Google should have to clearly communicate to users what they did. Only few will even read and know about this. Rarely anybody will care.

Misbehavior on such a scale should at least be communicated so users can make an informed decision on their continued trust.

Given that their mediation is binding to discord too, depending on the mediator, it can be a good thing for customers too.

Opting out may be the safe way. But I have to wonder if that clause would be binding. ToS can’t overrule law.

I wouldn’t use it.

Seems to me like free plan is what browsers natively support anyway. (Scam site blacklist. I highly suspect they use the same. They can’t compete with the one Google hosts and all major browsers integrate.)

And instead of paying 15 usd per month, Windows defender is a well funded, well established, well trusted solution.

There’s no practical gain in blockage before download. Windows defender scans upon and after download, before execution.

a worked - apparently doesn’t even need to be a valid/web email address

Before using any potentially valid domain name I try to use example.com, which is guaranteed to not be in use or claimable.

Firefox having an empty check box on Blocks cross-site trackers is a lie.

Docs Enhanced Tracking Protection in Firefox for desktop

Ignoring isolation is misleading - in this marketing context a plain lie.

They could have made a differentiation between all-blocked vs some-blocked, but empty indicates none are blocked, which is a lie.

I was curious about what the other languages are, and they are German, Spanish, and Japanese.

I can’t say anything about it’s quality, but Wikibooks has German.

Looks like it may be worthwhile as a or an additional starting resource, but maybe not more.

That looks like cake

I just set up an HP Laptop for someone and Windows setup is horrendous. Fuck you Microsoft.

There’s no way around using a Microsoft account, but when you enter an invalid login, you can proceed setting up a local account anyway. Then all the shit is set up to my disliking. And of course, Microsoft installs its own services adware and additional third-party adware you can’t uninstall, and then, HP does the same, installing more scamware. Disgusting.

I say fault lies not with only one, but both.

yt-dlp supports various sites and authentication options (may have to take over from webbrowser). I don’t see an explicit extractor in the source, but it may work anyway. It’s what I’d try first.

You quoted the wrong/other comment

A public forever storage of all transactions is not good but bad for privacy.

Send money to someone and they can see your wallet and all transactions.

Identifying wallet owners may require different levels of effort. But that’s kinda besides the point.

Yes, exactly. That’s what I was referring to in my last sentence.

My LG asked me whether I want to enable the smart voice, listening, and AI stuff and I declined.

I am astonished by an established, commercial website having good structure.

It looks like a documentation website. Sidebar with clear categories and navigation. I really like it.

The article doesn’t say much. So I checked the source for more information. It doesn’t say much more, but IMO in a much better way, in two concise paragraphs. In the sourced financial report, it is in the intro, two paragraphs:

An example R&D initiative, sponsored by the Innovation team was Project Ava, where a team, initially from Electric Square Malta, attempted to create a 2D game solely using Gen AI. Over the six-month process, the team shared their findings across the Group, highlighting where Gen AI has the potential to augment the game development process, and where it lags behind. Whilst the project team started small, it identified over 400 tools, evaluating and utilising those with the best potential. Despite this, we ultimately utilised bench resource from seven different game development studios as part of the project, as the tooling was unable to replace talent.

One of the key learnings was that whilst Gen AI may simplify or accelerate certain processes, the best results and quality needed can only be achieved by experts in their field utilising Gen AI as a new, powerful tool in their creative process. As a research project, the game will not be released to the public, but has been an excellent initiative to rapidly spread tangible learnings across the Group, provide insights to clients and it demonstrates the power and level of cross-studio collaboration that currently exists. Alongside Project Ava, the team is undertaking a range of Gen AI R&D projects, including around 3D assets, to ensure that we are able to provide current insights in an ever- evolving part of the market

The central quote and conclusion being:

One of the key learnings was that whilst Gen AI may simplify or accelerate certain processes, the best results and quality needed can only be achieved by experts in their field utilising Gen AI as a new, powerful tool in their creative process.

Which is obvious and expected for anyone familiar with the technology. Of course, experiments and confirming expectations has value too. And I’m certain actually using tools and finding out which ones they can use where is very useful to them specifically.

Firefox, uBlock Origin, adguard DNS, sponsorblock (crowdsourced video sections with auto skip), DeArrow (crowdsourced clickbait replacement), nyancat seek/progress bar, playback speed control, Dark Reader.

Same setup on Windows desktop and my Android devices.

I’ve noticed videos stopping and buffering after the first few seconds, but not always, and seemingly less so again. It was acceptable to me.

Ads get shown because they’re paid. Regular posts compete with all other posts, and user filters and subscriptions.