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Yt-dlp is the best way to download videos and audio
  • How ever YouTubers get paid is entirely between the YouTubers and YouTube, that is the relevant contract. Adblocking is necessary for user security and not negotiable. I do choose to pay some YouTubers via Patreon but that's completely a personal choice that I feel no obligation towards,

  • What's the most petty/pointless/pedantic hill you're willing to die on?
  • .org was always intended for miscellaneous sites that don't fit anywhere else, I think that's the most appropriate. I mainly remember this from back in "the day" but here's a source I've just found to back me up: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1591

    I'm not a big fan of the "new" generic TLDs like .world, they're not part of my hill, I don't really care what they're used for but I think we could do without them. Most Lemmy instances should really be .org in my ideal scheme of things.

  • What's the most petty/pointless/pedantic hill you're willing to die on?
  • People should respect the intent of top level domains. e.g. videos at youtu.be should be related to Belgium, and podcasts with a .fm domain should only be podcasts related to the Federated States of Micronesia. Users at lemm.ee should be from Estonia.

  • www.theguardian.com Labour MPs begin quitting X over ‘hate and disinformation’

    Exclusive: MPs leaving platform or scaling back use over its ‘deterioration’ under Elon Musk’s ownership

    Labour MPs begin quitting X over ‘hate and disinformation’
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    6-year-old girl denied passport because she’s named after ‘Game of Thrones’ character
  • Shouldn’t they also use the same bullshit excuse when issuing an ID card? At least make the dumb rules consistent.

    To be fair, ID cards aren't common in the UK and passports are very common. This is quite probably the first time she's applied for any form of ID. Not agreeing with it, just saying.

  • Before your change to Linux
  • Last Windows I used exclusively was 98. I dual-booted XP at home but gave it up when I realised Linux had everything I need and I never used the Windows partition. Still had to use Windows 7 at work for a few years but since then I've worked in a position where I can bring my own OS.

  • Do you ever use the Internet Archive for anything?
  • All the time. For websites that are no longer online, it's invaluable, what's the alternative?

    Things which happened get forgotten because they're deleted. If something like Internet Archive exists that's no longer a problem.

  • Ortholinear mechanical keyboards

    Looking for some purchasing advice.

    At the moment I use a Typematrix non-mechanical keyboard which is starting to wear out and become unresponsive. I was really happy with it apart from wishing it was mechanical. A mechanical clone of that, maybe a bit wider, is really my dream.

    So what are my options? The mechanical ortholinear keyboards I've seen tend to be of the compact and minimalistic variety, but size isn't my priority I'm looking for something full-featured, preferably with some media keys and shortcut buttons. A number pad or some way to input numbers with a calculator-style layout is essential as my job involves numerical data entry.

    Other "nice to have" things I'm more willing to compromise on:

    • I type in Dvorak so blank keys or Dvorak labels would be preferable

    • Hard-wired Dvorak switch is nice to have, the Typematrix has it, handy if I want to switch layouts in software to access special characters without worrying about finding a Dvorak-based layout.

    • Ideally no assembly required

    • I'm in the UK, I'll import if necessary but local availability is better. On that note the 105-key layout is preferred (but not that the Typematrix has that either)

    Open to alternative suggestions that ignore any of the above.

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