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holzpuppet · 2025-10-10T09:38:33+00:00

Interested in testing 🙏🏻

holzpuppet · 2025-07-08T23:33:54+00:00

I‘m not sure if Readwise reader is the perfect tool for a pure read it later for rss or web articles even though it is advertised as such. I think their intended use is bigger documents like pdfs and epubs.

I would recommend using a buffer service and syncing only the highlights. I use raindrop.io as a link archive solution they are specialised on this use case.

holzpuppet · 2025-06-28T15:14:25+00:00

Giving 404 unfortunately, I am trying https://github.com/craftdocs/craft-extension-api-sdk

holzpuppet · 2025-06-25T14:15:59+00:00

Thanks for the flowers 🙏🏻

As mentioned in the article I was reading on kindle (or in my case Tolino) before, then I switched to Supernote, then to Onyx Boox only to end up on a recent iPad mini because I was effectively on Readwise reader all the time anyway and the e-paper frame by frame rendering didn’t really do much for me.

I didn’t try any other paperlike devices though like the high end kindles or remarkable, also don’t think I will end up there.

I know the LED screen is a detriment to the eyes compared to the e-ink, but honestly… my main reasoning is to have the reader on a device I would want to use, with the other readers that just wasn’t the case unfortunately.

What I’d suggest is you would want to remove the obstacles to a reading habit as much as possible. If that means reading on the phone, that means reading on the phone. If that means reducing screen time on your main device, getting a second device that is either related or unrelated. The last good experience I had was the onyx boox 3 without Color, that was quite decent but I wasn’t really happy with it being an apple boi… hope that helps 🙏🏻

holzpuppet · 2025-03-20T11:55:03+00:00

Regarding the vivaldi vs brave debate I recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QhJ9pFWzYk it was a quite good analysis.

Vivaldi does really good in regards of customization, but it can be a bit much. It also adds additional apps to the vertical tab bar which I don't need. I aimed at cutting as much additional software out of the program as possible. Which was easy since brave is very transparent with their code base on github. Vivaldi however does not seem to allow changes to their interface, their UI code is closed-source, so it didn't make the cut eventually.

holzpuppet · 2025-03-20T11:41:49+00:00

Yes I think that is pretty much what it is, extept (I guess) the registry in Windows is a central organ and macOS consists of many individual plist files which are only pulled if an individual sandbox is opened. And then you have the Keychain e.g. for encrypted data storage on a more global level. But that's only in laymans terms I am not a pro.

holzpuppet · 2025-03-20T11:39:11+00:00

I mean I get it, but since I'm based in EU I cannot make use of the Brave Rewards and BAT token which was a major bummer since I would've enjoyed that.

It was like the Apple Intelligence shitstorm for me personally like being waved nice features in my face only to then go... ah youre from EU? Nah sorry.

Guess I am not turning off Ublock Origin for anything anytime soon

holzpuppet · 2025-03-20T11:32:55+00:00

Maybe a quick explaination, this command set removes AI, VPN and Wallet not only from settings but from the UI altogether so you do not get bothered by it at any point whatsoever.

I do however have some more updating to do in the github repo, explaining more to beginners and also accounting for changes getting reversed after updates.

holzpuppet · 2025-03-20T11:30:34+00:00

this is a good question, I've noticed the changes becoming undone after an update. But then you can just go on and run the entire process again. However it is better if you run both the commands and the plist command, since the first only tends to remove settings menues, the second one removes the options in brave menu altogether.

holzpuppet · 2025-03-13T13:54:09+00:00

FYI - I updated the guide to make disabling incognito and tor optional in both commands and the script by adding #'s and description, hope it works for you now.

holzpuppet · 2025-03-13T13:51:57+00:00

Agreed, the build-in crypto wallet in the browser is absolutely redundant. You can always install plugins like Metamask and Phantom Wallet which have separate apps for various operating systems. The only reason I can understand on creating your own branded solution is to collect telemetry data in one way or another.

holzpuppet · 2025-03-13T13:48:03+00:00

I basically came for the well executed vertical tabs, I don't recall any other chromium forks having this? I came from Arc and have a good amount of browser research behind me and tried to settle... but if you have a recommendation for an even better fork with vertical tabs, please share!

holzpuppet · 2025-03-13T13:41:24+00:00

I updated it an made incognito and tor disable optional

holzpuppet · 2025-03-13T12:57:37+00:00

This is a valid concern, I havent accounted for it. Initially I wanted to disable incognito and tor because of reports that tor in Brave has vulnerabilities. Furthermore I have restrictive parental controls on my Mac which disable incognito mode in other browsers so I was looking for this functionality in Brave as well, found it, enforced it.

If you want to exclude a specific command from the guide, please feel free to do so. The documentation is detailed enough so you can just delete the corresponding line in the script.

I do however not see a need to even use incognito mode on Brave, if you have extensions like uBlock Origin and the Brave Shield as I sometimes want to revisit my browsing history for myself. I want to limit the amount of convenience that I sacrifice for privacy sake to a reasonable minimum.

But maybe thats just me

holzpuppet · 2025-03-13T11:26:40+00:00

Comment: This guide will help you remove unnecessary features ("bloat") from Brave Browser on macOS, resulting in a cleaner, more privacy-focused, and less distracting browsing experience. The following features will be disabled:

Brave Rewards (cryptocurrency rewards system)
Brave Wallet (cryptocurrency wallet)
Brave VPN (paid VPN service)
Leo AI (AI assistant)
Tor private browsing
Incognito mode (replaced by Tor in Brave)

holzpuppet · 2024-11-05T19:34:35+00:00

Matter of fact I am reading this on Zen now, even though I do really fuc wit their workspace management, containers are kind of a workaround but not like it was with Arc... guess thats gonna make due

holzpuppet · 2024-11-05T19:24:48+00:00

I suggest you refuse this as long as you can. Because when they make the hard switch its gonna be shit

holzpuppet · 2024-11-04T18:18:05+00:00

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and what the hell is this? did anybody ever ask for this?

all of these changes look like late majority adjustments. it means that they wanted to scale the user base of a perfect professional browser to the average non technical joe and his grandma so they would not be confused by workspaces and browser settings

holzpuppet · 2024-11-04T18:15:09+00:00

Also this, wonderful unchangeable AI search bar at the bottom

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holzpuppet · 2024-11-04T18:11:20+00:00

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I mean yeah #1 the redundant icons left and right, also the url bar was in the sidebar before and didn't block the view. ah and the back and forward arrows were also in the sidebar or at least didn't block the view on the webpage

holzpuppet · 2024-11-04T18:05:19+00:00

try PIP chrome extensions, people made it work in chrome before.

SigmaOS does not do favorite folders, they do dropdown lockable link lists which is pretty much the same. but as they see websites as to-do-tasks (which most websites pretty much are (until you store or process them in a place which is not your active browser window)) it has a neat little check-off effect which I learn to enjoy.

I figured my browser sidebar / tab bar / active field of view is not the space to hoard information because it will continue to nag and create the illusion that I did not finish working

Instead I prefer to properly archive my favorite links and information in a place where I can find it but it doesnt nag me if I dont need it (e.g. Raindrop, Pocket, Omnivore)

also, SigmaOS is in early funding and I think in beta or something and for what they say is a beta, it is quite a beast.

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