| zxmpi_ | bad news for facebook https://m.independent.ie/world-news/facebook-to-pay-french-publishers-for-news-content-40971407.html | 13:56 |
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| daftykins | yay | 14:13 |
| zxmpi_ | once france gets a penny every other country will pile on | 14:13 |
| diddledani | so does that mean random blog owners are due money, too? | 15:38 |
| daftykins | heh | 15:38 |
| diddledani | hah "Google signed a similar framework deal with the alliance this year, but talks over licensing payments got bogged down, leading French regulators to slap Google with a hefty fine for not negotiating in good faith with publishers." <-- give us money, or we'll make you give us money until you give us moeny | 15:39 |
| diddledani | that smacks of extortion | 15:39 |
| daftykins | i reckon that's really what a lot of countries have been doing, "hmm we spent a lot in the pandemic propping up businesses, let's recoup some by hitting big tech!" | 15:41 |
| zxmpi_ | are they paying taxes or are they taking the piss? break out the thumb screws | 16:51 |
| zxmpi_ | first post! :-P https://www.newsweek.com/trump-truth-social-hacked-within-hours-announcement-1641137 | 16:55 |
| daftykins | \o/ | 16:55 |
| zxmpi_ | god bless those hackers :') | 16:56 |
| daftykins | ah, a very loose definition of 'hack' by the looks | 16:58 |
| zxmpi_ | well noobs have to start somewhere and sony doesn't want to play anymore :-P | 16:59 |
| diddledani | shoit on ipwn: https://youtu.be/FJK37_tF8WM | 17:02 |
| daftykins | diddledani: fun unpicking that wordpress trouble yesterday, ended up having to revert to a backup 'cause my pal's "Visual Composer" plugin going from v34 -> v40 had left it with an integrated Advanced Custom Fields addon that seemed to be barfing o0 | 17:03 |
| diddledani | aah, visual composter | 17:04 |
| daftykins | :D | 17:04 |
| daftykins | maybe it's a trap for the free version | 17:05 |
| diddledani | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnm8tVqMK0s | 20:37 |
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