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ares35 , 5 months ago to Memes in They must have had great chemistry together

thank you, ordis.

ares35 , 5 months ago to Technology in YouTube Premium announces 100 million subscribers

and probably more than a few upsells from cross-marketing a yt 'premium' sub to those that came over from satellite for nfl games.

ares35 , 5 months ago to 196 in Just a quick reminder

years ago i read that the reason for the lopsidedness of the cursor was because of the old crt monitors. it just looked better having two edges being 'straight'; one exactly vertical up and down, one exactly horizontal, left to right; as those edges would have no 'jaggies'

rotating the pointer straight-up makes it look even more off-kilter.
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ares35 , 5 months ago to Technology in Microsoft sneaks ads into the new Outlook for Windows

the little purple desktop buddy could come back now.. powered by ai

ares35 , 5 months ago to Technology in Microsoft sneaks ads into the new Outlook for Windows

the recent changes to thunderbird are welcome improvements. you should give it another shot.

ares35 , 5 months ago to Technology in Microsoft sneaks ads into the new Outlook for Windows

the standalone office application called 'outlook' is still existing.. (for now, and until microsoft comes up with a way to fk that up too)

some moron at microsoft just decided it would be a good idea to dilute the strength of the outlook name by using it on webmail and the new (cr)app version in windows.

ares35 , 5 months ago to Technology in Google Search is losing its 'cached' web page feature

i maintain redirects for old URLs for which the content still exists at another address. i've been doing that since i started working on web sites 20-some years ago. not many take the time to do that, but i do. so there's at least a few web sites out there that if you have a 20 year old bookmark to, chances are it still works.

ares35 , 5 months ago to Technology in Mozilla slams Microsoft for using dark patterns to drive Windows users towards Edge in a new Research Report

's mode' is the 'no way back' wall you can disable.. stupidly requiring a microsoft account to do--in order to install stuff on your pc without needing a damn microsoft account in the first place. 's mode' is becoming more common on higher-end hardware now, too, not just the cheap atom-based crap with emmc and 4gb ram. i've seen it on i5 laptops, ffs.

the other is a setting, which is just a scary 'warning' about installing programs from outside the garden, that you can change.

ares35 , 5 months ago to Technology in Mozilla slams Microsoft for using dark patterns to drive Windows users towards Edge in a new Research Report

it's not just windows, and not just edge. i just installed firefox mobile on a guy's android phone because even on msn.com (which he reads for 'news' daily. it's about his only online activity) via chrome they hide the annoying 'continue reading' button and have an even more annoying 'continue reading in the app' one in its place. added a firefox link directly to that page on his home screen. he's a happy camper now. the less-annoying one is back and he (for the time being, anyway) is no longer pressured into installing yet another app-that-just-shows-a-fucking-web-page app. also having a ublock-origin enabled browser now is just the icing on the cake.

ares35 , 5 months ago to Technology in Did ad blockers survive YouTube's offensive? Letting numbers talk

plenty of users are uninstalling at one site's (yt) demand... instead of just whitelisting instead.

ares35 , 5 months ago to Technology in Did ad blockers survive YouTube's offensive? Letting numbers talk

that effect is amplified in areas with only shit-tier internet, like half of rural america.

ares35 , 5 months ago to Technology in Did ad blockers survive YouTube's offensive? Letting numbers talk

the latter is why you just disable the adblocker on specific sites, instead of uninstalling it completely which leaves you open to all the malware infested ads and shit everywhere.

ares35 , 5 months ago to Mildly Infuriating in Can't even buy chicken in peace

even here in the boonies we have doordash now.. just as expensive as in the city, and just as cold whenif you get it.

and i think you can still pay a one-way taxi fare and have them pick up an order and deliver. it has to be ready, waiting and already paid for--they won't wait. this is the cheaper option, because you're paying menu prices. not third-party 'app' prices plus bullshit fees and surcharges. fare is about 5 bucks anywhere in town.

ares35 , 5 months ago to Memes in Explain how!

because those workers didn't buy into that corporate anti-union nonsense.

ares35 , 5 months ago to Technology in Universal Music says that it will pull its song catalog from TikTok tomorrow at midnight, as the companies are unable to reach a deal on rights. Huge implications.

that's how i am when the big media companies and the cable/satellite companies fight over fees and retransmission rights.