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Internet Ads Are Now Hacking Your Computer... in c/privacy@lemmy.ca
[–] vision@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I heard someone say they are ok with accepting all cookies on sites because they actually prefer "targeted ads" because they are more interesting that than generic ones for casinoes and medical scams.

I had no words.

Xbox wants you to pay 24 to 40 cents per hour to stream games you already bought: Time-based a la carte charges come on top of the purchase price for the games themselves. in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] vision@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Like, I don't hate the pricing if it were not IN ADDITION to already paying for Gamepass, where I feel this all goes wrong is the fact you'd now effectively be paying to pause the game for a bathroom break or whatever and that just feels wrong.

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Why is "sunsetting" used as a term to indicate a service is shutting down? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

After the sun sets it comes up the next morning, so saying someone is "sunsetting" something would be more of a long reboot than getting rid of the thing or shutting it down.

Why is this term used?

Self-Hosting a DNS Sinkhole is really important in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] vision@lemmy.blahaj.zone 134 points 1 week ago (14 children)

The last time I opened the Wired site was like 10 years ago, it's still telling me "You’ve read your last free article." See you in 2036 ig

Why I'm Switching in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] vision@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 2 weeks ago

That's right, the square hole!

Tractor Tractor in c/memes@lemmy.world
[–] vision@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

Tractor Tractor please

Oh, I'm going fast