libgen.is and its mirrors
this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2023
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You can click on any genre and get band recommendations.
Or you can search for a specific band and find other bands plotted similarly.
As someone who doesn't use Spotify, this is amazing for music discovery. I should have been in bed a while ago but keep finding new groups to listen to.
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http://make-everything-ok.com/ For when you feel like things are just not going your way.
https://stellarium-web.org/ Look at and learn about the stars.
Without endorsing these liberal American news outlets,
Ad-free, js-free, tracker-free, bs-free news articles. Just text. Honestly, it's a bit of a shock to me that these even exist.
Semi-related is the Boring Report. It's an attempt to use modern LLM to remove sensationalism and bias from current media headlines.
Wikipedia
I can't think of anything that comes even close to it - significance, quality, amount
https://privacy.com/ I've been using them for around 6 years now.
They link up with your bank account and generate as many virtual cards as you want that are locked to the first vendor you use them on so if say McDonald's get their card data stolen it won't be able to charge the card for anything other than McDonald's.
They also make their money from the card fees so they manage to be both free and not sell your data.
What DID happen?! Why are there only questions on this site, I need answers.
Edit: Nevermind, figured it out:
Well since we're on Lemmy....
https://lemmyverse.net/communities?order=active&nsfw=null < the best way to find active communities and instances on Lemmy.
I use this to cut through the bullshit of Prime Day deals or Black Friday. It shows you the historical price of a product.
Google.com
Surprising how many people won't just go search for the answer to their question before asking it online.