johan

@johan@feddit.nl

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨oops⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh nice thanks for sharing the video! I made up the part where the trickster mates with the female, but the first part was true!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨oops⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It is real. And I think it continues with this snake pretending to be a female so many males try to mate with him, thereby warming him up and allowing him to sneak in and mate with an actual female snake.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk's X claims it's now a 'video-first platform' as it tries to reverse an advertiser exodus that has cost it billions in value⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Jose is not happy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
  1. Just because I have heard of NordVPN doesn’t mean I’ll necessarily use it (in fact I use arch, btw)
  2. Let’s see some numbers that ads work. You can’t just calculate how life would be without ads, but I wonder what would happen if ad expenses for all companies would be capped somehow. When cigarette companies were severely limited in terms of advertising they saved a ton of money. Of course people already knew their brands, but still.

  I think ad space sellers wildly overestimate the effectiveness of ads and google has made it far worse with targeted ads. People have gotten used to saying things like “ads work” and “brand recognition” but does anyone know the numbers? Or is this just repeating some phrases you’ve heard?

  I don’t know the numbers myself, but I’m quite skeptical.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does Gmail want to be instant messaging? New UI experiment says “yes”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  But what happens if someone sends you an email from a non-gmail account? Can you react then?

  If so, does it just reply to this email with an emoji in the body? Cause then you’re basically just replying in the exact way as before, google just added a quick-reply button with a predefined body.

  I’m personally not a fan of nonstandard functionality for something as ubiquitous as email. Email should be exactly the same regardless of the client that’s used.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok fined €345m for breaking EU data law on children’s accounts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Good start though, right? More than most fines for similar infractions

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Young people in England feel they must move for better opportunities⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Please don’t. I’m extremely welcoming to foreigners but I really don’t like how many non-Dutch people move here and never bother learning the language. I don’t want bubbles of foreigners, I want an integrated society. I don’t want a bunch of international schools, public schools here are fine and kids learn languages quickly and easily.

  I know a bunch of people who’ve lived here for a long time as well who don’t speak any Dutch and honestly I find it a bit embarrassing for them. Imagine moving somewhere and not bothering to learn the language at all! I feel like you’re just showing your laziness and ignorance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Young people in England feel they must move for better opportunities⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Appelmoes