GiveOver
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- Comment on Train cancellations up 9% in a year despite soaring fares and bonuses 1 week ago:
And the amount of effort required to get a refund is ridiculous. Back and forth emails resulting in a cheque in the post 2 months later
- Comment on Is Your Phone Listening to You? | NOVA 1 month ago:
On top of this, there’s lots of ways that they would get the data without secretly listening to microphones, which people may not be aware of in all these anecdotes. In the one above, maybe just one party member googled lab grown diamonds, or perhaps messaged a friend on Facebook messenger about their trick. Not sure if that gets analysed for ads but it’s more plausible than mics. Anyway if they’re all on the same WiFi then they’ll probably be on the same IP and could easily be shown the same ads, making all party members now ripe for a diamond ad.
There’s a well known video of a guy saying “cat food” around his phone, and then his phone shows Google ads for cat food. He concluded that it was secretly listening to him, because there was no other way for Google to get that info other than to shadily tap into his mic. He performs this experiment on a live streamed YouTube video
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 3 months ago:
Snake / snake-in-the-grass has the connotations of fake loyalty, not sure if it’s specifically amongst several groups but it fits.
- Comment on GB News poll backfires, as 90% of voters choose to 'rejoin the EU' 4 months ago:
That website was the worst thing I’ve seen for a while on mobile. Couldn’t make it past the pop ups even after a decent attempt
- Comment on Ubuntu 24.04 will use Thunderbird Snap instead of DEB 4 months ago:
If you try and use apt to install Firefox, it secretly uses snap anyway. Shit like that is a problem
- Comment on Qualcomm CEO says that the next version of Windows is due in mid 2024 - place your bets on Windows 11 24H2 or Windows 12 4 months ago:
So far the only thing I’ve noticed is I can’t play Valorant, and soon League of Legends too.
- Comment on Well, it looks like verification photos might be useless now. 5 months ago:
Is that Joey with something on his head?
- Comment on The dark side of social media on youth mental health 6 months ago:
To quote pink Floyd: There is no dark side. Matter of fact, it’s all dark.
- Comment on What's a word that means a common saying which is arguably untrue? 6 months ago:
It does if lots of people use it incorrectly
- Comment on Cox Media Group claims to be listening to private conversations to sell advertisements 6 months ago:
They’re just buying data from Facebook et al. They’re full of shit.
- Comment on Nitrous oxide: Laughing gas possession becomes illegal 7 months ago:
Why can’t they make the other flavours?
- Comment on England worst place in developed world to find housing, says report 8 months ago:
Canada was included in the report. The article seems to be focussing on the amount of vacant properties, which is 8.2% for Canada and 2.7% for UK
- Comment on Films and shows which tell the story of how they themselves were produced 8 months ago:
Trailer park boys regularly address the film crew. In one of the later seasons Tom Arnold plays himself as a superfan of the show, and geeks out over the characters
- Comment on Why doesn't the United Kingdom rejoin the European Union? 9 months ago:
Wales voted out
- Comment on Skegness climate protesters draw giant postcard to PM on beach 11 months ago:
Is that on a giant nob?
- Comment on TV Has a Serious Comedy Problem, and This Year’s Emmy Nominations Prove It 11 months ago:
I’ve noticed the same goes for movies. There’s plenty of funny films with comedy as the second genre, but never as the purpose of the film. Think of Superbad, Dumb & Dumber, Police Academy. The main purpose was to laugh! But now it’s always romcoms, dramedies, or wise cracking superheroes.
Maybe it’s tiktok. Maybe it’s because everything is a sequel/rehash these days. I just want another Leslie Nielsen film!