Honestly though you got me there, I think being on Lemmy is a much stronger predictor of someone working in IT than whether or not they watched Homestar Runner, haha.
Like shot in the dark accusations of IT work here you’ll hit someone 9 times out of 10.
“I’m a millennial who was on the internet before it was cool and likely work in IT. Also I have good taste in videos.”
Not sure if this is what the previous user was getting at, but I think we should put it a different way: it’s not about whether or not the admins of a given site/instance refuse to host ads, but if they can meaningfully prevent ads from manifesting on their platform.
If there is money to extract from people, the advertisers will eventually arrive, invited or not.
On Reddit, for instance, I’d be willing to guess that the majority of ads were not formal ads, but rather astroturfed content from informal advertisers.
The only reason Lemmy is not seeing that (at least not so overtly) is because it’s still small and obscure. But security through obscurity is not really a winning strategy in the long run.
Seems like it’s some sort of digital intake form for a healthcare organization. The answer related to speaking with a doctor had me curious and googling “Epic healthcare” showed that company with matching logo as a healthcare software company.
May be helpful information to share with a doctor but understandable to say no for anyone who wants to confirm their doctor is LGBT+ friendly/trustworthy first before disclosing details.
But then wouldn’t this be “Apple prevents UK and 7 Eyes nations from spying on citizens?”
People in the UK are out of luck but the whole reason they’re turning off encryption there is to prevent governments from having a backdoor into their service.
The BBC article clarifies (not sure if NYT does as well, I can’t read it)
Users will have a grace period to opt out of encryption before their data is deleted. Apple states they do not have the ability to automatically unencrypt the data.
I know Apple is an American company but what does this have to do with the US?
It’s a bit like making alcohol—it’s made through fermentation, but you want it to be very controlled.
Normally you’d want to sterilize the starting mix first to kill any undesired molds and bacteria, add the fermenting agent that you want (lactic acid producing bacteria in this case) and age it in a sealed container until ready.
If it starts with any contaminants or if any are introduced during fermentation, it’d spoil the batch and make you very sick if ingested.
Nah, fuck Biden’s and Harris’s handling of the situation. It was a disaster and needs to be called what it is.
But I think what you are suggesting is a disingenuous interpretation of what most people were saying during the US election. No one was suggesting that Biden/Harris were good for Palestine. Only that Trump would be much, much worse. And I feel like the events of the past few weeks have validated that fear, however horrifying that is to type out.
It must be the chunk of land they’re sitting on. Just can’t see it because the full text can’t be read in its entirety from that close up.
Even better, it allowed for a political dynasty to come from it anyways. Prescott Bush, the father of George H. W Bush and grandfather of George W. Bush and Jeb Bush, was one of the parties involved with the Business Plot, and the Bushes seemed to do a fine job carrying on his legacy.
At this point, the line between business and government in the US is almost non-existent, so definitely still a government using your data for the propaganda machine.
You can’t copy our JPEGs! That’s stealing! If you want to look at these JPEGs whenever you want, you need to register for an account and tag your favorites so we can monitor your viewing habits and sell your personality profile to advertisers and government entities!
Not just US citizens, but specifically the Anglophone world as a whole. I’ve been to other English-speaking country where citizens of the USA are commonly referred to as “Americans” (when they’re not called Yanks) while the continents are called “The Americas”.
I also colloquially know that the name of the country in Japanese is simply “America” as well with its citizens just called “America-jin”
The relevant Wikipedia article seems to have some interesting insights as to which major world languages opt for which options, but it doesn’t seem to be an overly long list of examples.
I had no idea this happened, and now all I can think is that the writers of the HBO series Succession were coming from a very real place. I know the family in that series was inspired by the Murdochs but I didn’t think it was that faithful to reality.
Vendors use parts and designs from other vendors all the time.
As another example, Apple still uses displays made by Samsung and cameras made by Sony for the iPhone.
Sadly, though, this may not be helpful for much longer.
Some films are beginning to completely forego physical release in favor of digital only, and we’re veering back towards “You need a dedicated set-top box for movies” territory with computers and game consoles trying to do away with disc drives.
The drift is very real and inevitable. The joycons have such a high failure rate.
A lot of drugs and a brain parasite.