NoRodent

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I'm from Europe and I already met one in my hometown. The other day, it even damaged scaffolding on the Powder Gate in Prague, while it was, hilariously, riding on the bed of a tow truck.

Edit: The individual approval itself is already highly controversial: https://www.wired.com/story/a-rubberized-cybertruck-is-ploughing-through-european-pedestrian-safety-rules/

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Come with me if you want to live"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Wait, that's a photo? I thought it was a stylized rendering at first. The colors are almost vaporwave.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

řžýířá

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But I mean, it's the same thing as this FB/IG case, no? Only worse because even if you pay, you still have ads.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (9 children)

The biggest Czech website (Seznam.cz) recently changed their policy and now force you to choose between: free tier with personalised ads or paid tier with anonymous ads. Yes, you're reading it right, even if you pay, it doesn't get rid of ads, they just stop tracking you. I have no idea whether it's legal but the EU should definitely take a look.

Edit: Ok, I think they only offer you this choice when you're using an account. I tried it in a private tab and it seems I can decline personalized ads there. Does that make it legal? If yes, then they're some sneaky bastards.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (10 children)

Ahh, haven't seen this in a long time.

Though you kinda have to give to her, that her initial guesstimate was 58 minutes. That's just 3.3% error, not bad considering the ridiculous way she arrived at that number. Maybe she's really good at estimates but can't do any precise math. She might even be an engineer.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Not to mention that even if you personally managed to switch to something else, if you're not doing some completely solo work, you will still receive files from others (or may be expected to send files to others) in Adobe format. So even if you wouldn't be using it, you'd still have to pay for it to stay competitive. At which point you may as well use it because of what you said, that most of the alternatives are missing those expert features. So in professional setting, there's unfortunately no escaping Adobe. Someone would have to come up with an alternative feature full package of apps covering all bases (because Adobe isn't just Photoshop and not just graphic design but an entire interwoven ecosystem used in various related fields) and then work really, really hard to push the industry toward it. And it would still probably take a decade or two. So realistically, it would have to be or become some big corporation that would likely turn evil too as the time goes. Or some open source miracle like Blender that would have to attract enough big sponsors.

Not defending Adobe, just saying how it is. I have enough grievances about their software (how they managed to fuck up something as simple as Acrobat is beyond me) but you just have to deal with it or look for a job in another field. (I'm lucky enough that Adobe is only secondary software for me but even then I still can't escape it.)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

Seriously, all the other photos from the event are pretty meh but this one is World Press Photo material.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 5 months ago

who find Firefox difficult to use

WTF? HOW? How is it difficult to use? It works like any other web browser?!

 
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