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This makes me livid. I was wondering if anyone knows how this works. I switched about two weeks ago to Time Warner – a bundle package for cable TV, Internet and phone. I programmed my DVR to record certain shows. And it just occurred to me that this might be important: I do have an HDMI cord coming from my computer (a mac) from the mini display port to the TV (not the cable box) that I sometimes connect, so that I can play videos I download on the TV. A few moments ago I went to YouTube and, lo and behold, their suggestions for videos for me to watch are very obviously based on my DVR programming and/or what I watch on TV. It's not some minor coincidence I'm blowing out of proportion. I have about 15 programs programmed to record and they all match up to the YouTube suggestions and not other TV-related videos so I know the source but not the mechanism. Any idea how this is being done, and what I might do. It feels like an incredible invasion of privacy to me; a "big brother is watching" moment.-- 67.244.114.239 ( talk) 05:29, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
BTW this will apply to anyone else using these devices. (E.g. even if you're sure you didn't search or watch anything related on Youtube, how sure you are that no one else using your computer did?)
People often forget that when they like something they tend to give a way a lot of clues in their general internet habits. I'm not saying edit: it's what you suggested is happening is impossible, but I'm not convinced Google is doing this. (Not because they are good, but because while they do get data from others, they are quite successful at collecting their own.)
Nil Einne ( talk) 17:31, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
I have a group of collections saved on the mobile website, and I can't find any related feature on the desktop site.
Is this beta feature that is only available for use on the mobile site? If so, when will it be available on the desktop site? If not, can someone direct me to where I can locate my collections?
Thank you for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Belac82 ( talk • contribs) 16:17, 7 January 2016
What would be a good, durable and a reliable 'USB CD Re-writer' to buy, that I can keep with me forever? -- Mr. Zoot Cig Bunner ( talk) 18:40, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi, I want to increase the number of digits used during the calculations in MATLAB, so I googled it and found this: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/36534-hpf-a-big-decimal-class However, I can't understand how to use it...
It's written there that I need to write "DefaultNumberOfDigits 30 2" at the command prompt, so downloaded the zip file, extracted it to my working directory, and wrote the above mentioned command at the command prompt. However, this threw an error "Undefined function or variable 'DefaultNumberOfDigits' ".
So, how should I do this? 213.8.204.4 ( talk) 19:09, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
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This makes me livid. I was wondering if anyone knows how this works. I switched about two weeks ago to Time Warner – a bundle package for cable TV, Internet and phone. I programmed my DVR to record certain shows. And it just occurred to me that this might be important: I do have an HDMI cord coming from my computer (a mac) from the mini display port to the TV (not the cable box) that I sometimes connect, so that I can play videos I download on the TV. A few moments ago I went to YouTube and, lo and behold, their suggestions for videos for me to watch are very obviously based on my DVR programming and/or what I watch on TV. It's not some minor coincidence I'm blowing out of proportion. I have about 15 programs programmed to record and they all match up to the YouTube suggestions and not other TV-related videos so I know the source but not the mechanism. Any idea how this is being done, and what I might do. It feels like an incredible invasion of privacy to me; a "big brother is watching" moment.-- 67.244.114.239 ( talk) 05:29, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
BTW this will apply to anyone else using these devices. (E.g. even if you're sure you didn't search or watch anything related on Youtube, how sure you are that no one else using your computer did?)
People often forget that when they like something they tend to give a way a lot of clues in their general internet habits. I'm not saying edit: it's what you suggested is happening is impossible, but I'm not convinced Google is doing this. (Not because they are good, but because while they do get data from others, they are quite successful at collecting their own.)
Nil Einne ( talk) 17:31, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
I have a group of collections saved on the mobile website, and I can't find any related feature on the desktop site.
Is this beta feature that is only available for use on the mobile site? If so, when will it be available on the desktop site? If not, can someone direct me to where I can locate my collections?
Thank you for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Belac82 ( talk • contribs) 16:17, 7 January 2016
What would be a good, durable and a reliable 'USB CD Re-writer' to buy, that I can keep with me forever? -- Mr. Zoot Cig Bunner ( talk) 18:40, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi, I want to increase the number of digits used during the calculations in MATLAB, so I googled it and found this: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/36534-hpf-a-big-decimal-class However, I can't understand how to use it...
It's written there that I need to write "DefaultNumberOfDigits 30 2" at the command prompt, so downloaded the zip file, extracted it to my working directory, and wrote the above mentioned command at the command prompt. However, this threw an error "Undefined function or variable 'DefaultNumberOfDigits' ".
So, how should I do this? 213.8.204.4 ( talk) 19:09, 7 January 2016 (UTC)