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I've been doing this as well. Though ubiquitous brand names die hard, like "kleenex" and "saran wrap".

I used it when I worked at AOL :)

Was great for rapid prototyping and a/b testing in volume. Not sure I'd pick it ever again for anything, but it was interesting for sure.

New version of AOLServer incoming?

This should come as no surprise to anybody. They have every incentive to exploit those who can't resist their offering. Gambling is the new tobacco industry.

I'm shocked... SHOCKED! that these companies would sell this data to advertisers and violate the privacy of their users. Who could have seen this coming??

The best way to cover up the point of diminishing returns when billions of dollars insist that it's only accelerating.

I can only assume astroturfing or trolling or both. Glad to know I'm not alone.

I used to watch every spacex launch. I was enamored with the company and what they're accomplishing. After the election and The Salute, well. I just haven't watched one launch since. I've just completely lost interest, which is a total shame. I still watch NASA launches but they don't scratch the same itch those spacex ones did.

I just don't care to watch what an AI company run by a nazi does. One of the biggest heel turns in human history.

I always assumed DOGE + Ka$h would create an impenetrable fortress of strength; a beacon on the hill of brilliance and security.

Apple Maps now has ads... er, sorry, "preferred listings".

Eh... gigantic logos on clothing have existed since the 70's. I do agree it's gotten WAY more prevalent from the 90's onward.

The genie is out of the bottle. All football leagues will have it sooner or later. Then there's one additional break. Then another....

That's pretty extreme. I just buy stuff that is very minimalist with the logo. A small "swoosh" doesn't really bother me.

Don't worry, "hydration breaks" will catch up to NFL levels in no time.

I foolishly bought a Macbook Air with only 256GB of drive space. Now whenever I need to "upgrade" OS versions, there's not enough drive space to do so. It sure would be nice to delete all this unnecessary Siri bullshit bloat so that I can use my laptop with the latest updates.

Remember when flip phone cameras were forced to add an un-mutable "click" sound when somebody snapped a photo, in order to try to stop creep shots? We've sure come a long way since then.

I was passively watching the NFL pregame last weekend, and they straight up had gambling-sponsored segments where they showed live odds for all sorts of events/stats for the day's games. It's become completely pervasive in the span of a couple years. But I live in the US, aka Biff Tannen's Pleasure Palace.

> How else are they to monetize text outputs?

I thought AGI was supposed to replace most knowledge workers and they'd pocket the savings that their customers enjoyed by not having to pay a work force. That's what their valuation is based upon.

Just like cable tv, and Netflix, and Amazon Prime Video, and....

"both sides" is the reason we're in this shit show. It's like comparing a wart to stage 4 skin cancer.

Today marks 25 years minus one day since the US really kicked the destruction of privacy into high gear. Soon after, framing this revocation of rights using the name PATRIOT.

> Reddit is on some absolute mission to make the experience miserable

Lemmy/Piefed are a pretty good approximation of the "old" reddit: community of people you remember, geek-centered for the most part, better discussion. It fills the void for me, and there's no algorithm to monetize or incentive for advertising. Well worth the few bucks a month I give my server admin.

You're right, it was VBScript that it mimicked. I then parlayed that into Active Server Pages, which could use VBScript or JScript. We pivoted into JScript and that's when the web dev world truly opened up for me.

Emdashes.

Subsidized prices at launch to lure in customers. Then profit-seeking, by raising prices and offering less for the money. Textbook enshittification.

No new Pros. They probably saw all the blowback about meta glasses and thought that maybe now's not the time for cameras on things.

The fact that they allow unlimited access to any law enforcement organization, where they can surveil anyone across the entire country. Police have used it to stalk ex-partners, for example. The number of cameras are also an order of magnitude higher. I can't leave my driveway without being tracked.

My first internship and job out of college was as a Notes developer. I spent most of my time trying to trick/strongarm Notes into doing what I wanted. Want to build a timekeeping system? Sure, I can do that. A website? No problem, Domino server made it easy(ish).

The paradigm of everything being a database with documents was ahead of its time, but the real power was in LotusScript. It was basically just Javascript and that allowed me to transition to a web dev role later on. I have mostly fond memories of Notes.

The moment they turn off automatic forwarding (and I have no doubt they will), my gmail address dies. I'm trying to migrate accounts over whenever possible, but it's quite tedious.