use for movie recommendations?
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    Still up for better alternatives.
    But for now I’ve been using TheMovieDb.

    https://themoviedb.org/movie

    Then use the Filters section:

    • Select Genres you want to watch
    • Set User Score between 7 - 10
    • Set Minimum User Votes to 50
    • Alter the Filters more if you desire
    • Click Search

    For power users, I recommend to use a plugin like NoScript though, to block Google/CookieLaw’s hidden JS spyware on the site (they’re on 2/3th of the web tho).

    https://noscript.net

    Beware, NoScript will break some sites,
    and will require you to manually enable/whitelist JS (JavaScript) sources for sites + CDNs to fix this again.







  • You can’t blame people for the (sometimes) limited brainset they receive.

    If it’s unclear to the majority, then it’s Lemmy which should aim to simplify the process of joining/explaining it to the general population.

    Federated software is awesome, but sadly the recruiting process is still too difficult for many.

    If it’s unclear which app to download / which instance to join, then that’s where a lot of registrations are being missed out on.


  • In the meantime, you can spread public awareness about the issues with FIAT currencies around the globe.

    I’m mostly talking about:

    • Deficit spending: Where your central bankers are allowed to lend out more then they have, but ask interest for it.
    • Fractional banking: Where your regional bankers are allowed to lend out X% of money that you deposit.

    In laymans terms “printing money”.

    Both lead to eventual but guaranteed hyper inflation due to increases in the money supply.

    See for yourself by looking up the EUM3, GBM3 and USM2 charts, which visualize the total circulating money supply.

    Economics 101:

    • Chart goes up? More in circulation, each unit worth less, due to abundancy
    • Chart goes down? Less in circulation, each unit worth more, due to scarcity.

    If you look up the charts, you’ll see them generally rising over-time. With a small periodic dip here/there, but generally rising.

    However, we need a system that has a frigging straight line… Instead of centralized private entities (ECB, FED, BOE) pulling the strings as to where it goes.

    My hope lies in crypto for this, which humanity is doing a good job of, of ruining it’s reputation. But my faith in the OG crypto principles/projects remain.