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Discord lowers free upload limit to 10MB: “Storage management is expensive”
  • Beware: old files sonner or later being removed is next. People use Discord like CDN(there are even bunch of clients for that usage) and that is never going to work indefinitely. Honestly, it's very impressive that deletion wasn't their first choice.

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    China's $200 phones put Samsung on the run in Philippines [Nikkei]
  • I don't buy $1000< phones but it's also not something that I would cheap out that much. You get more specs than Samsung on paper, I guess, but that's not a phone needs the most. It's literally one thing you always use and all the most sensitive shits are in there. Chinese smartphone? Please.

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    What kind of messaging apps do you use?
  • I use Signal with my girlfriend. Others only use Kakaotalk, which is a shittier South Korean Whatsapp clone with more ads and more ways to make money off of you and occasionally SMS.

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    Linus Tech Tips uploaded a video showing how to block ads on Youtube. Which was removed by Youtube for community guidelines violations.
  • Their video about thumbnail A/B testing was quite interesting to see. Considering how they have dedicated designers to make these thumbnails I guess that works pretty well, despite your personal opinion on it, with which I agree too.

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    Bots are running rampant. How do we stop them from ruining Lemmy?
  • I wasn't pointing out that you did anything. I understand you only provided translation. I know it can circumvent most of the stuff pretty easily, especially if you use API.

    Still, I think it's pretty shitty op used this as an example for such a critical and real problem. This only weakens the narrative

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    Bots are running rampant. How do we stop them from ruining Lemmy?
  • Isn't this like really really low effort fake though? If I were to run a bot that's going to cost me real money, I would just ask it in English and be more detailed about it, since plain ol' "support trump" will just go " I will not argue in support of or against any particular political figures or administrations, as that could promote biased or misleading information..."(this is the exact response GPT4o gave me). Plus, ChatGPT4o is a thin Frontend of gpt4o. That error message is clearly faked.

    Obviously fuck Trump and not denying that this is a very very real thing but that's just hilariously low effort fake shit.

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    Is a detection-proof ad blocker theoretically possible?
  • There is no "perfect"(impossible to detect in this case) in anything. Perfection is a target that keeps changing.

    What can you do when for example YouTube decides to bake in ads directly into the video source(they are actually testing this, although its feasibility is questionable)? You can't block it, for now. In the future, you might be able to detect that with let's say CV and AI and might be able to block it then. But then YouTube will do something about it.

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    For younger generations, what was it like growing up with the internet?
    1. No one really explained it to me, to be honest. A few kids started using it when we were about 10-11, so I just joined in. Picked it up pretty quickly though.

    2. I think my experience is quite different from many Lemmy users. English isn't my first language, and for a long time I couldn't really read/write in English. You might take it for granted, but the sheer quality/amount of English content out there compared to other languages is beyond comparison. There was still plenty of information available in my language, but it was pretty limited. Not everything was up-to-date, if it existed at all. It wasn't until I finally felt confident with English that I really experienced that "wow, everything is at my fingertips" moment, with all the communities and websites out there.

    3. They soon realized I wasn't just messing around online, but was basically that nerdy kid who went to the library(the internet) every day. They were pretty cool about it, thankfully.

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    Kids who use ChatGPT as a study assistant do worse on tests
  • The researchers believe the problem is that students are using the chatbot as a “crutch.” When they analyzed the questions that students typed into ChatGPT, students often simply asked for the answer. Students were not building the skills that come from solving the problems themselves.

    I did? What are you trying to say?

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  • www.theguardian.com Angela Carini abandons Olympic fight after 46 seconds against Imane Khelif

    Algerian Imane Khelif moved past Angela Carini when the Italian abandoned their 66kg fight after 46 seconds in the first round on Thursday

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    koreajoongangdaily.joins.com 'Nothing is getting done': Angry mob storms TMON offices over refund policy

    Chaos erupted at TMON as customers swarmed the building demanding refunds, facing long waits in sweltering heat.

    GPT tldr: Chaos erupted at the offices of the e-commerce platform TMON in Seoul as thousands of angry customers swarmed the building demanding refunds amid the company's liquidity crisis. With no clear protocol in place, the crowds grew unruly as they tried to register for refunds, with many leaving empty-handed. TMON and its sister company WeMakePrice have been unable to pay their sellers since May, leading to a flood of canceled purchases and refund requests that the companies have struggled to process. Customers whose travel packages were canceled expressed frustration at the lack of progress, with one saying the waiting numbers and registration forms seemed meaningless. Despite TMON's efforts to process 1,000 refunds on-site, the massive crowds far exceeded that number, leaving many customers still waiting to get their money back.

    Fun fact: TMON's parent company, Qoo10, owns wish.com.

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    m.koreatimes.co.kr S. Korea demands meeting with IOC chief over opening ceremony gaffe

    The South Korean sports ministry said Saturday it is seeking a meeting with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach over a gaffe during the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics in which South Korea was incorrectly introduced as North Korea during the parade of athletes.

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    Kia Ray is a compact car, currently only available in South Korea. It's tiny yet can carry a lot so a lot of small businesses have these as a van alternative.

    I hate cars. But getting rid of them has a long way ahead and I think this kind of small-but-big kind of car can appeal general public and make cities better.

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    www.bbc.com ICRC says 22 killed in strike near its Gaza office

    The International Committee of the Red Cross said the "grave security incident" was the latest of several.

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    koreajoongangdaily.joins.com Lee Sun-kyun dies by suicide, drug scandal sweeps entertainment scene [REWIND 2023]

    In the latest development of Korea's biggest drug scandal that swept through the local entertainment scene this year, actor Lee Sun-kyun reportedly died by suicide in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Wednesday. He was 48 years old.

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    www.reuters.com Biden says Hamas raped, mutilated women during Israel assault

    U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that Hamas had repeatedly raped women and mutilated their bodies during its Oct.7 assault on southern Israel, citing survivors and witnesses of the attacks.

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    edition.cnn.com One dead, two injured in&nbsp;Paris&nbsp;attack, French interior minister says | CNN

    Police arrested an assailant who killed one person and injured two others in central&nbsp;Paris,&nbsp;France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin&nbsp;told reporters at the scene on Saturday night.

    ...One man – a German tourist born in the Philippines – had been killed in the attack and two others sustained non-life threatening injuries, he added.

    One of the police officers responding to the scene used a taser to neutralize the attacker, Darmanin said. The suspect’s life is not at risk, he said.

    “After his arrest, he said he could no longer bear to see Muslims dying in both Afghanistan and Palestine,” Darmanin said.

    Darmanin said he was told by police that the attacker had reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” during the assault.

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    www.theguardian.com Israel shows footage of Hamas killings ‘to counter denial of atrocities'

    Video from security cameras, mobile phones and body cameras screened to journalists

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