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Majority of web apps could just run on a single server
Sure, at some point you're going to be relying on some 3rd party somewhere. We use a VPS and not a bare-metal hand-installed rack, and we rely on an electrical company and not a hand-turned crank to power our servers. As far as email goes, It's simply not possible to self-host transactional email in 2024 if you want it to arrive in an inbox and not a permanent spam blackhole; likewise it's not possible to accept money without involving a 3rd party service like Fractured Atlas or Stripe or PayPal. (Moving away from GitHub towards a self-hosted Git solution is actually on our long-term todo list[1]).
All those things doesn't mean you can't run your web app on a single tiny server, and that outsourcing the basic underpinnings of your web app, like the OS, runtime, and database to some cloud service, or that resorting to flavor-of-the-month frameworks or containers, will result in complexity and bloat.
[1] https://github.com/standardebooks/web/blob/master/README.md#...
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Show HN: Glossarie β a new, immersive way to learn a language
Hey a little later to the party here but I'm really enjoying this. I started reading a book with it and while I agree with others it's not great for grammar it certainly shows me many new words without requiring me to read at a glacial pace.
PS: You should def try to include some books from https://standardebooks.org/ which are much nicer formatted than the ones you're using from Project Gutenberg.
Good luck and I hope you can keep building this out. Already the update to tap anywhere to close the word definition is a nice improvement :)
- Standard Ebooks
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Librum: Open-Source e-book platform
A number of e-book platforms are discussed on my blog, which dives deeply into the technical nuances of typesetting a few[1]. Ultimately, I typeset a classic from Standard EBooks[2], Dr. Jekyll and Mister Hyde[3].
[1]: https://dave.autonoma.ca/blog/2020/04/11/project-gutenberg-p...
[2]: https://standardebooks.org/
[3]: https://dave.autonoma.ca/blog/2020/04/28/typesetting-markdow...
- E-books are fast becoming tools of corporate surveillance
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Conversion from epub to kepub, and related Calibre use
It is the same when you download a kepub book from standardebooks.org. You will have the epub file with kepub features.
Now I have also just sideloaded a free ebook offered by Standard Ebooks, which provide kepub versions of its catalogue. They recommend the following :
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It is important that ebooks be sold without DRM
> https://standardebooks.org/
Standard Ebooks is seriously impressive. One of my favorite sources of books in the public domain.
Iβd also add in addition to this excellent list of DRM-free ebooks, itβs always worth looking into borrowing a book from the library via Libby/Overdrive.
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The Project Gutenberg Open Audiobook Collection
Standard Ebooks has the ability to filter books bu reading level.
That seems much better for people trying to learn English.
They carefully curate and copy-edit their books, and go for quality over quantity. I think that is probably the right choice. We already have free access to an effectively infinite amount of mediocre content on the internet.
hosts
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Does PiHole block porn?
Not by default but a blocklist can be found here https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
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Steven Black DNS blocklist blocked gstatic.com
While it is now unblocked, the Steven Black list has been blocking a lot of innocent CDNs.
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Open Source Ad Blocker for Mac, Windows, and Linux
How does this compare to using a hosts file with known ad servers?
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Show HN: YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extension to skip their ads
I use the Hosts file to block a ton of ads and that works really well. https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts Something worth considering if your ad blocker isn't working well.
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Big things are happening with RaspAP's Ad Blocking π Users will soon have more blocklist sources to choose from
The no-tracking project used by RaspAP is shutting down, so we took the opportunity to search for open source blocklist alternatives. Among the best is Steven Black's hosts list: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
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Radar Maps: $0.50 per 1K map loads
No idea, api.radar.io is on the block list since January 2020.
The commit's comment is "major update from adaway.org"
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Browser extensions spy on you, even if its developers don't
You can also use a declarative adblocker like uBlock Origin Lite [1], which only provides the browser with a list of elements to filter, but doesn't have any permissions to read content or perform requests. Or simply use your hosts file to apply OS-wide filtering with no browser add-ons needed: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
Be aware that if you use these "passive" blocking methods, there are some sites like YouTube where you will see ads, because in these cases it's necessary to actually manipulate page content to hide them. What you can do is use a traditional adblocker but enable it only for these few sites where the declarative approach is not enough, take a look at [2] for more details.
[1] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home
[2] https://seirdy.one/posts/2022/06/04/layered-content-blocking...
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[Paid Release]CCAdsBeGone - Customized Ads Blocking At Your Fingertips
There is one main GitHub that I found (could be many many more) and based my research on - https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts this GitHub contains many many different hosts for different purposes, you can just download one and upload the one you want to use from CCAdsBeGone settings, if you feel the default shipped in file of the tweak is not sufficient for your needs.
When I select my custom hosts file, it basically breaks internet. However, if I choose a custom hosts file that is a copy of the dev's default, or if I just add a few lines to it, it will work. If I add too many lines, or use a different hosts file altogether (like the ones recommended by the dev), all connectivity breaks. Of course the latest official LetMeBlock is installed and mDNSResponder killed/restarted. I'm using Dopamine on A12+.
What are some alternatives?
blitz-app-adblock - Simple and quick patcher that blocks ads/trackers on the Blitz.gg desktop application.
uBlock - uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.
shallalist - DISCONTINUED!!! - Unpacked ShallaList Repo
easylist - EasyList filter subscription (EasyList, EasyPrivacy, EasyList Cookie, Fanboy's Social/Annoyances/Notifications Blocking List)
Pi-hole - A black hole for Internet advertisements
hosts-blocklists - Automatically updated, moderated and optimized lists for blocking ads, trackers, malware and other garbage
hosts - Hostfile blocklist for ads and tracking, updated regularly
nextdns - NextDNS CLI client (DoH Proxy)
AdGuardHome - Network-wide ads & trackers blocking DNS server
block - Let's make an annoyance free, better open internet, altogether!
my-pihole-blocklists - Create custom pi-hole blocklists
OpenAsar - Open-source alternative of Discord desktop's app.asar