I’m part of a small group of Jr Self Taught Web Developers who were recently brainstorming ideas for a Group Project App we could put together and actually create a user base....
Legally there are no issues as long as the download option directly downloads from the original host where your application then cuts out the ads. Blocking ads is not illegal. It is neither copyright infringement nor piracy. It might break the ToS but that is ultimately not illegal, and may also be circumventable if carefully implemented.
Invidious does not break the youtube ToS because it doesn’t use the youtube API that the ToS is applied to. Same with Grayjay.
I stopped using revanced in favor of Grayjay. It is an excellent app. It was initially a bit buggy, but not anymore. But don’t get the playstore version. Download it directly to get all plugins.
We know that a lot of politicians (and media folks) in the US are pushing to ban TikTok. It has seemed notable, of course, that European countries don’t seem all that worried about TikTok, which sh…
As funny of a joke “all programmers copy and paste” is, after 9 years that impostor syndrome should be gone, and if you still can’t figure out a solution without copying and pasting, maybe it is time to go back to the basics and learn how to code.
It would help the prosecution’s case if there first was scientific evidence of there being such a thing as gaming addiction, and not just boomers arguing it because they think kids these days should go outside more.
Yes, but that’s not what this story is about, and they don’t cause gaming addiction, they cause gambling addiction. You can’t get addicted to gaming itself.
That’s gambling addiction, which is researched and does exist.
Gaming addiction, on the other hand, is purely speculative and often pushed by people who do not understand or like games.
While, yes, a game can have login bonuses and season passes to raise player retention, that also doesn’t become addiction, just as having a membership card with bonuses at a grocery store isn’t going to land you with a grocery addiction.
It doesn’t become gaming addiction just because the game utilizes exploitative mechanics, it becomes gambling addiction, or whatever addiction the mechanic was made to exploit. Gaming addiction in itself is as stupid of a concept as soccer addiction or book addiction.
You get a different IP from someone else who uses the VPN, and someone else gets to use yours. Sounds like a win-win to me in terms of both privacy and having an excuse for damning evidence. “Your honor, I assure you that ‘giant horse cock’ and ‘how to make anthrax’ were from someone else on the VPN network.”
I know all the secrets by heart from playing it as a kid, and while clunky, it is a fun challenge to beat within the time limit to unlock the best ending.
Learning how to build a bomb shouldn’t be blocked by llms to begin with. You can just as easily learn how to do it by googling the same question, and real and accurate information, even potentially dangerous information, shouldn’t be censored.
In short i just jumped into the whole Mastodon blocking drama and am somewhat disappointed to see it as childish as reddit’s power mod drama. Accelerated by the fact that a Limit/Mute option exist just fine, i wonder why Block/Defederation is an option at all. It only moves power from the user to admins without anything in...
Ironically the most defederated instances are hexbear, lemmygrad and other tankie/lil’pink instances, and to them anyone who disagrees with them is a Nazi.
It’s not your own kid that is the problem, but rather that every other parent is shitty and let’s their kid be on the phone all day long, which in turn forces your kid to follow suit or be ostracized. If phones are banned altogether from school, kids get to have healthy activities during recess, rather than being glued to the phone. The shitty parents can let their kids get phone neck after school.
Tomte, nisse, tomtenisse, or tonttu depending on which Scandinavian country you’re from, is a garden gnome-like spirit from Scandinavian folklore. It generally helps with your farm, and you give it oatmeal by leaving it on your doorsteps around winter solstice, and it brings you a gift in return. But it has a short temper and plays pranks on you or even kills livestock if you piss it off.
Santa clause kind of merged together with the tomte and became it’s own type of tomte, without the short temper.
Sweet baby inc is being cancelled because they launched a harassment campaign against a steam group and tried to get the group owner banned on steam, not because they insert wokeness in videogames. The CEO of the company has also bragged on twitter about how they do exactly what this article says they don’t.
Also, this article is written by a bigot who says you can’t be racist against white people, and when facing backlash, she privated her account but left “you can’t be racist against white people” as profile banner.
You’re not fascist for not wanting to buy games from a company that is linked to nothing but underperforming garbage titles, or maybe you thought forspoken and suicide squad were good games?
All the steam group does is take the titles Sweet Baby Inc lists on their own website, and list them in the group so people know what titles they’ve worked on. The CEO has tried her best to portray the group as a racist misogynistic cess pool, and all it did was Streisand effect the shit out of the situation and increase the group members from 4k to over 100k.
So I made a comment on worldnews criticizing Chinese activity in the south china sea and apparently got banned for it by the automod. This happen to anyone else? Is this Lemmy’s version of the need help post and the shape of things to come?...
I’ve never been much of a cook, but it’s something I’d love to try and get better at. I’ve got a growing family and as much as freezer food is serving them now, when they’re older I’d like to be able to cook them something genuinely nice.
2 garlic pieces (or more. I’m not the boss of you)
2 cans crushed tomatoes (800g in total)
2 tbsp tomato pure
2 pork, chicken, or vegetable consomme dice
1 tsp chili powder
cayenne (red) pepper
1 green paprika (important, don’t skip)
salt
black pepper
1 tsp oregano
1 tbsp soy
instructions:
cut the onion and fry with the butter. fry the mince with the onion until it has color. add crushed tomatoes, pure, and the consomme. add chili powder and cayenne pepper based on how it tastes. let it boil. meanwhile, cut the paprika and add the pieces. let it boil for a few minutes. add salt and pepper based on how it tastes. boil the macaronis and add to the mix, alternative add a bit of water to the mix and boil the macaronis together with it.
Are there any legal issues recreating YouTube SponsorBlock for Podcasts?
I’m part of a small group of Jr Self Taught Web Developers who were recently brainstorming ideas for a Group Project App we could put together and actually create a user base....
Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory (www.nature.com)
How it feels sometimes.. (reddthat.com)
India Banned TikTok, It Didn’t Go Well (www.techdirt.com)
We know that a lot of politicians (and media folks) in the US are pushing to ban TikTok. It has seemed notable, of course, that European countries don’t seem all that worried about TikTok, which sh…
There was a time when the entirety of the internet would have fit onto the device you're currently browsing on.
How do we tell him ? (lemmy.world)
You can't sue us for making games 'too entertaining,' say major game developers in response to addiction lawsuits (www.pcgamer.com)
Shell abandons 2035 emissions target and weakens 2030 goal (www.carbonbrief.org)
Free VPN apps on Google Play turned Android phones into proxies (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
What is a bad video game that you enjoy?
ASCII art elicits harmful responses from 5 major AI chatbots (arstechnica.com)
Why is defederation an option when Limit/Mute exist?
In short i just jumped into the whole Mastodon blocking drama and am somewhat disappointed to see it as childish as reddit’s power mod drama. Accelerated by the fact that a Limit/Mute option exist just fine, i wonder why Block/Defederation is an option at all. It only moves power from the user to admins without anything in...
Should students have cellphones in class? Indiana just said no — with a few exceptions (www.wishtv.com)
Indiana just passed legislation to require schools to ban phones....
Religious fruitcake offended by Christmas joke (midwest.social)
Mozilla Firefox is Working on a Tab Grouping Feature (news.itsfoss.com)
Sweet Baby Inc. Doesn’t Do What Some Gamers Think It Does (kotaku.com)
Anyone else banned from world news for criticizing China?
So I made a comment on worldnews criticizing Chinese activity in the south china sea and apparently got banned for it by the automod. This happen to anyone else? Is this Lemmy’s version of the need help post and the shape of things to come?...
Men Over 30: What's one recipe or dish that you'd consider your go-to
I’ve never been much of a cook, but it’s something I’d love to try and get better at. I’ve got a growing family and as much as freezer food is serving them now, when they’re older I’d like to be able to cook them something genuinely nice.