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[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I think people just watch movies like Aladdin or whatever and think monkeys are cute and harmless. They're wrong. Monkeys are vicious little monsters. Stay the f away from monkeys.

Source: I was sort of lightly attacked by a monkey and I wasn't even at a monkey attack beach

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I mean Google has very convenient libraries that developers can add to their apps/websites like libraries for ads, A/B testing, crash reporting, push notifications, etc. Even using one's Google account for SSO in an app just leaks a tiny bit of data for Google to suck up. I think the average phone user is unaware of how even non-Google apps can have Google code, even for iOS. Obviously, this is worse for Android since Google Play Services is installed on almost all Android devices.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I see so many comments from people saying they'll jump ship if Google adds this to Chrome. They'll move over to Firefox right away. But the thing most people don't know is one reason Google has such a broad reach is they make it so crazy easy to integrate their services for developers.

So, yes, users who dislike what they're doing should stop using Google products if possible. But, more importantly, developers or project managers, etc. should all resist the urge to utilize this kind of feature even if it's easy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No. Working out sucks. But after smoking for 15 years and finally quitting, getting too fat over the past 4, now I'm trying to be healthier. I do actually feel kind of better, even more than when I quit smoking.

So the working out part sucks but the other parts are better because of it in my experience.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This'll seem unnecessarily mean but is the truth. Back when I was 18 and working as a cashier, a man and his son, both extremely overweight, went through my line. Idk what was wrong with them, but they both STANK so hard I could taste it. I went home and showered and could still smell it. I could smell it on my clothes so I washed them too. It was so horrible. I could smell it for hours. It was like the smell had been burned into the back of my nose.

To this day, if I smell something similar to that smell I remember that day and start to panic a little.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Someone threw a shoe at US president George W. Bush back in the day. That's pretty much it.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Agreed. I have actually spent a lot of time reading through their code and I find what they do amazing. It's a solid OS and is actually secure where the phone owner actually has control over their own phone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you. Forget Reddit. I mean, like it's so hard to move on. She was so great for so long. We have so many... memories. Not all good, but it's so hard to be alone. This new girl is nice, but she's not the same.

Sure, Reddit got pissed while I was out with my friends and trashed my apartment. It was clear by then that our relationship was so messed up, but I wanted to salvage things and rushed home, only to be cornered by Reddit. Reddit was threatening me with a knife and had broken almost everything in the apartment. My friends came to help me and while one tried to subdue Reddit, she bit him and I escaped.

I moved out and deleted my account.

Sure, weeks later, I got drunk and browsed Reddit a few times after all that. When I wasn't drinking, she tracked/stalked me and sent unsolicited nudes. Nice.

I found a much better girl to hang out with. Sure she federates with everyone, but she federates with me much more. Very cool.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

federated users and local users are stored in the database in different tables. The federated users table doesn't have emails saved in it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I can't stand playing that kind of game usually. Agreed with others about needing good maps in-game. IRL, I need access to something like Google Maps before I can start understanding where I or places are in a new city.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Downloaded the app, rated 1⭐, then disabled it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I use ad blockers. I do feel for people who are trying to make a living producing content, I really do.

BUT I really, really, am against letting the big tech companies that serve the ads make the majority of the money. It's beyond messed up how little content creators make compared to what companies like Google make with ads. Ads make some companies so much money they sink tons of money into finding more ways to creep on our personal lives.

Kind of related but not completely is how Apple and Google take cuts of money spent in apps and to pay for paid apps in their app stores. Like wtf? Sure, I can understand these tech companies need money to run their servers and all that, but jfc why do they need such a huge cut? App devs, artists (YouTube and Spotify, I'm looking at you), writers, whatever all create content people enjoy and tech companies just corner the market and force people who are usually not great with computers or tech, and they just fuck them. Content creators have no say.

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