BigDiction

@BigDiction@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨USA | California governor vetoes bill requiring speeding alerts in new cars⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I generally liked Scott Weiner’s legislation but am glad this bill was vetoed.

  My RAV4 already detects the limit sign, displays the posted speed on the dash, and turns that limit red when traveling 10 over. It makes me aware of what the limit is without a distracting beep that could be confused with other warnings already implemented like rapidly slowing traffic ahead.

  Safety Saturation is a real thing. If the car starts beeping for going with the flow of a traffic then drivers just start ignoring them all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i need it, soz⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  85% of the funding was provided by the European Union. It was one of Croatia’s main stipulations for joining the EU.

  A Chinese state owned company did win the contract to build the bridge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨7% ABV⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah gotcha

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨7% ABV⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pliny or Heady Topper?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hyundai and Kia car thefts fall sharply after software upgrade, study finds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I went from an 07 Escape to a 2023 RAV4. The thing just won’t shut the fuck up. Mike any kinda of parking the detection beeps. Console software is annoying.

  Miss my relatively dumb car.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some subreddits could be paywalled, hints Reddit CEO⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If they are trying to monetize popular NSFW subs they cannot monetize with ads, a paywall would probably just kill the engagement.

  If they are trying to compete with OnlyFans and rev share with the sub creator I could maybe see that working.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #2967: Matter⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And then there’s the third, even weirder type. Mongo matter

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BBC: Extending our Mastodon social media trial⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Scale. It’s a better quality audience but executives like BIG NUMBERS to make the juice worth the squeeze.

  I think the investment supporting is worth it in the long run! Traditional social is basically a shitty rev share to reach a larger audience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ticketek ‘glitch’ appears to re-sell fan’s $659 ticket for Taylor Swift concert — “They said, ‘someone else has it, we don’t know who, we can’t check or track who has your ticket’”⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Limited view tickets were $1500 a piece when TS came to Levi stadium. Bonkers

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can't even buy chicken in peace⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed a paid conversion is always much more profitable than the aggregate ad rev/tracking benefit per thousand.

  It’s bizarre to produce this message on a product site designed to sell direct.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Venus by Tuesday⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was trying to look up why less polar ice causes shifts in the jet stream and this article cites an active debate around our understanding on this.

  The tweet does not really address that point, and makes the cause and effect sound definitive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Motivational⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  $20 month health insurance! They were really banking on Obamacare

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The hills, they are alive⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  TO THE WALLS

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex update raises concerns over potential sharing of porn viewing habits | Be careful what you watch⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s the identifier referenced in the IMDB database? Some kind of unique content id?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think doing that with programmatic ads would be difficult. Maybe hard coding a specific creative would be feasible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good Old Geometry⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  God dammit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube cracking on ad blockers.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I would like to imagine a world where site advertising was reasonable. Ad blockers don’t exist, sites advertise 1 or 2 banners at $3-5 CPM and everyone gets paid and consumes content in synchrony. It won’t happen. Advertising is setup for ad blocking audiences and iOS cookieless environments. Everyone else subsidizes by viewing the myriad of placements splattered all over the page.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Larion Studios forum stores your passwords in unhashed plaintext.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is true, but they have your encrypted vault, and all the technical data to make unlimited informed attempts at cracking it. If you used LastPass, you definitely need to be changing passwords for your critical services at a minimum.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Haj is love. Haj is life⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  San Jose Sharks fans approve this message

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple's new iPhone 15 is an underwhelming 'slap in the face,' say disappointed fans⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Randos on Twitter left negative comments with little to no substantive feedback. Fire up the article!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The mist Texan of all expressions - Y'All - is ungendered and therefore woke⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  North Carolina