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- Comment on YouTube says goodbye to decade-old video player UI, but users hate the new design 1 day ago:
And while that’s possible for now, it won’t be for much longer, based on the A/B testing yt has been doing. We’re giving them too much power and relying on tools to bypass the stuff we don’t like, but those tools have their days numbered, regrettably.
- Comment on Microsoft rolls Windows Recall out to the public nearly a year after announcing it 1 day ago:
“we noticed you uninstall Recall. Probably just an accident. We reinstalled it in an unremovable way and enabled it for you. You’re welcome?”
- Comment on YKK’s Self-Propelled Zipper: Less Crazy Than It Seems 1 day ago:
Before being an accessibility product, the tech has to prove itself. I wouldn’t want to be the guinea pig for a product that could, if malfunctions, trap me in my jacket. But, yes, once proven, this would be an amazing application of the tech.
- Comment on YKK’s Self-Propelled Zipper: Less Crazy Than It Seems 1 day ago:
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- Comment on YouTube says goodbye to decade-old video player UI, but users hate the new design 1 day ago:
Yes we can. Third party front ends exist for yt and there are other (admittedly not as polished) alternatives for the entire platform. When enough viewers use them, it will force the hands of the posters to use other, less abusive avenues (maybe in addition to yt). I’m fine with monetization, but not when it degrades my experience. There are better ways. Yt isn’t the only one, nor is it the first. It’s just the most popular currently.
- Comment on YouTube says goodbye to decade-old video player UI, but users hate the new design 1 day ago:
You’re not wrong. But it won’t happen because of this change, and it’s not going to happen tomorrow. So, as of now, they’re just complaining. I say ‘they’, because I left yt when they started video ads. I didn’t mind the banners, but the unskippable video disruptions were what broke my camel’s back (some of the early ones, if you recall, controlled your volume levels and turned themselves up). You’re right, eventually, everyone will hit a breaking point, but if the 60-120s unskippable video ads weren’t that point, this simple UI change won’t be that for the vast majority of users.
- Comment on YouTube says goodbye to decade-old video player UI, but users hate the new design 1 day ago:
Looks like they just adopted material you design. It’s a ‘whatever’ change for me.
- Comment on YouTube says goodbye to decade-old video player UI, but users hate the new design 1 day ago:
And you think people will do anything more than just bitch about it? Noooopppppeeeee
- Comment on Boox’s newest Android e-readers let you take notes 3 days ago:
Open boot loader? Or locked proprietary ewaste?
- Comment on Microsoft kills Windows Maps app 3 days ago:
- Comment on Texas Senate passes anti-solar, wind bill 1 week ago:
Wait. I never thought of that. The rays do cause cancer. Where do I vote against them? We must darken those cancer rays! Think of the children!
- Comment on Texas Senate passes anti-solar, wind bill 1 week ago:
Even above 10MW, I think it allows them, so long as they don’t connect back to the main grid. But, I’m not a lawyer, and the language they used is very lawyery.
- Comment on Angry, disappointed users react to Bluesky's upcoming blue check mark verification system 1 week ago:
That link was a super interesting read!
- Comment on Texas Senate passes anti-solar, wind bill 1 week ago:
Senate Bill 819 requires solar and wind projects of 10 MW or larger to obtain a permit from the Texas Utilities Commission to interconnect to the grid.
Can the homeowners just do home solar and not interconnect it to the grid? I mean, can they get off the grid altogether, while doing solar for their individual homes? Or maybe, neighborhood-wide solar grids that are off the TUC’s city grid? Or am I misunderstanding?
- Comment on The first folding e-reader is smaller than a paperback 1 week ago:
The mooInk V includes a reading mode allowing it to be held half-folded like a paperback.
The ereader has a reading mode?? This changes everything!
- Comment on Google created a new AI model for talking to dolphins 1 week ago:
Did you get a glass bowl?
- Comment on Microsoft hits Ctrl-Z after Teams trips over file sharing 1 week ago:
Microsoft gonna Microsoft
- Comment on ChatGPT is referring to users by their names unprompted, and some find it 'creepy' 1 week ago:
It’s not a phenomenon, ffs. They’re giving the bot their names, and it’s programmed to insert the user’s provided name into the conversation.
- Comment on LG TVs’ integrated ads get more personal with tech that analyzes viewer emotions 1 week ago:
Indeed. I’m saving up for a dumb tv with an HTPC, and hopefully will get it deployed before that nonsense comes my way.
- Comment on LG TVs’ integrated ads get more personal with tech that analyzes viewer emotions 1 week ago:
Nah, they’re doing A/B testing currently for their next several waves of ads. I think (but don’t quote me on this) I read that in the new EULA.
- Comment on Discord is verifying some users’ age with ID and facial scans 1 week ago:
It’s being done now. It’s not an attempt, it’s reality.
- Comment on Airport face scans could replace boarding passes and check-in as soon as 2028 2 weeks ago:
I remember those “raise your hands above your head so we can digitally strip you nude (we won’t touch ourselves, promise*)” scanners when they first came out. They were also going to replace an equally effective scan method that wasn’t privacy eroding. And, guess what? You can still opt out of those a couple decades later.
*Literally happened several times. It was on the news, and it was appalling.
- Comment on She lost her scholarship over an AI allegation — and it impacted her mental health 2 weeks ago:
She’s not rich enough to be innocent until proven guilty.
- Comment on A 'US-Made iPhone' Is Pure Fantasy 2 weeks ago:
This is actually one of the best solutions to this problem I’ve seen this whole time. Expand it to include all affected US companies. What’s she point of being a global company, if you can’t leverage your globalized nature for your advantage?
- Comment on A 32-bit RISC-V processor made using molybdenum disulfide instead of silicon 3 weeks ago:
In practical terms, how significant is this accomplishment? I didn’t understand the future implications.
- Comment on Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account 4 weeks ago:
Yes. Windows Pro. They’re talking about Home OOTB. And in pro, even though you still can (for now), they keep nagging you about the ms account.
- Comment on Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account 4 weeks ago:
Upgrades are a different process than a brand new install. Going from 10 to 11 on a Pro is an easy process. Long, as in a couple hours, but easy. The post is talking about brand new installs (the OOTB experience).
- Comment on Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account 4 weeks ago:
And it still tries to convince you to go MS account with it’s, “even better, create a Microsoft account” link that’s conveniently located where the Next button should be.
- Comment on Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account 4 weeks ago:
But not for the home version of Wubuntu 11.
- Comment on Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account 4 weeks ago:
