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Babalugats@feddit.ukto
Global News@lemmy.zip•Eurovision to bar countries at war from hostingEnglish
151·1 day agoThey should have banned rigging of votes, and Israel.
They should’ve banned Israel.
But they want to make it look like they’re doing something and they don’t know how to stop Israel from rigging the votes.
Babalugats@feddit.ukto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What song lyrics did you mishear that completely changed the meaning of the song?English
10·2 days agoMisheard lyrics, also called ‘mondegreens’.
I have a friend who thought Sinead O’Connor must’ve been a mechanic.
Every time she heard the song"Mandinka" she would sing along with it.
And I do love, mending cars
Babalugats@feddit.ukto
News@lemmy.world•Trump demands Iran pay compensation for decades of US soldier deathsEnglish
14·3 days agoWas coming to say similar.
Scumbag reducing all of those deaths on both sides to some sort of game he thinks he is playing. It really and truly shows that he has neither the ability to comprehend what the fuck he is actually doing in the world, nor fit to be an elected official anywhere in the world, let alone president of the United States.
Babalugats@feddit.ukto
Android@lemdro.id•Google is making it harder to build custom ROMs for Pixel phonesEnglish
11·3 days agoI’m holding out that more manufacturers will see the demand for Androidless phones and will either partner with some OS like Motorola + GOS or maybe sell them with bootloader unlocked to install whichever OS is preferred.
Babalugats@feddit.ukto
World News@lemmy.world•FIFA says there is ‘concerted and ongoing effort’ to oust Gianni Infantino as presidentEnglish
19·5 days agoThey’re correct, there is a concerted effort to oust him. What’s their point?
When a body as corrupt as UEFA are worried about his level of corruptness, FIFA should really take note… unless of course the corruption goes all the way down. 🤔😏
Babalugats@feddit.ukto
United Kingdom@feddit.uk•‘It is British life’: No 10 vows to stop councils trying to limit standing in pubsEnglish
2·5 days agoWould love to see the person that introduced this, and would love to have been there when they did, to see who all the others were that thought it was a great idea, and then ask the locals if they voted for any of them, and if so, why.
Can’t they just track everything you buy using your payment card?
That’s why.
They can use them for all sorts of tracking and pair the data up with any data that they buy from other places. Also, many ‘loyalty’ cards - e.g. Tesco’s one, only works really against the consumer as the customer is penalised for not having it. The prices only drop to normal prices when the card is used, with the higher price for those without a card.
Hands up, I haven’t watched this video, but I guess it will explain better than anything I can - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psta0qkwk7M
Babalugats@feddit.ukto
World News@lemmy.world•Gianni Infantino denies claims Uefa paid off alleged 'lover'English
3·5 days agoThis seems to be a warning shot from UEFA letting him know that they have plenty of dirt on him to release if he doesn’t stop thinking he owns FIFA.
Not that they are any cleaner, but it might be interesting to see how it plays out.
Babalugats@feddit.ukto
Technology@lemmy.world•YouTube Premium Is Not Ad-Free as Advertised, Class Action Lawsuit ClaimsEnglish
1·8 days agoThere are also a ton more people doing a lot of niches, so now you get fewer views.
So it’s tougher to crack. Surely a better way to rise to the top would be to have fewer or no adverts, and better content.
That I can agree on, but then again, how would they even sell their product if there’s no advertisement? The companies that don’t charge too much and then stuff some of it into advertisement, tend to go under.
I am not against advertising as a tool. I’m mainly referring to the companies that will pay crazy money for advertising, and pass that expense on to the end users. Blanket advertising, shouldn’t be allowed, it also allows the bigger, wealthier companies to drown out the smaller and start up companies.
Creator doesn’t really know if you have premium or not and many users (me) will also have adblock so they don’t get a cent from these views. That’s why many will show you ad-free videos on Patreon or Nebula. No sponsor segments if they know you’re a paying customer.
That’s why YouTube Premium should be the same as Patreon or Nebula. The creators should be querying YouTube about working something out there, instead of hitting the users with ads that they thought they had paid to get rid of.
I also would suspect that this case would be more about about the letter of the law, and not about what’s expected from the creators etc. If YouTube are marketing an ad free experience to people that pay for the service, then this is what it should be. Overall, if anything, this case should work out better for everyone except probably Google. YouTube would have to find a better way/payment to allow creators to have two videos without making too much extra work for them. One for premium and one for non premium.
There is still product placement etc. Subtle suggestions and other methods that I’m sure many businesses would still pay for.
Babalugats@feddit.ukto
Technology@lemmy.world•YouTube Premium Is Not Ad-Free as Advertised, Class Action Lawsuit ClaimsEnglish
52·8 days agoUnless they are referring to paid advertisements by the creators.
The creators would presumably take a cut/fee from YouTube for showing their content ad-free. sponsorblock already does something similar.
Creators already get paid very well for posting on YouTube.
A good rule of thumb for me is, if I see adverts on YouTube and on TV for the same company or product, then they are charging too much…
I choose to avoid them.
if somebody is advertising a small company/startup etc…
Go for it.
But if a creator has ads on premium that costs x amount each month.
Nahh…
–An ultra religious sponsorblock and ublock and hater of mass marketing.
Babalugats@feddit.ukto
Technology@lemmy.world•Google Assistant will vanish from Android phones and connected devices in SeptemberEnglish
26·8 days agoThe timing is crazy, that’s around the same time that Google and Android is expected to start disappearing from thousands of phones.
Babalugats@feddit.ukto
United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Boy George pulled from West End performance run after releasing pro-Israel songEnglish
2·9 days ago“you say genocide, I said war, when you’re attacked, that’s what the army is for”.
To quote one of his earlier songs…
"war is stupid and people are stupid… This world of hate must be designed for you It matters what you say, it matters what you do
So the idiot has gone from war being stupid to saying it is needed. He is still proving that people are stupid though.
Babalugats@feddit.ukto
World News@lemmy.world•'Collective punishment': US Supreme Court greenlights $656m judgement against Palestinian officialsEnglish
5·9 days agoWhat happens if they suggest telling the US supreme court to go fuck itself hard, and the rest of the world agrees with them?
I am not a betting person, but if I was, I would probably bet everything that I own, that Israel have taken well over $656m from them already.
The thing with Zionists… they think that because they have people everywhere the rest of the world can’t do shit about it.
That is going to be tested soon, and we will all find out. Not all dirty politicians are Zionists, even if most seem to be.
Babalugats@feddit.ukto
Not The Onion@lemmy.world•US military asks troops for ‘creative and unconventional’ ideas to punish IranEnglish
281·10 days ago“Creative and Unconventional” Stop the war, the unnecessary killing of citizens and keeping the fuel prices up. Stop talking to Netanhayu and helping him out.
Ohhh… to “punish” Iran… For what exactly?
Is that relevant to the punishment or is it just arbitrary?
They apparently like war, and that’s why they allegedly want a nuclear weapon. So don’t engage with them. That will really piss them off.
Babalugats@feddit.ukto
Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•What the hell is going on with Stremio man?English
22·11 days agoNuvio - it uses the same stremio addons, you can import your settings. Nuvio can do more too.
But when Stremio shits the bed, have you checked that all of your addons are up to date, have you disabled any of the default addons (e.g. cinebye)? Have you tried to login to your stremio profile on a different platform or another version of Android to see if has the same issues?
Babalugats@feddit.ukto
United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Exclusive: Festival supporting rescued animals forced to cancel after UK Lawyers for Israel complaintEnglish
35·12 days agoHopefully this gains a fuckload of attention and convinces some Pro Palestine bands to play an even bigger concert in Aid of the animals…
Here are the three bands recommended in that article.
Millie Manders and the shut up - Me Too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlMqNBTKgzE
HAWXX - Arm the animals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPreZFNE1w8
Active Slaughter - Sadistic Scientist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5niGG8RhmPg
Babalugats@feddit.ukto
Technology@lemmy.world•New EU law requires devices to be repairable - Every phone, television or washing machine you buy in Europe must be easier to repair starting tomorrow. That’s when the European Right to Repair Act takEnglish
5·12 days agoThis is purely performative, but won’t be overturned.
it’s unlikely that spurious/generic parts will work unless they want them to, and even then they’ll be less effective.
Their official parts will likely be more expensive, so they’ll be easier to repair, but cost a lot more, instead of paying the repair shop.
The devices or machines will no longer become waste as much, but the parts will. Warranties will be voided etc.
What would’ve been a better law to introduce would be introducing a minimum time limit on planned obsolescence with the right to repair.
Also, in the EU many countries have law that supercedes EU warranty.
If your device has an inherent defect (was always going to break no matter what you did with it) and sometimes may need to be proven in a court of law, The warranty can be extended to 7 years (some countries are shorter).
For example if you buy a TV, and after 4 years it develops a fault outside the normal warranty, and you find out that, that model has a known fault that happens to a few of them, don’t try to repair it and void the warranty.
It may be still protected by that warranty in your country.














One of the good things about having the moron for president is that things like this aren’t hidden.
I can’t help thinking that every other US government (and not just the US) would do this anyway, but would be more Clandestine about it.