HarkMahlberg

HarkMahlberg , 5 months ago to Technology in Krebs on Security: "Using Google Search to Find Software Can Be Risky"

Whoever came up with that stupid idea needs their computer privileges revoked for the rest of their life.

Wish granted: that person is now the CEO of AdSense and has a dozen EA's to handle their computer for them.

HarkMahlberg , 5 months ago to Technology in Nintendo’s Next Switch Coming This Year With LCD, Omdia Says

If they're smart they'll call it the Switch 64.

HarkMahlberg , 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to Technology in Google Cuts Thousands of Workers Improving Search After Search Results Scientifically Shown to Suck

I doubt they deprioritize websites, but if they over-prioritize sites that conform to their SEO guidelines and host their ads, then the net effect is the same.

And I don’t see why a quality website wouldn’t keep a viewer on site as long as a poor quality website.

Say you ask a question looking for a definitive answer (meaning it's a question that has one). You find a website that tells you that answer right up front. No fluff, no scrolling, no ads, you're in, you're out. You find another site loaded with a introduction that talks a lot and says little, then you scroll past some ads, then you find another paragraph of text, and somewhere buried in between wishy washy word salad, you find your answer.

To Google, the second website is better, because you were "engaged" for a longer amount of time, and maybe you clicked their ad as you scrolled. That page is gonna rank higher in their results. The former page, by consequence, is gonna come second.

Now let's say you have 10 websites like the latter, and 1 like the former. What rank is the former website gonna come in Google search?

HarkMahlberg , 5 months ago to Technology in Big Tech Won’t Let You Leave. Here's a Way Out - WIRED

And fuck the rest of the world?

Where do you think every website in the entire world is hosted? It's America, obviously. We're the only country with a Constitution after all!

HarkMahlberg , 6 months ago to Technology in The salaries of Wikimedia executives are sparking an online debate about tech sector wages

In times like this, especially when the original twitter post gets ratio'd to shit, it's important to evaluate where they're getting their numbers. I see they post a link to Rumble. I've never heard of this before, what is it?

Rumble
Rumble is a video platform where you can watch live and on-demand content from various categories, such as news, politics, gaming, sports, viral, power slap and finance. You can also discover new creators, join communities, and support your favorite channels on Rumble.

Um... I don't know what Power Slap is but ok, it's a youtube clone.

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Oh fuck me it's a right wing nutjob site. This post is fucking dogshit, trashing Wikipedia because it helps counter their propaganda. Fuck that noise.

Happily other people noticed this fucking nonsense:

So I have no idea what the Lunduke Journal is, so I spent a couple minutes googling it to find its run by a Qanon guy and they themselves say their "tech satire" so... Maybe not someone you should trust with facts.

He says elsewhere that it’s a “liberal cesspool” so you know where is problem really is.

HarkMahlberg , 7 months ago to Mildly Infuriating in [META] Never change, lemmy.ml

!meanwhileongrad

HarkMahlberg , 9 months ago to Technology in Elon Musk Stormed Into the Tesla Office Furious That Autopilot Tried to Kill Him

Even the social aspect of driving eludes him. You and another driver come up to a 4 way stop at the same time, crossing paths. They wave you on to be polite. You wave back and go first. How and when does he plan to handle that behavior?

HarkMahlberg , 10 months ago to Technology in Community contributions to Element Web (Matrix client) are often not welcomed

Unfortunately I don't think your experience is unique. I've seen several open source projects suffer from cliquey, protectionist behavior. I've been on a project where I was told by the primary developer to rebase my PR branch onto origin/main or it won't get looked at. By the time I've done that, that same developer's already pushed a commit directly to origin/main, and I'm no longer up-to-date.