I use a selfhosted FreshRSS instance to manage my rss feeds. I wanted a quick way to add a web page’s rss feed into FreshRSS without copy pasting the URLs. So i created a bookmarklet with the following code to open the freshRSS add-feed page with the URL filled in.
While looking around at my old devices, noticed my trusty old Thinkpad 440s (bought in 2014) which had been gathering dust for a while. Hoping to get some more use out of it, I installed Pop_OS!, but noticed that wifi would get cut-off on a regular basis, and it consistently needed a reboot to get wifi working again. Here is a fun story on how I got it working.
I use emacs org-mode to capture links from the browser for later reading, or for archiving. For this purpose, I use a simple bookmarklet to capture the link, title and any selected text, and then use an org-capture template to store the information. However, when i click on the bookmarklet, most browsers throw a pop-up asking for permission to open org-protocol:// links. This security check, while well-intentioned, adds friction every time I try to capture a link. Here’s how we can disable this confirmation prompt on Chromium based browsers.
Noah Smith challenges the common perception of trade deficits, using the credit card analogy to illustrate that they represent acquiring more goods in exchange for future financial obligations. This perspective helps us understand how South Korea, for example, leveraged trade deficits to fuel rapid industrial growth, particularly in its manufacturing sector, by importing necessary capital goods. However, the US experience with China demonstrates the potential for trade deficits to contribute to deindustrialization, as seen in the decline of American steel and textile industries. Therefore, while addressing deindustrialization is crucial, tariffs offer a simplistic and potentially harmful solution.
Accessing files stored on your Synology NAS directly from your Linux machine can be very convenient, whether it’s for managing media libraries, accessing shared documents, or performing backups. This guide provides quick steps to mount a Synology share on Ubuntu or its derivatives (like Pop!_OS) using the CIFS protocol, ensuring it’s available even after a reboot.