IndefiniteBen

joined 2 years ago
[–] IndefiniteBen@feddit.nl 7 points 2 years ago

If they start bleeding unexpectedly just send them to the waiting room while you look it up on YouTube!

[–] IndefiniteBen@feddit.nl 15 points 2 years ago

Probably got some fancy education like primary school.

[–] IndefiniteBen@feddit.nl 11 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I'm going to guess you did more than just watch videos... If you also applied that knowledge in practical work, you did educate yourself on how to use those tools.

Whatever you made is the validation/grading of your education. IMO that's a perfectly valid way to get an education, for those kinds of topics. It's much more risky to grade yourself on abstract knowledge where you can't directly make something and see if it works or not.

[–] IndefiniteBen@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago

In a society with an ageing population mobility assistance is a growing market.

[–] IndefiniteBen@feddit.nl 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

It's that expensive because it's hard to farm. If it can be reliably farmed the price would likely go down.

[–] IndefiniteBen@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You misunderstood, my sub is private and the only member is me. This enables some 3rd party apps to still work. I still use a 3rd party app to visit Reddit.

[–] IndefiniteBen@feddit.nl 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm still quietly using a 3rd party app for my limited Reddit visits as I am a moderator for a sub with no content.

[–] IndefiniteBen@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

I sometimes like to subscribe to the YT channel of some creators for a few months. Get some bonus content and no ads (if no ad blocker).

[–] IndefiniteBen@feddit.nl 5 points 2 years ago

AFAIK the changing thumbnails are not made by YouTube. The creator uploads a number of options for thumbnails and video titles, then YouTube randomly? shows those options to users and provides statistics to the creator so they can apply the best performing (in terms of click through and watch time) option to improve video performance. It's all of course linked to how the algorithm works, so is indirectly influenced by YouTube.

Source: a video I watched a while ago but I don't even remember who made the video, so take what I say with a grain of salt.

[–] IndefiniteBen@feddit.nl 30 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Until earlier this year I just watched the ads because in some small way it supports creators and I could deal with it. Then they increased the number of ads per watch-time to egregious levels.

I certainly wasn't going to reward a company for making the existing service worse by subscribing. Started using the apps people mention immediately and also setup pihole to block more ads.

[–] IndefiniteBen@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Isn't that a Windows 11 thing?

[–] IndefiniteBen@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If they break it into bits, maybe they can allow it to move to the side of the screen!

Then I can move directly from 10 to 12.

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