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  • I'm the same. It is quite jaring to see an add now. They seems very obnoxious.

    The only issue in have is ads in podcasts. This isn't a huge deal as the provider usually determine add based on IP so i get a 30 second ad in a language I can't understand.

    Any solutions to this?

    P.S. before I switched from YouTube I disabled all data collection and personalisation a few notable ads I used to receive:

    • Ads for balls soap (this ad was repugnant)
    • Ads for Muslim speed dating, with male chaperone (I'm not a Muslim)
    • A 1hour Chinese party political conference, in Chinese (I don't speak Chinese)

    ^ Ive got the last one saved out of curiosity.

    I remember a time when YouTube was not owned by google and was ad free.

    The internet was better before all of this tracking.

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    anonymous111 @lemmy.world

    Hardening Mint

    Windows refugee here. I'm planning to move to Linux Mint but want to make sure I don't do something stupid, as I'm unfamiliar with the Linux operating system.

    I found this link with 10 tips to secure Mint.

    Is this a good list? Anything else I should do to secure a Mint install?

    Thanks for helping a noob!

    Selfhosted @lemmy.world
    anonymous111 @lemmy.world

    Help with training plan

    Hello self hosters, I was wondering if you could fact check my training plan?

    I work in Tech but haven't done any hands on programming work since school (visual basic). This was very basic, I built a calculator program.

    I've got an idea for an app and think this is a good learning opportunity.

    My goals are:

    1. Learn programming skills that I can use for personal projects in the future i.e. making apps, using programs fron github, hosting containers to run Plex etc.
    2. Learn skills that can help in my current job (I work with Engineers but don't do any actual coding).

    I am planning to learn the following, more or less, in order:

    • Docker (in the past I've had a lot of trouble trying to code in Virtual Box).
    • Linux command line
    • JavaScript boot camp. Good for coding a single app that will work across, browser IOS and Android.

    *Typescript - extension of JS.

    *SQL - for apps that require a query to a database

    *node.js - for REST APIs and cloud server infrastructure

    I may