Evilcoleslaw

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[–] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If he has to divulge his divestment it's going to go to 0 before he can sell it all. If he doesn't need to divulge it, it's still going to go close to zero because the market for that stock won't hold if 60% of it hits the market. If he's been able to borrow against it, he'll probably default and leave his lenders holding the bag.

[–] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

Using the permission to record audio triggers an on-screen indicator that the mic is recording. Someone would probably notice it on 24/7 recording. Someone would have also by now found the constant stream of network traffic to send the audio to be analyzed, because they also aren't doing that on-device.

[–] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

If he's on any ballots he might well be stuck on them, but nothing stops him from ceasing to campaign and telling people to vote Trump.

Ofc some tiny fraction may still vote for him if they really want to.

[–] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Last time I disabled an ad blocker to try it on desktop, I was getting scammy looking product ads. On my phone if I browse Shorts (revanced doesn't stop those ads) it's all straight-up financial/health benefits scams.

But the other night I accidentally opened the 1st party YouTube app on my TV instead of Smart Tube Next and the ads were for big brands. So there's probably a different level of desirability based on content type and device type at play.

[–] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

They get some control but it depends on the content how exactly it works. I think for normal videos they get a say right from the start where the breaks are. But I know one guy who does YT and he live streams and has to clean up every VOD because they just randomly pepper ads all throughout.

[–] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

On rare occasions YouTube will play exceptionally long videos as ads. When YouTube Red came out I got multiple entire hours long shows as ads (as a "free preview!") I'm pretty sure Ive gotten one of the movies they put up for free viewing as an ad before.

Obviously you can skip after 5 seconds or whatever but they hope to catch someone playing stuff in the background. Probably to increase their crappy view count for those features to sell actual ads later.

[–] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

She was free from him and sought him out. She drove from Milwaukee to Kenosha, shot him twice in the head, set his house on fire, and stole his car. It was premeditated murder.

[–] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

The only issue with nationalizing it is that it will be probably even worse for moderation than under Elon. Private enterprises currently enjoy protection for moderation decisions. If it were nationalized any moderator action would run up against the First Amendment directly. Elon could ban Nazis (he doesn't but he could). A government controlled entity cannot.

[–] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Those issues are ones that it's hard to just walk back with a mea culpa, especially when the apology comes precisely when it starts to impact your career.

[–] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

It is, it's deadline is just a little farther out.

[–] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I swear it's like they decided to save money by reusing the sets/actors/costumes from some weird softcore porn that was already in progress.

Still better than the hate crime that is Code of Honor.

[–] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They were paying for its development for about a year and a half.

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