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celerate , 5 months ago to technology in YouTube Premium announces 100 million subscribers

This is the first I’m hearing about the content creators getting paid out of the deal. YouTube needs to do a better job of letting people know this.

celerate , 5 months ago to technology in YouTube Premium announces 100 million subscribers

I looked at it. The features aren’t worth the price at all.

celerate , 5 months ago to technology in I lost my job after AI recruitment tool assessed my body language, says make-up artist

Yeah, I am very likely autistic. I wonder when the lawsuits will start.

celerate , 7 months ago to technology in Blade Runner director Ridley Scott calls AI a "technical hydrogen bomb" | "we are all completely f**ked"

I agree, yet for some reason celebrities who are not qualified to comment on these things have their voices amplified by the media.

celerate , 8 months ago to technology in YouTube cracking on ad blockers.

Dear YouTube, if anyone there ever reads this.

I tried not to block ads, I would let the preroll go and usually not skip it.

I started skipping ads when they started getting long. I recall some were several minutes long at times.

I started leaving videos part way through when there were mid-roll ads, and those got long enough that I’d often forget what I was even watching.

I started blocking the ads outright when I would be watching a relaxing video, and a very loud mid-roll ad would blow out my goddamn eardrums.

Fuck you YouTube. You abused your users, you chased off good content creators, and now you’re offering people no carrot and all stick. How about you offer to match the volume of the ads to the videos, limit the length of ads to something reasonable, and nicely tell viewers that you are making ads less annoying and that unblocking the ads helps pay the content creators.

celerate , 8 months ago to technology in 3D-printed carrot does not rely on large areas of land or maintenance costs, can be cheaper

Someone please explain to me how 3D printing vegetables could be cheaper or more efficient than just growing them?

celerate , 10 months ago to memes in Aaaand now she is being sued.

She was Jabba the Hut?

celerate , 10 months ago to memes in Everything is just fine

What could go wrong?

celerate , 11 months ago to mildlyinfuriating in Updated my Samsung phone and it installed unwanted apps

That seems rather shitty. Can I not blame Samsung for making and selling a phone my carrier can push unwanted software on without my consent?

celerate , 11 months ago to mildlyinfuriating in Updated my Samsung phone and it installed unwanted apps

Who makes it so the carrier can do this? Samsung, or Android (Google)?

celerate , 11 months ago to mildlyinfuriating in Updated my Samsung phone and it installed unwanted apps

Not cool, Samsung.

celerate , 1 year ago to nostupidquestions in Are there really that many terrible drivers out there?

Here’s my hypothesis so far.

People have to drive. That’s the way cities in North America are made, and I suspect the same applies in a lot of other countries.

There are people that enjoy driving, but when it becomes something you have to do in order to get chores done, it’s understandable if it’s not fun anymore.

These two points above make some kind of case for why I would say most people driving don’t actually want to be driving most of the time.

Now, we also have annoyances while driving. There is a street light I often have to wait at which will give me an eternal red light even when there is no traffic. There are a lot of cyclists here that want to be treated like cars, but don’t want to show the same considerations to cars. Basically, driving can be aggravating, and people may form bad habits in response: such as driving very close to cyclists to pass them without going into oncoming traffic, or racing to beat a red light at all costs.

In conclusion, I think a lot of people don’t really want to be driving, don’t stay mentally engaged while driving, and will act like assholes while driving because they expect other people to do the same to them and the driving experience is frustrating.