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OldSenileGuy posted:But do those influence the algorithm at all? I don't really care about rating songs if it's just gonna be me that ever looks at it. It does not for the discovery station I can say that for sure.
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OldSenileGuy posted:But do those influence the algorithm at all? I don't really care about rating songs if it's just gonna be me that ever looks at it. Not a clue, I ignore anything algorithm driven and build my playlists like it's 2000 and my mp3 player tells me it really whips the llama's rear end.
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xzzy posted:Not a clue, I ignore anything algorithm driven and build my playlists like it's 2000 and my mp3 player tells me it really whips the llama's rear end.
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OldSenileGuy posted:*today I started a Nirvana station, and after 3 songs it started playing mid-00's Radiohead and The Killers. I love both Radiohead and the Killers so I can see why it would play them, but they don't fit on a Nirvana station! I guess just skipping the songs SHOULD help the algorithm determine what to play on the station, but I'm not sure if it actually does. this makes me so irrationally angry. i'm guessing this is how boomers felt when they started playing hair metal on 60s/70s rock stations
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Mr. Fix It posted:this makes me so irrationally angry. i'm guessing this is how boomers felt when they started playing hair metal on 60s/70s rock stations I have fun referring to 70s rock as "oldies" to people and watching them get mad
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Remember when AM debuted and they had all sorts of third party curated playlists and then secured a bunch of patents to analyze DJ sets. Well they don't promote those anymore because they often included music that Apple would have to pay higher royalties for. We've just looped all the way back around to Clear Channel's business model at this point and it's only going to get worse now that Apple is buying up labels and distributors.
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The machines are each referred to as "AM", which originally stood for "Apple Music", but was changed to "Adaptive Manipulator" and upon gaining sentience, "Aggressive Menace". It finally refers to itself as purely "AM", referring to the phrase "I think, therefore I am."
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Is there a way to turn off the crappy articles below Google search results? They aren’t even helpful, I don’t need Android suggestions for questions I wasn’t asking 
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Snowy posted:Is there a way to turn off the crappy articles below Google search results? Switch to Kagi?
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101 posted:Switch to Kagi? I can't check right now cause my 100 searches are up, but they have massive answer boxes suggesting some poo poo I didn't search for, and it's only marginally better in terms of results.
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I started using DuckDuckGo to eliminate Google's latest bullshit. I find myself having to fall back to Google way less often than when I last tried Bing.
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Stop using Google. Easy.
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101 posted:Switch to Kagi? This is the right answer.
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rufius posted:This is the right answer. I just switched to it. Not always the best results but better than Bing or DuckDuckGo ever were.
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Was there any consensus on the best way to get around blocking YouTube ads on iOS?
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hadji murad posted:Was there any consensus on the best way to get around blocking YouTube ads on iOS? What works for me is using the Safari browser for youtube and the Vinegar extension, works great (so far) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vinegar-tube-cleaner/id1591303229
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hadji murad posted:Was there any consensus on the best way to get around blocking YouTube ads on iOS? Brave browser is perfect for it.
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VPN to sign up for YouTube premium. I think I pay about $4 a month for YT family.
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virinvictus posted:I just switched to it. Not always the best results but better than Bing or DuckDuckGo ever were. For me at least, Kagi is about as accurate as Google when accounting for no trash ads/promoted results and keeping SEO spam out of the results. The Kagi Assistant is pretty neat as well. If it’s about as good as ChatGPT 4 over time, I may cancel my OpenAI subscription.
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There’s also a SponsorBlock Safari extension, but you have to watch videos in Safari instead of YouTube’s app.kri kri posted:VPN to sign up for YouTube premium. I think I pay about $4 a month for YT family. So I tried this with a few different VPNs/Countries/Credit Cards and Google always blocked me during the transaction process. I think it’s because I’m trying to do it with my US Google account or something? I’ve heard of people doing this over the last year and would love to get it working on my existing YouTube TV family account for me and my friends but it hasn’t worked every time I’ve tried it. Corb3t fucked around with this message at 16:04 on Nov 5, 2023 |
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Corb3t posted:There’s also a SponsorBlock Safari extension, but you have to watch videos in Safari instead of YouTube’s app. i used the google account i signed up for in 2004 using my normal credit card and a random hotel i found on google maps as the billing address. this was around a year ago now though, so maybe they've gotten wise. despite the price i pay going up about 7.3x, i'm still paying like 3 bucks a month for it lol
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What country did you use? I’ve heard Argentina is the best one to use but of course Mullvad doesn’t have servers there
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I used India and it’s $2.28 a month.
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i did argentina. i use private internet access as my vpn provider
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OldSenileGuy posted:What country did you use? I’ve heard Argentina is the best one to use but of course Mullvad doesn’t have servers there If you’re willing to do the legwork any place you can create a server in can work. Spin one up, toss WireGuard on there or whatever, connect to it and surprise, you have a personal VPN to wherever. It’s how I “move” to India every year for about 45 minutes despite them banning VPNs.
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any recs for a simple content blocker that allows custom filters on top of the typical ad lists? i’m using the free version of 1Blocker right now, which doesn’t include custom filters. i don’t particularly want to pay the $40 they want for lifetime, nor do i want any of the dns or vpn stuff, but maybe that’s the best option and I should stop being a cheapass? edit: not saying i want something free, just cheaper than paying $40 for a bunch of extra features i won’t use dc3k fucked around with this message at 00:00 on Nov 7, 2023 |
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dc3k posted:any recs for a simple content blocker that allows custom filters on top of the typical ad lists? I’ve stopped using content blockers, which have always felt janky, and just use NextDNS (with the HaGeZi -normal list) now. It’s been such a huge quality of life improvement. Rarely does it cause issues, and it blocks ads and poo poo inside of apps, too, not just in Safari. I pay $20/yr and use it across my whole network, but you can probably use it on just your phone for free if you’re not a super heavy user.
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Mint is closing, so I’m looking for a new budgeting app. I use Mac OS X as well, and I’d like something not 100% manual. I use wings credit union if that matters. Shared budget is a must, preferably using iCloud.
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kri kri posted:Mint is closing, so I’m looking for a new budgeting app. I use Mac OS X as well, and I’d like something not 100% manual. I use wings credit union if that matters. It doesn’t use iCloud but in my limited experience so far (~2mo) Quicken’s Simplifi has filled the Mint hole for me.
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YNAB (you need a budget) is the best and it’s not even close.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:YNAB (you need a budget) is the best and it’s not even close. This has been the answer since at least Mac OS System 8 in the 90s and probably before that but I was too young to think about accounting at that point.
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maduin posted:I’ve stopped using content blockers, which have always felt janky, and just use NextDNS (with the HaGeZi -normal list) now. It’s been such a huge quality of life improvement. Rarely does it cause issues, and it blocks ads and poo poo inside of apps, too, not just in Safari. I pay $20/yr and use it across my whole network, but you can probably use it on just your phone for free if you’re not a super heavy user. I do run a pihole and automatically vpn to it whenever im off my home network, but I still like content blockers for a few things, particularly avoiding cookie consent popups. But also I’m interested in a custom rule to help curb my stupid addiction to Instagram reels, ie I want to block https://instagram.com/reels so I stop sitting around flicking through idiotic videos for 30+ minutes at a time.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:YNAB (you need a budget) is the best and it’s not even close. its this even if i am still salty about their price hikes and weird cultish vibe
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:YNAB (you need a budget) is the best and it’s not even close. Yep.
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Queer Grenadier posted:Any new insight when Journal app will be released by Apple?
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Is there a recommended photo editing app that isn't a million dollars or filled with AI bullshit? I need to do stuff like punch out text and just want something simple for my iPad. I have Pixelmator and it took me way too long to realize that using masks is reserved for the desktop app.
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EC posted:Is there a recommended photo editing app that isn't a million dollars or filled with AI bullshit? I need to do stuff like punch out text and just want something simple for my iPad. I have Pixelmator and it took me way too long to realize that using masks is reserved for the desktop app. I was gonna say pixelmator but lol. How about Procreate? https://procreate.com
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MarcusSA posted:I was gonna say pixelmator but lol. I mostly use procreate myself, but it is definitely not as photo-focused as it is painting/sketch focused. That works for me but some fellow more photo-inclined folks I know don’t love it. Maybe look up your common workflows in the quite robust procreate documentation to see how much it’ll fit without extra effort?
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:YNAB (you need a budget) is the best and it’s not even close. I think YNAB stinks. Tried it a few times, doesn't fit my budgeting style and doesn't have the features I need. I would suggest checking out out Copilot and Simplifi as well.
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