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Alleged audio leak of Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen amounts to ‘foreign interference’, DPP lawmaker says in c/[email protected]
Mull (Firefox Fork) doesn't load Google.com. Switching useragent to Chrome "solves the issue" in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Since a few months ago I get so many AI generated blog articles as top results with ddg (a lot with google as well, but less so)

What are some items that really aren't worth paying the expensive version for? in c/[email protected]
*Permanently Deleted* in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I think (do correct if wrong!) the EU has approved an interoperability law for big tech companies? So it should be just a matter of time until you can switch messaging app and still be able to communicate with people on wa and big messaging apps

Ofc if all your friends all use whatsapp zuck will still be able to read all your messages and get your phone number via your contacts... so it's only a partial solution. Still better than nothing tho.

Edit https://bgr.com/tech/whatsapp-and-facebook-messenger-are-gatekeepers-in-the-eu-prepare-to-be-confused/

Pirated video games SOURCE CODE in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Theres also jak and daxter, i believe it was called openGOAL?

60% of Lemmy-instances blocks Threads.net in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This is the way i see the situation:

Letting meta join the fediverse means they will captivate the general audience and the fediverse will stop growing. Realizing this, it could lead a lot of contributors to the lemmy/mastodon/activitypub projects lose interest, which will slow down development and could eventually lead to the death of the fediverse project.

This is how it goes:

People get accustomed to all the content from Meta/Threads

Meta adds extra features to their website which do not work with other fediverse instances

People switch from lemmy/mastodon to threads or join threads directly and never ever consider joining the real fediverse.

The fediverse project either dies down or remains a niche project forever.

"If you tell a lie big enough and tell it frequently enough, people will eventually come to believe it". What is an example of this happening today? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 43 points 9 months ago (12 children)

The belief that colour blind glasses work

See megalag's videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppobi8VhWwo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QQtOv2PlOE

Why do Lemmy users rarely use emoticons? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

In msn messenger emoticons were what emojis are today. So to me emoticons and emojis are the same... i dont what to call the things op refers to... maybe ASCII emoticons?

Edit: turns out im wrong https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon

Edit: sort of wrong... emojis are also officially called emoticons

I absolutely love VideoLAN's stance regarding patents in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 54 points 9 months ago (1 children)

AFAIK european laws only allow to patent "inventions". Software is considered to be a series of "words" in whatever programming language you're using and, like sentences, it's not an invention and can't be patented.

On the other hand, software-assisted inventions can be patented as a whole.

With that said, software can still be considered a "work" protected by copyright laws.

Shitty old town starter pack in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The pile of gravel got me