mrmanager

@mrmanager@lemmy.today

Long time linux user and tinkerer. Currently working as a devops engineer. Very positive to the idea of decentralized internet platforms. :)

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YouTube Tests Showing Ads When You Pause a Video, Calls it ''Pause Ads'' (www.androidauthority.com)

YouTube first spoke about pause ads last year when it started trialing them in select regions. At the time, the company said that when you pause a video, it will shrink, and an ad will appear next to it....

mrmanager, 26 days ago

I think eventually, some people will be OK with paying 5 dollars per month for a YouTube competitor that is better than the original. Much like Kagi is doing for search engines. It won’t be for the majority since they still expect free stuff and no ads, which doesn’t work.

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What kind of institutional gaslighting is this? (i.redd.it)

mrmanager, 23 days ago

Oh shit, uneasy feelings for managers… :)

Clearly a national emergency.

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Brave will not add Web Integration support (twitter.com)

I think we need all support we can get to fight Google on this, so I welcome Brave here actually....

Musk failed to get the necessary permits to change Twitter’s building signage to X, and the police shut it down just in time for “er” to remain. (mastodon.social)

The awesome Taylor Lorenz reports this on Mastadon. Highly recommend to follow her if you like these updates about what’s going on.

X users report unlabeled clickbait ads that you can’t block or report (www.theverge.com)

I wish I was a cat. No school, no work. just meow meow (lemmy.world)

mrmanager, 1 month ago

Cats are easily the best looking being on the planet.

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A peaceful protest against Web Environment Integrity (github.com)

I thought this was kind of a fun way to show discontent with Chromiums added Web Integration - someone made a pull request to simply remove it....

Lawsuit alleges SpaceX underpays women and minorities (gizmodo.com)

Takeaways from AP report on how the search for the coronavirus origins turned toxic (apnews.com)

The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investigation has found....

mrmanager, 1 month ago

This is like asking the burglar to investigate his own crime in a way, isn’t it?

I don’t know what happened with the virus of course, but trusting what US intelligence agencies are saying, isn’t that a bit gullible?

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The Fuckening (lemmy.ml)

When your day is going too well and you don’t trust it and some shit finally goes down …...

mrmanager, 1 month ago

Lol :)

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Meta's Threads experience seems horrible (internettalk.substack.com)

I haven’t used threads and I never will, but it’s nice to see that it’s not a great user experience even for people who are used to meta.

Do you feel you are above or below average? (sive.rs)

I loved this blog post....

Kagi is crazy good

Here I was in my own little bubble appearently, thinking people were using https://kagi.com to search now that it exists, but a comment I got made me realize that's probably not the case......

Kagi gets external funding! (blog.kagi.com)

I really love seeing this search engine grow and grow. It's just a fantastic search experience, much like Google in the early days before it became shit....

Fediverse privacy nightmare? (blog.bloonface.com)

I think they are leaving out something quite important in this blog post - nobody is using their real names here....

ChatGpt writes a song about todays Internet

In the land of Big Brother, where they watch every move, They promise you freedom, but they’ve got something to prove, You’re thinking you’re free, but it’s a digital ruse, With every click, every like, every view, they abuse....

Version 0.19.1 outgoing federation issues for anyone else?

Users of lemmy.today are reporting that outgoing federation of posts and comments stopped to work after the update to 0.19.1 about 19 hours ago....

Jerboa and Newpipe

The perfect social media android experience, using Jerboa for ad free, federated, social media and Newpipe for ad free YouTube with a beautiful userface....