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Ole Albers: Just wanted to tell that the Google+ Optimizer now has a cross post to Diaspora…

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/10/23

Cool: [WayBack] Just wanted to tell that the Google+ Optimizer now has a cross post to Diaspora – Feature…. – Ole Albers – Google+.

Get it from [WayBack] Ghosttown – Optimizer – Chrome Web Store

The Google+ – Optimizer increases the user experience with Google+ until the bitter end…
With this extension you can modify and arrange your google+ stream just like you want.

Some of the Features:
* Remove unwanted content ("suggested contacts, youtube-comments,animated gifs...)
* Display additional content (stopwatch)
* Filter by Hashtag
* Autosave-Feature
* Bookmark-Feature
... and more

The first time you open a page on plus.google.com, you see this:

Then when you post a removable information bar:

That directs you to the configuration (either right click the icon, or follow http://hurz.me/gplusoptimizer), where in the main item, you can enter your diaspora host (in my case pluspora) information:

–jeroen

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TweeterID – Twitter ID and username converter

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/10/12

Especially HTC devices used to store part of the context information like this:

<HTCData><Twitter>id:11111111/friendof:00000000</Twitter></HTCData>

[WayBack] TweeterID – Twitter ID and username converter:

Convert any Twitter account’s username or @handle into its respective Twitter ID, or convert ID to username

You can also do the Twitter ID to @handle conversion by URL (at the time of writing, neither existed, which is intentional: replace your own ID there) [WayBack] permalinks – URL link to Twitter user with ID, not name – Stack Overflow:

I could not find a twitter URL that does the conversion the other way around.

–jeroen

 

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Why Youtube’s algorithms push extreme content on every possible subject / Boing Boing

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/10/05

Food for thought: [WayBack] Why Youtube’s algorithms push extreme content on every possible subject / Boing Boing.

the problems of Youtube’s recommender algorithms might be that they overdistil your preferences. Since they’re aiming for “engagement” — a word I am beginning to loathe with an unsettling level of emotion — the real problem with these algorithms is they’re constantly aiming to create an epic sense of drama and newness

More in depth at [WayBackOpinion | YouTube, the Great Radicalizer – The New York Times

Via [WayBack] Kristian Köhntopp – Google+.

–jeroen

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On my research list: ZNC – advanced IRC bouncer

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/09/28

ZNC, an advanced IRC bouncer that is left connected so an IRC client can disconnect/reconnect without losing the chat session. Feel free to update pages which you think are improvable and don’t hesitate to ask for help.

Overview network scheme.png
Znc-0.99-black.png

You can find us in #znc on freenode.

Source: [WayBackZNC

Background:

–jeroen

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Just in case you are wondering where these “Trending on Google” posts in your stream come from…

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/09/14

[WayBack] Just in case you are wondering where these “Trending on Google” posts in your home stream come from and how to get rid of them: https://plus.google.com/settings… – Thomas Mueller (dummzeuch) – Google+

For my link archive:

https://plus.google.com/settings

–jeroen

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Short link to find your Google nickname based profile link

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/09/14

Browse to http://plus.google.com/me and it will get you to your Google Plus nickname URL profile link.

–jeroen

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Notifications – Google+

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/09/10

For mu own memory: Notifications – Google+ are at https://plus.google.com/notifications/all

–jeroen

 

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IRC Private Messages – /msg, /invite, /query, Internet Relay Chat

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/08/27

I’m from the BITNET RELAY era, so every now and then I need to get used to how things are done on IRC:

[WayBack] IRC Private Messages – /msg, /invite, /query, Internet Relay Chat

Summarised in my own words:

  • /msg nick single private message
  • /query nick private channel

–jeroen

Some of my BITNET history: xyzzy, Relay Conferencing before IRC even existed « The Wiert Corner – irregular stream of stuff

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Twitter / Settings – see which external applications can post on your behalf

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/08

If you want to investigate or limit the list of external applications that can post on your Twitter account: https://twitter.com/settings/applications

via: [WayBackDuizenden Twitter-accounts misbruikt door hack TwitterCounter – IT Pro – Nieuws – Tweakers

–jeroen

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Akismet GDPR notification: enabled

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/30

I saw the below notification recently, but it was already enabled.

Akismet & Privacy.

To help your site be compliant with GDPR and other laws requiring notification of tracking, Akismet can display a notice to your users under your comment forms. This feature is disabled by default, however, if you or your audience is located in Europe, you need to turn it on.

Please enable or disable this feature. More information.

–jeroen

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