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  1. Comment on Kamala Harris lacks charisma and time in ~misc

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    What kind of real world is that? Is that really your experience in the US? I live in Switzerland so this is really foreign to me...

    the real world where your car gets broken into a couple times a month and you get mugged on your way home from work on a yearly basis.

    What kind of real world is that? Is that really your experience in the US? I live in Switzerland so this is really foreign to me...

    15 votes

  2. Comment on DuckDuckGo seems like a significantly worse search engine than Google despite SEO bloat, and I think community discussions mislead people by omitting that in ~tech

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    I use DDG myself, and I would agree that it is generally inferior to Google. That said, it's good enough for maybe 90% of the queries I make. If it's not good enough, I simply add "!g" to the end...

    I use DDG myself, and I would agree that it is generally inferior to Google. That said, it's good enough for maybe 90% of the queries I make. If it's not good enough, I simply add "!g" to the end of the query, and off I am to Google.

    But I agree with the general premise of your message. Telling people to use DDG without telling them that is misleading at best, and not useful to anyone.

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Donald Trump whisked off stage in Pennsylvania after apparent gunshots rang through the crowd in ~news

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    Do you have any source for that?

    Update: phew. Apparently it was a white libertarian incel.

    Do you have any source for that?

    11 votes

  4. Comment on Why fish oil supplements can be dangerous for the heart in ~health

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    I think it should. The article itself is interesting but the title is garbage. It's just plain wrong.

    I think it should. The article itself is interesting but the title is garbage. It's just plain wrong.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Does emacs or vim have better support for PHP parameter hinting and intellisense? in ~comp

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    For what it's worth, regular vim has improved tremendously. I use it with lsp and copilot, I don't think it's missing anything. It's also rock solid. Why should I switch?

    (Also I'm not mentioning regular Vim because there's basically no reason to use it)

    For what it's worth, regular vim has improved tremendously. I use it with lsp and copilot, I don't think it's missing anything. It's also rock solid. Why should I switch?

    2 votes

  6. Comment on YouTube tests harder-to-block server-side ad injection in videos in ~tech

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    I think it could work too, it's just a bit more challenging to do it in real time.

    I think it could work too, it's just a bit more challenging to do it in real time.

  7. Comment on YouTube tests harder-to-block server-side ad injection in videos in ~tech

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    Even if positioning is dynamic, sponsor block could host a database of ad key frames. I think that could work as well.

    Even if positioning is dynamic, sponsor block could host a database of ad key frames. I think that could work as well.

    9 votes

  8. Comment on YouTube tests harder-to-block server-side ad injection in videos in ~tech

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    I wonder how hard it would be to detect and remove ads with a neural net. Ads are a lot louder and completely unrelated to the content, so it might not be that hard. This may not be workable for...

    I wonder how hard it would be to detect and remove ads with a neural net. Ads are a lot louder and completely unrelated to the content, so it might not be that hard.

    This may not be workable for live viewing, but for yt-dlp it could be.

    4 votes

  9. Comment on I am sick of "providing feedback" in ~life

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    Yes - > 0 stars - > "I don't like being forced to provide feedback" If enough people did that the trend would dissappear quickly.

    Yes - > 0 stars - > "I don't like being forced to provide feedback"

    If enough people did that the trend would dissappear quickly.

    2 votes

  10. Comment on China is battening down for the gathering storm over Taiwan in ~misc

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    They have one major disadvantage :China is likely much stronger and better prepared than Russia.

    They have one major disadvantage :China is likely much stronger and better prepared than Russia.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on Where will people commune in a godless America? in ~humanities

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    This is a fairly long video, but I thought the question was interesting, and the panelists are great. Very interested to see tildes' thoughts on the subject!

    This is a fairly long video, but I thought the question was interesting, and the panelists are great. Very interested to see tildes' thoughts on the subject!

    5 votes

  13. Comment on Recordings, emails show how Donald Trump team flew fake elector ballots to DC in final push to overturn 2020 US election in ~news

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    How this guy is not in prison yet completely escapes me. This is as bad as it gets. How much more process do we need?

    How this guy is not in prison yet completely escapes me. This is as bad as it gets. How much more process do we need?

    6 votes

  14. Comment on YouTube is now rolling out disabling videos after detecting adblockers in ~tech

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    Yes, that would be me :)

    Off-topic but are you the same joelthelion from reddit as of 17(ish) years ago? It's one of those usernames that stuck with me for some reason!

    Yes, that would be me :)

    3 votes

  15. Comment on YouTube is now rolling out disabling videos after detecting adblockers in ~tech

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    There are technical ways to completly defeat adblock, especially if you're Google and you control both YouTube and the ad platform. If Google decides they really want to go forward with this, it...

    There are technical ways to completly defeat adblock, especially if you're Google and you control both YouTube and the ad platform.

    If Google decides they really want to go forward with this, it will be interesting...

    38 votes

  16. Comment on It's time to change how we cover Elon Musk: After a weekend of whoppers about X and fighting Mark Zuckerberg, the press should take a more skeptical approach in ~tech

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    I think it would be good to stop talking about him altogether, except when his actions truly have global consequences, which doesn't happen that often. Don't feed the troll, as the saying goes.

    I think it would be good to stop talking about him altogether, except when his actions truly have global consequences, which doesn't happen that often.

    Don't feed the troll, as the saying goes.

    5 votes

  17. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~comp

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    Not really. Red Hat is one of the biggest contributors to the Linux ecosystem. If they go down the drain, we're all going to suffer.

    As a long time Ubuntu user, i'm insulated from this, but a lot of CentOS users are gonna be in for a shock.

    Not really. Red Hat is one of the biggest contributors to the Linux ecosystem. If they go down the drain, we're all going to suffer.

    10 votes

  18. Comment on Sync developer announces Sync for Lemmy in ~tech

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    That's "just" a technical issue, though. I'd be surprised if the Beehaw admins don't make sure it gets resolved in the near future.

    Can you be downvoted from a different instance? Other comments seem to say so.

    That's "just" a technical issue, though. I'd be surprised if the Beehaw admins don't make sure it gets resolved in the near future.

  19. Comment on Reddit admins are now approaching mod teams of closed subreddits, looking for moderators who will cooperate and re-open them in ~tech

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    Who cares? Tildes is full of activity, and so are other alternatives to reddit. Reddit can turn into another corporate infotainment social media website. The important thing is that people who...

    Who cares? Tildes is full of activity, and so are other alternatives to reddit. Reddit can turn into another corporate infotainment social media website. The important thing is that people who value good conversation have another place to go to.

    6 votes

  20. Comment on Sync developer announces Sync for Lemmy in ~tech

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    So you based your final judgement of the entire Lemmy community on the fact that a single comment was unfairly downvoted? Some Lemmy instances don't even allow downvotes...

    So you based your final judgement of the entire Lemmy community on the fact that a single comment was unfairly downvoted? Some Lemmy instances don't even allow downvotes...

    18 votes