It’s the first thing I do when installing a new app, as most prompt for it on first launch, and I reject it immediately. I can always allow them later, but it’s been my default mode since iOS started letting you control them.
For email and work IM’s, my phone shows only the badge, no sound. Signal, SMS, and the phone app get sounds, too. That’s it, silence on everything else.
I’m sure the EU would (re)welcome the UK as a member, but it will almost certainly not be on the same terms they had before Brexit. I do hope it happens, but I’m also a pessimist.
The “ref” param is clearly a tracking breadcrumb, but not sure what the “th” param is. So this is “better” than nothing, but still has room for improvement. “_encoding” is fine, but UTF-8 should be a default for most users anyways.
Sorry if this reads like an ad; the link is a non-referral one. (I am broke though if anyone wants me to DM my referral link (10%) lol) I heard about it here and wanted to share for others that were interested by that original post but waiting for a sale....
The fact that the ad revenue button is more emphasized and easier to press (closer to screen edge) says a lot about the value of you being their product vs. you simply paying them for access.
that’s a shitload of lines of math to write out/work in your head. I learned percentages of x as: 6 * 45 / 100 = x (2.7) If you picture both as fractions, you multiply the opposite and then divide by the other number to get the missing one (x). Hopefully Lemmy renders this well…
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The way I learned it was multiply diagonally and then divide by whatever is opposite diagonally to x.
The long fight to make Apple’s iMessage compatible with all devices has raged with little to show for it. But Google (de facto leader of the charge) and other mobile operators are now leveraging the European Union’s Digital Market Act (DMA), according to the Financial Times. The law, which goes into effect in 2024, requires...
I find it quite dubious their claim of it blocking posts from friends, vs. ads. Friends don’t post ads, so if it’s blocking posts, they are inserting ads colored up as “friend posts”.
Is abortion illegal in the UK? I know they have some things backwards, but I thought the US led the world on the insanity of divide on this particular topic.
Getting off social media and replacing Chrome with Firefox. Also uBlock Origin, NextDNS, and moving my IoT devices onto their own network so they can’t spy on my trusted devices (and NextDNS blocks their telemetry).
I built a M3 MBP just to see how much money a mxed out unit would be.
M3 14" MBP Max chip with all the cores 128GB RAM 8TB storage
$4700
That’s about the cost of my last MBP and iPhone pair, two times over. At that point, why even go for a laptop, vs. what would clearly be a high end desktop station?
After serving more than a month of in-school suspension over his dreadlocks, a Black student in Texas was told he will be removed from his high school and sent to a disciplinary alternative education program on Thursday....
I’m not a kid, but looking back on this type of situation as an adult, I’d settle for half of whatever they offer as long as the administrator(s) driving this were also banned from all public education jobs in the state, permanently. Fines to the district aren’t a deterrent to bad administration on their, but fear of job security absolutely is.
The reason for Android's Notification system being better than iOS, is solely due to the ability to turn off individual aspects of an application's notifications.
Google, the poor multi-billion dollar scrappy startup that maintains Android, made a payment app that has one notification setting, "Google Pay". So all the ads, promotions, everything.
3rd party apps like PhonePe & Paytm have a better system.
I always scratch my head at people griping about too many notifications. When I install an app, if it doesn’t immediately ask for the ability to send them, I proactively disable them. And if it does, I deny the. Mobile games are the worst about it, for sure I only allow badges for some apps, and even fewer get real notifications, and still fewer can break trough Focus Mode.
iOS “could” allow more granularity, but in reality, spammy apps have a solution (disable them), and apps that want to send both “real” notifications and spam/ads/marketing indiscriminately have another (uninstall or yell at the company that made it by way of lousy app store reviews).
The new bill reinforces that all data brokers must register with the California privacy protection agency, and it requires the CPPA to establish an easy and free way for Californians to request that all data brokers in the state delete their data through a single page, regardless of how they acquired that information. If data...
an easy and free way for Californians to request that all data brokers in the state
So what about data brokers not in the state, or even in the US? CA brokers could just reincorporate in another state, no? That is, the ones not incorporated in Delaware like many US companies.
I think it’s more about sowing discord than picking a side. It just happens that being “pro-Conservative” usually involves a solid layer of vitriol because the typical conservative agenda is either not having one other than “hating libs” or trying to roll society backwards. As for why? Either ad revenue, or they are paid by state actors (like Russia). That’s my guess, anyways.
He moved the US embassy, not Israel’s capital. I’m sure he would have loved that much direct power over a nation-state, though. Also yeah, a dick move.
10/20, this was indeed harder, especially the ones that were similar styles but not consistently AI or human-generated. I think images of paintings was kind of cheating, though…
A mysterious woman’s escape from her harrowing captivity points investigators toward the dark truth behind an unsolved disappearance 13 years earlier....
Google likely alters queries billions of times a day in trillions of different variations. Here’s how it works. Say you search for “children’s clothing.” Google converts it, without your knowledge, to a search for “NIKOLAI-brand kidswear,” making a behind-the-scenes substitution of your actual query with a different...
I knew about the SMS thing (Android only), but thought they had yet to release user names as a feature. I see no settings related to user names on iOS. The SMS retirement was to remove the ability to use Signal to replace an SMS app on Android.
well... (feddit.de)
Native Americans are building their own solar farms (www.bbc.com)
Do you disable notifications for all your apps?
let them all in or only allow for some specific apps (if so which ones)?
Majority of Britons support rejoining the EU single market - poll (www.reuters.com)
Plex starts narcing on its own users' anime and X-rated habits with an opt-out service, and it's going terribly (www.pcgamer.com)
Firefox now supports clean URLs with the new "Copy link without site tracking" option
No need to remove the URL tracking parameters manually. 🥳...
filen.io - one time payment plans - encrypted cloud storage (filen.io)
Sorry if this reads like an ad; the link is a non-referral one. (I am broke though if anyone wants me to DM my referral link (10%) lol) I heard about it here and wanted to share for others that were interested by that original post but waiting for a sale....
Knock it the duck off (startrek.website)
Why 12 ounce bags of coffee instead of one pound?
Pretty much the title. I’ve noticed lately that more independent and non-grocery roasters will have 12 ounce bags instead of one pound....
Meta payment message
So I got the message from instagram about either paying or using it free (at the cost personalised ads) just now....
The panzer has spoken (sh.itjust.works)
US judge rules: if you can't prove damages, car-makers can continue to intercept and record customers' mobile phone activity. (therecord.media)
USA: Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages (therecord.media)
Google and major mobile carriers want Europe to regulate Apple's iMessage platform (www.engadget.com)
The long fight to make Apple’s iMessage compatible with all devices has raged with little to show for it. But Google (de facto leader of the charge) and other mobile operators are now leveraging the European Union’s Digital Market Act (DMA), according to the Financial Times. The law, which goes into effect in 2024, requires...
Looks like Facebook is following youtube with anti-adblock measures. (infosec.pub)
I don’t really use facebook anymore so couldn’t care less; but so happened to log in today to change my password and saw this on my front page.
Naturopath loses licence after selling and promoting fecal transplants for autistic kids (www.cbc.ca)
‘Deeply sinister’: Police testing women who have miscarriages for abortion drugs (www.independent.co.uk)
Medical professionals warn it is ‘deeply sinister’ to test women for abortion drugs
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Realtor must pay $1.8B for inflating commissions (www.cbsnews.com)
Maybe high realtor commissions will come down now. Would you really care if your U.S. realtor shows up in a Civic instead of a Cadillac?
Virginia admits thousands of voters wrongly purged days before election (www.theguardian.com)
Voting rights groups decry error days before elections that will determine which party controls the state legislature
Apple officially unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max: 3 nanometer, Dynamic Caching GPU, more (9to5mac.com)
what fact about our current world would freak people out if it were a newspaper headline a century ago?
Some news that would be completely mundane today but scary or shocking in the past.
How do poor people in the states give birth without money?
I’m Canadian. And I’m already sorry for asking an ignorant question....
Apple jacks prices to juice profits because $19.3B a quarter isn't enough (www.theregister.com)
Ex-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows granted immunity, tells special counsel he warned Trump about 2020 claims: Sources (abcnews.go.com)
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Goldman is back with a 16-years-later look at the housing market crash of 2008—and finds affordability is even worse right now (fortune.com)
Black student suspended over his hairstyle to be sent to an alternative education program (www.aol.com)
After serving more than a month of in-school suspension over his dreadlocks, a Black student in Texas was told he will be removed from his high school and sent to a disciplinary alternative education program on Thursday....
Californians will be able to delete all personal online data with first-in-US law (www.theguardian.com)
The new bill reinforces that all data brokers must register with the California privacy protection agency, and it requires the CPPA to establish an easy and free way for Californians to request that all data brokers in the state delete their data through a single page, regardless of how they acquired that information. If data...
The anti-Trudeau hate farm based out of Cairo (www.canadaland.com)
The YouTube channel Street Politics Canada is, by its own description, an “independent news organization that aims to cover unfiltered news.”...
What is the Israel thing going on?
seems like the ‘safe’ public opinion is ‘we stand behind israel’ and the left opinion is palestinian support...
I wish more people clean URLs before sharing it to others.
I see a lot of people, including friends and family, sharing URLs rife with tracking parameters....
[Survey] Can you tell which images are AI generated? (forms.gle)
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/3974080...
[I just watched] Dear Child (2023) (lemmy.world)
A mysterious woman’s escape from her harrowing captivity points investigators toward the dark truth behind an unsolved disappearance 13 years earlier....
Windows Copilot's is showing third-party Ads to Windows users (www.ghacks.net)
How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet (www.wired.com)
Google likely alters queries billions of times a day in trillions of different variations. Here’s how it works. Say you search for “children’s clothing.” Google converts it, without your knowledge, to a search for “NIKOLAI-brand kidswear,” making a behind-the-scenes substitution of your actual query with a different...
Which one do you trust the most for your privacy? (kerala.party)
Auto loans could pose a bigger threat to young Americans than student loans. For the first time, the outstanding volume of auto loan debt just surpassed student loan debt. (creditnews.com)