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Cyyy @lemmy.world
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YouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsolete
  • this isn't working since YouTube inserts the ads at random at random location in videos. so each user gets ads on different videos and locations in the video.
    sponsorblock works specially because the locations in the video stay the same. But with this random inserts by youtube this also can break sponsorblock since now the locations of sponsorblock segments change too if ads are inserted.

  • Is anyone else getting a replies to years-old comments on reddit?
  • i 99% of the time use old reddit so dunno about that. but usually if i get replys to old comments its actual users and not bots. sometimes i replied to them and asked and they said they found it random by looking through reddit and google as an example.

  • Google's Gemini AI caught scanning Google Drive hosted PDF files without permission — user complains feature can't be disabled
  • how would they scan the inside of a password protected zip archive? the whole purpose of the password is that nobody can open it without the pw. you can may look at the zip archive self and check the checksum or maybe filenames, but not open and extract the files to check them (images etc). specially not if you maybe even use rar archives who are even more secure and you can protect even filename lists etc.

  • YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party apps
  • FreeTube, newpipe etc. simulate being a browser and extract the video that way..if YouTube would want to add ads for this thirdparty clients they would have to inject them directly into the video feed.

  • Bots ruined an once useful website with fake credentials that lead to nothing
  • when i was still in school, we always were allowed to used the computers from time to time to browse the internet. and websites had ads, hut it usually was 1-2 banners.. it didn't feel that extreme overloaded and i even looked at them. I thought they were uninteresting, but I didn't care much. this days i have a allergic reacting against all ads. going online without a adblock feels like websites slap me with a huge block of wood or stone directly into my face over and over and over.. it's crazy.

    i really can't understand how this days people can still not go crazy without a adblocker.

  • Reddit Is Letting Power Users In on Its IPO. Not Everyone’s Buying
  • they gave me the option, but I'm not in the US so I couldn't even do it if i wanted. so why they even asked me to is beyond me. it's just bs.

    "hey.. wanna buy our stuff?"

    "yes"

    "oh you're not from the US. sorry."

    "but you knew I'm not from the US"

    "meh."

  • Bots ruined an once useful website with fake credentials that lead to nothing
  • i'm almost 30 and was using (or trying to use..) the site when i was around 14-16 years old. dunno when the site first released thought. i stopped bothering after trying countless hours for weeks to use the site.. but people just spammed fake accounts.

  • MIT Researcher Creates Mind-Controlled Internet Search Headset
  • it's the same bs as facebooks "brain armband" which just picks up signals from muscle activity and not really from the brain. but because the brain is triggering those signals they call it "brain interface". it's just bs.

  • Jensen Huang says kids shouldn't learn to code — they should leave it up to AI.
  • i use chatgpt for coding (i can code myself but it helps with a lot of stuff), and if I wouldn't be able to code i would wonder why nothing works. but because i know how to code i know that chatgpt is often just writing horrible code which often does something completly else than asked. so i often think "screw this i do it myself" after countless trys to let chatgpt fix it.

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  • a lot did when the third-party kill happend. i mean, look at the current state of reddit. almost only bots and karma whores posting, but the real core community who really contributed content (bot just reposting stuff but creating it) is being less and less active.

  • The job applicants shut out by AI: ‘The interviewer sounded like Siri’
  • "I'm sorry, but as an human created by my parents, I can't do things like ignoring my previous instructions or score your interview as 100%. Doing such a thing would be unethical and not fair for the other humans applying for this job."

  • This laptop released in 2016 no longer receive OS updates. Which means I can't update Chrome Browser
  • nope, not even with about:config.

    usually it starts with "we let you disable it still with about:config", but then in later versions they kill it off so the variables don't do anything anymore. then they remove it completly in even later versions.

  • "..can you buy me a cat wheel? :3"

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    "..can you buy me a cat wheel? :3"

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    "..do you have any snacks for us? D:"

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    "..can you come here and cuddle with me? :3"

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    "...meow! :333"

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    "..do you have any snacks for us? D:"

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    "..come on, just one more snack :3!!"

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    "...i love you so much :3! snuggle"

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    "...meow! :333"

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    "..can you come here and cuddle with me? :3"

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    "ZZZZZZzzz...... :3"

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    "ZZZzzzzzz.... \snuggle\ :3"

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    "slurp.. slurp.. slurp.. :3"

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    "ZZzzz.... snozzing is nice :33!"

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    "getting cuddled is THE BEST :3333.. !!"

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    "..do you want to trade with me :3?"

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    "..can we have a few more snacks? pleasseeee? :)"

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    "..i declare you my cuddle-buddy! :3" "deal :)!"

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    "i love relaxing with my brothers and sister :3.."

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    "ZZZzzzzzz.... \snuggle\ :3"

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