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dmarti.eurosky.social

@dmarti.eurosky.social

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I don't check this account much. See blog.zgp.org/hello for contact info. Speaking only for myself here he/his/him

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dmarti.eurosky.social @dmarti.eurosky.social · 22/11/2025

Agree that consent banners are an antipattern -- see the article. Both Flo and Meta made people go through a "consent" process but the jury found that by California standards no consent was actually given

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dmarti.eurosky.social @dmarti.eurosky.social · 11/09/2025

Every time I try a Google Search for [sergey brin epstein files] Google gives me a CAPTCHA...is this happening for anyone else?

Screenshot of a reCAPTCHA prompt, stating "our systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer network"

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dmarti.eurosky.social @dmarti.eurosky.social · 07/02/2025

People used to line up to get new versions of US products. www.computerhistory.org/revolution/p... Now a new release is what you get switched to, and new features are a chore to turn off. Maybe both the election results and the decline in product appeal are downstream from a shift in norms here?

Color photo of a crowded store decorated with balloons. People are lined up at the cash registers. A shelving unit in the foreground has a "Windows 95 is here" sign on top, and Microsoft Windows 95 boxes on the shelves

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dmarti.eurosky.social @dmarti.eurosky.social · 29/01/2025

And according to Longpre et al. the % of text on the web that is restricted by ToS is trending up www.ietf.org/slides/slide...

Small graph showing "terms of service restricted tokens" trending up by year, from about 20% in 2016 to 40-70% in 2024

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dmarti.eurosky.social @dmarti.eurosky.social · 10/01/2025

So, if Meta is doing policy changes to be friendlier to Republicans in the USA, then Republicans should like them, right? No—they're still full of fake account schemes to rip off US Army veterans It's one thing to have spam on your site because you don't have time/$ to fix it but this is a choice.

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dmarti.eurosky.social @dmarti.eurosky.social · 07/09/2023

one task that should be a straightforward application of ML to web advertising: find ads with a fake UI element for an action such as "Watch Now" or "Jump to Recipe" They're all scams that try to get the user to install malware—blocking one at a time is a constant chore for legit ad-supported sites

screenshot of an ad with a big "Watch Now" button. Text underneath: "Click Watch Now/Add Browser Extension/Discover Movies!"

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dmarti.eurosky.social @dmarti.eurosky.social · 01/09/2023

pretty common pattern for pirate TV+movie sites... 1. only one line in ads.txt (begins with a g) 2. DMCA disclaimers (here's how to report it if "a user" uploaded something infringing) 3. most of the ads are for legal streaming services Are the streaming services paying for the pirate sites too?

screenshot of a web site offering free unauthorized streaming content, with an ad for (HBO) Max

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