Sorry, but if you prevent me from using an ad blocker you're basically preventing me from visiting your site. That's just how it works, nothing personal.
So long, Spotify, and don't let the door hit you on the way out.
I'm sure they will be devastated at the loss of your $0/mo (since you were not in their paid customers) and the loss of your, er, not viewing their ads.
They're not actually creating any invalid email addresses or anything; just restricting the number of possible unique email addresses they can assign on their domain.
Also causing hilarity to ensue.
My actual primary gmail is my name with dots in it.
Apparently a large proportion of the other mes on Earth either think or believe that they have my gmail address (without the dots), or else their correspondents do.
I get the most interesting and outrageous emails by mistake. My favorite was the playa who had had business cards made up with "my" address...
Then again, maybe the dots have nothing to do with it... surely when people try to register, Gmail tells them that myname@gmail.com is taken? But maybe there is some bug there, as I find it hard to believe that so many people really don't know their own email address.
ICE: pull out to the gaz station, quickly fill the tank, then *after the refill* move the car a few meters further (to free the gaz pump) next to the restaurant/dinner,
"gaz"? Is that some hipster term of abuse with which I am happily unfamiliar?
That assumes a sort of zero sum reality, like assuming you can raise prices as much as you want and nobody will change their buying behavior.
Humans are bad at partial attention. Granted, we ain't so great at full attention either, but we are really bad at partial attention.
If you make it so that 90% of the time a driver doesn't have to pay attention, then they will be way more likely to fall asleep, or otherwise be distracted, than if they had to handle all the driving.
Feet, yards, inches, pints, quarts- it's impossible to deny that the whole damn thing is blitheringly idiotic.
If by "blitheringly idiotic" you mean "has worked just fine", then sure, lol
Of course now more than ever it's so important for us to go through a huge transition. I mean it's not like we all carry instant pocket converters with us, for those times when we need to convert units, which is approximately never...
Say that to the people who have for the first time needed to go to food pantries so they can eat for the week.
It is a funny statement, just not timed correctly. In a month or so, it would be much more funny. Right now the joke is under "too soon".
"Don't like abortion? Don't have one, har har"
Sadly, an abortion won't go away in a month or so.
Some political jokes are more equal than others, I guess.
I'd probably be more empathetic about this if anybody cared about political jokes that offend in other directions, e.g. "don't like abortion, don't have one, har har."
Well, I suppose that a machine designed to have you inhale an addictive substance is marginally less stupid than "rolling leaves up and putting them in your mouth and setting them on fire"...
And exact words in the title don't find the movie you are looking for. Plenty of completely unrelated stuff shows up though. I had to use google to get the full title of an Amazon Prime made show to get their search to find it once I put the full title in. Parts of the title were not enough. I have seen this happen many times, their interface and search is that bad. Plus, there is nothing good to watch there just like the article says. Netflix is my goto for watching TV, Amazon Prime is a waste of space and I never even fire it up unless it is to actually rent something with real money.
Well, YMMV. I find plenty to like in Prime Video. I have Prime anyway, and enjoy many things that I find in the included Prime Video.
But then, I enjoy lots of eclectic and older stuff. Not everyone does.
When I tried Prime many of the shows were only listed and required paying more $$$ to view them. It didn't appear to have that many shows included in the subscription or at least anything looking worth watching was not included.
When (how long ago) did you try it?
Also, TFA is referring to Prime Video, which is the stuff that is included.
I mean hell, didn't it just come to light in the el Chapo trial that the cartels are using planes, self-made submarines and tunnels to smuggle stuff in?
So you're calling for war, instead of walls?
I guess you must be, because surely you don't think "just let anybody come and do whatever they want" is an option.
Physical barriers, hopefully well staffed, seem like a good reasoned measure. But hey, to each their own.
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Q: Guess who won't be using Spotify?
A: Everybody.
Sorry, but if you prevent me from using an ad blocker you're basically preventing me from visiting your site. That's just how it works, nothing personal.
So long, Spotify, and don't let the door hit you on the way out.
I'm sure they will be devastated at the loss of your $0/mo (since you were not in their paid customers) and the loss of your, er, not viewing their ads.
I don't buy it. I think plenty of people would happy pay for ad-free Spotify with 10 songs to the penny.
They are way greedier than that.
Lots of people pay $10/month to use Spotify ad free. Not sure how the "per song" math works out, but their catalog is vast.
Or you could just, you know, pay for the service.
It's $10/mo. For dang near all the music catalog anybody could want. You can't buy one CD for that.
They're not actually creating any invalid email addresses or anything; just restricting the number of possible unique email addresses they can assign on their domain.
Also causing hilarity to ensue.
My actual primary gmail is my name with dots in it.
Apparently a large proportion of the other mes on Earth either think or believe that they have my gmail address (without the dots), or else their correspondents do.
I get the most interesting and outrageous emails by mistake. My favorite was the playa who had had business cards made up with "my" address ...
Then again, maybe the dots have nothing to do with it ... surely when people try to register, Gmail tells them that myname@gmail.com is taken? But maybe there is some bug there, as I find it hard to believe that so many people really don't know their own email address.
So what? It's a slightly easier way of getting additional email addresses.
If your business model depends on my not having more than one email, well ... not sure why that's my problem.
I had no idea it was so easy to be a "cyber criminal".
ICE: pull out to the gaz station, quickly fill the tank, then *after the refill* move the car a few meters further (to free the gaz pump) next to the restaurant/dinner,
"gaz"? Is that some hipster term of abuse with which I am happily unfamiliar?
1.4 billion?? Think about that as a percentage of the world's population. Holy carp.
And that's vs. the whole world population. What fraction of that group is actually the market for what is essentially as luxury consumer product?
This has to be one of the most amazingly successful luxury items of all time.
What should astonish is that it was ever more successful.
Like I said, approximately never. When would you ever need to know the answers to such questions in everyday life?
Plus why do they call it the "World Series"? Only the US plays in it. Oh, and stop calling it America - America is a continent.
Thanks, we never thought of that! We'll get right on that now.
Better that than dozing off without autopilot.
That assumes a sort of zero sum reality, like assuming you can raise prices as much as you want and nobody will change their buying behavior.
Humans are bad at partial attention. Granted, we ain't so great at full attention either, but we are really bad at partial attention.
If you make it so that 90% of the time a driver doesn't have to pay attention, then they will be way more likely to fall asleep, or otherwise be distracted, than if they had to handle all the driving.
Feet, yards, inches, pints, quarts- it's impossible to deny that the whole damn thing is blitheringly idiotic.
If by "blitheringly idiotic" you mean "has worked just fine", then sure, lol
Of course now more than ever it's so important for us to go through a huge transition. I mean it's not like we all carry instant pocket converters with us, for those times when we need to convert units, which is approximately never ...
"students were thanking me [in the comments], and teachers were hating on me"
You know, it is possible for someone to disagree with you without being a "hater".
Say that to the people who have for the first time needed to go to food pantries so they can eat for the week. It is a funny statement, just not timed correctly. In a month or so, it would be much more funny. Right now the joke is under "too soon".
"Don't like abortion? Don't have one, har har"
Sadly, an abortion won't go away in a month or so.
Some political jokes are more equal than others, I guess.
I'd probably be more empathetic about this if anybody cared about political jokes that offend in other directions, e.g. "don't like abortion, don't have one, har har."
If they relay the commercials too, what's the problem?
Well, I suppose that a machine designed to have you inhale an addictive substance is marginally less stupid than "rolling leaves up and putting them in your mouth and setting them on fire" ...
And exact words in the title don't find the movie you are looking for. Plenty of completely unrelated stuff shows up though. I had to use google to get the full title of an Amazon Prime made show to get their search to find it once I put the full title in. Parts of the title were not enough. I have seen this happen many times, their interface and search is that bad. Plus, there is nothing good to watch there just like the article says. Netflix is my goto for watching TV, Amazon Prime is a waste of space and I never even fire it up unless it is to actually rent something with real money.
Well, YMMV. I find plenty to like in Prime Video. I have Prime anyway, and enjoy many things that I find in the included Prime Video.
But then, I enjoy lots of eclectic and older stuff. Not everyone does.
More significantly, it also makes humans crave their presence and care for them, if only in a very basic sense. Now that's an effective adaptation!
Except ... humans crave the presence of, and care for, other cute furry animals too.
How do they pull it off?
It makes sense though. It explains why people with one cat rarely stop at one cat and usually get a second... or a third... or more.
No, most cat owners do not have multiple cats.
A few do, but then there are multiple dog owners too.
Nerds just love talking about this thing. Maybe because they wish they were living out a Star Trek episode ...
It couldn't be that cats are just cute or anything. Like, you, dogs, which people fuss over in exactly the same way.
When I tried Prime many of the shows were only listed and required paying more $$$ to view them. It didn't appear to have that many shows included in the subscription or at least anything looking worth watching was not included.
When (how long ago) did you try it?
Also, TFA is referring to Prime Video, which is the stuff that is included.
So use screws that you can get here ... or invest what you need to to get them made here, you are freakin' Apple, I think you have the money.
Charge your trendoid users a "special screw" fee, if you have to.
How is it fake if it connects to the business? That's like saying my home phone number is fake because at&t isn't headquartered in my town
What constitutional grounds would justify SCOTUS hearing such a case regarding Illinois state law?
"constitutional grounds"?
The Supremes operate on nothing but "muh feels" these days, bucko!
Maybe it's important to somebody's understanding of their place in the universe ... that's apparently enough to strike down laws these days.
I mean hell, didn't it just come to light in the el Chapo trial that the cartels are using planes, self-made submarines and tunnels to smuggle stuff in?
So you're calling for war, instead of walls?
I guess you must be, because surely you don't think "just let anybody come and do whatever they want" is an option.
Physical barriers, hopefully well staffed, seem like a good reasoned measure. But hey, to each their own.
Wow, you leftists are violent.