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931.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
And if YouTube do that then I will unsubscribe. Just like I did with Amazon. Until that point I’ll continue to pay. Content creators tell me they get more income from premium subscribers too so win-win.
932.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
Google, Facebook etc does have support for some customers. If you have a $10m a year advertising account with them I’m sure you’ll have an account manager. People posting on these sites as content creators aren’t customers.
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by hdgvhicv 1y ago
The law also says a counter claim can be immediately filed. Google don’t follow that part.
934.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
So no social life for kids then? It’s not 1995 any more. My 13 year old gets social contact doing things like playing Minecraft with people from school, organised via WhatsApp with group chats and then yelling about diamond swords and lava
935.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
In the U.K. the far right are polling 30%. In a sane election system this wouldn’t deliver a landslide In PR countries the populist right tends to be about 30% - France, Italy, or lower (29% Sweden, 15% Poland) I don’t think it’s inevitable
936.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
They just lost ground in the Netherlands, losing about 1/3 of their voters from last time (down from 24% to 17%)
937.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
Preventing governemt monopoles in a specific areas is what the eu predecessors started of back in the coal and steel days.
938.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
> And I like my space free of other naked people. How sad. I wonder what the deep problem is. Religious, cultural, something more serious. Imagine not being able to go to a sauna, or shower in public, because of a fear of people.
939.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
Yesterday’s yes terday is today’s yes today.
940.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
It’s been about 30 years since prose editors like word started underlining spelling mistakes in red. I don’t get typos when writing formal text in a keyboard. One handed on a touch screen phone with “auto correct” causing issues is another
941.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
Whenever I’ve done things on OSM it’s based on gps recorded tracks - no doubt not particularly accurate but there are many overlaid ones which average out to be fairly precise (1mish) for the purpose.
942.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
Given that whether you get 30mbit or 30gbit from Netflix won’t make a blind bit of difference it’s not that useful a test. It doesn’t do upload either as Netflix is all about consumption. Test to where you want to exchange high speed traffi
943.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
The ISP sells a 100mbit package and delivers more than that, as the line speed will be higher and it’s just policed in some fashion
944.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
Why didn’t one of the ffmpeg developers that Google employs fix the bug? I assume Google has several full time ffmpeg developers given how much they rely on it.
945.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
“This is broken, here’s how I fixed it” Vs “this is broken, you gave 90 days to fix it” If you can’t see the difference you’re the existential threat to Free software that stems from the trillion dollar industries that just take.
946.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
Based on the comments here the polite world of the internet where people obeyed unwritten best practices is certainly over in favour of “grab what you can might makes right”
947.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
Can’t achieve things when the Us government decides to cut you off on a whim.
948.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
It’s the episode https://screenrant.com/it-ycrowd-controversy-graham-linehan-... Many classic tv shows have episodes and themes which are bad today. Star Trek has a lot of 60s attitudes — Mudds Women for example. I choose t
949.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
How would a fridge know you are low on eggs?
950.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
The world’s largest advertising company pushed DoH to get around pi holes.
951.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
Adverts are a cancer. They infect and destroy everything. HN loves them as the majority work or want to work for advertising firms.
952.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
Paying more doesn’t guarentee cutting out the adverts.
953.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
I subscribe. I earn a decent amount working in tech, I’m more than happy to pay for content.
954.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
Last time I checked the sky tv financials, subscription revenue outweighed advertising revenue about 10:1, is for every £30 subscription they took £3 in adverts.
955.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
You used to be able to break of of clothing calls. DHL refused to deliver a parcel of paid for next day delivery on, and sent an automated email saying “phone us to pick it up at depot” Phone them and the only options were to get that infor
956.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
My ISP is xkcd806 compatible, although I’ve never had to invoke it. If the AI had a similar mode that would be reasonable.
957.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
Maintaining uptime on complex systems is hard. That’s why the best systems have as little complexity as possible But that doesn’t help boost your resume or get a bonus.
958.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
If a lock takes more than 20 seconds to break it’s basically Fort Knox
959.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
Nobody sang live, but they were on stage while the filming took place
960.
by hdgvhicv 1y ago
The reboot show started losing its way toward the end of the 11th Doctor, probably as American money came flooding in. I suspect there’s a strong negative correlation between audience appreciation and production budget.

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