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  • When I (rarely) browse without an ad blocker, I notice how much better contextual ads (ads based on the site I am looking at) are compared to personalized ads. For example, on Board Game Geek shows ads for board games, board game accessories, and board game storage solutions. On webcomics I will see an ad for another webcomic that targets a similar audience. Both types of ads are genuinely interesting to me and I click on them on occasion.

    When I see "personalized" ads, they are for things I have absolutely no interest in. On a tech news site, I get an ad for hair conditioner (I have short hair and losing it). On a 3d printing site, I am sold t-shirts with pro-police slogans (the fact that I regularly visit lemmy should automatically mark me as a bad target for the product).

  • Reddit is now allowing advocacy of Child Marrige because they don't want to be seen as islamophobes

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  • That is how it is in many places in the US. People who want to marry off their child find the most regressive, backwards judge in the area who is happy to do it just to keep up traditional values.

  • Indie World Showcase August 7 2025

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  • No, since I would expect Indie World would be an even bigger disappointment in that case. If the big third party developers did not present anything that excited you, what are the odds that a game made by a small, underfunded team will?

    I am guessing this is the overflow from the third party direct. They sent out word for developers to send them trailers for upcoming games and got more responses than they wanted. The big name studios were put in the main show and this showcase is the trailers that were edited out for time.

  • Tesla awards CEO Musk millions in shares valued at about $29 billion

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  • 50 percent off and buy 1 get 1 free are the same deal.

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  • And you still have to buy an even number. Also, only if all items are the same price.

  • Nintendo Switch prices are going up [in the US] after this weekend

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  • I am surprised by this, I assumed that with the Switch 2 out, Nintendo would be done making Switch 1 consoles and just selling what they have in stock. If that was the case, Nintendo would be cutting prices to clear out warehouses and reduce storage costs.

    The fact that Nintendo is raising prices means that they expect to sell every single Switch they have and will need to bring more into the country (so they are going to be hit with rising material costs to manufacture and then tariffs).

  • Almost all Switch 2 users have bought Mario Kart World, as sales of new console pass 6m worldwide

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  • What is cheap for one person is expensive for another. People have different levels of disposable income. For some people, a Switch is just a device to use while waiting for Steam to download patches. For others, it is the only gaming device they plan to buy this decade.

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  • I don't think I have even heard of an Oodie before. Is it just a super oversized sweater made out of some material commonly used for blankets?

    That might be something my wife would like as a Christmas present, but then I will never see her body shape ever again.

  • Poll: Which abandoned Android phone features do you miss the most?

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  • It is inconvenient to leave an adapter connected to my headphones, because I want to use the same pair of headphones for my tablet, computer, and Switch, all of which have a real headphone jack. I also need to buy an extra adapter for the aux cable in the car and constantly have to debug if it is the audio cable or adapter that is going bad.

  • Poll: Which abandoned Android phone features do you miss the most?

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  • What adapter do you use? Seriously, I am open to paying more for an adapter once instead of buying cheap adapters over and over.

  • 🤯 Life Hack Alert

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  • Tomatoes have been bad for us for the last couple of years. Last year, we got a good yield of cherry tomatoes but large tomatoes only started to ripen before the cold killed them. This year, we only planted cherry tomatoes and are just now getting the first few. My coworkers have confirmed that their tomatoes are also super late this year.

    You are right about chives, asparagus, and berry bushes. Once those get established, you will have to work to keep them under control.

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  • There is also a link to Steam so you can sign up to be notified about when you can give OP money.

  • 🚦 Don't walk... be lesbian!

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  • No, you just need to come to terms with your urge to be a woman.

    It is more difficult for gay men who have to accept the fact that women are not gross.

  • If You Needed to Pass an Exam to Vote

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  • You do not get to vote. You drew a curve for question 12 when the instructions specified a line.

  • The Nintendo Switch 2 Is the Fastest-Selling Gaming Hardware in U.S. History - IGN

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  • Were multiplatform games more expensive on Switch? I don't pay too much attention to prices, but whenever I glance at the Nintendo store something or other is on sale.

    Now first party Nintendo games rarely go on sale since they sell well as it is.

  • The Nintendo Switch 2 Is the Fastest-Selling Gaming Hardware in U.S. History - IGN

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  • The important quote from the article

    What the launch sales of Switch 2 primarily tell us is that they made a lot of Switch 2 to sell at launch. Lifetime sales and launch sales of a console often do not correlate, meaning that some consoles with small launches ended up doing incredibly well lifetime (PS2 only sold 400k in its launch month) while others with big launches ended up not doing as well lifetime. Since launch month demand is rarely satiated by available supply (and it is certainly not a great sign when it is, historically) all we can really get a read on at launch is the confidence of the manufacturer to make so many units available, and the ability of the supply chain to get those units into the market.

    This is still very positive news for the long term viability of the Switch 2 because having a solid install base means third parties have more incentive to port games to the system.

  • The Nintendo Switch 2 Is the Fastest-Selling Gaming Hardware in U.S. History - IGN

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  • Remember, you can always block the haters. They can talk about how they are still not buying a Nintendo system and you can have a constructive discussion with people who agree with you.

  • Nintendo's Ability To Ban Switch 2 Consoles Has Landed It In Hot Water

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  • Nintendo clearly wants to transition to digital only for some reason, even though they're releasing some first party games on the carts still.

    I keep seeing people say that, but I don't see any evidence of it. Nintendo (or at least the video game publishing division) seems to be the biggest proponent of "game on cart" releases. Even Limited Run Games is announcing that they will make Game Key Cards for many of their releases.

  • North Carolina parents are charged with involuntary manslaughter after their son, 7, is killed a car accident while walking home, driver that murdered a child gets no charges

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  • I agree that we should strive to make the world as safe as possible, but people need to take some responsibility for not putting themselves in danger and teaching their kids how to do so as well. If it was not a car, it could have been a bus, a trolley, or a heavy bike (this is a small child we are talking about). The kid could have run off a cliff or fell into the stream and drowned.

    As a first generation American, I have noticed that some American parents do not teach their kids enough about how to cross the street (shocking in such a car centric society).

  • Nintendo’s Switch 2 launch push hasn’t gone well. Does it matter?

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  • The headline is click bait. I would only judge the launch as "not gone well" when the system fails to sell.

    Addressing a couple of the points they made in the article:

    The announced price is more than people expected, but day 1 buyers are probably die hard fans and influencers, who would buy it anyway, at double the price. The real test is going to be the holidays and how the price looks side by side with rivals. Based on the news from Microsoft, the Nintendo prices will be in line with the competition. Also, if price does cause issues, Nintendo may get a "free" price drop in the US when Trump drops tariffs (consumers pay less but Nintendo maintains their margins).

    Having retailer pre-order systems fail under the Switch 2 load is not Nintendo's fault. If anything, it shows that the system will sell well initially. Also, they are not losing sales if consumers get a website crash instead of "sold out".