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by andersrs 3y ago
If they've sold you out to advertisers who is to say they're not selling the image/video feed data too.
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by andersrs 3y ago
I got a dumb baby camera from vtech and I love it. The system has it's own wireless channel, no wifi. No 'smart' bullshit. Someone is always going to be somewhere nearby the baby so it doesn't need internet.
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Yes we do because 1) this forces the discord server owners to promote their servers on the web. 2) You're more likely to bypass Google all together and just search for open communities on discords catalog. Google is dead now thanks to
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by andersrs 3y ago
I'm developing a svelte site and it seems like the whole community is on there. I had a problem with a library so I hopped on the companies public discord and the main author helped me within hours. Reddit is mostly novice learn to cod
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by andersrs 3y ago
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by andersrs 3y ago
The plastics need to be stopped at the source. The plastic recycling logo is a meme created by some PR geniuses trick us into accepting pollution and passing the problem down to the public. No institution wants to tell you it's all a l
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by andersrs 3y ago
I like the documentation and there is nothing wrong with the design per se. But I miss the days of stupidly shiny glassy Apple buttons. Now everything is boring and flat. The icons have no detail or art to them. If you have a mac zoom in re
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by andersrs 3y ago
Android really screwed up icons with 'adaptive icons'. I really liked it when icons had different shapes as they were more distinctive.
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by andersrs 3y ago
> The idea was to build something fun that never shows adverts to them or tricks them into sneaky purchases by “accident”. This part really resonated with me. Google promotes the absolute worst spammy shit these days. I have to browse t
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by andersrs 3y ago
I say Engine X. Enjinks is cute. As long as you don't say "you-buntu" we can be friends.
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by andersrs 3y ago
Sure there is a lot of spam but there is also a lot of political pressure to influence politically controversial articles. This rather old video was an eye opener for me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t52LB2fYhoY
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by andersrs 3y ago
There is a lot of demand to control the narrative on political articles. Some political groups [1][2] have mobs of Wikipedia editors trying to influence what you read. I'd be surprised if they didn't have a few moderator roles oth
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by andersrs 3y ago
But you're not donating to Wikipedia or the contributors whom make it a great source. Wiki Media spend your money on all sorts of things which have don't promote sharing knowledge via the internet. The expenses have ballooned 5x
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by andersrs 3y ago
The donations go to the parent org (Wikimedia) and the top donors are published in the financial reports. https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/annualreport/2021-annu... It's mostly corporations but a lot of
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by andersrs 3y ago
I was referring to salaries on the big picture financial reports. It could mean more people.
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by andersrs 3y ago
Just take a look at this graph. The salaries have been bloating whilst hosting expenses are flat and plummeting as a proportion of all expenses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation#/media/Fi...
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by andersrs 3y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s19G6n0UjsM