I made a web extension like this a while back. Called Prod, it’s a similar idea but in the browser. Feel free to use it it’s free and there are no plans to change it. Been around for years.
I made this one so I'm pretty sure it doesn't do that — but you just got me thinking of all the QR codes on tombstones and inked into people's skin that probably redirect to a pay day loan website or something.
You could always write code that saves the data temporarily until the user reconnects to the internet or even visits the website again.
I'm not certain how I would use people's wifi passwords without being at their home, but I'm certain somebody on Hacker News could tell me exactly why it is a bad idea to share your wifi password to the internet.
I meant it to be funny without being ironic. I think this is worth doing if you enjoy this kind of thing. So far the ones I've written about on the site have saved 5g + 0.1g + 0.5g (corners) + 2g = 7.6g, and there's lots more to come.
Well, I didn't expect that to get so many comments.
It looks like there are a lot of people with perfectly valid reasons to keep some or all of these settings on. Which is great. I will rewrite the article to reflect that — and change the title to something more neutral and less absolutist.
That's interesting, I'll look into it. Using the method outlined in the article I can get it to the point of being almost not being able to see the screen. Though at night once your eyes adjust, I think going even dimmer could be useful.
Thanks, glad you like it. We decided not to make it embeddable and instead have exportable versions of the chart. But if you have a compelling use case we could always change that!
For the past year I've been collecting what I was calling "life hacks", but are really their own thing — I've decided to call them practical betterments — mostly because the domain practicalbetterments.com was available.
I didn't originally intend for this collection to be a website — but after boring everyone I know with them, it seemed important for my personal life to have an outlet.
I built a todo list extension that blocks addictive websites until you finish your tasks. Importantly it redirects you back to your todo list and shows you a pair of disappointed eyes.
I believe it really helped me deal with procrastination, but of course the whole project was just a way to procrastinate.
I planned to make it a business, but many of its features are now built into OS. And Google doesn’t like it.
You can still get it for brave and Google chrome, but I’m no longer working on it. In case it you need it. The Firefox version is not good.
This is one of greatest resources for understanding depression I have encountered — not only is it helpful for people with depression or who seek to understand what a friend is going through — It's also extremely interesting.
- I couldn’t get a coffee recently because there was a couple complaining that their coffee hadn’t arrived. (They took ages) it turned out they had ordered coffee at the wrong location (it’s a chain).
- went for pizza. And had to enable location services to make sure I was in the restaurant. Presumably to prevent the above issue.
- allergies - went to a restaurant where a member of staff has to come out and talk about allergies even though they’re on the digital menu. So you end up ordering twice.
prodtodolist.com if you’re interested