leoj

@leoj@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Possibility of translating the messages of dogs, cats, and other pets⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  People saying dogs don’t communicate as much with sound… Are you a 1 or multiple dog household? Because while dogs communicate lightly with me through sound, my two huskies talk to each other a LOT, and if you watch the behavior and actions surrounding each vocal communication you can tell that something is being transferred, even if it is a really simple message.

  Would be curious to know more specifically what they are telling each other.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do a majority of nation's flags use the rectangular shape except Nepal?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Somebody call Sheldon, we gots questions about flags.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the US so into Israel?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ding ding ding, this is my exact thought, and I remember my ultra religious dad glazing israel while reading me the bible as a kid.

  No thanks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the US so into Israel?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the christian religion plays a large role, as many christian americans, who dominate our political cycle, see it as their “holy land”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How should a news article website financially sustain itself?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I did not intend to ever say you can have personalized advertisements without invading someone’s privacy, I’m not sure what I wrote that you interpreted that way, possibly my discussion about how I feel the current ads are not always relevant?

  Either way, I stated that advertisers should utilize the content of the website or the content being viewed as a method to advertise, which does not involve invasions of privacy.

  Sorry you got that idea from what I wrote.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How should a news article website financially sustain itself?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure what I said is conflicting, and I feel like your statement is trying to minimize the point I am making, but thats ok, I believe we will never come to agreement here because I firmly disagree with the disruption of privacy for the sake of advertisement.

  You can say my feelings are meaningless, but as this gets more invasive people will seek ways to opt out, which I believe is meaningful, although you can say and feel whatever you want my friend :).

  Thanks for the book rec, I’ll look it over!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How should a news article website financially sustain itself?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I understand that, but I will never support trading privacy so advertisers can generate more revenue, so I will continue to propose non-invasive alternatives and tell people supporting invasive methods that they are wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How should a news article website financially sustain itself?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean most of the ads I get are meaningless to me despite being personalized, I feel like a lot of people say the same thing, but maybe I am in the minority here.

  Either way, I don’t think you need to invade peoples privacy to advertise to them, but agree to disagree.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do I almost never see people flying drones?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not much to do with them unless you want to photograph something specific, and for photographers/videographers the quality can be a let down unless you spend like 2k+ at least, because you basically are using a flying GoPro (DJIs version, but still not exactly mind blowing photography capabilities there).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How should a news article website financially sustain itself?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe? I think they used to advertise based on the content and expected demographics for the website, which is an alternative method that doesn’t require invasive digital fingering.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How should a news article website financially sustain itself?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Right? Like I remember a day and age when the ads were not obtrusive and awful, I would happily go back to a middle ground with normal sidebar/in video ads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How should a news article website financially sustain itself?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean isn’t there a world where we have unobtrusive adverts that are for products people actually want, and can sustain the reporting?

  I think people would use less ad blockers if the ads were not designed / placed in a way that feels almost seizure inducing at times.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the deal with people liking old devices?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Props, I don’t mean to imply we all need to shoehorn old technology in everywhere, but there are definitely spaces for it, and I also believe knowing how to use these tools are a great skillset to have.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the deal with people liking old devices?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Reduce + Reuse

  We need way more of this.