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Re:Vizio TVs are now showing banner ads over live TV on Saturday April 02, 2022 @09:52PM (#30893520)
I do wonder if they were to offer exactly that - a version with and another without ads, what would happen. This is not without precedent after all. I paid more for my Kindle so as not to have to be advertised to when I want to read.
Re:Vizio TVs are now showing banner ads over live TV on Saturday April 02, 2022 @09:49PM (#30893493)
I believe the tech being used very literally scans the stuff being shown on screen. I have read about this tech in the past. It also raises privacy concerns, as if you watch old family movies or some such, the TV could be beaming metadata of that back to the mothership for analysis. Creepy times we live in.
Re:Vizio TVs are now showing banner ads over live TV on Saturday April 02, 2022 @09:45PM (#30893458)
Is this something that could be defeated with PiHole?
Re:CT scans of AirPods evolution on Monday December 06, 2021 @06:02PM (#29466894)
I have two pairs of originals. Both have trash batteries now. I bought the new Sony XM4s. Remarkable headphones.
Congratulations! Something I noticed - one of the screenshots on the store app page has a spelling mistake - the word distractions.

Good luck!

Re:The Financial Times’ 404 page on Sunday October 24, 2021 @08:13PM (#28983190)
I like this one! Rather fun to play also.
Re:OnlyFans drops planned porn ban on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @05:02PM (#28306951)
I was proud of my JTV channel. I actually used to vlog and chat to people. They regularly featured me too. I wonder how much I could have made in today’s market..
I’d give them a call. Their customer service is amazing with things like this.
It’s sad how often people assume you’re just being an awkward or crappy person when you have less obvious issues.

I see it as character building haha

I’ve got scoliosis and spondylitis. People tend to assume I’m lazy if I take a seat on public transport because I’m young.

Such things can get rather tiresome.

I’ve worked my ass off every opportunity I have gotten to do so. It certainly hasn’t made my life any better. It has shown me that those in charge rather like those below them working hard for no benefit whatsoever however.

I’m sure some fair better than others. Not so much in the lab!

Absolutely. Bought Bowie’s Blackstar on vinyl. Just seemed to fit somehow.
That is depressing. I suppose it’s a side effect of growing too large. I’d hate to receive scores like that.
It’s rather nice to buy unusual CDs and FLAC them. I like to do it from time to time.
This is a fantastic story. Thank you for the link.
I rather enjoyed the way that website loaded on my iPhone.
Dread is quite the feeling. Almost quite impossible to describe.
Thank you for sharing your experience. It sounds like a fascinating subject.
Thank you for sharing!
Re:Zenreader: A 4.7" E-Ink RSS Reader on Sunday April 25, 2021 @06:38PM (#26937386)
I leave it all off unless I need it. Then it goes right back off again.
My feeling is that as everything is on chip, things are physically closer - less lanes on the motherboard - so latency from tasks is lessened. I would not have guessed it would be such a difference though.
I ran a gadget shop for years. The amount of times people would say ‘What I have must be better because it has an i7 and that is an i5’. Then I’d have to explain that their i7 is ten years old and that they aren’t even in the same realm. Confusing marketing indeed.
Re:Apple AirDrop shares more than files on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @08:30PM (#26897194)
Thank you for this response. I enjoyed reading it.
Re:Zenreader: A 4.7" E-Ink RSS Reader on Monday April 19, 2021 @10:20PM (#26870022)
I have a Kindle Oasis.it has a permanent e-sim connection to their store which I was surprised about. I don’t pay for its use.
Re:Is that ship still stuck? on Thursday March 25, 2021 @06:00PM (#26586032)
Perhaps Uncle Albert from Only Fools and Horses is driving this one.
Re:My bank sent me 64 copies of the same debit card on Thursday March 11, 2021 @05:20PM (#26429728)
I also had this happen. I was pleasantly surprised. Apple Pay is easier than it used to be when it comes to registering cards too.
Re:Google Cloud products in 4 words or less on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @08:08PM (#26337282)
Here’s one for all of them:

Not going to last.

It most assuredly was. The amount of fat in that bill is stunning. This rather proves it.
Perhaps Crazy Frog would be better in this instance.
Re:GameStop Is Rage Against the Financial Machine on Thursday January 28, 2021 @04:58AM (#25940079)
Rather like the recent runs on supermarkets. Everyone thought there would be a shortage of goods, and so they created one.

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