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YouTube wants to get you watching more news from ‘authoritative sources’ - The Verge

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  • I fear more that YouTube's harder push on forcing ads to users will result in a user-base exodus to Rumble.

    The amount of comments I've seen on various YT videos about how YouTube is breaking adblockers and forcing ads on users while making it a TOS Violation, where the comment says something like "I'll just move to rumble, lol", is worrying.

    • Given all the accurate predictions of the Simpsons and Futurama

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  • Just noticed that the mug needs to be changed, but otherwise...

    • Given all the accurate predictions of the Simpsons and Futurama

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  • Alternatively:

    • Thoughts on selfprivacy.org?

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  • The other side of that being Security through Obscurity.

    If you're not running all your stuff through a major well-known host like Google or Amazon you're less likely to be a target than if you're just self-hosting.

    Supposedly Google and Amazon have "good" security, but they still get hacked.

    • Peter Hines is retiring from Bethesda

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  • Either Microsoft had him do this or Pete decided to peace out. Likely the Latter if we don’t start seeing more of these in the coming days.

    • Permanently Deleted

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  • You know those hackers aren't ever gonna give you up.

    • This kills the Mr. Krabs

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  • Money! Money! Money!

    AAAAAAAUUUUUUUUGGGGH

    • You wanted a hit, but maybe we don't do hits...

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  • This post is the equivalent of a throw away round in Cards Against Humanity where the card you threw away somehow won.

    • Mass layoffs are on the rise in the U.S., at least according to this often-overlooked data series

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  • Eventually the companies will not function without their employees. Then comes the inevitable bailouts to big corporations. But the cycle will continue until the system changes or it collapses.

    • Demand to reverse Brexit hits ‘highest ever level’

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  • Breenter

    • US: A single brand new Wii U console was sold during September 2023

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  • Scott: "Hey all, Scott here."

    The Gamestop Employee:

    • its the end of the rule as we know it

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  • It's nice when your parents are willing to let you rent/stay with them.

    • The size of a what

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  • It's not just a boulder, it's a rock.

    • About half of Bandcamp employees have been laid off

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  • I agree, but when most of my "elders" growing up believed computers to be this magical voodoo money printer box that just happens to go on facebook, It's not suprising they believed any job relating to a computer was safe and stable.

    • About half of Bandcamp employees have been laid off

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  • Can vouch, everyone told me growing up that computer jobs were a safe and stable choice because "everyone needs computers."

    • Revolutionising prosthetics: Groundbreaking achievement as bionic hand merges with user’s nervous and skeletal systems, remaining functional after years of daily use

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  • and a brother.

    • Big Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would have

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  • Microsoft was way ahead of everyone.

    • Latency just still isn't there unfortunately

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  • Wireless Mice and Wireless Keyboard are a no for me.

    Not because of latency, but because of the annoyance of needing to charge them.

    I technically have a wireless mouse, that I just keep wired perpetually.

    Wireless sounds nice because it's clean, but it's terrible to use because of the nature of a battery being finite.

    • Navigating the storm: Lessons learned from the mobile market's downturn

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  • Maybe we'll finally see an end to Microtransaction hell? no? ok.

    • Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford calls on autoworkers to end strike, says company's future is at stake

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  • The workers: