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• 10 Lesser-Known Tools and Websites to Spice Up Your Developer Toolbox

  The Useless Web takes you on a journey to random, quirky, and entirely useless websites. It's a delightful way to take a quick break and have a laugh when you need to reset your mind. - Source: dev.to / 7 months ago

• What is the coolest website you’ve visited that no one knows about?

  I’ve spent hours just going through stupid websites. https://theuselessweb.com/. Source: 10 months ago

• tAkE mY MoNeY eLoN

  Nice - another fan of https://theuselessweb.com/. Source: 10 months ago

• If You Had Three Wishes, What Would You Wish For?

  Click here to visit a website related to the question. Source: 10 months ago

• [TOMT] [Website] Website that would lead to other websites

  The one that was popular in my school was https://theuselessweb.com/ I think. Or one very similar to it. Source: 11 months ago

Mastodon mentions (606)

• Systemd Rolling Out "run0" As sudo Alternative

  Good news! Run0 will use polkit[1], which uses JavaScript for its rules[2], so there's no limit on how complex your rules can get! On the other hand, maybe adding a JavaScript interpreter to Linux's trusted computing base isn't such good news... [1] https://mastodon.social/@pid_eins/112353420303876549 [2] https://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/docs/latest/polkit.8.html. - Source: Hacker News / about 20 hours ago

• TfL's simple pop-up message led to a significant drop in paper ticket sales

  Apparently there are some stations which still have ticket gates, but I haven't seen any in the rather short time I've been in the Netherlands - they seem to be concentrated in metropolitan areas[1], and I've only been in the somewhat more rural[2] province of Limburg. As it happens, though, I have never actually used the OV-chipcard myself, as I always use an Interrail pass when travelling any further than... - Source: Hacker News / 3 days ago

• Systemd Wants to Expand to Include a Sudo Replacement

  Uh, depending on exactly how it's implemented, it could break a lot of things. If all you are using sudo on is a personal (i.e. Single user) laptop/desktop to install packages, this (along with other things like pkexec or doas) would seem to present no issues (and personally, from what I can see, I'd be happy to run `run0` on my personal systems!), but sudo does significantly more than that,... - Source: Hacker News / 1 day ago

• Ask HN: What do you think about a subscription based social media?

  Oh, TIL about https://mastodon.social/ (https://joinmastodon.org/) Looks like what you describe, doesn't it? > Social networking that's not for sale. - Source: Hacker News / 4 days ago

• AltStore. The first Apple approved alternative App Store

  Getting some Qs about Delta availability, hope this clarifies things! • Delta is exclusive to AltStore in EU • Because of Apple’s new dev terms, all downloads in EU cost us €0.50/yr in AltStore PAL and App Store…so couldn’t offer Delta in EU App Stores without making it paid • App Store only supports one-time paid-upfront apps, so we’d have to pick a price that could support ~years of CTFs • PAL’s €1.50... - Source: Hacker News / 11 days ago