If you’re getting your news from Facebook, you’ve got bigger problems than this.

Correct; kinda like our Governments cosy relationship with social media platforms, and internet providers. It’s common knowledge that our phones listen to us for tailored advertising and content, and that laptop camera’s and microphones can be turned on remotely, but the extent of our Governments use is conveniently…

The reason the assets of the US NAVY and Coast Guard got involved/responded is because as a nation we hold the value of human life above the value of diesel fuel, jet fuel, and inconvenience. Secondly, one of the key elements of our national doctrine is that we LEAD; which means we get off our arse and act and not…

This search for a submersible that was going to 3x its rated depth was a coordinated effort by multiple countries and agencies.  It likely cost hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars in supplies, manpower, and fuel.  The company who sent this thing down that far is 100% negligent.  I really hope they get…

So here is the deal. This listening array was likely a SOSUS array, operated by US Navy (& possibly British Navy) Sonar Technicians. Guess where Sonar Technicians learn their trade? For the most part, they learn it on submarines like I did. There are some surface ship STs also. But as a submarine veteran dying deep…

Mt Everest says “HI”.

At least if the sub imploded they’d be killed so quickly they’d be dead before even their brains had time to register what was happening. They’d be instant chunky marinara sauce

Boy, the repeated text in the CBS quote had me thinking I was the one stuck in a low-oxygen disabled sub with declining cognitive abilities. Glad to see it was just bad copy editing.

I haven’t seen anyone seriously taking issue with being forced to see ads - at least not as the primary gripe. I would be perfectly fine with a requirement that 3rd party apps must show Reddit’s ads..

From what I understand the Management is saying that they are trying to not have AI bots learn from Reddit content for free (and they are mulling an IPO and need revenue). However the Apps that will bare the brunt of that payment structture are Reddit Readers such as Apollo which allow more functionality then the…

what I meant was I don’t go to Facebook to look at serious stuff. If I want serious stuff I go to news sites.

The past 2 years from News sites: “Facebook is partially publishing our articles unfairly!!! We deserve compensation!!! Pay us to use our news feeds, Facebook!!!!”

Facebook now: “Yo! We understand you want us to either pay YOU to promote your articles and sites, OR we can just not do that and deprioritize your links…

So... his solution is Scaborators?

If he wants to vote on mods, maybe there should be a vote on outing the CEO too, and the API situation. The proposed API costs are higher than they need be, specifically to kill these 3rd party apps.

As others have said, the charge isn’t the problem, the absurd cost is. The Apollo dev said Apollo makes about 7 billion calls per month, and would be subject to charges of $12,000 per 50 million requests for that access.

Based on my understanding

The objection isn’t charging for it, it’s the rate they’re charging.

Digital landlord calls share croppers “landed gentry”.

Literal authoritarian calls for “democracy” on online platform, after unilaterally forcing fees onto democratic platform infrastructure.

nothing says Democracy like a Authoritarian rolling-heads and installing his own lackys.

(Unfortunately, Gizmodo was not one of the chosen few, but our digital door is always open!)