silence7

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Better ad targeting does make ads more valuable...but because only Google and Facebook have the visibility and ML to do it effectively, they wound up with all the ad revenue. Everybody else ended up with a few pennies

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 6 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

I'm a bit sympathetic to them — they do need to get paid to keep operating, and ads don't cover the cost of providing news anymore

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 30 points 1 day ago

They dont let sites opt-out, and they do a much more seamless job of enabling people to archive paywalled content

 

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

If there's an edit that alters a detail that doesn't matter to the witness, it probably isn't important. And that kind of replacement is hard to do at scale without getting caught.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

What you end up stuck doing is deciding to trust particular sources. This makes it a lot harder to establish a shared reality

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Let's say it halved. That's visible light, which at low wattage, is harmless.

If it quadrupled, its still infrared. Also harmless at those wattages

Remember here: youre dealing with something that is less harmful than visible light. So whatever fear you have must be much worse when it comes to things like daylight, indoor lighting, headlights, etc

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Here's the thing: wavelengths shorter than visible light cause cancer. Wavelengths longer...don't. They're using the long wavelengths.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tesla robotaxis had a string of crashes their first day

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

There is a very large safety difference between Waymo and Tesla robotaxis right now.

 

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

With the UK, they can block content that's known to be NSFW. With Mississippi, they get fined if kids access the site at all if somebody else on there sees something NSFW.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 21 points 2 months ago

My understanding is that it applies to every site which hosts any NSFW content, whether or not minors can access it

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 84 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

The problem isn't that the state is blocking it; its that they threatened to impose a $10,000 fine for each user who can access the site without first proving their age.

You can afford that risk if you live outside the US. Not if you're a US corporation

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