schwim

@schwim@piefed.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has anyone noticed these new spam techniques used by music channels on youtube?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And if anyone wants to discover music, get a scrobbler for a good music network.

  Do you have any that you find useful? I haven’t used one in decades.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has anyone noticed these new spam techniques used by music channels on youtube?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  commenting on random YouTube videos

  That’s definitely not new. Comment spam has existed as long as comments have.

  Stealing content is also as old as the internet. It would make sense they would use their own music if that’s what they were selling. People that sell affiliate links to stuff paste their logo and domain on the lower or upper part of stolen reels.

  I don’t discover music on Youtube so I can’t speak to it’s rise in popularity but things like this get adopted widely when it’s proven to work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Complete Supply Chain.... Of Some Generic Consumer Junk⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As one of the “insatiable Americans” the video speaks of, the video breaks down very cleanly what my inner monologue has been getting increasingly uncomfortable with in recent years but truly didn’t understand the magnitude of the problem.

  My household is one of those that receive boxes daily. While a lot is household staples(toilet paper, animal food, trash bags, etc.), both my wife and I have gotten more comfortable with purchasing many things that we don’t need. We’re part of the animal that the system feeds and I feel bad about it.

  I have recently attempted to try to go without purchasing unnecessary items and I no longer browse suggested or curated shopping items to try to keep from getting pulled into a thoughtless purchase. I think my next step will be to try to fill my needs perhaps by buying used in the area.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨search engine megathread?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  From Kagi:

  “Kagi Search includes anonymized requests to traditional search indexes like Google and Bing as well as sources like Wikipedia, DeepL, and other APIs. We also have our own non-commercial index (Teclis), news index (TinyGem), and an AI for instant answers. Teclis and TinyGem are a result of our crawl through millions of domains, focusing primarily on non-commercial, high-quality content.”

  “Our unique results combined from all of these sources help you discover the best content you can possibly find online, sometimes from the quieter places on the web.”

  I don’t know if I would simplify it to “Google on the backend” as it’s compiling from multiple sources, including their own.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨search engine megathread?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I use Kagi and really like it. It costs, but very little so it’s worth it to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Filter your content to get the vibe you want.

  Blocking the porn and impotently hostile makes it quite the chill platform.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cirque Du Soleil Drummer Hears The Smashing Pumpkins For The First Time | Drumeo [16:12]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That was incredible. I love watching Drumeo’s vidoes done in this format.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I get texting and driving being a danger. But back in my day you could eat drink change radio stations etc. Why weren't laws implemented back then?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You could make a sandwich in your lap and it wouldn’t be as distracting as scrolling social media on your phone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chrome increases its overwhelming market share, now over 70%⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Google has waited patiently for the moment at which they could start strangling their users without fear of ostracizing them and it's apparently arrived. Blocking ad blockers in YT, breaking sideloading apps in android, charging for storage after the forever-free model getting people to store everything with them, etc. I believe the average user feels moving would break too many elements of their daily life and will put up with anything Google does at this point.

  I'm definitely not what any true privacy-seeking person would call a diehard but I have pushed back where I can, choosing to try to find a way to keep from being impacted by these changes. Firefox, Freetube, CoMaps, personal mail, etc but it takes a decision to give up a ton of convenience that I feel a lot of people aren't willing to make.

  I'm waiting to see what the sideloading change brings before I decide where to go with my phone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨World Of Warcraft Turtle WoW Servers Hit With Blizzard Lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  All private servers will see the same end if they become popular enough.

  Regarding turtle specifically, although I knew it would never actually release, I loved the idea of unreal wow.