snac.lab8.cz is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
Bane of the javascriptless:
Getting around anubis'd websites in (not just) links2.
If you enable the "Fake Firefox (improves privacy)" option in links2 (Setup - Network Options - HTTP options - Header options), links2 then pretends to be the tor browser, imitating the same headers and user-agent - this results in websites that use anubis to bully you and expecting the completion of some javascript challenge. If you do not enable this option, you can get around the annoying anime girl.
Presumably you could use the links2 user-agent in any other browser. I suppose this is true for lynx as well.
> Links (2.28; NetBSD 9.3 amd64; GNU C 7.5; text)
You can also use wget's user-agent, which currently lets you get past anubis as well.
> Wget/1.25.0
You can check what headers your browser is sending at https://wtfismyip.com/headers .
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To try this in firefox - go to about:config, add `general.useragent.override' and paste in the links2 user-agent string.
use #invidious to look for videos, play them locally through mpv
The G often pounds invidious instances, making it impossible to play videos through the service. However, searching for videos in most cases still works. This is all you need to get a url of the video and then stream it locally through yt-dlp (mpv).
https://nein.triapul.cz/technology/useful/invidious/find_videos/
#oldcomputerchallenge day 3 - only built for [cuban] links
Productive hackjob to make a dmenu equivalent for tmux to make web browsing more fun.
Searching for online images with (not just) #links2 and other light web browsers.
Edit 2025-01-28: It is no longer possible to make searches through google without js. I'm leaving it in the guide for now (as a historical proof of enshittification)
https://nein.triapul.cz/technology/links2/searching-for-images/
For when you don't want to leave the terminal, but really want to look at cottage ideas on pinterest.