If that's the case, I don't know what the current landscape is like with them, but I remember reading ages ago about extensions that would click all ads (in the background) for you so that you cost the advertisers money and muddy up their profile on you.

No idea if those still exist or are any good

2d ago

Turn a Great White shark upside down… and it looks unreal

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9point6 @lemmy.world 2d ago

I mean the shark is clearly midway through transforming into this level's boss

Hope you healed up, OP

Good luck!

2d ago

EU Now Requires USB-C Charging for New Laptops Up to 100 W

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9point6 @lemmy.world 2d ago

I'm not sure I understand where you're coming from, let me just clear up where I'm coming from in case I'm confusing things:

Obviously most users won't have a laptop that can draw 240W

Though additionally, laptops that are able to draw 240W do exist today (there's even some that come with 360W barrel jack chargers now IIRC). Yes, they're for enthusiasts or professionals, but they still exist, so unless the spec prevented it*, they should be included in consideration too IMO

Given this is legislation that applies with a pretty broad stroke, I was making the point it's kinda arbitrary to stop applying it at 100W.

*Another commenter made the very good point though, that the 240W standard is simply too new to be part of this legislation. So kinda satisfied with that answer

2d ago

EU Now Requires USB-C Charging for New Laptops Up to 100 W

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9point6 @lemmy.world 2d ago

I'd guess a high percentage of the people with laptops that can draw that much power

3d ago

What device never needed a 'Smart' version?

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9point6 @lemmy.world 3d ago

Fair play, things being networked is a pretty classic "smart" feature, and I struggle to see a need for a networked toilet.

I kinda take "smart" to mean the bit broader definition of: something with extra features that introduce additional processing, sensors and (usually) programmability, that otherwise typically would be relatively dumb. Maybe that's a bit of an older take on the term now though

3d ago

Nannies watching over small children in Berlin, Germany, 1913

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9point6 @lemmy.world 3d ago

This is basically just a crop away from being a great album cover for like a third of music genres

Edit: you know what I'm going up to half

3d ago

What device never needed a 'Smart' version?

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9point6 @lemmy.world 3d ago

I would have agreed with you a few years ago, but after a visit to Japan I've gotta say we're living in the stone age everywhere else

3d ago

SteamOS now runs on every AMD handheld, and Valve didn't even make a big deal about it

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9point6 @lemmy.world 3d ago

3d ago

ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good in Minneapolis Gets Cushy New Job | Jonathan Ross is still avoiding accountability months after he shot and killed Renee Good.

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9point6 @lemmy.world 3d ago

It's the name of a famous talk show host in the UK

3d ago

To End ‘New Gilded Age,’ House Progressives Unveil Bill to Raise Federal Minimum Wage to $25 Per Hour

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9point6 @lemmy.world 3d ago

A swift "well, don't you think you're worth more than that" can build many bridges

3d ago

Gordon Ramsay one of the first celebrity chefs to bring US-style 20% service charge to London

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9point6 @lemmy.world 3d ago

If anyone adds a 20% tip on my bill in this country, I'm asking for the whole thing to be removed.

Especially at a high end restaurant. Absolute embarrassment that an establishment like that can't pay their staff properly and have to make them pan handle the customers.