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  1. Comment on YouTube is testing a three-strikes policy for ad blocking in ~tech

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    I can’t speak for anyone else, but a big part of the issue is for me is around how Youtube treats many of the content creators I like. The continuing issues around demonetization and deranking of...

    I can’t speak for anyone else, but a big part of the issue is for me is around how Youtube treats many of the content creators I like.

    The continuing issues around demonetization and deranking of relatively innocuous videos mean I have zero faith that subscription money would actually go to support content creators. I’m happy to support the content, but “paying Google” is distinct from that.

    9 votes

  2. Comment on Permanent archival formats. Do they exist? in ~tech

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    Just be aware that read/write speeds are extremely slow. I managed to get an LTO5 drive for cheap recently, and that’s one of the biggest things that I’ve run into as I’m trying to integrate it...

    Just be aware that read/write speeds are extremely slow. I managed to get an LTO5 drive for cheap recently, and that’s one of the biggest things that I’ve run into as I’m trying to integrate it into my backup strategy.

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Dijkstra’s In Disguise [2018] in ~comp

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    Hello! I’ve been lurking for a while during the Reddit exodus, got my invite a few days ago, and have been thinking since then about what would be a good first post (i.e. something substantive and...

    Hello! I’ve been lurking for a while during the Reddit exodus, got my invite a few days ago, and have been thinking since then about what would be a good first post (i.e. something substantive and interesting, rather than “hi, I’m new”). There’s a good chance I’m overthinking it a bit, but still.

    Anyway, as far as I can tell this wasn’t posted here when it was first published - it’s one of my all-time favorite technical blog posts and does a great job explaining some seriously non-trivial ideas, so I figured it’d be a good first contribution.

    To be specific, this gave me a new appreciation for how much algorithms concepts can connect and generalize across different applications. It seems obvious in retrospect, but I’m pretty sure that’s just hindsight bias since I distinctly remember sitting in front of the computer blown away and taking several minutes working through that realization when I first came across this.

    2 votes