glugc

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glugc··on Paid influencers must label some posts as ads, German court rules

The result is that those influencers will be paid under the table and won't label their posts as ads.

glugc··on Paid influencers must label some posts as ads, German court rules

Children shouldn't use social networks without adult supervision.

glugc··on Poka Yoke

I haven't seen a form with a clear button in 20 years.

glugc··on A VGA monitor may be easier to repair than you think

Opening Amazon and buying a new one is even easier and you end up with a more modern and therefore better product.

glugc··on Facebook Undermines Privacy Protections for Its 2B WhatsApp Users

The anti Facebook slant of the mass media is appalling. A gazillion words to explain that content reported by users is then judged by the company as abusive or not.

glugc··on Ask HN: Why is Reddit so slow and unreliable?

It's written in Python and uses Cassandra.

glugc··on The bargain at the heart of the BBC is fraying

>Even if you don’t engage with Newsnight’s coverage of the Namibian Presidential Election6, or you don’t tune in to hear what the fishing conditions are like in the North Sea, it’s good that at least someone, somewhere is being paid to care about these things.

Why?

glugc··on Spread of Delta variant driven by both immune escape and increased infectivity

Now in 2021 we are going to force kids to interact with their peers with a facemask on to make sure they never get to build a competent immune system.

glugc··on WhatsApp moderators can read your messages if someone you talk to reports them

By your logic signal is not e2e because I can copy a message from a friend and post it here.

glugc··on WhatsApp moderators can read your messages if someone you talk to reports them

I read somewhere that WhatsApp uses some AI to detect CSAM and send content automatically and without user consent to Facebook for review. Has this been confirmed?