elbrar

elbrar , 3 months ago to technology in Roku’s Ultimatum: Surrender Jury Trial Rights or Lose Access to Your TVs

My muscle memory is to hit power-right-ok to open youtube when I turn the tv on, most of the time without looking at it. The other day, it ended up still sitting on the default menu item after I did that. This must have popped up then. Something that can be dismissed without ever actually seeing it is certainly not enforceable.

elbrar , 5 months ago to technology in Stop using Opera Browser and Opera GX

I used Opera way back in high school over 2 decades ago. The name has been around for a long time, but I don’t know how related the current company is to back then… The product certainly isn’t related anymore since it’s just another chromium clone.

elbrar , 5 months ago to technology in bash.org is gone

Hmm, it still resolves for me, but nothing ever responds. The domain doesn’t expire for over a year still. Perhaps it’s just a transient issue?

elbrar , 6 months ago to technology in Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth

RTGs are still used for outer solar system missions. Not enough light for solar panels. Hell, even the Perseverance Mars rover, which was launched in 2020, has an RTG.

elbrar , 6 months ago to technology in Discord users are cancelling their Nitro after new mobile layout update

proprietary Chinese company

Gonna need a citation for this. Pretty sure they’re a privately-held US company.

elbrar , 8 months ago to technology in Youtube's Anti-adblock is illegal in the EU

Huh. 98% of my youtube consumption is on either TV or phone apps at this point, though, so they really wouldn’t have a place to put something like that. Or maybe they would and I just haven’t watched anything that would have it. Who knows.

Paramount Plus definitely likes shoving a 30 second ad before your show even on the ad-free plan, though…

elbrar , 8 months ago to technology in Youtube's Anti-adblock is illegal in the EU

I’ve had Premium since whenever it was first introduced (a decade at this point?) and I’ve never seen a youtube-provided ad during that time, assuming I’m logged into the appropriate account.

elbrar , 8 months ago to linux in Linux way way slower than Windows?

AIOs typically pretend to be a fan and you would only need to use that with a custom loop.

elbrar , 8 months ago to technology in Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech

most places have a gate at the exit that only lets you leave by scamming your receipt

That would be unlawful detention here. Also, what about people that go in and decide they don’t actually want to buy anything after all?

elbrar , 8 months ago to technology in The FTC wants to ban hidden 'junk fees' that jack up the price of your purchases

that would very much wreak havoc with caching since you basically can’t cache pricing including sales tax as it depends on your very specific location.

of course, for things like event tickets, it’s the venue’s location that matters for tax, so it works out to be a non-issue.

elbrar , 10 months ago to technology in Leaked Zoom all-hands: CEO says employees must return to offices because they can't be as innovative or get to know each other on Zoom

I don’t know, the fact that 4 of the 5 other members on my team live at least 2 time zones away from me keeps me from socializing with them after work ends.

(I do not want to leave this job, fwiw.)

elbrar , 10 months ago to technology in Leaked Zoom all-hands: CEO says employees must return to offices because they can't be as innovative or get to know each other on Zoom

Ya know, I’m not super happy with my salary (they’re really bad at keeping up with inflation), but … the promise of permanent WFH (we are actively getting rid of our last office, and hiring fully remote) with ability to live in ~half of the states without salary adjustment is basically keeping me complacent for now.

elbrar , 10 months ago to technology in Ex-Tesla employee reveals shocking details on worker conditions: 'You get fired on the spot.'

(does not include LGBT+ people)

Yes it does.

elbrar , 10 months ago to worldnews in New Covid wave has begun and masks should be worn again, scientists warn

I’ve been doing this and still somehow managed to catch it about a year ago. One of the few people at that event that was wearing a mask and somehow I’m the one that gets it…

Don’t know if I’m ever going to stop wearing a mask.

elbrar , 11 months ago to startrek in Reddit seems all doom and gloom on the topic but what about Lemmy? And the future of Star Trek?

I don’t want to see SNW on TV. I don’t think they’ll have to change the content directly, but they’d have to fit to the 42-odd minute runtime. We’ve had several episodes near and over an hour long. It’s very refreshing to see them making episodes as long as they need to be to tell the story.