unhappy.termite

waver, wane, and wither

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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • Ex-DDG Browser user here. Personally, it’s not very good. I really only used it whenever a site, usually the pesky ones by the government, broke in Librewolf (my main browser).

    It’s better than Chrome, of course. Out of the box, DDG blocks trackers and ads to a certain extent as it has an extension of the same name embedded into the browser. However, it has no extension support (cannot install extensions fr the Chrome Web Store), making it subpar when it comes to content blocking (no uBlock origin) and customization (no DarkReader), among others.

    Really, you’re better off using Firefox with uBlock origin set at medium mode.

    I feel that the only use case for DDG browser is for non-technical people like me to have a more private browsing experience without much tinkering. Yet, it takes very little reading and experimentation to understand how uBlock origin’s medium mode works and how it is waaaaay better at ad blocking and in preventing/minimizing cross-site tracking.






  • unhappy.termite@lemm.eetoOpen Source@lemmy.mlRhyming Dictionary
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    2 months ago

    Poet Assistant! It’s a dictionary app that offers:

    • a rhyming dictionary, using the Carnegie Mellon University pronunciation dictionary.

    • a thesaurus, using the WordNet thesaurus.

    • a dictionary, using the WordNet dictionary.

    • a screen where you can enter your poem text, and have it read aloud back to you by the device’s text-to-speech engine.

    Poet Assistant works offline, without any internet connection.

    F-Droid | Github