🇺🇸 The Better /kbin update to version 2.1.1 has already landed in the extension stores!
It adds a toggle switch to enable and disable automatic theme changes to the pop-up. Apart from that, the Polish translation in the options has been improved, the file structure has been gently changed, and (FINALLY!) a bug has been fixed, which caused Better /kbin options to open every time the extension was updated (and in some browsers - even every time it was launched). This problem had been present since early versions of the extension, but the source of the problem could not be found - finally, it worked!
If you miss something in the extension or have some interesting ideas about it - reply to this post :) https://www.mstankiewi.cz/projects/other/betterkbin
🇵🇱 Aktualizacja Better /kbin do wersji 2.1.1 już wylądowała w sklepach z rozszerzeniami!
Dodaje ona przełącznik włączający i wyłączający automatyczną zmianę motywu do pop-up'u. Poza tym poprawiono tłumaczenie na język polski w opcjach, delikatnie zmieniono strukturę plików, a także (W KOŃCU!) usunięto błąd, przez który przy każdej aktualizacji rozszerzenia (a w niektórych przeglądarkach - nawet przy każdym jej uruchomieniu) otwierały się opcje Better /kbin. Problem ten występował już od wczesnych wersji rozszerzenia, ale nie można było znaleźć jego źródła - w końcu się udało!
Jeżeli czegoś Wam brakuje w rozszerzeniu albo macie jakieś ciekawe pomysły odnośnie do niego - piszcie :) https://www.mstankiewi.cz/projects/other/betterkbin
#YouTube is making the watching experience worse on #Firefox and Microsoft Edge.
I didn't believe it the first time I heard abt it, since it sounded more like a conspiracy theory than a actual thing, but it's true. Google does add 5s timeout specifically to Firefox and Edge users when they try to watch a video on YT. If you want to know more about it, Mental Outlaw make a very good video abt it (Link: https://youtu.be/v4gXhmzQztE ). I think Google did this, to get people moving to Chrome since the majority will think this is a browser issue, nobody would expect YouTube to purposely doing this. In the attached Screenshot you can see that YouTube checks the user agent of browsers to see if it's Edge, Firefox or not. You can bypass this by changing your User agent to chrome.
Edit: Due a lot of people saying a lot of different things abt it, I want to say that I'm not 100% sure abt how exactly this works, there is a inbuild delay by Google, but who is actually affected, there are a lot of different opinions abt it. I wasn't able to verify this myself in LibreWolf, but this could be the case due my intensive hardening I did and this is just a result of what I found in the code and what Mental Outlaw and others shared across social media, if you got different or additional infos abt this feel free to comment and I suggest everyone ti also check the comment section.
@voxel@privacy This video explains that it's not just #Firefox users being affected by the delay, but #Safari, #Edge, #Brave and even #Chrome itself. It also has nothing to do solely with the #browser you use, but rather a combination of that and your #ad blocker. #Google's testing this with different groups of people, that's why changing your agent string seems to help.
I signed this, along with more than 160 Jewish leaders calling on #apple#disney#google & #amazon to stop doing business on Twitter. I encourage others to leave that platform & stop giving Musk any legitimacy by your presence. #antisemitismhttps://www.xouthate.org/
While they all claim they want to save energy and resources, they are corporations. They only care about optimizing revenues, which they are legally obligated to by being corporations. The real reason they want to save energy and resources is because they think it will make them earn more money in the end.
> Una nuova api chiamata Android WebView Media Integrity API permetterà ai servizi di streaming gratuiti di verificare l’integrità del client. Sarà pronta per il 2024, quando entrerà in servizio il DMA. Non è un caso: tutti i client di terze parti spariranno.
Mon 10/23 - Google Liable for $1m in Gender Bias Damages, AFL Sues NYU, SBF Defense Doesn't Like his Cartoon Villain Image and Sen. Menendez to Enter New Plea
In today’s episode we have #Google liable for $1m in gender bias damages, America First (#AFL) targets #NYU Law Review, #SBF does not like his cartoon villain image, and Senator #Menendez to enter a new plea.
I am tempted to start using the @Vivaldi browser but then I looked* at the diversity in the underlying technology and I think it is better to promote and start using @firefox :firefox: more.
Or should we leave it to #Google :omya_google: and #Apple :apple_inc: only❓
I'm curious 😅 @Vivaldi why not use SpiderMonkey and Gecko❓
Another day, another product joining the Google graveyard. On the upside, this time it's not a messaging app.
From The Verge:
"You might remember Google had a $5,000 Jamboard whiteboarding meeting room display — well, that’s also discontinued. The Jamboard hardware will no longer receive software updates on September 30th, 2024, and its license subscriptions will expire the same day.
"Then users will have until December 31st, 2024, to back up Jam their files, and on that date, Google will cut off access and begin permanently deleting files."
Pity the schools, universities, and businesses that paid Google $5000 for a "smart" whiteboard, only to now be told their files will be deleted.
I've been talking about how AI will directly lead to an Idiocracy (2006) scenario for some time, but today's update to the "can you melt eggs?" saga is as clear an illustration of how as I think it's possible to ever have.
Quora's AI answers made up the melting point of eggs, and then Google picked it up and responded affirmatively that you can indeed melt eggs.
Then people wrote articles about how stupid it is that Google says eggs can melt. Then Google fixes the answer.
Then Google ingests an article about how stupid it is that Google says you can melt eggs, and suddenly Google starts answering affirmatively again that you can melt eggs, citing the article about how stupid Google is for thinking you can melt eggs.
Meine coral mini pci Karte laeuft nachwievor einwandfrei. Nutze sie zur objekterkennung meiner Kameras mit frigate. Das Ding ist wesentlich schneller bei der Berechnung als es nur ueber die CPU zu machen.
It is strongly recommended to use a Google Coral. A $60 device will outperform $2000 CPU. Frigate should work with any supported Coral device from coral.ai
Time for the Fall of the Google Empire (or at least major regs).
This DOJ case will be critical to going after other Big Tech.
"Google has worked tirelessly over the last 20 years to ensure its search engine is the default option for a host of mobile devices, wireless carriers and web browsers. The company has done this despite knowing it risked creating a monopoly--U.S. DOJ."
With the price increase in every single tech subscription service of today already happening or coming, I think it's high time to reconsider whether we really need all the streaming, video games, task management programs, etc.
Because I understand the rising costs of living, but some companies are being utterly rude toward their paying customers.
The amount of hate I see for #apple and #macos while following #linux hashtags is baffling. Especially when I see those same people praising #google, especially those talking #security and #privacy. Google will gobble up everything it can about you so they can sell your information for advertising.
In reality the real reason people hate is because cost of entry. Apple hardware is expensive because it’s build to last. If you can’t afford to buy their hardware it’s easier to hate on it, I guess.
If you have it installed as all #Android phones are forced to, is it necessary to use #Chrome to suffer from its #privacy abuse, or does it do evil in the background regardless?
How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet - WIRED (www.wired.com)
cross-posted from !google...
Den Google Coral USB-beschleuniger gibts nun seit 2019. Ist das Ding noch aktuell? German
Ich hätte gedacht, dass es inzwischen entweder EOL ist, oder dass es eine V2 gibt.