... for no reason , to no effect, except the destruction of the entire eu online advertising industry
Good riddance. Hope it extends beyond the EU as well.
Readit Newsrolodato commented on The EU's war on behavioral advertising thisisunpacked.substack.c... · Posted by u/curiousbird
One disgusting trend I see with many phone apps is notification spam with no fine-grained option to disable them without potentially disabling transactional notifications. Ride-sharing and delivery apps are particularly annoying for this.
I remember the time when phone OSes did not have notification categories but it’s not a useful feature if app developers don’t implement them.
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Simps is a strange choice of words for a post on hackernews.
I think bootlicker is a stronger but more appropriate word. I genuinely cannot believe people support being sold a fully standalone physical product and being charged just for the ability to use it, while thinking it is in their best interest.
rolodato commented on Netflix loses 1M users in Spain over password policing bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/FabHK
Are torrents even the primary methods of piracy now? That's an actual question: I get the impression that a lot of piracy has switched to grey market file hosting and streaming sites, but I don't have the perspective to say if that's accurate.
Stremio with torrent addons is extremely common.
My cynical AI opinion is that if it truly was revolutionary, we would be seeing private companies or governments use it internally to massively boost their productivity or achieve otherwise impossible feats. Instead, all we're seeing are consumer products or half-baked integrations that are another way to further centralize data collection.
Talks about all-powerful, malevolent AI or requesting to halt AI development just sounds like baiting for regulary capture to me. If AI research or use is deemed dangerous, it becomes even harder for startups or individuals to compete with established companies.
Also, I am not concerned about an all-powerful AI in the slightest. Humanity is excellent at oppressing others, and I have no doubt we'd be equally good at oppressing a true AI as well.
rolodato commented on Drogon – C++14/17-based rapid HTTP and web application framework github.com/an-tao/drogon... · Posted by u/dragonsh
Drogon is similar to "drogón" in Spanish, which means "junkie" or someone who takes a lot of drugs.
Here's my Firefox wishlist:
- Open new windows more quickly. Firefox feels sluggish (on Mac) even though it isn't, simply because it opens new windows far more slowly than Safari or Chrome.
- Use the platform native key store. I don't want my passwords stored unencrypted on disk. But I don't want to enter a separate master password either. I do want to use fingerprint/face unlock on mobile to reveal passwords.
- Give me a setting to autoconfirm all cookie consent requests and lobby for a legally binding do-not-track header. Cookie consent was well meaning, but it has turned out to make things worse. Let's move on.
> - Give me a setting to autoconfirm all cookie consent requests and lobby for a legally binding do-not-track header. Cookie consent was well meaning, but it has turned out to make things worse. Let's move on.
This can be done with uBlock Origin and an "annoyances" filter list such as EasyList Cookie. It doesn't actually give websites consent to use of cookies, only hides the consent form.
rolodato commented on Should you use www or not in your domain? (2017) bjornjohansen.no/www-or-n... · Posted by u/amingilani
I wonder how much that has to do with Chrome and Firefox (and probably other browsers?) prepending www (and https).
edit: I guess both of mine have some plugin doing this?
In the case of Google, not at all:
$ curl -v https://google.com
[...]
< HTTP/2 301
< location: https://www.google.com/rolodato commented on In Amazon Go, no one thinks I'm stealing cnet.com/news/amazon-go-a... · Posted by u/crunchiebones