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InfluxDB
InfluxDB high-performance time series database. Collect, organize, and act on massive volumes of high-resolution data to power real-time intelligent systems.
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CodeRabbit
CodeRabbit: AI Code Reviews for Developers. Revolutionize your code reviews with AI. CodeRabbit offers PR summaries, code walkthroughs, 1-click suggestions, and AST-based analysis. Boost productivity and code quality across all major languages with each PR.
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user.js
Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening
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hosts
🔒 Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories.
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uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store
uBlock Origin still works in Firefox. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin...
And you can, I believe, still just modify your hosts table to block out ads in Chrome. https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
Or your router's DNS using something like NextDNS. https://nextdns.io/
Ads suck. Support content where you can, but even when you pay they still serve ads / tracking scripts. So fuck 'em. Block all the ads.
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Hack your DNS for better focus
I've used NextDNS for years to keep our home internet safe for the kids and it works really well. Fortunately NextDNS offers API access that you can use to automate turning different internet filters on and off. Unfortunately their API docs are horrible.
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Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other extensions in Edge
I think that we'll need to adopt network-level filtering if we want to outsmart the browsers. I haven't looked back since adopting NextDNS and configuring my router to filter all traffic through it. It does a great job of stripping ads out of all my devices connected to it, and that's something I don't mind paying a few bucks for a year (I think it's like $19/year).
Check it out here: https://nextdns.io/
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I ditched my Pi-hole but still block ads with NextDNS
NextDNS is very much alive, although progress is measured and calm¹ as compared to Control D. But it's also been rock-solid for me for years, where Control D seems to be less so².
¹ https://github.com/nextdns/nextdns/releases ² https://www.reddit.com/r/ControlD/comments/1irgehp/178ms_lat...
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Pihole v6
One of the most values I get out of a SaaS service is NextDNS [0]. There are competitors like ControlD [1] that are also very good. At the end of the day they both check all the boxes for me.
But, the piece that really got me with NextDNS when I started using it was the unlimited number of profiles. This allows me to target any device, no matter where it is (this is fantastic for mobile devices) and keep my filtering lists in place. I selfhost a lot but still find the annual cost of NextDNS more than fair.
[0] https://nextdns.io/
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Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads
Use NextDNS (https://nextdns.io) on your mobile phone as a Private DNS provider, and switch as many apps as allow it to be web apps, i.e. https://m.uber.com works just fine, and use Firefox on mobile and enabled about:config as it's at chrome://geckoview/content/config.xhtml , from there switch beacon.enabled to false.
Far less requires an actual app than most people imagine. It's the apps that leak so much.
- Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location
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Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?
- Pi-Hole can run on a Linux box, in a Docker container, and on a Synology. You don't need a Raspberry Pi to run it.
- Look at https://nextdns.io as an alternative.
- I use uBlock Origin and NextDNS at home.
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Ask HN: What currently is the best, nerd-friendly, rootable Android phone?
" appears to have blacklisted it on the basis of its model name"
Why is that?
I think Pixel was always good for this. The problem with rooted phones is that many bank applications wont run anymore.
"of systemwide adblocking"
Your alternative would be to use another DNS service like https://nextdns.io
- Phishing Campaigns Targeting USPS See as Much Web Traffic as the USPS Itself
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The primary programming language of nextdns is Go.
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