I wouldn't say that the figure of Facebook friends is an indication of number of people I really cared. I do care some of them (sometimes sending wishes for them), but a majority of them are either my classmate in high school, a junior in university, a (former) co-worker, or someone whom I met in social gathering that shared common interests and wanted to hear/talk with them. It's like the use of Facebook as a directory since everyone has one.
Conversely, there are plenty of friends whom I know personally, but did not connect via Facebook (we use IM for that). This may probably be counted towards the close friends I really cared for; only few (no more than 10) people fits this criteria of mine.
This is probably the reason I was trying to limit my friend count to the very minimal figure (a little over 100), as I wanted to share my story to those who cared to listen to it. Though since Facebook started to deploy Discovery Engine, I have decided to stop using it (Deactivate the main account, leave Messenger available for contacts). I wanted to be more "connected", not having them scattered.
In Thailand, which Disney+Hotstar also operates, its yearly pricing is $23 (can be as low as $14 if subscribed from an eligible mobile carrier). Netflix pricing for an equivalent (2 streams) are $10/month or $118/year, a huge difference. Even Netflix's super basic plan (1 mobile-only stream) starts at $3/month or $33/year.
I used to do this to keep my feed concise, only showing posts my friends interacted with (I don't follow any pages), but recently it has become more or less useless. Facebook decided that it wanted to show content that might catch interests by throwing it under the header "Suggested for you". Some time before that, I can simply dismiss it and it won't show again for some time, but right now it showed every day, and I can't dismiss it at all. The most "suggested" page in my feed right now is a fan page of One Piece's author, which posted memes or content related to the manga despite I not showing interest in it, and I can't make it perish.
Also in the case the license was changed to be more restrictive, which gives a headache on how to prove that the use before the license was changed is permitted if the license information was not captured (manually or by archive sites) at first use.
[1] gave a good discussion about whether it is possible to revoke CC license. It doesn't seem likely, but if it does, then it will lead to the license paradox for creators and users alike.
I have a strange case about this. Several years ago I was looking for a job. I found a listing for a position in a company and apply for it, then it went silence for a couple of weeks. I later searched for a posting that seems to be identical to the listing of the company I first applied (though it was presented in recruiter's name and at the time, I was naive enough not to check that it's identical to the previous one. Granted, the company hasn't advertised the position at the time the recruiter did)
It wasn't until the recruiter tell me to proceed with the on-site interview would I learned that in fact, the company the recruiter is seeking candidates for is the same company I applied and failed earlier. This leaves me scratch my head why the company didn't respond to job posting I applied directly, but decided to pick me up when I was referred to by recruiter. They could have turned down recruiter's referral about me and I won't be surprised one bit.
There is also a Mattala Airport at the south of the country, funded by loans from China. Yet, there hasn't been much use of it, and it pretty much lose its intended purpose. I used to visit Sri Lanka in 2013, with the outbound flight making a (virtual) stop (no disembarking) there, and when I look out of the window, there's nothing much that indicates the potential of the airport or the surrounding area, despite it being billed as "international" airport.
See also https://privacypass.github.io/, which is the original form of the framework. I don't particularly have good impression with it; it usually get promoted when I have to solve CAPTCHA on websites using Cloudflare, and it makes me wonder why I have to install extension to bypass CAPTCHA instead of improving their traffic detection scheme.
Even though factors relating to the overcrowded prison may come into play, I tend to believe the actual reason is to appease base voters. Current Minister of Public Health is the leader of a political party whose campaign in 2019 election revolves around the legalization of cannabis (probably the only major party). In a sense, it can be viewed as fulfilling promises they promoted back then.
Adobe is one of the most frustrating website when dealing with password. Its requirement leaves me scratch my head to come up with any usable password that I can remember, to the point that I may be required to reset it every time I logged in (which, though not frequent, cause me to forget it).
At least that's what Thailand's IP Authority explained to the public. Many Thai people are outraged of what they saw as a "ripoff" of sauce (purportedly) made in Sriracha, but marketed by foreign companies. The authority did suggest a geographical indicator (GI) as a way to market it as genuinely coming from Sriracha, but AFAIK, there hasn't been a proof about the distinctive property of sauce from Sriracha, so it hasn't yet been recognized as a GI.
And now I wish Thai producers step in and market the true Sriracha sauce. For context, Sriracha is a name of a district in Thailand. As it is classified as geographical name, it cannot be registered as a trademark on its own in both Thailand and USA (it can be used with other elements, such as logo, like what Huy Fong did, combining it with Chicken logo)
I often see the ads in advertising billboard. I usually go to a public park every other day, and the road will pass through a major intersection with large billboard. At one point, a billboard of cryptocurrency broker appeared every time I passed through that intersection. The particular broker also advertises into a convenience store (7-11), so I will be pretty much guarantee to see its ads every day.
Another broker dared to register the domain name "Join the Crypto Revolution" to promote its scheme. I wish we could have an enforceable rules on prohibition to market cryptocurrency to general public like Singapore did (see [1]). We did open for comments regarding this, but it has not been set in stone as cryptocurrency broker tried to game the rules.
I remember seeing the IA banner at around Q4 of each year. Sometimes they noted that the amount will be 100% or 200% matched by other generous donors, so any amount donated will have more impact. [1] is an example of the banner.
I recall in several write-up about potentially harmful apps that, apart from the review, another helpful method is to check the permission and see if it's necessary for the main function of the app. Having the list of permissions before installing is helpful in determining whether it requires more permission than necessary to function.
Facebook only appeared to divide notification into categories when its data misuse unfolds. Several years ago (if I recall correctly), turning off one broad category will indeed nuke the "nagging" notification, but also turn off legitimate ones as well.
It's actually possible to fine-tune it by category of notification (Settings > Notifications, either in app or on the web). I turned off Reminder, Friend Updates, and People You May Know, leaving only the notification on things I interact with or things friends brought to my attention.
Except Unicorn (which I believe to have been there before massive addition), I think the reason Gundam saw an addition is because they signed a distribution deal for Hathaway's Flash, and since HF refers to many events in original UC continuity, people would wanted some background on characters appearing in it (notably Hathaway, and maybe Quess, Amuro & Char).
I didn't subscribe to Netflix so I don't sure what Anime are being offered right now. With the recent deals (HF, Zero's Tea Time), I would have missed/skipped them, even though they are the series I liked. Maybe I will subscribe it once all episodes are shown so that I can watch it and forget it, but I won't subscribe to it long term.
Around 2 years ago my country blocked access to change.org as it contains "prohibited content" (it is widely believed to be an appeal for Germany not to permit Thai king to take up long-term residence there; people believe that the ruler should behave properly and stand with the people in its country)
The appeal itself appears to be reasonable, but Thailand is notorious about the enforcement of lèse-majesté law [1], and anything that could be interpreted, even slightly, to fall under this law often saw a summary judgment, less burden of proof, and harsh punishment. This is the reason the authority cited as a basis to block it. AFAIK, the website fought back; the block lasts only 6 months.
Ever since I started working in 2015, I often encounter a salesperson from a company that engaged in lead conversion for its customers. They are almost everywhere I've been in my city. What they do is to sell stuffs and donate proceeds/profits from sale to the charity they are working with at that point. While this may not look out of place, the fact that they approach people with a slight lead of "helping charity" only to sell its products make me wary and try to avoid them.
What they do is that they will have a short activity to get people to sympathize with their cause (asking to write made-up pet's name to vote on what necessities is important to it), then they will describe that they are doing CSR work for its company in association with the charitable organization. They will conclude the conversation by asking us to purchase products, and some salesperson outright saying that it's a donation (when in fact it isn't). They fix a minimum price of their stuff at $15, but they will try to get a bundle of $60, and when I say I don't have that much, they will keep dropping the price, as low as $3 (no stuff). With the minimum wage here is $10 a day, whatever they're trying to sell is just too expensive.
This. I would add that in my case, I was diagnosed with OSA after I was referred from specialized clinic during my treatment of other condition/checkup (either of these, can't recall). I'll be 29 this year and have been using CPAP for 3-4 years.
I observe that my mother has the similar condition like myself when sleeping, and persuaded her to get diagnosed. She has OSA as well, but less severe. Maybe the indicator of abnormal sleep condition as observed by self or someone close by would convince people to seek help.
The Week (UK/US) has a briefing "10 things you need to know today" that works similarly. They presented 10 news (mainly US-based) and a short snippet of the content, with the links to news sources they used. [1] is an example of the latest edition.
I used to have it saved to my Pocket daily using IFTTT, but since I left IFTTT for awhile back, I don't have a reliable way to get it pushed to me every day. Fortunately, they have a newsletter that will send just that to my inbox, so it works out somewhat.
This reminds me of Gordon Kelly, a senior contributor, whose every articles that pointed Chrome's weakness would often headlined "Google Just Gave Millions Of Users A Reason To Quit Chrome". Sure enough, the headlines will be edited after awhile, but I consider this kind of original headline a clickbait. I eventually have to delist Forbes from my reading feed. It's that terrible.
Probably when the organization's admin does so. There are many institutions that allow alumnus to keep the Education account. With this change, they have to hastily notify the alumnus that this will no longer be honored, and they should move whatever important out of it before the account gets deleted.
I lived in Southeast Asia. Have only a low three-figure friends and did not follow any pages. I was sent sponsored content and suggested content quite often. I tried to check why the particular posts reached me, but the answer is just a blanket (Speaks language, age within range). I will be more forgiving if they showed how my friends interacted with the page, but the criteria shown isn't helpful.
The burst of its popularity is one of the reasons I choose not to try it. Right now, I would see friends posting their guesses every day, and it's getting annoying. Since it was just a text and emoji, it acted like a normal status update and I can't just "hide all from this source" (as it's not an app/page) without hiding all updates of my friends that played it.
> They added a bunch of dark patterns to make people create an account. For example, even for artwork I explicitly marked as downloadable they forced you to sign in for it.
What makes it more ridiculous is that at the sign-in page, that artwork loads as the background of the page, which means that they in fact loaded it but put a dark pattern to prevent people grabbing it. I have to rely on "view source" to get the direct link.
I used to try 11 when I'm an insider, but feel it's not for me. It seems like an unfinished product, so I reverted to 10. Recently get a banner showing my machine is ready for 11, and believing that problems in early days should have been solved, I gave it a try, only to roll back 30 minutes later.
The default browser thing is a factor that cause me to revert, but I also got a problem relating to "Microsoft.Windows.SecHealthUI". Somehow its residue from 10 got removed, and the start menu just show the icon of an app that is not functional and cannot be removed. I know Windows Defender/Security can be opened manually, but seeing this kind of thing makes me feel that Windows 11 was a joke, and until they seriously tackle the issues, I will simply remain with 10.