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Bluesky·Bluesky Social 🦋bySanguinePar

BlueSky down [Working again!]

Seems to have just gone down, 9am UK time (4am Eastern, 1am Pacific)

EDIT - actually, looking at the graph on a monitor rather than my phone, it looks like it went down a couple of hours before that.

EDIT 2 - seems to be back! 10:52 UK time. It's running quite slow though.

EDIT 3 - gone again? 14:20 UK (EDIT 3a - Back almost immediately 14:25)

BlueSky down [Working again!]https://downdetector.co.uk/status/bluesky/Open linkView original on lemmy.world
twinpeaks·Twin PeaksbySanguinePar

BBC Radio 4 - Screenshot, Twin Peaks

I've not listened to this yet but it's Mark Kermode, who I really rate, so hopefully it's a good show.

Not sure how available this will be outside the UK, apologies if you can't listen in.

Description:

For a very special 100th episode of Screenshot, Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore David Lynch and Mark Frost's cult classic TV show. With guests Mark Frost and Tim Roth.

BBC Radio 4 - Screenshot, Twin Peakshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002gqz1Open linkView original on lemmy.world
mildlyinfuriating·Mildly InfuriatingbySanguinePar

Inconsistent distances on Google Maps

I'm currently trying to get in better shape and to that end have started dieting and cycling in my local area. For motivation, I've decided to try to 'virtually' cycle from John O'Groats (henceforth JOG) in the north of Scotland to Land's End (LE) in the south of England.

To do this, I measure how far I cycle each day (locally) and record my progress, which I then use to map where I would be on the route Google Maps recommends for cycling (I'm handwaving altitude comparisons because it's just for fun).

Ok, so - Maps says the recommended cycling route from JOG to LE is 965 miles. Fine. I've covered 21.1 miles so far (I've only just started and am not very fit).

Now, on the full 965 mile route, that 21.1 miles gets me to a small village called Haimer. However, if I ask Maps to plot me a route from JOG to Haimer, Maps says it's only 18.7 miles.

I've tried the same thing with other towns on the route, and the same is true there too - there's a roughly 10% disparity, even though the route being plotted is identical. A few yards here or there I could understand, but a 10% difference?? FFS.

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til·Today I LearnedbySanguinePar

TIL that not only is Measles very dangerous in itself but it also strips away and resets much/most of your immune system.

So, even if you had been immune, through previous illness, vaccination or via maternal milk, you may not be anymore after having measles.

I had never heard this until today, and it's an absolutely horrifying thought.

You're welcome.

TIL that not only is Measles very dangerous in itself  but it also strips away and resets much/most of your immune system.https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211112-the-people-with-immune-amnesiaOpen linkView original on lemmy.world
football·Football (migrated to [email protected]) bySanguinePar

Referee David Coote suspended over video of foul-mouthed Klopp rant [The Guardian]

Well, that's a bit awkward...

"Coote was the video assistant referee when a challenge by the Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford on Virgil van Dijk that left the Liverpool defender with an anterior cruciate ligament injury went unpunished."

"Coote also drew the ire of Klopp as the VAR for the 1-1 draw between Liverpool and Arsenal last December after an apparent handball in the box by Martin Ødegaard did not lead to a penalty."

Referee David Coote suspended over video of foul-mouthed Klopp rant [The Guardian]https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/nov/11/referee-david-coote-video-jurgen-klopp-liverpool-pgmol-premier-leagueOpen linkView original on lemmy.world
syncforlemmy·Sync for LemmybySanguinePar

Is it possible to group favourited communities or users into a single feed?

Per this thread, I'm wondering if it might be possible to create feeds of favourited people or communities.

I guess this would be similar to how multireddits worked and since that's not available on Lemmy, this might not be either. But maybe some smart person out there knows of a way.

It's not even me that wants to do it, but I'm invested in an answer now! :-)

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nostupidquestions·No Stupid QuestionsbySanguinePar

Question about Firefox - any way to open specific sites as if they were an app or program (similar to an option in Chrome)?

I've decided (after seeing the advice repeatedly!) to try and move away from Chrome and use FF instead. However I've immediately come across an issue which is a bit of a deal-breaker for me, and although I've looked into it, I haven't seen an answer anywhere.

One of the best features in Chrome is the abilty to create a shortcut for an individual URL. This shortcut can then be placed on the desktop, start menu or quicklaunch toolbar (Win 10) and opened as if it were a program in its own right - so, no URL bar, no tabs, no bookmarks, just the site content.

I use this method every day for a number of different sites - Outlook, Gmail, Calendar, Keep, Sheets, Docs, etc, and it's perfect. So much so that I usually forget that I'm technically opening all of these in Chrome at all, not least because the site favicon shows in the taskbar in place of the browser logo.

So, I assumed that FF would be able to do the same thing... but apparently not. Am I missing something? I've found people discussing old features like SSB (site-specific browsing) and PWA (progressive web apps), but as far as I can tell all work on this in FF has been discontinued.

I would maybe just put up with this, and use Chrome shortcuts for these sites, and FF for everything else, except that links clicked from within them will open in Chrome intead of FF, which makes for a confusing experience.

Anyone know of a good solution to this? Thanks in advance!

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youshouldknow·You Should KnowbySanguinePar

YSK: It's possible to get search results from Google without the annoying 'AI' answers at the top

Already getting sick of seeing 'AI' results at the top of a search when all you want is a link to a site?

I just discovered this article showing a way to not see it (although it doesn't disable it altogether).

TLDR:

  • In Chrome open settings menu, choose Search engine on left menu and scroll down to site search
  • Click Add button and choose a name (eg Old Google, Google Web or whatever)
  • Add a shortcut word (eg web, og, or whatever)
  • Add this URL string: https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14
  • Save that, and now if you search for something and use the shortcut word you set you'll just get proper results, no 'AI' shown
  • Or, if you don't want to have to add a shortcut word, you just make that search your default (use the 3 dot menu next to the name you set) and all searches will show that way, no shortcut word needed.

EDIT - meant to add that there are detailed instructions for Edge, Firefox and Safari in the article if you don't use Chrome

Hope that helps someone - I really don't like all that extra nonsense when I just want a link to a site that I know exists!

[Obligatory - "or don't use Chrome/Google...", I know - but people do, so this might be useful]

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