A marketing team within media giant Cox Media Group (CMG) claims it has the capability to listen to ambient conversations of consumers through embedded microphones in smartphones, smart TVs, and other devices to gather data and use it to target ads, according to a review of CMG marketing materials by 404 Media and details from a...
When I was a kid there were some things I’d see and wanted, only to get them and be seriously disappointed. I learned quickly that ads are fluff.
Nowadays, I actively stay away from things I’ve seen advertised. The way I see it is if a company has to pay tons of money to get their product seen, it can’t be all that good to start with. Genuinely good products don’t need to try and convince you they’re worth it.
I went to thetvdb.com site yesterday and much to my surprise, they won’t let me in unless I subscribe or turn off my adblocker. Is there any workaround for this?
I do not want to block all bots. I only want to block bots from specific instance. More specifically, the @alien.top instance is using most, if not all, bot accounts with random usernames. It uses that instance to post in communities of other instances. I thought about blocking other instances. But the main issue lies with...
Yup, at least in some cases. In one of the home networking subs I’ve seen several questions that after a quick search were posted on reddit within an hour before they showed up here. It kind of pisses me off wasting time trying to help someone that doesn’t even exist on the fediverse.
All 5 of my cats were strays/born from strays. Plus there’s another 10 strays outside near my place that I’ve been taking care of, and sheltering from the cold.
And I’m not even a cat person. I’ve been pussy whipped by their cuteness.
Summary: A recent UK government inquiry into the challenges faced by the film and high-end television industry has recently received submissions from major Hollywood studios advocating for KYC (know your customer) rules for hosting providers, similar to banking regulations to identify money laundering. If adopted, this would...
They like to whine and cry that piracy makes them lose money, but the opposite is true (at least in my case.) I wouldn’t have bought half the games I did if I hadn’t first pirated them to try them out. I’m certainly not tossing $60+ dollars on something I “might” like otherwise.
I’ve never been good at growing plants in my house (I usually either forget to water them, or over water them) but I love the look of them, that’s why I have a bunch of plastic plants around the house. I’ve even managed to kill spider plants which are pretty easy to grow.
Oddly I’m not bad at growing pot plants though… I just don’t have room to grow any like I used to.
Marketing Company Claims That It Actually Is Listening to Your Phone and Smart Speakers to Target Ads (www.404media.co)
A marketing team within media giant Cox Media Group (CMG) claims it has the capability to listen to ambient conversations of consumers through embedded microphones in smartphones, smart TVs, and other devices to gather data and use it to target ads, according to a review of CMG marketing materials by 404 Media and details from a...
Rock a bye baby on top of the tree, When the wind blows the cradle will YEET ♪ (i.imgur.com)
(shamelessly stolen from an imgur dump)
I love Karlach (startrek.website)
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This is a frog that had it’s legs photoshopped away.
Wretched souls (lemmy.world)
Oh no. Look what my dog found in the house! (lemmy.world)
"You have an adblocker installed" workaround
I went to thetvdb.com site yesterday and much to my surprise, they won’t let me in unless I subscribe or turn off my adblocker. Is there any workaround for this?
How can I block posts from all bot accounts of specific instance? (alien.top)
I do not want to block all bots. I only want to block bots from specific instance. More specifically, the @alien.top instance is using most, if not all, bot accounts with random usernames. It uses that instance to post in communities of other instances. I thought about blocking other instances. But the main issue lies with...
And I love him (startrek.website)
Before long, it'll be all grill and drivers won't be able to see which direction they're going. (startrek.website)
Of the tens of thousands of lies told, I wish this one was true... (lemmy.ca)
Hollywood to UK Govt: Investigating Pirates "Increasingly Difficult" * TorrentFreak (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Summary: A recent UK government inquiry into the challenges faced by the film and high-end television industry has recently received submissions from major Hollywood studios advocating for KYC (know your customer) rules for hosting providers, similar to banking regulations to identify money laundering. If adopted, this would...
Ordinary car crash, Boston, USA, 1938 (lemmy.world)
🌿👀🌿 (mander.xyz)
Boquila trifoliolata mimics leaves of an artificial plastic host plant...
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Where to find torrents?
I used to use thepiratebay.org, but recently it seems the quality of the site has degraded....
American naturalist William Beebe in a deep-sea bathysphere, 1930s? (lemmy.world)
Hannibal vs Pennywise (lemmy.world)
I think I love you [ADHDinos] (startrek.website)
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