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1. Tips, tricks, and reviews +
- 1.1. Getting rid of google drive, onedrive…
- 1.2. Password manager
- 1.3. Watching youtube +
  - 1.3.1. mpv
  - 1.3.2. yt-dlp
  - 1.3.3. Newpipe
  - 1.3.4. Revanced
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- 1.4. Headphones
- 1.5. Guitar, bass and related things +
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- 1.6. I need a new pc or laptop
- 1.7. Mice?
- 1.8. Keyboards because why not
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1. Tips, tricks, and reviews

+I am not sponsored by any of the products here because 1: that bullshit +isnt allowed on my site, 2: a little stupid http site no one looks at +aint going to find any sponsors. All products I bring up is just shit I +use all the fucking time and I find useful and approve of. Sponsored +products is capitalist shit! +

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Getting rid of google drive, onedrive…
Password manager
Watching youtube
Headphones
Guitar, bass and related things
I need a new pc or laptop
Mice?
Keyboards because why not

1.1. Getting rid of google drive, onedrive…

+This is where most people tell you to use a good cloud storage service +like disroot but I have a even better +alterative. One that is onetime payment, gives you a fuck ton of +storage, fast upload and download speeds, works on all your devices, +never looks at your files, and it doesnt even need internet! Its called +the external harddrive. USB drives work to but they are little cheaply +made pieces of shit that are easy to lose, have a laughable amount of +storage for many uses, corrupt easily… You lite weight freaks may be +pissing out over the fact external harddrives are bigger than your +finger tip but thats a good thing because that means you will not as +easily fucking lose that mother fucker! Dont know about you but I lose +USB drives all the fucking time!
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+Some cool tricks with a external harddrive is: making a encrypted +partition so if when you lose it somewhere some edgy teen isnt going +to make the next few months of your life fucking hell, making seprate +partitions for files that will stay in linux and files you might have to +access on some random ass machine running windows so file permissions +dont get fucked over, and making scripts to make backing up and +restoring files easier.
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+Wanta sync bookmarks, browser settings, addons… across browsers on +different devices? Dont use the stupid google account or +mozilla bullshit that +sells your information and gives it to the NSA. All you gotta do is copy +your .mozilla, .librewolf, or where ever the fuck your browser is +storing everything onto your harddrive than you can paste it onto +whatever device you want. Making a script to speed things up a bit isnt +too hard either.
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+For those who dont know how to find things I personally use +one +of these bad boys. +

1.2. Password manager

+Do you use the same password for everything? Thats fucking stupid. Do +you click yes when your asked if you want the password saved? Those +builtin password managers tend to get hacked and people arent good about +backing them up so they fucking lose everything easily. The best +password manager is a spreadsheet! But wouldnt that be a easy way for +your information to get leaked you say? Thats why spreadsheet programs +have encryption options. Now you only have to remember one password but +can still have strong passwords for everything, your welcome. Dont use +stupid ass closed source shit like microsoft office. Instead get +yourself libreoffice. Openoffice is old af so I wouldnt trust it for +password locked spreadsheets. Do you dual boot and wanta share it on +multiple OS's? Use a shared file partition. Wanta back it up to the +cloud? Use a external harddrive like I already said but if you do throw +it on a cloud service they arent going to get into that mother fucker +if you used a different password than the one for the cloud service. +

1.3. Watching youtube

+Hate google but still wanta watch youtube? There are some tricks you can +do. +

1.3.1. mpv

+One of the features mpv has is it can stream youtube videos. I try to +use alterative youtube web clients and they tend to work great for +searching for videos but poop out when you try to play the video. When +this happens just throw the youtube url into mpv. Also under the hood +youtube channels are just rss feeds so you can use a feed reader to keep +up with your favorite channels than watch them with mpv. I also talk a +bit about that here. +

1.3.2. yt-dlp

+yt-dlp is for downloading your +fucking videos! Check out +this +reddit post for a little dummy guide/cheatsheat. +

1.3.3. Newpipe

+Great little mobile youtube client. Has the best interface out of all +the youtube clients. And it can import your subs from your youtube +account using that same file my rss feed list script uses. Once you get +your subs from your youtube account you can ditch that mother fucker! It +poops out sometimes but the devs are fast to fix it. +

1.3.4. Revanced

+Revanced is a project that patches the official mobile youtube client to +block ads and do other cool things. The official site is +here. On search engines the unofficial +websites show up first so be careful. Some people have used the +unofficial websites without getting hacked while others have gotten +their google accounts hacked using it. I dont really care for revanced +too much because it still requires you sign into a google account and +for the most part use the official youtube client even if it has a few +patches. +

1.4. Headphones

+Need a pair of no bullshit bluetooth headphones that work just fine on +any device and dont use any stupid app? Get +one +of these bad boys. They have bad ass 40mm drivers and quite good +frequency response. They are about the most balanced headphones +skullcandy sells and atleast for consumer headphone standards they are +balanced. Most consumer headphones are unnaturally bassy to try to +cover up the fact they are pieces of shit because most of you fuckers +think more bass means better sound. Hesh headphones have enough bass to +itch that scratch while still being actually good headphones. Most +bluetooth headphones have a weak single and barely ever manages to +connect. Hesh headphones on the other hand have a nice strong signal and +are the only bluetooth devices that have not gave me shit. And guess +what? They still have plenty of battery life! They actually have a +usable headphone jack, the interface is good old buttons instead of +swipe bullshit, and they dont even have an app let alone lock features +behind one!
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+They are built to last and can survive whatever shit life throws at +them. You can also get the anc which are a active noise canneling +version but they tend to make a slight clicking sound sometimes when anc +mode is enabled. For us sensative people the clicking renders the anc +useless and the hesh models already have good passive noise canneling as +is. The evos cost less than the anc and they have slightly better sound +and battery life. Though I guess if an anc mode that makes an annoying +clicking sound is your thing have at it with the hesh anc. As much as I +hate outside noise the clicking is nearly just as bad.
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+Skullcandy's tend to be the main pick for musicians. Thats because alot +of us know better than to waste money on buying shit from apple, bose, +jbl, sony… when skullcandy sells way better headphones for a fraction +of the price. +

1.5. Guitar, bass and related things

1.5.1. Fender style guitars

+Wanta buy a electric guitar? Do yourself a favor and get a g&l. They are +the best electric guitars money can buy. Mainly for basses but also +guitars Music Man also has some fine stuff. As far as fender goes the +american fenders are overpriced pieces of shit! Instead get yourself a +mexican fender, japenese fender, or even a squier! My first electric was +a mexican fender and its a really great guitar though as great as +mexican fenders are g&l and Music Man are just better though I didnt +know about them at the time. I been fucking around with some g&l +hardware on a squier tele but tbh I have never owned a g&l as much as I +like them. +

1.5.2. Gibson style guitars

+Never buy a gibson! Might as well buy a fucking tesla to match your +gibson! Instead get yoursefl a fine epiphone and if you do get a +epiphone there is no finer epiphone than their version of the firebird. +Its a through body so it doesnt have the same neck issues as most gibson +style guitars though beware of finish cracking around the nut though its +not a problem (most of the time). +

1.5.3. Straps

+I always get strap lock. The fucking strap buttons hurts my autism. I +dont fucking want to see a guitar or bass fucking hit the ground. Strap +lock will save your stupid ass. I have seen people preforming live have +their guitar hit the ground. +

1.6. I need a new pc or laptop

+Does it have linux installed? If not install linux and that mother +fucker will last many more years. +

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+Already have linux? Get something that isnt linux! Some of the more +funky options include: +

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1.7. Mice?

+As much as I dont like big brands the best mouse money can buy is the +logitech G203 lightsync. I dont like overpriced gaming mice. They often +feel wrong in my hands, are overpriced pieces of shit, fucking shit out +in linux… I use to game with shitty office mice because of that. The +G203 is shaped like a office mouse and is the right weight. Fuck the +super heavy and super lite shit. And the cool shaped gaming mice fuck up +peoples hands. The magic of the G203 is you can still get gaming mouse +features like smooth tracking that isnt shit, a good ass scroll wheel, +dpi button, side clicks, and rgb while still having a reasonable shape +and weight. In linux there is even a piece of software called piper so +you can configure your G203 without closed source windows bullshit! To +top things off the G203 costs far less than all the fancy mice and out +preforms them. Even if you just want a office mouse the G203 is going to +not only be a big upgrade to your 2010s office mouse I know you use but +also completely outclass all those overpriced modern office mice your +boss spends too much of their 6 figures on. +

1.8. Keyboards because why not

+I use a modded dierya DK61SE. Just a little funky keyboard but I dig it. +I replaced the keycaps, tubed up the switches, put foam or some shit +inside to make it sound better, and some friend did a little bandade +hack to make the guides for the larger buttons shake less. +

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