AphoticDev

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PlayStation To Delete A Ton Of TV Shows Users Already Paid For⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
So pirate the shows. Easy peasy.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Cybertruck Is a Disappointment Even to Cybertruck Superfans / Looking at the specs alone, the car is delivering 30 percent less range than expected for 30 percent more money⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
All these problems, and it’s ugly as hell to boot.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There's no money for education and health care but they'll always find some for war.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
How dare you criticize the US giving weapons to our allies. You must want to kill the Jews, you dirty Hamas lover.

/s
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The stainless steel body of Tesla's Cybertruck is reportedly leading to issues with gaps in between the panels⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
This isn’t even the first time this has happened to a Tesla, at this point this particular problem is just expected.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Second SpaceX Starship launch ends with explosion. What happens next?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Oh, I know this one! The third explosion, right?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple calls Android a 'massive tracking device'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
They’re absolutely right, but the last person who should be pointing that out is Apple, of all people.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
This. I’ve gotten this popup about four times since this happened, telling me the video player was blocked because I had an adblocker still. Each time, I purged cache and updated and it went away.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube is increasing Premium prices in multiple countries, right after an ad-blocker crackdown | You either pay rightfully for the video content you consume, or you live with the ads.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Or how about I continue to use uBlock Origin and do neither.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube's ‘War’ on Adblockers Shows How Google Controls the Internet⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Yes, that’s one of the data points they use to fingerprint you. They only need several to get a reliable idea of who you are as you move from site to site.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube's ‘War’ on Adblockers Shows How Google Controls the Internet⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Like I said, it doesn’t look good on every website, but for the vast majority it’s a really nice experience, especially if you are often online after dark. It’s definitely earned the high ratings it’s got, and it’s 100% getting downloaded anytime I use a new computer.

Besides the enhanced privacy it gives you, there’s also the fact that it doesn’t require loading additional style sheets, so it saves you a very small amount of bandwidth and time.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube's ‘War’ on Adblockers Shows How Google Controls the Internet⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Because the dark mode that’s built into Firefox and other browsers sends requests to websites that can identify you. If you want dark mode on Librewolf, do as the devs recommend and get Dark Reader, as that’s clientside and doesn’t identify you, and works with pretty much every website, including ones that don’t offer a dark version.

I use regular Firefox, and I have the default dark mode disabled and Dark Reader installed. I don’t need to ask permission from websites to use dark mode any more than I need to ask Google for permission to block their ads.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Uh, when I first got an AR-15 about ten years ago, I went to Walmart first to see what they had. They had a bunch on a rotating rack you could pick up. Magazines and ammo were inside a glass shelf next to it. You just bought it all there, the only thing they did was walk you out of the store before handing it over.

I didn’t actually end up buying one though, I was given one by a local gun store as payment for saving them about $3500 a year on their IT bill and building them PCs. A nice little mostly custom AR chambered in .300 BLK. My father-in-law took it hog hunting one year.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Brain cofounder says Big Tech companies are lying about the risks of AI wiping out humanity because they want to dominate the market⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
I’m not saying it’s not a problem that we will have to deal with, I’m just saying the apocalypse is gonna happen before that, and for different reasons.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Brain cofounder says Big Tech companies are lying about the risks of AI wiping out humanity because they want to dominate the market⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
These dudes are convinced AI is gonna wipe us out despite the fact it can’t even figure out the right number of fingers to give us.

We’re so far away from this being a problem that it never will be, because climate change will have killed us all long before the machines have a chance to.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
I haven’t seen an ad on YouTube in several years. Doubt I’ll ever see one.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you moderate yourself?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Listen, if you are neglecting your household chores or other important duties, then it doesn’t really matter how much time you spend playing games. Time you enjoyed spending is never wasted, and if you enjoy playing games on your downtime, then do it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Privacy advocate challenges YouTube's ad blocking detection⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Even in the US, a corporate monopoly trying to force people to use their browser will trigger an antitrust lawsuit from the government. Microsoft has already faced one for what they did with Edge, and they didn’t even do DRM.

Besides, it’s YouTube. If you can’t use it anymore, it’s not gonna be the end of the world.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Privacy advocate challenges YouTube's ad blocking detection⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
People are acting as if losing YouTube and other Google services is the end of the world. It is not. You don’t need Google, even if you use Android.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
I dunno how fun it would be alone, because dwarves are a race that are all about being together and some of the features lean into that, but we’re having a lot of fun with it. It’s challenging, but not to the point where we feel overwhelmed or lost. And the atmosphere it has is just right, they did a great job taking what we know from the books and the style we got from the movies, and turning that into a video game.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It seems Gen Z is just fine with parents knowing where they are all the time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
To clarify, the location service is turned on remotely during an emergency call or after texting an emergency number to let first responders know where an emergency is, but it is turned off afterwards by the phone if it was disabled beforehand. And it’s only turned on during the call that the user initiates, emergency services cannot remotely turn it on, because it is the phone that actually manages the permissions and computes the location and not the dispatcher. Neither Android nor iOS allows emergency services to remotely turn on location services without you calling them first, since that would be a violation of your privacy and would absolutely be abused by law enforcement.

So everyone should be advised that you cannot check the location of a loved one unless you arrange it before you end up needing it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Return to Moria. It’s a lot of fun, adventuring through a Dwarven mine with a few friends. It was hard to put down, but I suppose we need to eat and sleep at some point.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ - Launch Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
I’m having a ton of fun playing it with friends. One of the best games I’ve played this year. We had to drag ourselves off of it so we could go to sleep.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ - Launch Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
You can play both Epic and GOG games on the Steam Deck, and you can do it with or without the Epic and GOG launchers. Your choice. I did so today, in fact.

The Steam Deck runs Linux. That means anything that runs on Linux, and most things that run on Windows or Android can be run. Including Windows-only software.

Idk why people act in this day and age like the Steam Deck is some crippled device. Unless your desktop runs Linux, your Steam Deck can run more things than it can.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy users when I mention I pay for Youtube Premium⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Smart tube, or I’ve been told a pi hole works as well. I haven’t bothered with that though, because I don’t like watching YT on TV myself. Out of the two, the pi hole is probably the better option since it works with all your devices.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy users when I mention I pay for Youtube Premium⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
I was getting blocked for having uBlock Origin, but how I solved that was to purge the filter lists in the settings and re-download them. Now I can watch again.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy users when I mention I pay for Youtube Premium⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Premium still gives them hardly anything. Subscribing to their Patreon is better because they get all your money, minus the small fee.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy users when I mention I pay for Youtube Premium⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
And here I am, getting the same thing and paying nothing because I’ve got uBlock Origin.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨youtube getting more agressive⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Open the extension settings, purge the filter lists and then update them all. I was getting warnings and I did this, and I haven’t had any further warnings.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
That’s the best reason, but somebody already mentioned it and I didn’t want to be redundant.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Just a reminder, one of the largest investors in Brave is a right-wing billionaire who runs a corporate espionage agency that contracts with the US Department of Defense to spy on people.