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i still use feeds often https://github.com/rumca-js/awesome-database-feeds often using my crawling server because rss are often protected against bots https://github.com/rumca-js/c…

I created my own database of favourite music, to be able to share what I like: - https://rumca-js.github.io/music - https://rumca-js.github.io/movies Interface is clunky, but gets …

I maintain some links from the internet: - https://modarchive.org/ - https://c64radio.com/ - https://amp.dascene.net/ - https://sillyventure.eu/ - https://modplug.com/ - https://wo…

I also use my own, lets say search engine. I download only title, description, thumbnail, common og fields. My index is very lean, I think. I have 2m of pages crawled. https://gith…

I tried recently to create dev. account. I have not yet been successful. It is a painstaking process. I had to submit my ID, my phone number, email. Then to verify I had to give my…

Governments plan to use google play for government services. It is just a matter of time before it is required for you to use it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48730729 More…

I have something similar, but as open database https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database Recently also created android app that can browse domains. It awaits fdroid appr…

- https://github.com/rumca-js/OfflineWebSearch - Android app with most visited domains, fast search - https://github.com/rumca-js/awesome-database-feeds - list of RSS sources - htt…

wasn't mv3 a dumbed down version? So it "does not work just fine" as some ads slip through?

I use my own domain index to navigate the web. - If I wanted to use use my domain list to start hister, to download my preconfigured / like domains? - Can I make some pages to rank…

Actually I have thought about it and I am running my personal search index. Links - https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database - Internet places - https://github.com/rumc…

I maintain databases of links - h ttps://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database - Internet places / YouTube channels - h ttps://github.com/rumca-js/awesome-database-feeds - f…

Agree to disagree. I think many platform did support RSS, or API, but at some time it was dropped. It is not that hard to provide RSS. It is not like it has to be implemented from …

How else to notify readers? RSS is quite good. Corporations do not like it though, because they want to control spread of information. They prefer you re-enter page, be targeted wi…

no, the paragraph argues that something needs to be glued together, which is not true, so it is not entirely about 'visibility'.

I already complained about post on reddit. It says that link to RSS is hidden, which is not true IMHO. YouTube page contains HTML link to RSS feed in channel page, and most RSS cli…

Still working on: - https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database - Internet meta database - https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-feeds - list of Internet feeds - https://gi…

Article asks what next. I know what's next. It is similar with crypto wars. They try and try until they have backdoor everywhere. About verification they will try to implement WEI …

I follow awesome lists. These are curated lists of software. It reverts google indexing, because search is awful. About personal blogs... I have many many personal blogs in my repo…

I am talking about many things. Also about my programs, but also data. Programs are not that important for me. They are just vehicles to get the job done. All my programs and data …

I am nobody. I have little impact. I want my programs to be safe from government intrusions, from age checks, from encryption backdoors, from corporate surveillance. How do I win t…

I remember term "privacy laundering" and "surveillance capitalism". Example 2019 article https://www.lawfareblog.com/facebook-encryption-and-dangers-... In reality nothing new.

There are many nice http clients: - httpx - curl cffi - httpmorph - httpcloak - stealth crawler I wrote a framework, link below, which uses them all. You can compare each to verify…

Reminds me of "Website obesity crisis" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYpl0QVCr6U - https://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm Some say that you should not use ad blocker, …