[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Well, that just looks like an unfair system. Both sides need the same mandatory notice.

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I don't know where you all work. But over here it is standard even for 'unqualified' work to have at least 1 month notice. For both sides. This gives employers and employees some time to find something new.

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Hope he'll get the help he needs!

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

https://bestforandroid.com/apk/spotify-premium-mod-apk/

Just create a fake account with 10 minute mail or something similar. On my desktop i use the web-app with ad muting extension. Works rather well.

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Just came here to check whether someone already posted the minutephysics video.

I think their explanation is rather good for passing portals through themselves. The box doesn't add much to the equation: it is just physical objects smashed into eachother...

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I guess federation workers played a prank on me. Removed duplicate replies.

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

To use Linux at the military just makes sense. I used to write software for a military contractor and the SW was only deployed on hardened RedHat. I thought to myself that this is a rare case of the military being smarter than the private sector :D

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

That is why IP/DNS blocks should only be deployed to protect the end-user. Never to enforce some kind of law...

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I agree, that the snail mail comparison limps. I just included it, since you brought it up initially. Lets drop it for now.

You are arguing that simply broadcasting an analog signal fulfils delivery, even if no device is receiving it. This deviates from your initial technical limitations argument, but lets assume this is true. If broadcasting a signal without caring whether it is received or if it is, by how many devices, fulfils delivery. Then a streaming service simply needs to make their advertisement available (eg. ads.mestream.com or as clickable content on mestream.com). The ads are available for everyone and no one cares whether or how many devices access them. Most streaming services go further than that and programmatically force people to watch those ads by playing them before the main-content or by similar means.

But we know that TV stations operate differently from how you described. If no one would care if and by how many devices the signal is received, there would not be any pricing difference. But since the tech allows to know rather accurate how many devices receive a signal, a spot at 8pm is much more expensive than 3am. So we know TV stations and advertisers using TV do care about how many devices receive that signal. I would go even further and say they actually care about how many people see the advertisement. But since the technical limitation does not allow this insight, number of devices is the closest value to monitor.

I am repeating myself, but YouTube not wanting to provide services to people who neither pay a subscription or watch ads is within their rights. Whether it is a viable business strategy will show. But for you to call using an ad-block theft, that just doesn't make sense. Unless you also call it theft, to turn off your TV during commercials. If it becomes a technically and legally viable to analyse how many people are watching those ads, it would become theft to close your eyes.

Edit: changed the URLs, so they do not point to an existing service.

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

The code is not obfuscated. The person i linked to even formatted it nicely. I do not have the time or energy to go through all of youtube's JS. But the 5s everyone is talking about does target every browser the same. Serverside the code isn't altered based on browser detection.

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

The code is still present when spoofing the user agent or even using a freshly installed chrome. The demo video loafing faster after spoofing can be due to many different reasons.

If you want a better break down of what the code could be used for, this guy foes a good job: https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/17ywbjj/whenever_i_open_a_youtube_video_in_a_new_tab_its/ka08uqj/

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