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Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions icon

Software > WordPress > WordPress Plugins >

https://wordpress.org/plugins/rvg-optimize-database/
http://cagewebdev.com/optimize-database-after-deleting-revisions-wordpress-plugin/

Delete old revisions and optimize your WordPress database.

This halved the size of my database.



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Android_robot_2014.png

Projects > Software > Operating Systems >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.android.com/

An operating system most notably on mobile phones, but also found on media boxes.

Fundamentally flawed – It is tethered to Google in as many ways as they’ve made possible. From a time server, to internet traffic compression. From google play requiring an account requiring your verified phone number. From hoops to download and install software from their store. It’s fucking awful.



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qupzilla-logo

Software > Web browsers >

(on Wikipedia)
https://web.archive.org/web/20180320105649/https://qupzilla.com/

A Qt cross-platform web browser.

  • abandoned — website gone, the project became Falkon



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google_chrome_for_android_icon_2016

Google > Chrome >
Software > Web browsers, SVG viewers >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/

A web browser by Google, designed to be fast and perfectly willing to sacrifice features.

  • Properly titled Google Chrome



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Pale Moon extensions > Greasemonkey >

was github.com/gantt/downloadyoutube

A cross-browser script that adds a button to download YouTube videos as MP4 and FLV files. This script downloads the videos directly from YouTube and it integrates with YouTube’s interface.

It creates a button under the video, to the left of “Add to”.

Indispensable!

Abandoned, check out yt-dlp

FlashBench - sandisk 2gb as SD

Testing USB storage >

https://web.archive.org/web/20190218044149/http://usbflashspeed.com:80/

A USB storage testing application.

A tiny, portable, storage device speed tester. Created specifically for USB storage.

Very very nice. Easy to use

(Yes, USB storage is that bad with small files)



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Discord app

Software > VoIP, Instant messagers, Video conferencing >

(on Wikipedia)
(on Google Play)
https://discord.com/

Yet another VoIP client.

A clumsy “pretends to be pretty” interface, but it seems reasonable enough. Definitely not better than Mumble for the basics.

It might be better-suited for large groups, or because it has a free server, or some other thing I haven’t discovered. I’ll keep it in my toolbox, but I don’t really like it.



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