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Cake day: June 1st, 2023

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  • It seems like he’s always caving whenever measures come up which should not be passed, even at threat of shutting down the government, for days, weeks or months.

    I’ll applaud him that he’s able to get from his house to work unassisted, without having a spine.




  • Paperless-ngx does include OCR, as well as supporting document types (which can have fields, etc) - but there is no built-in way to intelligently extract field values. You can use the python API to access & update the data and fields. So field extraction via your own code is feasible.

    Given the large variety in receipt layout & potential for habdwritten totals after tips - I’d encourage part of your workflow to include manual ispection/correction of every processed receipt - or at the bare minimum that you include check-in points where you verify your end balances 100% match after all transactions have been entered, so you can detect & root-cause errors ASAP.




  • Another interesting one I’ve seen: Upside.

    It isn’t necessarily encouraging to buy a specific product, but rather to buy from specific businesses.

    To the consumer: they look at the app and buy gas from participating stores, which typically show as having a 5-10 cent discount on gas. The customer uploads a picture of their receipt to confirm the purchase and amount, and get credited that discount. Theres a monthly purvhase target that unlocks a 1 time discount of 30 cents per gallon, etc.

    To the business: they pay a fee to Upside to be a participant. Upside promises to only participate with a certain % of stores in the area. It’s likely the business also pays for some of the discounts obtained.

    Essentially paying upside is meant to increase sales volume. While a gas station could just dicount their gas, they are paying Upaide to effectively advertise and steer consumers to THAT store. As Upside is national, many custpmers use it, even in unfamiliar areas to choose gas stations.

    I say not a specific product, because my understanding is it’s extended to other business categories besides gas.

    Market manipulation, ultimately. I’m sure in some part they are sellong your location & purchase data as well.








  • Thanks!

    Telemetry: I was able to find it, but it was already disabled. Maybe i noticed and unchecked it when I initially setup.

    Donate button: Ah, I see where you mean. Interestingly I do not see it when accessing from my mobile device, either as a mobile site or requesting a desktop site. But when accessing it from a desktop browser I do see it in the bottom left.

    A quick test shows ublock origin can block the element from showing. I believe that even if the user donates, it is not sufficient to hide this button, and the user must opt to pay for Kavita+ which is a subscription, not a one time license/etc, and forgoing it may lock other features a user is interested in.

    https://wiki.kavitareader.com/donating/ https://wiki.kavitareader.com/kavita+/



  • This one for me too! I’ve been very happy.

    I try to minimize use of browser extensions, but i have the phone & desktop application. Nextcloud/whatever you run for syncing. I also back up those files through rsync to encrypted volume in a cloud provider (so double encrypted), so that if the worst should happen, I can still access the last version.

    It’s worth noting that you can manage OTP through it. When you add to your phone’s OTP manager, you can also add it to Keepass, so you wont be up shit creek if your phone dies. Personally I would make a separate volume for your OTP, so you retain dual verification, even if someone should gain access to one of the two.