they changed it to first-past-the-post??!!
what the fuck
clara
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Trafalgar Square’s Christmas tree mocked after arriving from Norway: ‘Where’s the other half of it?’
even if the tree may be a little wilted or not quite up to some people's imaginations, we could stand to be a bit more respectful of a gift sent to us as a thank you?
ah, thank you!
hi, can someone explain what the difference is between 1435mm, and 1435mm u/c? it's not obvious from the picture. thanks!
a trillion is never enough
the current solution for that would be similar to the current "sponsor block" plugins, here's an example
crowdsourced start and endpoints for embedded sponsorships
something like this tool, but for future embedded google adverts
the "open source hackers" are always going to win this one, for a simple reason. if the data of the youtube video is handed to a user at any point, then the information it contains can be scrubbed and cleaned of ads. no exceptions.
if google somehow solves all ad-blocking techniques within browser, then new plugins will be developed on the operating system side to put a black square of pixels and selectively mute audio over the advert each time. if they solve that too? then people will hack the display signal going out at the graphics card level so that it is cleaned before it hits the monitor. if they beat that using some stupid encryption trick? well, then people will develop usb plugin tools that physically plug into the monitors at the display end, that artificially add the black boxes and audio mutes at the monitor display side.
if they beat that? someone, someone will jerry rig a literal black square of paper on some servos and wires, and physical audio switch to do the same thing, an actual, physical advert blocker. i'm sure once someone works that out, a mass produced version would be quite popular as a monitor attachment (in a timeline that gets so fucked that we would need this).
if that doesn't work? like, google starts coding malware to seek and destroy physical adblockers? then close your eyes and mute your headphones for 30 seconds, lol. the only way google is solving that one is with hitsquads and armed drones to make viewers RESUME VIEWING
as long as a youtube video is available to access without restriction, then google cannot dictate how the consumer experiences that video. google cannot win this.
you're entirely right. allistic is silly. i think it's slightly worse than silly though. i have two takes on this.
my first take is that you shouldn't slur people.
my second is that if you're gonna slur someone anyway, don't be a chicken; just slur them. hiding behind "allistic" is a little bit like hiding behind "youths", or "fruity", or "welfare scroungers", or "special", or when people do that thing where they go "...she... oh sorry i mean he" (and vice-versa). it's either a dogwhistle, or dogwhislte-adjacent. we all know what the speaker is implying when they uses these terms. you're just slurring someone without the confidence necessary to do so.
this is why i unironically use normie (on the internet). sometimes i want to be rude about it, y'know? am in the wrong to slur like this? yes, absolutely. whilst i might use normie in the context of venting, it still doesn't make it right. but at least i'm not being a coward about my position by hiding behind "allistic"
sometimes, especially when i'm chatting amongst autistics, it's easier to casually write "when normies do x it upsets me, how about you?" instead of writing formal prose like "Oh I must say! These dastardly Neurotypicals have a particular behaviour pattern that troubles my mind... Do tell me how you bear the burden of such travesties.".
doing the formal thing is tiring, and sometimes i don't want to be the better person. 😎👍
look, all i'm saying is, the public transit and bike infrastructure aren't the only reasons people wanna move there 😏
google tries not to kill one of it's products challenge (impossible)