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Blocklist-Update.sh

Blocklist-Update.sh is a script that I wrote to manage blocklists from bluetack etc to be used in conjunction with Transmission torrent downloader in Linux/MacOS. The script can be taylored to work with Qbittorrent as well, but the placement of the blocklists means you'd have to redirect the blocklist to go somewhere locally manageable as Transmission uses its own blocklist directory in .config. I believe there are about 10 lists there now. It works well for my needs. It can be ran weekly using crontab in standard user profile.  To download:  blocklist-update.sh To download the others:  Github
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WHY BRAVE IS GOOD, BUT NOT READY YET


Brave, a browser started in May of 2015, is a Chromium-based browser with elements that resemble something else. The browser offers tracking and ad protection by default, however this is customizable, complete with on/off toggle for user convenience. What is more, Brave uses tokens to pay for surfing as well. Brave uses a very nice looking dashboard, however, as it becomes more Chromium related, the browser is expected to take a different turn in the later part of 2018 or so. Brave also offers HTTPS conversion which converts any Http site to Https automatically if there is such an equivalent. Brave recently started using Tor with their private browsing windows, this adds more privacy and anonymity online. It is a for-profit browser, but the company makes its money by sending users its own ads in place of ads by google or other companies. Brave protects user identity and allows users to continue to help support content creators and web developers alike. Unlike Chrome, Brave is a bit snappier when loading pages which is probably partly due to a network tuneup in the backend of the browser.

Why creators and others use the browser and why you might want to is because of the continued support of content across the web. You get to anonymously support websites and creators on Youtube and the like. Brave also has a customizeable bookmarks bar, a hideable menu, more than enough search plugins already installed and available password manager extensions at the click of a button. From using the browser for a short time, I have to give them credit for outside of the box look and the fast page load times. I also have to give them credit for organizing the settings page so that everything can be easily found. What I did find rather annoying though was that when you click to hide the menu, it doesn’t remember your settings for this on restart. Starting the browser takes slightly longer even on SSD than other browsers such as Vivaldi, Palemoon, etc. And loading time remains consistent across several sessions. You would think that after storing itself in memory that it would be a second or so faster to load, however, this isn’t really a problem for me(Could also have a lot to do with my system, your mileage may vary).

All in all, the browser does appear secure, it also appears unrealistically stable for a product that hasn’t had an official 1.0 release yet. The browser does appear to have a problem with sandboxing on some systems though, I would also like them to fix the hide the menu settings. The browser is not without bugs indeed, but if you can over look these faults, it could become your new default fairly quickly.

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