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Why do podcasts have preroll ads now? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

The podcast company that makes the podcast.

When they make it, they put in an in the locations during the podcast they want the advertising to be, then they sell the advertising space. If there is no local advert, it skips, if there is one, it pulls and plays that.

Cancel my flight in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As an ex kiwi bro, the only thing out to get you in NZ is .. .. ..

Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars | Defector in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Ahhhhh.

Yes I see. That does make sense.

Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars | Defector in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Superior SI unit.

OH! my god this is really happening... in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

From when it was posted yesterday...

Cat is named crumbs. It's 38 pounds in this pic.

He is now on a diet.

DuckDuckGo starting to give more "personal" search results in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yep.

For the simple response - they group all the searches from your location based on IP, and the results are weighted from that.

So if your town has a airshow on, all the DDG users that search for airshow near you will bump those responses up the weighting scale for all uses in your area. Regardless of you search for it.