I wouldn’t want to live, but I probably would if I got to a hospital quickly.

That works too well.

Did you eat paint chips as a kid?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW4Gdsnr2Bg

I still lift weights, although now it is more about staying toned than getting huge gains. I also try to do cardio at least twice a week.

Injuries are harder to recover from so if something starts to hurt in a bad way I stop and do something else.

I have some earplugs I carry on my keyring that I originally bought for concerts. I don’t know if you can wear something like that or noise cancelling headphones, but that might help on occasion.

Whistling is where I’d draw the line though. That would make me the crazy person that would confront him directly. If he isnt receptive to knocking it off I would escalate to my boss or get hr back in the mix.

I just install openssh server, because I need it anyways, and use an SFTP client to transfer files. Seems to be fast, secure, and easy. No new ports to open up.

I’ve transferred many terabytes of data this way, no complaints. Rsync is nice for syncing huge folders, and walking away, so I’ll also use that when the need arises.

It isn’t a specific number of hours.

Addiction is a neuropsychological disorder characterized by a persistent and intense urge to use a drug or engage in a behavior that produces natural reward, despite substantial harm and other negative consequences.

If it feels harmful seek help. If not, have fun.

I like Mamdani – he is well spoken and passionate about helping people. Jon Stewart would do a good job, but I don’t know if we need more celebrities.

I used windows 10 on my gaming PC for many years. I “upgraded” to 11, and it felt bad. The UI/ux was tolerable, but between the AI features and everything requiring a Microsoft account, it got on my nerves quickly.

I literally just wanted to upgrade the firmware on my Xbox one controller (so it’d work in Linux…) and that forced a login. At that point I logged in, upgraded my controller, formatted as ext4, and now I rarely look back.

Every once in a while a game will crash or not be playable on Linux, but I’d trade that for being in control of the hardware I’ve spent thousands on over the years.

Very happy with bazzite on my htpc and a kde based distro on my main computer. I pop over to my MacBook for casual computing, but for the real stuff I’ll never use windows again (barring being forced by future employers)

If we can make it through to midterm elections I will worry then.

This will be truth social again with a pre-existing user base and better algorithms. People will drop off, but they will probably boil the frog slowly to keep people around.

It’s very awkward. I think they mean you can stop the intent to cancel, so cancel the cancellation.

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They parse the website for feeds, search, etc. It is a java library and it looks like they are using jsoup to parse the dom.

Using the website and actually establishing a connection to a video are separate things. The search side of things is essentially a headless browser that is just aimlessly looking for videos. As far as YouTube is concerned nothing is played during this process.

When you decide to commit and watch a video, the NewPipe client establishes a connection to the video stream, which doesn’t count for YouTube stats.

YouTube counts a view for long-form content when a viewer watches for at least 30 seconds, while Shorts views count each time a short begins to play or replay, with no minimum watchtime. Valid views must come from human users, with limitations on how often the same person can generate views within a short timeframe to prevent fraud from bots or artificial inflation.

Using the API “correctly” is likely a requirement for the view to be counted. Their media extractor circumvents that by intentionally not using their API and instead parsing their website for content. Then it establishes a connection to the stream using an internal API.

If you want a view to count you need to use an official client (or at least one with a legit API key). It not counting is a feature with NewPipe.

(Google probably knows the content is being streamed, but if you could just create synthetic views with a third party project, that would be bad for YouTube stats)

From the NewPipe FAQ:

Does NewPipe use the YouTube API?

No. NewPipe does not rely on the YouTube API, as using it requires an API key bringing with it specific regulations and restrictions. YouTube would then have more options of tracking your YouTube usage at their disposal. Therefore, NewPipe Extractor gets the information by parsing YouTube websites.

I assume they know who you are and what you are doing if it is online. VPN is a good security measure, but one screw up and they’ve got you. At least for your current connection.

Most people are still going to be logged into sites. Your cookies will give you away if you have any common tracking ones. Browser fingerprinting and other techniques can also be used to figure out who you are, even in incognito.

Then there is chat control, which is how they really want to get you, but that’s another topic.

The initial thing that gave me the ick was when Amazon was integrated into their search for money.

Unity is also pretty bad. Laggy, weird, and it just isn’t cool looking

I run kubuntu and Ubuntu server on a couple of my machines, so I am not a total hater, but lately I’ve been moving to other distros.

Divided we fall. Seriously though.