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SEO has essentially destroyed search engines, what are some very useful websites that you might not get given by Google?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 123 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

https://favicon.io/favicon-converter/ - Convert an image to a favicon file in many formats.

https://ninite.com/ - Easiest way to set up a new Windows PC with the latest common applications without toolbars, prompts, or anything like that. Not necessarily obscure but I like to peddle it.

https://www.printablepaper.net/ - Need a check register? Graph paper? Lined paper? College ruled or wide ruled? Dot paper? Calendars? If it's on paper, chances are you can find it and print it here.

https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/ - Need a good bedtime story? This site is best read right before falling asleep.

[โ€“] GrammatonCleric 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"bedtime story" ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

[โ€“] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

FYI: Ninite has largely been superseded by Chocolatey

[โ€“] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Chocolatey isn't really made for the DIYer setting up their computer for a one-off install - for that I always recommend Ninite. Chocolatey is useful for enterprises and advanced DIYers though.

[โ€“] GreyCat 11 points 1 year ago

idk, it's just one line to install every program you need and has a LOT more selection.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ninite has like 20 programs to choose from, whereas Chocolatey has official and community repositories which are enabled by default and contain (as of writing this) 9872 programs. You don't need to be a master hacker to use chocolatey. It's literally one powershell command to install it, and then:

> choco install libreoffice

And to update existing programs (something which ninite can't do)

> choco update

I agree that Ninite might be useful for your 64yr old grandma who only uses Google Chrome and gets the spooks when she sees the command-line, but chocolatey is the go-to tool if you've got any needs more advanced than that.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Another FYI: winget is usable if you wish to use a native solution. It has its shortcomings over choco, but usable.

MS learn page

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Winget is the best thing added to the windows ecosystem in a long time. I just wish it worked out of the box on Server :(

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Though isnt chocolatey a paid service? Ninite is free...

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nope, you can use chocolatey completely for free, even if you're an enterprise! In fact, the choco CLI is FOSS.

They do offer a special "business plan", which has special features for IT departments which they could find very handy due to their special needs when handling thousands of software updates at a time. But you as an individual probably have no need for those paid features, so you can use it for free :)

[โ€“] Lemminary 3 points 1 year ago

I've used it for free for years

[โ€“] bappity 22 points 1 year ago

https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/ - Need a good bedtime story? This site is best read right before falling asleep.

my favourite place to generate nightmares

[โ€“] Lemminary 9 points 1 year ago

https://realfavicongenerator.net/

It's very magical in that it creates a favicon for a website for nearly all major platforms and includes the manifests. You literally drag and drop and you got a pro configuration for free.

It's great for developing for mobile apps, web, and PWAs all at once.

[โ€“] The_Eminent_Bon 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I like the last one. Have you read about the penis tree?

[โ€“] biofaust 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

WAIT! Is the SCP wiki the inspiration for Control?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago