@prstb

I make cathartic little internet things and write slightly longer-form text for a small no of people here https://xitter.cf/t.co/xQR7S8UsLv

Joined July 2008
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Updated this to bring back rewind/fast-forward using arrow keys on Hotstar for IPL matches. github.com/pea1bee/ott-live-…

GitHub - pea1bee/ott-live-sport-rewind: Rewind and fast-forward IPL, live sport streams on Hotstar...

Rewind and fast-forward IPL, live sport streams on Hotstar and SonyLiv using keyboard arrow keys - pea1bee/ott-live-sport-rewind

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pea bee@prstb9 Mar 2024
I hate how OTT platforms like Jiocinema, SonyLiv, etc have taken away the ability to forward or rewind their video playback from us, especially for live sports events. Ads are unskippable and you can't go back and rewatch any missed moments in the game.
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pea bee@prstb27 Dec 2025
Put together a little web game from an archive of 13,000+ The Indian Express front pages dating back to 1933. Can you guess the year from old newspaper headlines? It's a lot tougher to play than I thought, but enjoyed reading so many old front pages
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Something I noticed while making this. From The Indian Express frontpage dataset: From 1933–1994, there were 0 full page ads. From 2009–2017, 11.57% of front pages had full page ads. From 2023–2025, that number jumps nearly 4 times to 42.33% of all front pages!!
pea bee@prstb27 Dec 2025
Put together a little web game from an archive of 13,000+ The Indian Express front pages dating back to 1933. Can you guess the year from old newspaper headlines? It's a lot tougher to play than I thought, but enjoyed reading so many old front pages
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Between 2014 and 2016, in the Delhi edition of The Indian Express, the majority of full page ads came from a single pharma company called Torque promoting its various products. Including bizarrely multiple full page ads for a movie called "Dongri ka Raja"
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Put together a little web game from an archive of 13,000+ The Indian Express front pages dating back to 1933. Can you guess the year from old newspaper headlines? It's a lot tougher to play than I thought, but enjoyed reading so many old front pages
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you too can play it here - pressguessr.com
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A film's censor board certificate is required to be published in the Gazette of India by the Cinematograph Act, 1952. In the 2023 amendment, the government did not remove this mandate. Yet, CBFC refuses RTIs for certificate copies under Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act.
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i made a chrome extension that hides all website content except ads
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Today @Vonterinon and I are launching CBFC Watch, an archive of over 1 lakh censorship records for ~18k movies released in India since 2017. For the first time, you can search for any movie and see how they were modified before release. 🔗cbfc.watch
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Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge? It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
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Love a good internet mystery and the new search engine episode "the dave & buster's anomaly" hits the spot Reminded me of the classic reply all episode - the roman mars mazda virus (one of my fav investigations from them)
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Here is a very good breakdown of the anomaly: rambo.codes/posts/2025-05-12…

Cracking The Dave & Buster’s Anomaly | Rambo Codes

Gui Rambo writes about his coding and reverse engineering adventures.

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I made a streetview roadtrip simulator where we all vote on a direction every 10 seconds Also we have to vote to change the radio station. Enjoy!
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Mashable used to be a big name back in the day. Now they're writing puff pieces about browser extension guys
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browser extension guy 😭
The Stats Kid@TheStatsKid15232 May 2025
Thank God for the browser extension guy
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can't believe how incredibly nice everyone’s been in the comments - all for a browser tool to mute ads for a biscuit (that most won't even install) there must've been a lot of collective quiet suffering caused by these ads for something so niche to get such a warm response
pea bee@prstb1 May 2025
Compelled by those atrocious Parle Marie ads, I wrote a tiny browser extension to auto mute certain IPL ads on Hotstar. It actually works really well and also mutes Vimal, Kamla Pasand, My11, Pokerbaazi etc ads out of the box. (link below)
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Compelled by those atrocious Parle Marie ads, I wrote a tiny browser extension to auto mute certain IPL ads on Hotstar. It actually works really well and also mutes Vimal, Kamla Pasand, My11, Pokerbaazi etc ads out of the box. (link below)
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Full instructions on how to install and download here: github.com/pea1bee/hotstar-i…

GitHub - pea1bee/hotstar-ipl-ad-mute: Mute ads in Hotstar live sport streams

Mute ads in Hotstar live sport streams. Contribute to pea1bee/hotstar-ipl-ad-mute development by creating an account on GitHub.

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slightly related: also made a small browser extension/adblock filter to remove those newly introduced intrusive tobacco warning overlays from Prime Video xitter.cf/prstb/status/189560567…
pea bee@prstb28 Feb 2025
If you prefer a chrome extension, here are the instructions to download this Amazon Prime Tobacco Warning Remover I can't be arsed to publish to the chrome store and go through their soul sucking submission process because I still have some will to live 🙏 (github link below)
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Liverpool FC
@LFC27 Apr 2025
WE'RE PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS! 🏆
Graphic celebrating the fact that Liverpool have been confirmed as Premier League champions.

ALT Graphic celebrating the fact that Liverpool have been confirmed as Premier League champions.

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