Think of it from a business sense - why would Google go through the effort of creating a hidden backdoor via direct memory access from a YouTube video in order to subtly fuck with the newpipe userbase which probably accounts for a fraction of overall users so small that it is essentially a rounding error in their statistics, in the process potentially opening themselves up for RCE attacks which cost them millions in bug bounties and trust, as well as the hundreds of thousands they would have to spend on the R&D and development of the feature? What do they stand to gain from that?
Not sure if I can explain this well but a lot of YouTube videos nowadays start with a small clip of the video itself. Does anyone know why this trend started? Is it an algorithm strategy?...
To grab people’s attention, or because YouTube started autoplaying videos in the mobile app when you scroll past them so they need something to make you click at the start. If you use SponsorBlock you can skip recaps like that
apparently this is in response to a few threads on Reddit flaming Starfield—in general, it’s been rather interesting to see Bethesda take what i can only describe as a “try to debate Starfield to popularity” approach with the game’s skeptics in the past month or two. not entirely sure it’s a winning strategy,...
The electric eel is the biggest power-making creature on Earth. It can release up to 860 volts, which is enough to run a machine. In a recent study, a research group from Nagoya University in Japan found electric eels can release enough electricity to genetically modify small fish larvae. They published their findings in PeerJ -...
“860 volts, which is enough to run a machine” is such a stupid non fact. “a machine” is such a broad category that it’s meaningless and voltage alone doesn’t give you enough information to make any sort of comparison.
It being increasingly difficult to do that doesn’t change the meaning of the word stealing, it just changes whether or not you think it’s morally acceptable to do
But is it not really annoying to redefine the entire style in the class list of every component? Like if you have multiple things that look almost identical you need about a dozen classes that are identical on each and if you ever want to change that you have to go through each of them and change it, rather than using css classes how they’re actually supposed to be used and changing it in a single place
I agree that it’s useful if you’re trying to create something quick and small but as soon as you want to do anything where there’s complexity that needs to be kept consistent then it falls apart for me. Surely tailwind is the exact opposite of DRY with the way you specify properties directly on the component instead of in a normal css system?
A corporation by its very nature exists solely as a vehicle to make profit. It cannot have morals or compassion. Public companies especially so need to grow endlessly and any money spent must have a return in some way
So yeah, I want to discuss or point out why I think Valve needs to fix Anti-Cheat issues. They have VAC but apparently its doing jackshit, be it Counter Strike 2 (any previous iterations) or something like Hunt: Showdown the prevalence of cheating players is non deniable. For me personally it has come to a point that I am not...
Assume that the future can change based on your actions, so any historical information that you bring along with you from the intervening 25 years may quickly drift out of the new realities history....
It just annoys me because I’m not going to order it and I’m abstaining from alcohol. But there’s always some “special deals” being advertised by UberEats on alcohol, as well as meat, dairy and eggs. It’s like they’re really sleazy and desperate to hawk these products.
Uber doesn’t even care and straight up steals from you if there’s missing food in your order. I doubt minimum wage support employee #7608 is going to care or even have the ability to pass on that information.
Again, most people do not know what IPTV or a VPN is. They do not care to find out, their brain doesn’t spend any amount of time thinking about these things. If you’re not into cars you don’t wonder if there’s a way for your car to go faster or sound or look cooler. You get into your car and you drive it to your destination. This is the same concept.
What we need are some ethical choices for stuff like smart devices, things that don’t need “cloud connection” just so your phone can turn your lights on.
IKEA’s smart stuff is the best out there for the average consumer. Manages to be something that “just works” whilst also being fully local, no cloud connection, uses open standard APIs and provides firmware updates as downloads.
The layman doesn’t know what that it though. I know people who have those and they just called them “dodgy fire sticks” and have no idea how or why they work.
From the article: “In some ways, the current situation has spurred an arms race. YouTube has inadvertently improved ad blockers, as the new knowledge and techniques gained from innovating within the YouTube platform are also applicable to other ad and tracking systems.”
If they wanted an almost impossible skip they could bake ads directly into the video stream as its served to you. Facebook already has ads that are basically impossible to remove, and that’s without the advantage of serving video content.
I think the ad black box is where it will end up. A lot of people would probably not see that as much better than having an ad at that point, though. They don’t even really need to make something impenetrable, they just need to keep breaking adblock so much so that people no longer see it as reliable and adblock developers grow increasingly tired of rewriting. So far, I can only recall a handful of times where adblock has straight up stopped working on YouTube.
YouTube could make it impossible to skip, or at least impossible to entirely skip. If there hasn’t been enough time between you requesting the ad frames and the frames at the start of the video it could simply refuse to give you the new frames
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Why do some YouTube videos start with a short clip from the video itself?
Not sure if I can explain this well but a lot of YouTube videos nowadays start with a small clip of the video itself. Does anyone know why this trend started? Is it an algorithm strategy?...
Starfield design lead says players are "disconnected" from how games are actually made: "Don't fool yourself into thinking you know why it is the way it is" (www.gamesradar.com)
apparently this is in response to a few threads on Reddit flaming Starfield—in general, it’s been rather interesting to see Bethesda take what i can only describe as a “try to debate Starfield to popularity” approach with the game’s skeptics in the past month or two. not entirely sure it’s a winning strategy,...
Twitch Allows 'Artistic Nudity,' Immediately Regrets It (kotaku.com)
You can still twerk and paint your nude body, but stop drawing naked anime girls, okay?
Threads Has Begun Federating Via ActivityPub (daringfireball.net)
Adam Mosseri:...
Lemmy, what are some of your "oh shit" work stories?
The Names of Thousands of Neo-Nazi Music Fans Just Got Leaked (www.vice.com)
Thousands of purveyors of neo-Nazi tunes just had their day ruined by a crew of enterprising Scandinavian anti-fascists.
Fntastic closes days after The Day Before's launches on Early Access (www.gamesindustry.biz)
'Shocking' Discovery: Electricity from Electric Eels May Transfer Genetic Material to Nearby Animals (www.nagoya-u.ac.jp)
The electric eel is the biggest power-making creature on Earth. It can release up to 860 volts, which is enough to run a machine. In a recent study, a research group from Nagoya University in Japan found electric eels can release enough electricity to genetically modify small fish larvae. They published their findings in PeerJ -...
Pluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing” (pluralistic.net)
"Trust me bro, it's just a simple project bro, I'll be there for you bro..." (lemmy.ml)
People Who Don't Wear Deodorant or Seemingly Bathe Regularly, Why?
Like, I travel around for work and I’ve met plenty of people from all backgrounds....
Whats your such opinion (discuss.tchncs.de)
Valve needs to step up on Anti-Cheat
So yeah, I want to discuss or point out why I think Valve needs to fix Anti-Cheat issues. They have VAC but apparently its doing jackshit, be it Counter Strike 2 (any previous iterations) or something like Hunt: Showdown the prevalence of cheating players is non deniable. For me personally it has come to a point that I am not...
GTA VI won't launch on PC (www.businesswire.com)
Grand Theft Auto VI is coming to PlayStation® 5 computer entertainment systems and Xbox Series X|S games and entertainment systems in 2025.
If you had a one-way ticket to Jan 1, 1999 that departs on Jan 1, 2024, and you are allowed to bring whatever fits into a backpack with you, what would you bring to use to take over the world, and how would you use it? (kbin.social)
Assume that the future can change based on your actions, so any historical information that you bring along with you from the intervening 25 years may quickly drift out of the new realities history....
How do you justify continually using take out delivery services?
For those that continually use services like Uber Eats, Grubhub, DoorDash, etc., how does justify using the cost?...
Keir Starmer removes leadership election pledges from website (www.thenational.scot)
Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.5.8 Preview: Flatlined - Steam News (store.steampowered.com)
General...
Can I get UberEats to stop recommending to "bundle" alcohol from a liquor store to your order?
It just annoys me because I’m not going to order it and I’m abstaining from alcohol. But there’s always some “special deals” being advertised by UberEats on alcohol, as well as meat, dairy and eggs. It’s like they’re really sleazy and desperate to hawk these products.
Amazon's Fire TV is Adding Full-Screen Video Ads That Play When You Start Your Fire TV (cordcuttersnews.com)
Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers (www.engadget.com)
From the article: “In some ways, the current situation has spurred an arms race. YouTube has inadvertently improved ad blockers, as the new knowledge and techniques gained from innovating within the YouTube platform are also applicable to other ad and tracking systems.”
Man who sued woman for $3m after she rejected him charged with cheating in unrelated case (www.straitstimes.com)
High court challenge to ‘constitutionally unprecedented’ UK anti-protest law (www.theguardian.com)