#google vision

[ashtonfei]

[pisscreant]

had a vivid dream where there was a "play as Kim" mod and I was super excited

after like 2 mins gameplay Harry just turned around looking scandalised and was like "Ohgod... It's me, Kim. *I'm* Grandpa Piss!"

he refused to elaborate even after I savescummed and exhausted all dialogue options

then a notification flashed like "THOUGHT GAINED: GRANDPA PISS" and I went to the thought cabinet screen. all it said was "What the fuck does he mean by that."

[contextualadvertising]

What is Google's Vision to Cookieless Future?

The significance of third-party cookies in digital advertising campaigns, which has long provided advertisers with an extensive source of user data, has been a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it enabled highly targeted advertising, but on the other, it has raised substantial privacy concerns among users. 

In response to these concerns, privacy regulators such as GDPR and CCPA have implemented stringent privacy guidelines, and major web browsers like Safari and Firefox have taken steps to ban the use of third-party cookies. Notably, Google, a key player in the digital advertising ecosystem, initiated a strategic phase-out plan for third-party cookies in January 2021. 

Google's journey towards a cookieless future has seen several twists and turns. The journey began in 2021 when Google first started discussing the concept of a cookieless future. In January 2021, the company made a pivotal announcement, revealing its strategic plan to phase out third-party cookies. As the year unfolded, Google encountered a change in plans, delaying the phase-out until 2022, as confirmed in July 2021. However, a significant development occurred in January 2022 when Google decided to remove the Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) from its third-party cookie phase-out strategy. In the most recent update, from July 2022, Google further extended the timeline, pushing the phase-out to 2024. This timeline reflects the evolving landscape of Google's approach to a cookieless future.

What is Privacy Sandbox?

It is a set of proposals to improve user privacy on web and Android devices without impacting online advertising. 

Key features of the Privacy Sandbox include:

Topics: A new API that allows websites to show relevant ads to users based on their browsing interests, without tracking them across websites.

FLEDGE: A new API that allows websites to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns without using third-party cookies.

Trust Token: A new API that helps websites to verify that a user is logged in without sharing their personal information with third parties.

Attribution Reporting: A new API that helps app developers to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns without using third-party cookies.

Private Advertising APIs: A set of APIs that allows app developers to show relevant ads to users without tracking them across apps.

Apart from this, Google has also developed TURTLEDOVE which is an acronym for Two Uncorrelated Requests, Then Locally-Executed Decision On Victory.

TURTLEDOVE was introduced as an addition to FLoC. The complex acronym reflects a simple idea – to make the decision about which ads to show on the device, rather than in the cloud. TURTLEDOVE enables users to retain more control over their data. It allows users to store their interests and preferences on their local device, granting permission for advertisers to access this information. This process ensures that user data stays private and secure, with the power to revoke access at any time.

Conclusion

As per the latest updates, Google will disable the cookies for 1% of Chrome users in the first quarter of 2024. 

Google's vision for a cookie-less future isn't without its challenges. Advertisers and marketers have relied on cookies for targeted advertising for years, and the transition to a privacy-centric approach may require adjustments in their strategies.

However, it's important to note that Google's push towards a cookie-less future isn't just a reaction to regulatory pressure; it's a recognition of the evolving online landscape and the need to prioritize user privacy. By developing and promoting alternatives like TURTLEDOVE, Google aims to strike a balance between personalized advertising and data privacy.

[kizzer55555]

The Vampire Aesthetic

Ok so Danny knows two billionaires personally and they really couldn’t be more different. Yet they had one thing in common. A vampire aesthetic. Sam is fully into goth. Spiderwebs, bats, the color black. She enjoys fangs and fake blood and the darkness of her soul. Meanwhile, Vlad is Vlad. If his name wasn’t enough, the dark clothing, pale skin, and flying around with a cape and fangs with coffins in his mansion really sells it.

Danny doesn’t know many rich people so he thinks this might be some kind of trend. (If Paulina is rich, her family likes the chupacabra) So he just thinks that all rich people have some kind of vampire thing going on.

Cue Danny somehow ending in the Wayne household. Maybe he was brought over as a friend of one of the bats, maybe rescued from a field trip/vacation gone wrong, maybe some other situation. But he is there in civilian form with civilian Waynes and Danny just takes a good long look around the inside of the mansion.

“So where’s the vampire aesthetic?

Everyone freezes.

Danny just starts looking around, checking behind paintings and feeling the walls for secret levers. Used to secret passages with Vlad and possibly Sam. The Fentons definitely had them when they were temporarily rich.

“Come on, I know you guys are hiding it.”

Cue the entire batfamily thinking that this is another Tim and that he is fully aware that these people are the batfamily. Danny hangs around the mansion more and the bats just start dropping their disguises and not even bothering to hide stuff around Danny because they assume he already knows. (Possibly even trying to recruit him to be a new bat) Meanwhile, Danny, who does not know these people are batman and his birds, just does not pick up on any of it.

He grew up in a health violation with a giant ballon observatory lab above his head and a portal to the afterlife in his basement. He is a half dead teenager who has tea with the god of time and his godfather is the other parent to his clone child. He’s used to death lazers being scattered across his home and mysterious stains on clothing.

People are weird! He doesn’t judge!

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

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[gophergal]

You get wrecked by a Heavy+Medic duo and see one of these taunts before you respawn. How do you react?

(aka: @cursed--alien and I were bullshitting about potential taunts that would kill homophobic gamer boys on sight and these shitty doodles are the result)

[nevvn]

here's the thing i made for my giftee, for the @obeymeholidayexchange event! happy holidays everyone!! weeee!! (∩^o^)⊃━☆

[batcavescolony]

Someone on tiktok was talking about how they knew Billy was Billy in Agatha All Along cus he was gay and ok sure he's famously one of marvels queer married couples, but then they went on to say that "if somehow Tommy came along and was gay, no that doesn't make sense. Tommy ally but not gay" and I haven't stop thinking about that since I seen it, I get comics are daunting but this hurts what do you mean! He's canonically bisexual. The fandom joke is Wanda is incapable of making a straight kid! AHHH

[cygnusarts]

L i s t e n

(Arrogant Asshole Genius Idiot Boy + Vaguely European Sad Genius Idiot Boy) ^ ~✨~Unethical Science~✨~ = I Am Extremely Predictable I KNOW OKAY I KN

[carlarte]

Oh, Hazel, look! The field! It’s covered with blood!’

Fiver is my favorite character in Watership Down, he's just like me fr. I was afraid this wouldn't read especifically as Fiver, but alas... i liked my initial sketch a lot so i kept it as it was.

[scarletkaoru]

[justaz]

i wish i was a good artist. i would draw merlin so androgynous. in a dress. long hair. mmmmmm. kiss boys. arthur. kiss arthur. sigh

[cosmiclove-heavenstruck]

I AM – TAYLOR SWIFT

a story build from taylor's lyrics starting with "i / i am"

[twentyfourducks]

i had an idea to write something where where you and sunday were in a (sacred/implied to be blessed by the harmony) garden alone together. there is obvious romantic tension between you both....

...you confess to him and while he does reciprocate the feelings, he is hesitant to go forward with a relationship despire his desire for you.......however, he's been told throughout his life that he shall not harbor such desire towards others (implied religious guilt...or smth) and that he should devote himself wholly to THEM (and/or some other doctrine the family probably imbued within him)...

...ultimately, he does "eat the forbidden fruit" in the end (kisses you)

[mysterycitrus]

which dc hero would get an in-universe, spiderman: turn off the dark esque copyright nightmare of a musical and why is it green lantern

think about it - ur a hack musical theatre director and u make up ur own self-insert who gets their own power ring. only it's like... a mood ring? so every lantern has the potential to be any colour depending on how bummed they're feeling at any time. ur musical sucks so everyone is indeed bummed. they have a fun little oath u made up that sounds like a discount dua lipa track. it's a pop musical. several lanterns are played by muppets. every time someone transforms into their lantern uniform they do a fun little twirl and rip half their costume off. josh groban plays a lantern veteran named "hank morgan". andrew lloyd webber tells u to kill urself because green lantern: into the rainbow charts better than bad cinderella. bruce wayne shakes ur hand at the premiere. booster gold is a consultant for the project. guy gardner almost strangles him at a jsi meeting.

[squiddlysq]

Finished System Collapse the other day & Murderbot has never been more relatable

First image based on this post by @murderbot-moodboard