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dan1101 , 8 months ago to technology in Gamers enraged at Ubisoft for injecting ads into the middle of video games

Anno, Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, Asscreed Black Flag, Far Cry 3.

dan1101 , 8 months ago to gaming in Ubisoft blames ‘technical error’ for showing pop-up ads in Assassin’s Creed

A technical error doesn’t result in popup ads. The code had to already be there.

dan1101 , 8 months ago to linux_gaming in Question about Steam Deck vs Gaming PC

I’m surprised that isn’t the default.

dan1101 , 8 months ago to nostupidquestions in Can anyone explain "Good Burger 2" to me? why does anyone want to watch this?

I remember the first Good Burger movie being good, I’d watch another. Wayne’s World was just a sketch and it made a great movie. Was the second one good? I don’t remember.

dan1101 , 8 months ago to mildlyinfuriating in Why do all the new TVs expect me to have a platform AS WIDE as the fucking thing?? Fucking shit!! God awful absolutely dumb thoughtless design choice

My 2008 Samsung had a great center stand. My new TCL has those little feet. Solution is spend another $30 or so on a center stand.

dan1101 , 8 months ago to technology in YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker

I wasn’t able to find YouTube expenses or a number for profit, but since they are a public company it should be in their 10-K and Annual Report.

dan1101 , 8 months ago to lemmyshitpost in A good deal of IT work, too

Googling problems certainly helps but you still need enough knowledge to define the problem, Google it, and implement the solution.

I get the impression that a lot of posted solutions are from people who actually spoke to high level tech support for various hardware/software because how else would they know things like what obscure registry key with a very arbitrary name to add?

dan1101 , 8 months ago to technology in YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker

Poor YouTube only brought in 29 billion dollars in revenue for 2022. They are 11% of Googles revenue.

Now granted they are seeing some slowdown in revenue growth, you know shareholders hate that. So maybe they are trying to create some revenue growth again by making more users pay.

dan1101 , 8 months ago to technology in YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker

Yeah, I’ve been on YouTube with ads and if it weren’t for the Skip Ads button I could not tolerate it. Try to watch a 10 minute video and it starts with a 3 minute ad. How is that remotely reasonable?

dan1101 , 8 months ago to memes in Seriously spends $80 to drive 20km..

I have a truck to haul things. Trash, lumber, kayaks, bikes, and I’ve moved friends and family members at least 6 times. It’s a 1995 and it spends most of its time parked though, it’s not a daily driver. And I really dislike all the tall and massive trucks now. I want a bed that’s actually low enough to be accessible.

dan1101 , 8 months ago to news in Judge finds ‘reasonable evidence’ Tesla knew self-driving tech was defective

“Full Self Driving” was such bullshit, call it Tesla Driving Assistant or something.

dan1101 , 8 months ago to selfhosted in Banana Pi BPI-M7 - More Reasons to Avoid the Raspberry Pi

I think the reasons are they are pushing a competing product.

dan1101 , 8 months ago to technology in OpenAI brings Sam Altman back as CEO less than a week after he was fired by board

Is it still the weekend?

dan1101 , 8 months ago to world in Russian soldier who lost eye in war begs Putin not to send him back

I access Gmail and other Google apps through Firefox every day. They work great. You don’t need Chrome to use Google apps.

dan1101 , 8 months ago to technology in GM’s big bet on driverless cars turns sour

I didn’t say 100% but they are not ready to be on public roads when they hit parked fire trucks. Huge objects on the road.