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YouTube is experimenting with server-side ads
Even if it comes down to a browser addon placing a black rectangle over the video and muting browser audio when an ad plays, I'll be choosing that over watching ads.
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YouTube is experimenting with server-side ads
Even if it comes down to a browser addon placing a black rectangle over the video and muting browser audio when an ad plays, I'll be choosing that over watching ads.
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That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing
My bad, this is all because I finally decided to purchase a lifetime pass.
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Is it just me or did Lemmy suddenly became more active now that Sync for Lemmy is released?
I'm finding the sync experience far nicer than Jerboa so far, not surprised. Jerboa fails to load comments half the time and I get errors constantly that stop content refreshes.
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I've used vim for so many years now that it blows my mind when people act like it's difficult to use.
The same thing with installing Arch and even Gentoo .. if you've got good experience with something like redhat/centos and can read documentation it's a breeze.
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oldscool-os
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I don't even use a computer, I just hunt fish
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The back-to-office backfire: Companies ending WFH perks lose out on top talent
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There were a lot of WFH jobs that existed far before COVID. Another CEO can easily make the decision to keep WFH open as an option / perk, and hey guess what, top talent goes there instead. I know people who have been working remotely since the early 2000s - it won't die.
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Oh well
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Usually if you're involved in something that is genuinely urgent, it doesn't even need to be said. I remember being in a situation where a server wasn't starting back up after some changes while we were in the data centre, and if it didn't come online by the time we left the office, one of the largest pay as you go networks in the UK would have gone down lol. If a PM had approached us with something 'urgent' during this they'd have to run away from projectile rack mounts..
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The temperature in China hit 52.2°C (126°F)
It's strange - in the UK we're usually getting toasty this time of year too, but we've had unusually mild weather despite many other parts of the world experiencing record temperatures. Feels like the mildest summer we've had in about 10 years.
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Music Piracy Is Back, Baby
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The main issue to solve is kids not having access to a computer at home, whether it be lack of incentive or money. Most people don't even own a laptop anymore, so the only computer time they get is in a school setting.
Once the majority of schools have a system in place for most homework to be done on a PC, then there may be some creative ways to incentivise more PC adoption... again. It's like we've gone back to the early 90s again where only kids who were really interested in computing knew anything about it.
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[meme] Trains -- not driverless cars -- are the future of transportation
Well in the UK, considering that a return ticket to London for commuting hours costs me £140, no, it is not the future here. I could drive most of the way from home into London, pay the ULEZ charge, park in an expensive train station car park and get a short distance train for a third of that, including fuel.
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Music Piracy Is Back, Baby
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iPad / tablet, and applying for jobs can easily be done on a phone. My wife works at a high school - half the kids can't even use a mouse properly,and don't understand minimizing a window etc.
She had to teach someone what the enter button did yesterday..... They were using space bar to get to a new line. I shit you not.
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Reddit CEO Digs In Heels As User Outrage Engulfs Website
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Why not jerboa? Works decently well.. EDIT: nevermind, forgot it's not on iOS and mlem isn't great yet
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S01E03 - Draw a Blank - Episode Discussion
I'm calling it, the hijackers are being blackmailed, possibly by the other guy who was done for tax fraud who keeps being subtly shown.
The black hijacker dude reacted in an interesting way when the passenger behind him commented saying 'they're scared just like we are'.
There hasn't been any motive shown by any of the hijackers, which makes me think they don't want people to know their real motives. Reminds me of a certain black mirror episode...
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Why do you use Linux?
I use it because I'm more comfortable with working with it under the hood than Windows (day job experience). It's also less of a PITA when it comes to bloat, updates (not just OS, general software too) and telemetry.
I did use Windows on my desktop until about a year ago to be fair, as I didn't feel gaming was quite good enough - but after trying again it's brilliant now. No reason to ever go back.
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I got some weird reverse vertigo looking up from the inside when I was there, it was insanely high. Incredible place though.
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Linux terminal users be like
history | grep {some part of command}
Much more useful for going further back, even without grep.
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The Wonderful State of Gaming on Linux in 2023!
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I've been running a 3070 for a few years on Pop OS, zero issues.
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How Disney and Warner Bros. Are Causing Internet Piracy to Boom | Platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ were supposed to do away with pirated media. Instead, they may make them stronger than ever.
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It's not just quality compared with UHD rips, it's things like prime video refusing to play anything except 480p on a web browser.... WTF are they thinking?
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Microsoft accidentally leaks internal tool that can enable hidden Windows 11 features
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The other thing worth noting is that just because a linux distro is noob friendly, it doesn't mean advanced users should feel the need to use more complicated distros. Quite the opposite in a lot of cases - I've used Linux for work over ~10 years (first tried it in 2007) and yet find myself back on Ubuntu for my laptop. PopOS for my desktop because of nvidia convenience (+ less issues than most other distros).
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Alex Jones spent over $93,000 in July. Sandy Hook families who sued him have yet to see a dime
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Plenty of people out there spend more money just on soap and diffusers, than you or I make in a year and a half, lol