TheMcG
@TheMcG@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Ad blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harder 15 hours ago:
I’m surprised by these results tbh. And it seems for most people there is no big difference. But I do think for power users the catch is still there.
Lazaros Papadopoulos, research assistant at Goethe University, told The Register in an email that the study used the default filter sets for the respective ad blocking extensions in order to mimic the behavior of the typical user and to ensure rule consistency.
They used the default rule sets. One of the major limitations of mv3 iirc is the number of block list urls you can have. Like I’ve added a number of additional items to block via additional lists which I believe is mostly not possible in mv3.
- “Everything has become shallower.” Tokyo Godfathers, Lain producer says the Japanese corporate mindset is why 90% of anime just adapts existing works - AUTOMATON WESTautomaton-media.com ↗Submitted 1 month ago to anime@ani.social | 6 comments
- Comment on Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox 1 month ago:
While AI use doesn’t guarantee loss of cognitive abilities there is growing research showing that it is likely.
- Comment on Ruby Central tries to make peace after 'hostile takeover' 3 months ago:
Sounds like they are just tired of being correctly called out for their “common sense” just being racism.
- Comment on Microsoft is endorsing the use of personal Copilot in workplaces, frustrating IT admins 4 months ago:
Feels like a sign they aren’t selling anywhere near enough corporate licenses.
- Comment on Kick faces possible $49 M fine after French streamer Jean Pormanove dies on air 5 months ago:
Huh? Why are you bringing up NDA’s?
To be clear, the acts committed by these people are heinous. They should and hopefully eventually will face jail time. I’d be happy for employees or executives of kick to face similar. They are complicit as well.
My argument was that execution of the law is hard and never as easy as we would like it to be.
- Comment on Kick faces possible $49 M fine after French streamer Jean Pormanove dies on air 5 months ago:
execution of the law is always more complicated than we want it to be. They could have been let off as the investigation continued if the victim told the cops “i did everything with full consent and it was all an act for the entertainment of the stream.”. Cops/W/e the french version of DA is would possibly need to continue the investigation to show that either he was unable to consent to the actions or it was a lie that there was consent.
I’m just a layperson and maybe it was more cut and dry and the cops really dropped the ball. It just doesn’t seem so cut and dry legally to me. Will be interesting to see the outcome of the investigation from this.
- Comment on Kick faces possible $49 M fine after French streamer Jean Pormanove dies on air 5 months ago:
They kinda did. The dudes were taken in as part of an ongoing investigation but were then released.
ctvnews.ca/…/outcry-over-french-streamers-death-o…
The investigation, opened in December, is looking into “deliberate violence against vulnerable persons” and “spreading recordings of images related to offences involving deliberate violations of physical integrity,” Martinelli’s statement said. It did not specify why Pormanove could be considered vulnerable.
The statement said two co-streamers allegedly involved in the case were briefly taken into custody in January but were released pending further investigation.
In parallel, the Nice prosecutor said, investigators interviewed Pormanove and one of his co-streamers who both appeared to be victims of violence and humiliation. They “strongly denied being victims of violence, stating that the events were staged in order to `generate a buzz’ and make money.”
- Comment on erm what the freak... 6 months ago:
CEO of Spotify invested in an ai military company.
- Comment on Court ruling bars Apple from charging 27% commission on purchases outside the App Store 9 months ago:
Tbh I think that data is incredibly misleading. Every single generation of PlayStation has outsold the Xbox of the same generation(yes even the ps3) en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_best-selling_game_cons….
Additionally looking at the faq for that site it appears to get its data via page views. What % of console users actually use the browser? Is bet very few. Especially when you consider the ps5 has no built in browser.
- Comment on After years of hearing about it, I finally started playing Timberborn. Great chill city builder. 9 months ago:
Got 248 hours on record. It’s probably my top city builder at this point.
- Comment on Canada PM Mark Carney says old relationship with US 'is over' 10 months ago:
I think you are fundamentally misunderstanding how broken the relationship is if you think just voting in a dem will fix it.
- Comment on Plex is increasing Plex Pass prices and paywalling remote playback for personal media at $1.99/month or $19.99/year. 10 months ago:
You can access locally when the internet is down. You just need to set the login bypass for the local network. IMO it’s kinda a stupid step needed in setup but it is available.