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by benterix 2y ago
It was like this in the past, now it's crappy. The algorithmic optimization started eating its own tail. And it's a problem on all platforms, from Spotify to YouTube. Let's take YT. In very simple terms, instead of taking a b
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by benterix 2y ago
> i'm a software engineere in germany. Fake German detected. A true one would write "I'M A Software Engineer In Germany".
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by benterix 2y ago
In the meantime I improved your web by removing the ad for the app with uBlock - looks much better now.
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by benterix 2y ago
Yeah my 1st thought was "oh that escalated so quickly!" - but then noticed the dates, which well is consistent since the EU usually doesn't move that fast.
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by benterix 2y ago
So the only way to use this is through the app? The website is unusable as half of the screen is taken up by the ad for the app.
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by benterix 2y ago
They do have an enormous amount of control over them, but the bigger issue is that standards are not that relevant given that all developers will test their stuff on Chrome and basically it (slower Firefox on Google sheets? Pause when openi
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by benterix 2y ago
> it's tricky to gather data about what will be used and appreciated I'm not sure it's so tricky for Apple, and for sure not for Google.
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by benterix 2y ago
> in return he'll properly rewrite all the broken shit we have Probably that's exactly what he doesn't want.
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by benterix 2y ago
This is obvious, the question here is why everybody traded security for convenience and what else has to happen for people to start taking security seriously.
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by benterix 2y ago
Hard to say but I believe at this point it somewhat is if you use a minimal setup. But once more people move to it, we can be sure there will be more attacks like the infamous xz-utils backdoor.
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by benterix 2y ago
> And to what end, aren't many of these people already extremely wealthy? I don't know, I really don't know. To this day I can't imagine the day I become a president of a big country I tell my citizens "BUY MY CO
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by benterix 2y ago
> your isolating it from Windows telementry 1. Maybe, 2. For now
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by benterix 2y ago
> How is it that Meta can regular break the law, with 7 of the 10 highest fines (or probably around a third of all fines) going against them [3] with seemingly no action taken to prevent this from continuing onwards. Because until now we
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by benterix 2y ago
Maybe a similar process occurred in Trump's head when he approved Musks cleansings. The weak point of this attitude is that those folks had a job with crappy pay but at least some stability, now they have none, so good luck finding peo
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by benterix 2y ago
> Also, it's completely destroying an incredibly valuable asset: The reputation of being a stable long-term employer! (This is possibly their corrupt intent.) Yeah but what's the plan? They already have crappy pay and now it ge
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by benterix 2y ago
He can sell his share at any moment.
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by benterix 2y ago
Seems like a business opportunity to set up an import company on the Macdonald Islands and sell the goods to the poor folks in Norfolk Island.
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by benterix 2y ago
> The EU capped interchange fees at 0.3%/0.2%, for example, and purchase protection is still available just like before. I think it is very symbolic and is a good example of differences between these two systems.
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by benterix 2y ago
Yeah I got quite scared when it happened for the first time.
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by benterix 2y ago
I'd argue it's much easier to make an iconic movie (you shoot and statistically at some point you hit) than a good series based on it (you already have the expectations set high, you need to surprise so as not to bore but keep con
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by benterix 2y ago
> It just seems that the criminals tend to be from one end of the spectrum.... Why would you say so? Are there any studies on proportional crime distribution among politicians worldwide?
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by benterix 2y ago
Well that period seems to be ending right in front of our eyes.
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by benterix 2y ago
The name is imprecise and causes endless semantic discussions, what happened is lack of updates that render the aircraft vulnerable. Some will argue it's the same, some will disagree.
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by benterix 2y ago
The made that decision earlier and it's not sure they're going to follow though.
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by benterix 2y ago
It was a total deal breaker to me so I registered my company in a virtual office, I pay ca. $10/month for that but at least my home address is not floating around the internet.
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by benterix 2y ago
What I gather from this the single decision Google could make to improve Google Search is not to give Pinterest preferential treatment as most people hate it (not the site itself, it has its uses, but the way it's promoted in Google Im
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by benterix 2y ago
> create a ad-skipping device that uses so-called "artificial intelligence" to detect commercials during sports broadcasts and automatically mutes the tv. OK so there are a couple of approaches to this issue, e.g. based on audi
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by benterix 2y ago
Except that telling someone a lie, especially in professional context, can be completely discrediting, especially whenever trust is crucial. I work with people able to say: "I don't know", "I'm not sure", &quot
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by benterix 2y ago
Oh, we do admit impact and even have a name for it: AI slop. (Speaking on LLMs now since AI is a broad term and it has many extremely useful applications in various areas)
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by benterix 2y ago
> my gut feeling is that someone smarter than me going through much of this with a fine-toothed-comb Seems that's already started: https://github.com/Atoptool/atop/issues/330

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