ruffrecords
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Apologies for the bad adverts.
Cheers
Ian
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Look, no wires, no batteries
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Apologies for the bad adverts.
Cheers
Ian
capacitorless
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Invented before 1945. Ingenious!
rogs
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Certainly a different approach to RF bias condenser mics! 
Fascinating stuff..... there really are some very clever guys (and gals!) about....
Fascinating stuff..... there really are some very clever guys (and gals!) about....
RuudNL
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This reminds me of an article I once read about a spying device named 'The Thing'.
It seems at the time they used an insane amount of power to excite the spying device!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device)
and:
https://hackaday.com/2015/12/08/theremins-bug/
It seems at the time they used an insane amount of power to excite the spying device!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device)
and:
https://hackaday.com/2015/12/08/theremins-bug/
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MidnightArrakis
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If you have an "Ad Blocker" within your browser, you won't see -- ANY -- ads!!! I watched the entire video in a single setting and I didn't experience a single ad or even a hiccup during this fascinating presentation. So..........there's that.....
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Theres nothing I hate more than adds interupting tunes on youtube , that mystical place music transports us off too get instantly smashed to bits .
I use a script based tool ,
Auto skip youtube ads 1.4.4 by Fuzetsu ,
It can be set to mute sound and black out the screen while the adds play , the good thing about it is its not flagged up as an add blocker ,which can hamper some sites functionality .
I had to re-install the browser recently , I could feel my blood start to boil without the ad skipper ,
Block element is another handy add on I use , it allows you ,on a site per site basis , block banners and adds or other elements of websites which are irksome , it works very well here on Gdiy by the way .
I use a script based tool ,
Auto skip youtube ads 1.4.4 by Fuzetsu ,
It can be set to mute sound and black out the screen while the adds play , the good thing about it is its not flagged up as an add blocker ,which can hamper some sites functionality .
I had to re-install the browser recently , I could feel my blood start to boil without the ad skipper ,
Block element is another handy add on I use , it allows you ,on a site per site basis , block banners and adds or other elements of websites which are irksome , it works very well here on Gdiy by the way .
I'm lazy, so I use Brave. No plugins needed. Blocks 99% of ads, even in the middle of a Youtube vid.
Of course, it's an ongoing battle between the advertisers and Brave. But they update regurarily. And I need to "drop shields" for some banking browser apps. But they don't serve ads.
EDIT
I shouldn't have said all of that
The latest Brave update killed one of my banking in-browser apps. Had to use Safari...
It's happened before and I expect the next update will fix it. Browsers are complex.
Of course, it's an ongoing battle between the advertisers and Brave. But they update regurarily. And I need to "drop shields" for some banking browser apps. But they don't serve ads.
EDIT
I shouldn't have said all of that
The latest Brave update killed one of my banking in-browser apps. Had to use Safari...
It's happened before and I expect the next update will fix it. Browsers are complex.
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scott2000
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Owning dogs that randomly bark in the middle of sleep has to be a close second...
MidnightArrakis
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[Hooray for Vivaldi] -- How did you know that I use Vivaldi??? HUH??? ???Hooray for Vivaldi and/or uBlock Origin
I had been using Firefox.....like, "forever".....and sometime last summer I started having some problems with Firefox after one of their automatic updates took place. Because my "Internet World" had just become more difficult to deal with than I cared for, I had to temporarily use "Opera" in order to have any Internet browsing activities (I refuse to use any Microsoft browsers!!!) and after I did a quick search (using "startpage" instead of GOOGLE), I came across "Vivaldi" and installed it. And.....WOW!!! WHAT A BROWSER!!!
While it does operate a bit differently than other browsers and that took a little bit of time to get used to, all that I can say is WOW!!! .....what a totally cool browser!!! Now that I have been using "Vivaldi" for at least 6-months or so, I have learned that I am able to perform some functions either -- BETTER -- than I had ever been able to with Firefox or, I have learned that there are a few things that I can do now that I couldn't -- EVER DO -- with Firefox!!! WAY COOL!!!
PLUS!!!.....because I use a 34" (863.6mm) curved monitor for my design engineering work, the way that I can format and structure my monitor screen presentation is something I couldn't ever, ever do with Firefox. Or, maybe I just didn't know how to do the same thing using Firefox, I don't know. But, in any case, I'm totally happy and thrilled using this "Vivaldi" browser!!! YA-A-A-AYYY!!!
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ruffrecords
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Cool tip about Vivaldi. I had never heard of it but I soon discovered there is a Linux version so I have installed it. I have not done much setting up, just set it to Classic and left it at that. I am now playing the video again and there is no sign of any adverts. Wonderful.
Edit: It is also blindingly fast.
Cheers
Ian
Edit: It is also blindingly fast.
Cheers
Ian
MidnightArrakis
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Another rather interesting item I had discovered with "Vivaldi" is their Customer Service. Earlier this year when the Vivaldi browser did one of its updates, I had a glitch in the functioning when I would visit websites, like certain videos wouldn't play or I couldn't login to any of my website accounts (like, "SnapEDA" or "Digi-Key", "Mouser", etc.) and a few other items. I immediately sent an message to the "Vivaldi" Customer Support detailing what I was experiencing using this new update and I received a message back from them around 24-hours later instructing me to download an all-new update that.....FIXED ALL OF MY ISSUES!!!
NOW!!!.....you try and get -- THAT -- type of Customer Support from Chrome, Edge, Firefox or anyone else!!! "Vivaldi" certainly gets MY VOTE!!!
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The team behind Opera sold it to some Chinese investment group years ago. With the money from the sales they started Vivaldi. I think the Chinese didn't expect that.
I've used and liked Vivaldi too, but it's a bit slower on my aging hardware. Maybe I should take a look again...
I've used and liked Vivaldi too, but it's a bit slower on my aging hardware. Maybe I should take a look again...
ruffrecords
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Actually, Vivaldi is 92% Chromium.
Why isn’t Vivaldi browser open-source? | Vivaldi Browser
Cheers
Ian
Why isn’t Vivaldi browser open-source? | Vivaldi Browser
Cheers
Ian
ruffrecords
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You should be able to temporarily, or per site, disable the ad-blocking and tracking prevention. Click the little shield icon near the beginning of the website address.
ruffrecords
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Yes, you are right. Disabling the ad blocker works. Pity you have to disable the best feature for some sites.
Cheers
Ian
