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my twitter usage was getting excessive so now I have a cronjob that blackholes the site in my hostsfile except for a few hours a night and entirely on wednesdays and fridays
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Brain, please just store the hostsfile path so I don't have to look it up every time I need it.
The command to open it in neovim is:
sudo nvim /etc/hosts
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how exactly did you get the app using this? hosting the api shim on a server and modifying the app to use that? a proxy? i am actually working on a somewhat similar project for desktop youtube and for that, i use the hostsfile to override the youtube domain and then have code in
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I run an instance of it in a VM since it's a nice, lazy, well-maintained way to run unbound as recursive DNS with a pretty UI.
All my clients use the router (dnsmasq) as their DNS, which has a smaller ~20,000 domain hostsfile. So most bad queries don't make it to the pihole.
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I've had decent success controlling my twitter usage by blackholing it in my hostsfile, it's a bit "but we can open the cookie jar" but I'm less willing to comment the line out than I am to log back in after logging out
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26 Sep 2024
[New Blog] I needed a quick & dirty fix for setting a host(s) file via Microsoft Intune. I used remediations to do so.
Read about it here:
nielskok.tech/intune/set-hos…
#Intune #Remediations #hostsfile
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11 Jun 2024
Micro Hosts Editor provides a simple GUI that allows Hosts File editing.
majorgeeks.com/files/details… #hostsfile #opensource
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For now I'm adding 0.0.0.0 tag.safary.club to my hostsfile (which will propagate to all my virtual machines via templates in LizardOS) to avoid the risk of a compromised @Safaryclub frontend from injecting malicious js into a DeFi app
& ALWAYS read your tx before signing
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26 Sep 2023
Idea: CLI pomodoro timer that blocks website using hostsfile?
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20 Sep 2023
die frage is halt was genau dein usecase/endziel is. Wenn du einfach nur domains blocken willst kannst du die in deiner hostsfile ja einfach auf 127.0.0.1 setzen weisste x) daher brauch ich bissi mehr info.
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12 Sep 2023
so its time to all collectively add hostsfile exceptions for all unity telemetric servers, right,
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20 Mar 2023
Because I felt masochistic I decided I'd install a VPS today to host an xApp on IPv6 only.
Pain.
@Hetzner_Online: netplan: DHCPv4 enabled, resolved confused
@npmjs refused to give up IPv4, edit hostsfile
@github doesn't even offer IPv6 (🤯)
@Cloudflare DNS64 refused connections
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21 Feb 2023
New! Micro Hosts Editor provides a simple GUI that allows Hosts File editing.
majorgeeks.com/files/details… #opensource #hostsfile
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20 Oct 2021
you could also build a DNS system where you put a hostsfile on a ramdisk
- @petecheslock
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18 Oct 2021
hostsfile: A Go-Powered Tool for Working with `/etc/hosts` Files - github.com/kevinburke/hostsf…
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27 Aug 2021
A great big parade of reasons why I use a hostsfile to salt the earth on advertisers/trackers.
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Sleeping is for beginners! I am working on the #CoinBlockerLists.
Domain count in the hostsfile: 113688
Everything will be checked with @pyfunceble before the next update.
CC: @netbroom @bambenek 🍀🍵
#PyFunceble Is a very useful tool from @funilrys 🪐👍🍀🍵
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How to Block the Access to Certain Websites on Linux...For more details @ 2daygeek.com/linux-etc-hosts…
#BlockWebsiteAccess #Linux #HostsFile #ChomperTool #CTparentalTool #PreventWebsiteAccess
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