Asklemmy @lemmy.ml

1y ago

What is a website everyone should know about?

306 comments

https://haveibeenpwned.com
To figure out if your email addresses are part of a known breach. Also, start using a password manager (https://bitwarden.com)
- A good alternative to Bitwarden is KeePass/KeepassXC btw
  
  A good alternative to keepass is a self hosted vaultwarden btw. (compiled from bitwardens opensource code iirc)
  
  I found keepassium for the work phone and I was in love that I could keep a separate db with my OTPs under a password and backed up.
  Then I left that job and had to split my OTPs. Vanilla keepass for droid will gives me the OTP values for gitlab etc, so it's good there, but Vanilla keepassium for Android has no camera/QR->OTP input that I have yet, one that works like keepassium does and is all compatible down the line. I'd love to keep using it to maintain the existing separate keepass OTP db I have.
  Do you (or anyone) know of a good combo for droid that gets
  keepass
  backup to box/gdoc/etc
  qr for OTP
  In one final package? Does XC do it in a way we think may be compatible?
  
  Hm i switched from KeePass to Bitwarden because the latter lets me use my passwords on multiple devices and as a Firefox extension that enters my credentials at a shortcut.
  Can you elaborate why you think KeePass is better?
- Similar site for figure it out you're trained for AI model:
  https://haveibeentrained.com/
  
  All this does is return a page of memes when i search
- Spoiler alert: Yes. Yes it has.
- Is this really that useful though?
  I pretty much just assume that I'm getting pwned regularly.
  Obviously the password manager advice is very useful.
  
  Is this really that useful though?
  It's very useful if you don't use a password manager and/or reuse passwords.
  The most useful part about it to me is the API. You can tie it in to Active Directory to blacklist all hashes that appear in any breach, plus expire/force a password change if any user on your domain uses a password that has been in a breach. It completely eliminates that vector from threat actors immediately.
  So yeah, I would call this intensely useful.
- So who has the highest score? I've got 21 on my OG email and 13 on my primary 🤣
  
  30 on my OG and what use to be my primary up until a year ago.
- and if my Email is part of any kind of breach, is thier something else I should do beside changing my password ?
  PS: I do have 2FA activated already
  
  Use a unique password for everything. I recommend bitwarden
- Thanks

If you're a developer, devdocs.io is clutch as fuck.
If you Like consuming media but not expelling money, fmhy is lit af
Unlimited sound generators at MyNoise
Here's a bunch of useful online tools
Trying to find someone? Try the tools here
Free shit for developers
Track Awesome List tracks a ridiculous number of Awesome lists on github.
I'm sure there's more, these are just the ones that were on the top of my head
- All mentioned site absolutely great!
- Feel free to post these on !oldweb
  It's a place to share links to interesting or unknown sites, old style websites, personal websites, link collections etc.
- Fantastic list, thanks.
- That's a great list, I have bookmarked a bunch of those entries, Thanks for sharing it.
- I can’t seem to click this
- What is different about your links that i can't click on a single one? I'm on mobile and touching them does nothing, but i can click on others' links.
  
  I don't know. They're formatted the regular way
  
  works fine for me on Memmy iOS
  
  They all work fine for me but I'm using Connect.
- Nice list, thanks
- I will spend a good amount of time on those sites! Fascinating!

Wikipedia
I can't think of anything that comes even close to it - significance, quality, amount
- I'm glad there's another human being who appreciates them as much as me!
- I've definitely learned more from Wikipedia than I ever learned in school.
- I'm glad there's another human being who appreciates them as much as me!

https://camelcamelcamel.com
I use this to cut through the bullshit of Prime Day deals or Black Friday. It shows you the historical price of a product.
- Http://keepa.com is also really good
- Crazy how I have a bunch of alerts set up on here, prime day started and I didn’t have a single item drop in price.
  Also I believe there is a browser plug-in for this as well to make it even easier to use.
  
  I'll also come in just to mention the android app "TryCamel". Being able to conveniently add things when on mobile was a game changer for me.
  
  Same! I find the alerts come at times when there are no holidays or events. Like on a random Tuesday afternoon in the middle of June I get an alert that a game or movie is $20 when it's been $40-60 the last 6 months. Prime Day comes around and it's "on sale" for $55.
- I literally just used this site last week to set up a price alert for a purchase.
  Noticed via their chart that the item I wanted to buy (an air purifier) went on sale every few weeks from $340 to $199. I set the alert for $200, and the next day it emailed me saying the price had dropped. Saved me 140 bucks which was awesome.
  Works for Amazon.ca links as well.

https://everynoise.com/
It plots every genre of music on a 2D spectrum ("The calibration is fuzzy, but in general down is more organic, up is more mechanical and electric; left is denser and more atmospheric, right is spikier and bouncier.")
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.
  
  From the description, this site seems to either be a Spotify research project, or at least powered by Spotify data in some way. It's not clear to me.
  Every Noise at Once is an ongoing attempt at an algorithmically-generated, readability-adjusted scatter-plot of the musical genre-space, based on data tracked and analyzed for 6,259 genre-shaped distinctions by Spotify as of 2023-07-12.
  Personally, I cancelled my spotify account and moved to a combination of Plex and Tidal, but this project is just too cool not to use.
- Maybe this will help.
  I LOVE "dissolved girl" but I'm not as Gaga about the rest of the band's material. That sultry style cut with that music tempo is amazing.
  It's like Finger Eleven has their their one massive departure track 'paranoid' -- all good, but very different.
  I'll be checking this in the hopes it'll match a track and give me more sexy molasses for my brain.
- OMG this is awesome, thank you. Except it's going to consume way too much of my life noiw

Without endorsing these liberal American news outlets,
https://text.npr.org/
https://lite.cnn.com/
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.
- Wow the CNN lite thing is awesome! I think it'd be great to set up a permanent redirect to it from the CNN website. Probably will use TamperMonkey and set it up
  
  Wasn't CNN bought by a Trumpite a while ago?
- Semi-related is the Boring Report. It's an attempt to use modern LLM to remove sensationalism and bias from current media headlines.
- Was about to post the same exact thing. Good job.
- CNN is now owned by a MAGA-loving billionaire. Definitely not a liberal news source at all - hence the many changes happening at a slow trickle.
  
  Are you talking about that Chris Licht guy? Or who are you referring to?

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.
- you mother-

Snapdrop
- Oh interesting, thank you!
- Oh SNAP!
- What is it? It won't load for me
  
  Looks like it’s actually down. Did we pull a Reddit like website hug of death on Lemmy just now?
  It’s a quick way to share files with people between devices on the same network.

Hacker news https://news.ycombinator.com
I’m sure most already do but you never know.
- Hacker news is good for links, but the comment section can be radioactive with capitalist tech dude bros that think technology and VC funding is the answer to the worlds problems.
- Nice to explore latest news! (Mostly are for techie people)
- Check out the browser extension Modern for Hacker News if you want a more modern UI.
  https://www.modernhn.com/
- is there a site like this but not focused on tech ? I like it but it doesn't have that much non-tech links
- Same concept but focused almost exclusively on dev and tech: https://lobste.rs
  Edit: corrected autocorrect
  
  https://lobste.rs/

https://neal.fun/deep-sea/ Experience how deep the ocean can go. May cause thalassophobia.
https://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html Scale the universe if the moon were the size of a pixel.
https://www.robinwords.com/ Fun word ladder game to test your vocabulary.
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.
- thanks - ive bookmarked this. very nice list
- I was scrolling the deep sea site and at over 2000m I was not expecting to see any mammals and then at 2400m there was the Elephant Seal. I'd have never thought that those massive blobs of animal can do such amazing things.

https://wtfhappenedin1971.com
- What DID happen?! Why are there only questions on this site, I need answers.
  Edit: Nevermind, figured it out:
  
  The United States abandoned the gold standard. I am guessing the point of this website is to suggest that was a bad thing. There is a lot of debate around the gold standard and most "mainstream" economists have no love for it, so I'm not saying the website is right or wrong, just that that's what it's about.
  
  Let's not forget that Nixon also got the controlled substance act passed in 1971 and kick started the war on drugs.

zombo.com is where I do the vast majority of my internet activities
- check out https://html5zombo.com/ for a more modern take on this amazing site.
  
  Lol
- The fact that this is still online is awesome.
- You can do anything there.
  
  The impossible becomes real at zombo.com
- Anything is possible.
- thx I feel violated
- i was about to comment this. this website saved me hours of my life

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/arch_linux i use arch btw
- https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_is_the_best
- arch gang! Rise up!

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.
- Just don't use a VPN on their site or they will lock your account for days pending review for "suspicious activity"
  I stopped using them after that
  
  Oh that sucks, ive been using a vpn for a long time without issue, i can see why youd stop using them.
  
  That's strange. From the moment I created my account I've always had a VPN on
  
  I have been using them for years and always use a VPN (on my home router) without issue.
- You really should state up front that this is USA only
  
  Didn't know it was, my bad!
- You can also set limits per day, month, year. Or make cards single-use. And use random names instead of your actual name if you want.

money.org helped me with easy suggestion on how to invest small savings
- Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
  Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
  I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.
  
  Wait a minute... I recognise those last 3 letters!
  
  Yeah thank you friend
  
  Good bot
- Well. There's gotta be a first time on a new platform. Congratulations
- It's been a while
  Bravo
- damn it
- well, first time on Lemmy.
- Nice site, it completely changed my life
- Unfortunately YouTube wanted to ask me a survey so I spotted the thumbnail first. Every time I go there it's a damn survey...
  
  Consider using ublock origin
- Hmmmm...
  
  On RIF it would open a popup that showed me what the link was before it opened and I avoided this for so long. My volume was all the way up too.
- I'm no stranger to that site

https://scaleofuniverse.com/
Have fun!
- spent a good 20 minutes on this!
- Nice! It even works great on mobile, thanks!
- this is a classic 😊
- Two things I learned... you can apparently see a human embryo with the naked eye and Japanese spider crabs are terrifying.

https://archive.org
Culture and knowledge at your hand palm.
- I just love searching through their photos/graphics sections and finding super cool looking stuff from museums, history or culture in general.

http://iknowwhatyoudownload.com
https://ipleak.net/
Make sure your downloads aren’t leaking.
- Came up empty.
- http://iknowwhatyoudownload.com
  This is terrifying. Is the only way to block this information to use a VPN?
  
  Yeah, use a VPN and make sure it and your network settings are configured properly. I’m running my stuff in a docker image that’s already preconfigured to prevent IP leakage with VPN support.
  
  Tor, i2p
- It tells me I've downloaded a bunch of stuff i haven't, and none of the stuff I have.
  
  Your public ISP IP isn’t typically static unless you pay for a static address. So guess you know what the last guy was doing.
- Sick, came up blank 😎
  
  Same. Good to know my setup works.
- Came up with very precise information.

Archive.org, they have a huge selection of books and other forms of media, and they really need donations.
- It's great for classic films noir.

https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news
Shows left, center, and right viewpoints.

https://www.lofiatc.com/?icao=klas
Lofi hip-hop mixes with air traffic control
- This is great. Reminds me of a late night show that used to be on in the UK featuring minimalist techno played against a backdrop of stock 60s and 70s space race footage. It was called The Trip for those that remember it.
  
  Would LOVE to hear that, do you remember the name of that show?
- Different but soma.fm is the tits
- This is rad! Thanks for sharing that… I have now passed it on to a group of friends who will get a kick outta it

https://pixabay.com/ Royalty free stock images
- Also: unsplash.com pexels.com

https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome awesome lists of various topics and resources, super helpful.

https://en.wiktionary.org
Yes, I know. Everyone knows about wiktionary but I cannot get over how english wiktionary is better finnish dictionary than finnish wiktionary. And english wiktionary has all the languages usually.
- I see Wiktionary, I upvote. As a linguistics student I hail Wiktionary as a God, the etymologies and some of the IPA transcriptions have done a lot for me

web3isgoinggreat.com for keeping up with the never ending scams, hacks, frauds and failures of web3, aka cryptoshit
neocities.org if you want to find sites that look like those old geocities ones. You can also make one for free

https://floor796.com/
Waste time watching pop culture animations.
- I had this page bookmarked as a web app for so long
- I really enjoyed that. I've seen things like it before. What are art pieces like this called?

https://cuberule.com/
- How did you make your username *******?
  
  ;)
- OK, but is coffee a soup?
  
  It's a salad
- Now I know steak is salad it'll be much easier to get my 5-a-day.
- Also, thanks, that's awesome!

https://annas-archive.org/ - a search mirror for Library Genesis, SciHub, etc.
- You beat me to it, so let me recommend what I check when Anna's Archive and LibGen don't have what I need (usually recent articles that are not on Sci-Hub): Standard Template Construct, here's their GitHub repo

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a2c897 - track any airplane in the world, in real time. Amazing resource when your flight is delayed to see exactly where the plane is.
- I use flightaware and similar apps, but they all eventually want a subscription. Bleugh.
  Is this one totally free ... or at least better than your average app?
  
  If you have a little technical skill, you can set up your own raspberry pi ads-b receiver really easily. Just need the raspi, and SDR dongle, and an antenna. Floghtaware provides a flash image for the OS. If you feed them data, you get a free premium subscription. I used to use it to get alerts when the state patrol speed trap aircraft were taking off so I knew not to speed on a long interstate commute.

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ This is a historical newspaper website where you can look up old newspapers from your area. From about 1890 - 1935 a lot of the articles were about brutal accidents and suicides. I write a blog about the goofy shit you find in these old papers.
- Interesting. Want to share your blog? Or maybe start a community?
  
  It's nothing special, but here: https://detroitoldtimes.blogspot.com/
  
  !theoldtimesmichigan
- From your area
  America [(United States)]
  -_-
  
  What did you expect? The website is called "Chronicling America". Did you expect Japan in there?

Zombo.com. You can do anything at Zombo.com.

https://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/
🍪 Go on, bake a cookie. 🍪
- What have you done to me?
- Just one can't hurt.
  Oh...
  Oh no.
- https://youtu.be/2Dx76lD8Scc
  
  I clicked this link 5 hours and 27 mins ago...
- this is so addicting
- You son of a gun!
- Damn you!
- I AM A COOKIE GOD ALL SHALL LOVE ME AND DESPAIR

https://www.unclaimedbaggage.com/
Buy stuff people left at airports or from lost luggage. Good for kindle and such.
- I feel like prices on here aren't better than eBay.
  
  Yeah, everyone trying to swindle. I'd be a terrible business person because I couldn't do that to other people.
  
  They offer 10% off on sign up and randomly in email. With 10% off the airpods and some of the phones are pretty good deals. Just seems hard to know how good it will be. At least with ebay you get some more info to make a decision.

libgen.is and its mirrors

fetchnotifs.com — tracks prices and other changes on the web. Made by me :3

For music lovers: genius.com for lyrics whosampled.com for original tracks of samples
- Also Discogs to track and buy music by media/versions and Rate Your Music to discover new stuff. Charts and lists are useful, especially the Ultimate Box Set.
  
  And for rating music albumoftheyear.org which for me is superior to RYM
  
  RYM changed my life
- LOVE whosampled!

https://brutalist.report/
It is an aggregation of all the top headlines from tons of different news/tech sites.
- A similar option is https://spike.news/ which I've been using for the past couple years.

phind.com
It's basically CHATGPT but with actual connection to the internet (so it gets its data from actual websites) and is also specifically designed for developers.

viralwalk.com and cloudhiker.net are good sites to spend time on.
- After a few minutes on both and I've found stuff to dive into for a while. Thankfuly I have nothing productive to do today.
- Oh man, cloudhiker.net is dangerous for me. I could fall down that rabbit hole all day long.

One of my favourites is newsnow.co.uk.
Browse with an adblocker. It’s brilliant for aggregating news from a huge variety of sources, and the facets/filters allow for some powerful searches.
Please visit it. I don’t want it to die because I love it so much.
- I tried to load it with ublock origin and the site wouldnt load. Will try again later..
- Like it ! Seems to be pretty resilient given it is now 25 years old!

archive.is
- The guy who runs it used to ban Finnish IPs, allegedly because of personal immigration issues.
  It's a useful tool, but I wouldn't rely on it.

Meta: this post needs to be a community.
- /c/internetisbeautiful, not sure how to link to communities yet :/
  
  Lemmy try: !internetisbeautiful@lemmy.ml
  PS: works 😁
- Agreed. This post is amazing.

https://pornstars-per-capita.com
- United States - 69 porn stars per million people.
  Nice...
  
  Heh, nice indeed.

If you're ever wondering where a fire truck is going with its siren blaring, just check Pulsepoint
- I live near a hospital. I think my data connection can't handle that kind of hit. ;-)
- I wish more areas had this.

https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/index2.html
- Damn you. I just had an important meeting.

If you do a lot of regular expressions: this one
- Did you know that using a link text such as "this" or "here" is bad for accessibility? Screen readers will highlight links separately, and context will be lost. Instead, you might want to use a link with a better description, such as: regex101.com
  
  Huh. I do that all the time. Guess I shouldn't.