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rikudou, in What are some must have Firefox plugins?
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I really love the built-in container extension (Multi-Account Containers or something like that). Really good if you need to log in to the same site multiple times or if you don’t want someone track you across sites.

Kolanaki, (edited ) in Is it possible to replace a damaged audio cable with a non audio cable?
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You could but it would be an utter pain in the ass and might not work 100% as it was before it broke because the thickness of the wires are different and USB isn’t just 1. It’s 3 and they’re so thin, you’d need to braid them together.

If the plug broke, you couldn’t replace the audio’s connector with a USB connector.

Unless the audio device is also USB. Then it shouldn’t be much issue; though they may not be color coded with the insulation on the inside.

SpaceNoodle,

USB cables have four conductors and shielding.

Kolanaki, (edited )
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Is it 4? 🤔 It’s been forever since I’ve opened one up and could have sworn it was 3 because I remember the Xbox controller had 4, but one of them wasn’t needed to slap a USB connector on it and use it with the PC. Maybe it had 5…

SpaceNoodle,

I don’t know about the XBox controllers, but USB 1 & 2 use four conductors: Vcc (+5V), Ground, D+, and D-.

owatnext,

The OG Xbox has five wires for the controller, I think the fifth was for like a light gun sorta thing. USB is four wires minimum, more for USB 3+.

joranvar, in What are some must have Firefox plugins?

Might not be a useful plugin, but fans of Terry Pratchett might like the GNU Terry Pratchett idea. For librewolf I use this slightly updated add-on which fixes some minor issues (source available).

Nei, in Countries that let anyone in?
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Finding a job in your own country will be a far more better, easier and comfortable option, please consider doing that.

Nei, (edited ) in What are some must have Firefox plugins?
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uBlockOrigin, DarkReader & ProtonPass

cashews_best_nut,

ProtonPass

Bitwarden’s better. ;)

reattach, (edited ) in What are some must have Firefox plugins?

Redirector

Add custom URL redirects, e.g. automatically use Piped or Invideous instance instead of YouTube, use Nitter instead of Twitter, remove Google amp

Edit: I just found out about Libredirect from this post - seems like functionally the same thing I’m using Redirector for, but with rules built in.

macattack, (edited )

Yeah same. I initially used it for YouTube/Twitter but realized that it’s reinventing the wheel that libredirect already created, and doesnt have the same features like pinging instances or being able to cycle through instances if one goes down.

I still find redirector useful, but now use it for things like redirecting away from guilty pleasure websites or when my locally-hosted teddit doesn’t properly handle internal links.

ilinamorato,

I had never thought about using Redirector to lock myself out of websites! That’s brilliant. I need to do that. Zero self control when I should be working.

Buffalox, in Is it possible to replace a damaged audio cable with a non audio cable?

I’m not an expert, but there’s a huge difference between USB cables. Requirements for a mouse are pretty low, so it could be a cheap cable poorly shielded and thin wires.
A good USB cable however should be fine, as it’s shielded from full speed and above.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_communications

I’m guessing that everything above low speed is OK. But I would avoid low speed, and that could include your mouse cable, but you can see when you cut it, whether it’s shielded or not.

Fogle, in Is it possible to replace a damaged audio cable with a non audio cable?

Are you just talking about using a usb cable that came with a mouse to plug in a USB speaker?

Sticker,

Headphones

Fogle,

If they’re usb yeah basically every USB cable is the same. Just plug whatever cable in and see if there’s any issue

sharkfucker420, (edited ) in Is it possible to replace a damaged audio cable with a non audio cable?
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I’m confused, what type of audio cable are you trying to to replace? Afaik there is little difference between USB cables other than their version number

Sticker,

For headphones

sharkfucker420, (edited )
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Oh yeah you’re fine then. If you notice a difference in audio quality maybe try becoming a composer because you definitely have the ear for it.

Just make sure it’s the correct USB version (like 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 etc idk how far they go)

pastermil,

3.5mm jack?

Sticker,

Yes

Eheran, (edited ) in Is it possible to replace a damaged audio cable with a non audio cable?

I have, unlike the other comment, no idea what you want/can do or what “audio cable” you mean. But the answer is yes, both as in using the wire with and without the original USB connections. You can use essentially any wir for audio, or is essentially DC, so unlike wires that carry information (USB, HDMI, …) there is no need for shielding etc

Sequentialsilence, in Is it possible to replace a damaged audio cable with a non audio cable?

Professional audio engineer. What matters is the capacitance and ohmage of the cable. USB cable tends to be really bad on that front but if it’s a short run, the worst that you’ll have is some diminished highs and some hiss.

LaVacaMariposa, in Countries that let anyone in?

Why are you against learning the language of the place where you want to go? Immigrating is hard, and it’s even harder if you’re in a new place by yourself and can’t even speak the local language. You’re going to struggle a lot that way.

Toes, (edited ) in Is it possible to replace a damaged audio cable with a non audio cable?

Well at the end of the day it’s just all wire, a knife and a soldering iron you can change them out however you like. But I’m assuming that’s not what you meant.

There are adapters, startech makes a bunch of different kinds. So you could use a USB adapter over the USB extension cable.

Historically people would use stereo wire for stuff like that.

Lemminary, in Have you ever learned anything on the spot?

That you can rotate your entire screen by 180° on Windows. I forget the shortcut key but I did panic a little when it happened the first time.

Srootus,

Control + shift + down arrow key I think, it was the peak of comedy in our secondary school IT classes.

favrion,
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Why is there a need for this?

ExtraMedicated,

Some people like to rotate their monitor to fit more text on the screen.

shottymcb,

My monitor is 9:16 so I can scroll tic-tok.

nieminen, in Best android app for news aggregation?

I use the “newpaper”. It de-sensationalizes the titles, and provides a weekly (free) or daily ($) email summarizing a bunch of newsworthy events in a categorized fashion.

thenewpaper.co

I like it because it seems to actually be what it reports to be, and I don’t just see partisan stuff.

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