Ukrainian forces believe they have broken through the most difficult line of Russian defences in the south and will now be able to advance more quickly, a commander fighting in the south told Reuters.
A total of 31 Patriot Front members, including one identified as its founder, were arrested in 2022 after someone reported seeing people loading into a U-Haul van like “a little army.”
In my opinion, Abby from TLOU 2. During the first part of the game, she is portrayed as the bad girl, but when she become the playable character, you understand that she isn't:...
Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are being detained across Russia and the Ukrainian territories it occupies, in centers ranging from brand-new wings in Russian prisons to clammy basements.
Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar has been stabbed multiple times during an altercation with another inmate at a federal prison in Florida. Nassar is serving decades in prison after admitting sexually assaulting athletes at Michigan State University and at Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics, including Olympic medalists.
I don't think it's exactly a good thing that our prisons are so poorly managed that people can easily random suffer extra-judicial violence, and I certainly don't think it's something to celebrate. Sure, today it was a total piece of shit, but circumstances that enable this kind of disorder, combined with our less-than-perfect justice system, mean that tomorrow it could easily be someone who was falsely arrested and shouldn't even be in prison that gets stabbed.
That said, I certainly won't shed any tears for Larry here.
The really really sad thing is, Reddit could have done a half decent job and made a fair bit of money, but they decided on stupidity instead.
Sure, it would have upset some people a bit, but... Not by anywhere close to the same degree.
Alright, we're sorry, but use of the API is going to have to start costing money for some kinds of uses.
First off, people that just want to scrape everything get the following access, and a much higher rate limit, but it's going to cost $x.
Moderator tools will always be free, but the API will require that the tool be associated with a moderator, and it will only permit access to subs that the user is a moderator for.
Community bots will generally be free, subject to the following restrictions.
And 3rd party clients will be charged a minimal amount, calculated to be roughly equal to what we are making from similar users on the official clients, to make up for lost ad revenue. Alternate options involving profit sharing may be viable, contact X for details.
By accepting the API agreement, you agree that use of the wrong class of API usage (for example, using the community bot or 3rd party client classes for data scraping) will be billed, retroactively, at $X * 10.
There. That's really not that hard. And people would have been much less upset at that, at least as long as the fees were actually as described, and not based on, say, how much they would like to make per user.
You'd probably want a free tier for 3rd party clients for users of specific account types. If the user is paying for Reddit Premium, maybe 3rd party clients don't get charged for API usage for that user account. Or if the user is a moderator for a given subreddit, API usage for that user on that subreddit is also free. With an API that the client can use to check the status of such things. If they were smart, they would also have a process for users with disabilities to have their accounts exempted from fees. That last one is hard, because you need a verification process, but it would get them a lot of good will.
Again... This shouldn't be hard. And it would have turned into a viable revenue stream!
Hell, flatly disclose that the 3rd party cost is 30% more than the average cost of using the standard client, to support the effort required to maintain the API. (Largely bullshit, but it makes those users more valuable than those that use the official client, while not being expensive enough to make it impossible for anyone to offer a 3rd party client at an even remotely sane cost.)
Yes, this would have very sadly been the end of free 3rd party clients... But I for one would have been... Okay with paying a small amount per month/year through the app store for a client that didn't suck.
Instead, Reddit decided that committing suicide was the better path forward.
Anthony Bourdain answers audience questions during a 2008 book signing in Santa Cruz. He talks about Gordon Ramsey in this segment--says he's a genuinely nic...
Man, I miss Anthony. He was one of the few real ones among tv chefs. Gordon is one so long as you watch the british versions of his shows where he comes off as more reasonable.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian defenders killed about 670 Russian servicemen and destroyed 88 units of various military equipment and systems at the front line over the past day (4 July).
Ukraine will speed up advance on southern front, commander says (www.reuters.com)
Ukrainian forces believe they have broken through the most difficult line of Russian defences in the south and will now be able to advance more quickly, a commander fighting in the south told Reuters.
White nationalists convicted of planning to riot at Idaho pride event (www.nbcnews.com)
A total of 31 Patriot Front members, including one identified as its founder, were arrested in 2022 after someone reported seeing people loading into a U-Haul van like “a little army.”
Musk, Tesla board to return $735M after being sued for overpaying themselves (arstechnica.com)
Shareholder lawsuit said Tesla board pay "grossly exceeds" corporate norms.
Wich fictional character is unfairly hated by the public ?
In my opinion, Abby from TLOU 2. During the first part of the game, she is portrayed as the bad girl, but when she become the playable character, you understand that she isn't:...
Twitter now blocking all DMs from non-Twitter Blue subscribers by default (mashable.com)
A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished (nautil.us)
At first Adam Smith couldn’t believe his calculations. Then it sank in.
Thousands of Ukraine civilians are being held in Russian prisons. Russia plans to build many more (apnews.com)
Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are being detained across Russia and the Ukrainian territories it occupies, in centers ranging from brand-new wings in Russian prisons to clammy basements.
Nearly 3 Billion Birds Gone (www.birds.cornell.edu)
A new study finds steep, long-term losses across virtually all groups of birds in the U.S. and Canada
Watching the sunset [OC] (lemmus.org)
Along PCH in California
Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times at Florida federal prison, AP sources say (apnews.com)
Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar has been stabbed multiple times during an altercation with another inmate at a federal prison in Florida. Nassar is serving decades in prison after admitting sexually assaulting athletes at Michigan State University and at Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics, including Olympic medalists.
This is the Reddit app. They are making it really easy to want to migrate (lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1032247
Anthony Bourdain on Gordon Ramsey (m.youtube.com)
Anthony Bourdain answers audience questions during a 2008 book signing in Santa Cruz. He talks about Gordon Ramsey in this segment--says he's a genuinely nic...
Twitter silently removes login requirement for viewing tweets (techcrunch.com)
Days after requiring users to log in to view tweets on the web, Twitter has silently removed these restrictions.
Russia losses 670 soldiers, air defence system and 36 artillery systems in one day (www.pravda.com.ua)
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian defenders killed about 670 Russian servicemen and destroyed 88 units of various military equipment and systems at the front line over the past day (4 July).
Homemade sushi dinner night (lemmy.world)
Husband loves to make sushi for dinner for special occasions
Ron DeSantis’ pastor says gay people should be “put to death” (www.lgbtqnation.com)
The pastor tweeted in support of Uganda's new "Kill the Gays" law...
Lemmy.world officially has 33k users! 3000 users away from becoming the #1 lemmy instance. (lemmy.world)
The user count at the moment of this post stands at 33279 and continues to grow!...