Ah, so that’s what they did to the “president”!

Oh, thanks for the recommend!

I’ll be sure to have a look. I like where I’ve got things; but I’m always happy to discover new tools!

My issue with this illustration vs “the dress” is that in the dress, the background is bright, not a darker blue.

In theory, this illustration just serves to show that nobody should be seeing “the dress” as white and gold. Thy do, and that breaks my brain, but I still feel that there is no logical way for that to be justified (and yes, I read all the research).

You can look up URL parameter structure online, but the short version is that you use ? if it is the first parameter (no other ? in the URL), or & otherwise.

So you can use:

• https://google.com/?udm=14 and then search for something.
• https://google.com/?q=question&udm=14 by adding it with an & after an existing search

I recommend adding a custom search engine to your browser with this baked in. It’s incredibly easy in Firefox and it’s derivatives, with a ton of tutorials online.

Yep. There’s TONS of nerd tricks for this sort of stuff that would make people’s lives way easier, but are somehow reserved for geeks and nerds (like how you can actually make Windows decent by saying you’re in the EU and using O&O ShutUp10++, Power toys and that kind of stuff).

It’s a URL parameter that forces Google to only show search results, like it used to do. No AI crap, no “widgets”, no bullsh*t.

You can configure most browsers to include this in searches by default, effectively making Google decent again.

?udm=14 Spread the word.

Yeah, no worries. Someone else pointed it out to me recently.

I feel there’s a place for both of these. This is lightweight and focused on updates, whereas UniGet is a full-fratured app. Both have their benefits IMHO.

Ah, interesting. I’ll look into that at some point.

How though?

Everything I see online indicates that to have chocolatey handle an app it needs to be installed BY chocolatey; and that the “fix” is to uninstall and reinstall.

Winget can handle apps installed via other sources, including things like all the Visual C++ Redistributable packages and stuff I had previously installed using an installer.

It may not seem like much, but it’s a massive advantage for managing multiple computers in my family.

At this point, things like O&O ShutUp10++ and how Microsoft have left a ton of overrides for their horrible advertising/tracking/ai crap in for businesses to use in large scale deployments means you can actually get a really decent experience in Windows 11… It’s just not accessible to most people.

I recently installed Everything Search and, Command Palette plugin someone made for it, and this little gem to fix my last remaining gripe with it: the lack of a good search feature.

Yeah. It’s kind of surprising how many actually good things people at Microsoft have put out there that are just not advertised at all (cough… Power Toys… cough).

Very specific examples I have personally witnessed would include:

• People getting angry/irritated when they see young people exiting a car parked on a disabled spot without any obvious impairment or disability.
• People in public spaces (museums, tourist spots, etc.) taking it for granted that if they just saw you climb a few steps, that means you are necessarily able to climb 50 steps without any issues.
• When someone asks if there is a place to sit in a public building/area, staff/officials will often just answer “no, sorry” without considering that the person may actually really need to sit, even if they don’t have a cane or something similar (in which case, they are often much more accommodating)

These are anecdotal, and specific to people I know and their disabilities, but I feel they illustrate how it’s always good to just take a second to think about this sort of thing. It’s also usually a good idea to just ask, instead of assuming.

It’s estimated that around 80% of disabilities are invisible. Also, many disabilities are intermittent or contextual.

It’s always good to keep this in mind when you interact with people you don’t know, regardless of what they seem to be able or unable to do.