People have been sharing little-known internet hacks that make your life easier – 21 online game changers
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‘I started self hosting things: websites, databases, media server, torrents etc
‘Dropped my cloud costs by a lot, all runs in a little 1000 dollar mini computer with 64gb ram sitting on top of my fridge.’
-ddxv
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‘On YouTube you can skip almost any ad by clicking the info button and hitting “stop seeing this ad” and it’ll skip the ad even if it doesn’t have a skip button. Doesn’t work for official ads tho like Walmart or pepsi’
-lNuggyl
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‘Tired of looking up photos and getting AI images? Add “before:2022” to the end of your Google searches.
‘Similarly you can specify exact dates “before:YYYY-MM-DD” or search for anything “after:YYYY-MM-DD” as well.’
-PigeonsOnYourBalcony
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‘No-one should go near the internet without adblock.
‘If you can’t have adblock on your device you can use something like NextDNS to do adblocking on your (ISP’s) router and it will work for all devices on your network. This also makes it a great option for less tech savvy family and friends.
You can also set it up as the default DNS for your phone so you have adblocking in all apps without little to no extra battery or cpu usage.
‘Important note: If you use NextDNS, go to Settings > Logs and set the storage location to Switzerland.
The standard is in the US which is a big ick.’
-Rindal_Cerelli
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‘Wordhippo.com is my favorite site for anything word and sentence related. Can’t find a word? Wordhippo. Need a rhyme? Wordhippo. Anything you need really.’
-KornPuf
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‘The currency in the net is your attention and time, so manage where you spend it.
‘There are good addons for firefox like leechblock, where you can filter sites out for yourself or set a maximum amount of time you are allowed to spend (so like only 10 minutes doomscolling per day), ublock (filters ads, even on youtube).
Windows and android has a black and white/greyscale mode under accessibility settings (in windows you can activate it via key shortcut).
‘Having a boring looking Internet without stimulating colour helps me focus.
‘You can filter ads from smart devices via pihole (so no ads on your washing machine).’
-definitlyitsbutter
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‘Windows key + V
‘It opens up a clipboard of all your recently copied items including images. Really useful.’
-elvagocholo
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‘There’s a Chrome extension that turns all pictures of Trump into kittens.
‘It’s called Make America Kittens Again and it has made my viewing experience a little less insufferable.’
-ForgottenStew
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‘Soulseek is still around and excellent for downloading full mp3 albums reliably, properly encoded and tagged. Torrents have gone to shit.’
-terryjuicelawson
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‘Ctrl + F is your best friend. When you’re doom-scrolling through a 300-page PDF or an endless Reddit thread, just hit Ctrl + F (or Command + F on Mac) and type what you’re looking for. It’s like having a personal assistant in the wild west of the internet.
‘Pro tip: If you’re on a webpage and Ctrl + F isn’t cutting it (thanks to lazy loading or pop-ups), slap ‘site:[website] [keyword]’ into Google. It’s like Ctrl + F, but on steroids.’
-abandonedbreeder
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‘If you run out of “free articles” or anything behind a soft paywall that doesn’t require making an account, you can just go into your browser history, select the site, select “forget this site”, and you’re good to go.’
-anxiety_herself
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