micka190

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[–] micka190@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The big problem with DNS-based ad-blocking is that it doesn't prevent redirects. Sure, you'll get redirected to a harmless blank page, but then you need to go back to the previous page. You don't have that issue with uBlock.

[–] micka190@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Microsoft's naming strategy is just the American Economics wheel from South Park, but with names on it. Of all the big tech companies, they are easily the fucking worst at naming shit.

[–] micka190@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Might be a case where Canadian applicants submit another form that has the relevant information in a different format too.

[–] micka190@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Neil DeGrass Tyson rails femboy doomers from behind while debating science or something idk.

[–] micka190@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago

Not to be that guy who defends Ubisoft (God knows I haven't bought one of their games in ages), but that quote from the CEO is taken way out of context.

He was directly asked what would need to happen for game streaming to take off, and he responded with "players would need to get used to no longer owning their games", which is pretty much true as far as answers to that question go.

[–] micka190@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

That’s not Amazon’s fault.

That’s mostly the fault of consumers who buy from Amazon (and other e-tailors).

There's quite a few retail stores that don't keep inventory, even for common things. Staples comes to mind, where it feels like half their damn office items aren't in stock, so you need to wait for them to have it brought in.

The problem is that those same retail stores can't compete with Amazon's shipping speed. It becomes a case of:

  • I want to buy a thing, I need it fast, so I guess I'll check my local retails stores
  • My local retail stores don't have it in stock, but I can order it and it'll be there in 4-5 days
  • I can just buy it off of Amazon at a comparable price, and have it tomorrow

It's alright if they don't want to carry inventory, but they need to have the shipping speeds to compete, otherwise there's no reason for the consumer not to just buy it off of Amazon directly.

[–] micka190@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was having this discussion with a coworker after Apple's event where they talked about their image scanning AI. Like, if someone takes a picture of me, and sends it to the AI's servers, they'll use it as training data, but I haven't consented to it. So how does taking it down work?

It's obviously a rhetorical question. They obviously won't, and they'll tell me to pound sand.

[–] micka190@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In this case, it seems like it's the app makers themselves who are requiring the Play Store, though. Unless I'm misreading this, the developers are using the Integrity API to determine if the app was installed through "official channels" (in this case, the Play Store). Feels like people should be upset at the companies behind the apps, here.

[–] micka190@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Keep in my that "ingredients to a recipe" here refers to the literal physical ingredients, based on the context of the OP (where a sandwich shop owner can't afford to pay for their cheese).

While you can't copyright a recipe, you can patent the ingredients themselves, especially if you had a hand in doing R&D to create it. See PepsiCo sues four Indian farmers for using its patented Lay's potatoes.

[–] micka190@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Let's be honest, most of Reddit's default subreddits (or whatever the fuck they're called now) are basically just karma farms with no real moderation beyond removing extreme content. The real value of Reddit has always been in its smaller, niche subs. But as those grow in popularity, they end up having the same problems as bigger subs.

[–] micka190@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I think "common" here would refer to having to produce them, over the actual explicitness of the scene. Whether Mass Effect fades to black or not isn't really the point when the voice actors still have to record the lines that play while the screen is dark.

[–] micka190@lemmy.world 85 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, what they're asking for is pretty standard stuff in other media. A friend of mine is an actor who played a scene where he had to shoot a masturbation scene. He was alone in a room with like 3-4 people: sound guy, camera guy, director, and I think the intimacy coach was there too.

Having a whole team watch you pretend to have sex is not okay, what the hell.

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