Description copied from Perun's page on YouTube. Links do not copy properly, if you wish to click through to sourcing please use links on the YouTube description page. ... If the worst thing that...
Description copied from Perun's page on YouTube. Links do not copy properly, if you wish to click through to sourcing please use links on the YouTube description page.
...
If the worst thing that can happen to a military is losing a war, sometimes the second worst thing might be winning one.
Previously on this channel we've talked about some of the deliberate ways in which leaders might sabotage their own militaries - corruption, falsified reporting or picking political favorites over competent candidates.
Sometimes though, a force can be slowly undermined by leaders that don't even know they're doing so - in fact, they may actually think they're doing great.
This is the realm of arrogance and overconfidence. In the future, we may dive a little deeper and have a look at examples of how this phenomenon has swung battles and campaigns, but today we're going to look at it at a higher level - how arrogance can limit the ability of a force to evolve, adapt, and avoid future defeat.
RKK International Centre for Defence And Security - Lorenzo Crippa
Putin's Henchmen, the Russian National Guard in the Invasion of Ukraine https://icds.ee/en/putins-henchmen-th...
Not included but a solid example I'll return to - Reporting on then Russian Defence Minister Grachev claiming Grozny could be taken in two hours (it was not taken in two hours) https://www.rferl.org/a/1056335.html
All normal caveats and comments apply. In particular – I would like to note as always that this material has been created for entertainment purposes and is not intended to be a complete or comprehensive examination of the topic in question and should not be relied upon to inform financial or other similar decisions.
Any content relating to the conduct, views, activities or any aspect of any person or character in this video is included for entertainment purposes and does not represent an assertion of fact on those matters or any matters in relation to that person or character.
Care has been taken in compiling data, quotes, and other inputs from various sources but errors can occur. Quotes and included data should be
considered illustrative, not definitive and their veracity should not be relied on.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Opening Words
00:01:04 — What Am I Talking About?
00:03:11 — Why Arrogance Matters
00:09:55 — Arrogance at Every Level
00:14:54 — Arrogance & Compliance
00:26:41 — the Arrogance of Victory
00:38:25 — Arrogance & Reform - Technology
00:51:07 — Mitigations
00:57:16 — Channel Update
You should be able to get the description with complete links easily with yt-dlp's --get-description. In this case yt-dlp --get-description https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xoRpMoDffI gives the...
Links do not copy properly
You should be able to get the description with complete links easily with yt-dlp's--get-description. In this case yt-dlp --get-description https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xoRpMoDffI gives the following output:
If the worst thing that can happen to a military is losing a war, sometimes the second worst thing might be winning one.
Previously on this channel we've talked about some of the deliberate ways in which leaders might sabotage their own militaries - corruption, falsified reporting or picking political favorites over competent candidates.
Sometimes though, a force can be slowly undermined by leaders that don't even know they're doing so - in fact, they may actually think they're doing great.
This is the realm of arrogance and overconfidence. In the future, we may dive a little deeper and have a look at examples of how this phenomenon has swung battles and campaigns, but today we're going to look at it at a higher level - how arrogance can limit the ability of a force to evolve, adapt, and avoid future defeat.
Not included but a solid example I'll return to - Reporting on then Russian Defence Minister Grachev claiming Grozny could be taken in two hours (it was not taken in two hours) https://www.rferl.org/a/1056335.html
All normal caveats and comments apply. In particular – I would like to note as always that this material has been created for entertainment purposes and is not intended to be a complete or comprehensive examination of the topic in question and should not be relied upon to inform financial or other similar decisions.
Any content relating to the conduct, views, activities or any aspect of any person or character in this video is included for entertainment purposes and does not represent an assertion of fact on those matters or any matters in relation to that person or character.
Care has been taken in compiling data, quotes, and other inputs from various sources but errors can occur. Quotes and included data should be
considered illustrative, not definitive and their veracity should not be relied on.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Opening Words
00:01:04 — What Am I Talking About?
00:03:11 — Why Arrogance Matters
00:09:55 — Arrogance at Every Level
00:14:54 — Arrogance & Compliance
00:26:41 — the Arrogance of Victory
00:38:25 — Arrogance & Reform - Technology
00:51:07 — Mitigations
00:57:16 — Channel Update
I know you've been consistently sharing these videos and descriptions for quite a while, so apologies if this has been discussed previously and/or is a nonstarter for some reason.
Hmm. I'm guessing I'm doing something wrong here, putting that into terminal (I do have yt-dlp installed) gives error 400 bad request and 'unable to download API page'. EDIT: just checked, I'm on...
Hmm. I'm guessing I'm doing something wrong here, putting that into terminal (I do have yt-dlp installed) gives error 400 bad request and 'unable to download API page'.
EDIT: just checked, I'm on yt-dlp version 2022.04.08-1 which is the Linux Mint recognized stable System package. I probably need to manually update to the latest on Github to give this a fair shot of working properly. Thank you for this, it is helpful. My prior option involved needing to learn Python which was a bit much of a time investment ask for improving descriptions - not that I am uninterested in learning Python, but my To-Do list eclipses the amount of stuff I have the mental and emotional energy to accomplish by... more than one order of magnitude.
yt-dlp --get-description https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xoRpMoDffI
WARNING: [youtube] YouTube said: ERROR - Precondition check failed.
WARNING: [youtube] HTTP Error 400: Bad Request. Retrying ...
WARNING: [youtube] YouTube said: ERROR - Precondition check failed.
WARNING: [youtube] HTTP Error 400: Bad Request. Retrying ...
WARNING: [youtube] YouTube said: ERROR - Precondition check failed.
WARNING: [youtube] HTTP Error 400: Bad Request. Retrying ...
WARNING: [youtube] YouTube said: ERROR - Precondition check failed.
WARNING: [youtube] Unable to download API page: HTTP Error 400: Bad Request (caused by <HTTPError 400: 'Bad Request'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U
WARNING: [youtube] nsig extraction failed: You may experience throttling for some formats
n = 8IXFK-bwGeE8Qw30G ; player = https://www.youtube.com/s/player/6ea06c52/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js
9xoRpMoDffI: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py", line 2517, in _decrypt_nsig
self._player_cache[player_id] = self._extract_n_function(video_id, player_url)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py", line 2543, in _extract_n_function
funcname = self._extract_n_function_name(jscode)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py", line 2526, in _extract_n_function_name
nfunc, idx = self._search_regex(
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 1229, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
yt_dlp.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract Initial JS player n function name; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U
(caused by RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract \x1b[0;94mInitial JS player n function name\x1b[0m; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U')); please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U
ERROR: [youtube] 9xoRpMoDffI: Unable to extract uploader id; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U
I'd say you're on the right track with needing a more recent version. I'd guess Mint, being based on Ubuntu and in turn Debian, is mostly going to have outdated but stable packages. Unfortunately...
2022.04.08-1
I'd say you're on the right track with needing a more recent version. I'd guess Mint, being based on Ubuntu and in turn Debian, is mostly going to have outdated but stable packages. Unfortunately that doesn't pair too well with a program like yt-dlp, which has to constantly adjust to YouTube's frequent blocks and changes.
Description copied from Perun's page on YouTube. Links do not copy properly, if you wish to click through to sourcing please use links on the YouTube description page.
...
If the worst thing that can happen to a military is losing a war, sometimes the second worst thing might be winning one.
Previously on this channel we've talked about some of the deliberate ways in which leaders might sabotage their own militaries - corruption, falsified reporting or picking political favorites over competent candidates.
Sometimes though, a force can be slowly undermined by leaders that don't even know they're doing so - in fact, they may actually think they're doing great.
This is the realm of arrogance and overconfidence. In the future, we may dive a little deeper and have a look at examples of how this phenomenon has swung battles and campaigns, but today we're going to look at it at a higher level - how arrogance can limit the ability of a force to evolve, adapt, and avoid future defeat.
Patreon:
/ perunau
Reading and Sourcing (shortened as I'm t:
Lieutenant R. E. Bassler -Tryon and the Victoria
September 1934 Proceedings Vol. 60/9/379
https://www.usni.org/magazines/procee...
RKK International Centre for Defence And Security - Lorenzo Crippa
Putin's Henchmen, the Russian National Guard in the Invasion of Ukraine
https://icds.ee/en/putins-henchmen-th...
Not included but a solid example I'll return to - Reporting on then Russian Defence Minister Grachev claiming Grozny could be taken in two hours (it was not taken in two hours)
https://www.rferl.org/a/1056335.html
TASS - Russia’s chief research institute doubts effectiveness of reusable rockets
https://tass.com/science/853567
Reporting on Arianespace CEO in 2016 on reusability
https://x.com/pbdes/status/6843291359...
Brycetech space activity figures Q1 2025
https://brycetech.com/reports/report-...
Featured reporting on the Putin "Kyiv in 2 weeks" claim
https://www.theguardian.com/world/201...
https://www.reuters.com/article/world...
Geoffrey Reagan - Great Military Blunders
Lukashenko image
https://www.intellinews.com/president...
Caveats & Comments:
All normal caveats and comments apply. In particular – I would like to note as always that this material has been created for entertainment purposes and is not intended to be a complete or comprehensive examination of the topic in question and should not be relied upon to inform financial or other similar decisions.
Any content relating to the conduct, views, activities or any aspect of any person or character in this video is included for entertainment purposes and does not represent an assertion of fact on those matters or any matters in relation to that person or character.
Care has been taken in compiling data, quotes, and other inputs from various sources but errors can occur. Quotes and included data should be
considered illustrative, not definitive and their veracity should not be relied on.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Opening Words
00:01:04 — What Am I Talking About?
00:03:11 — Why Arrogance Matters
00:09:55 — Arrogance at Every Level
00:14:54 — Arrogance & Compliance
00:26:41 — the Arrogance of Victory
00:38:25 — Arrogance & Reform - Technology
00:51:07 — Mitigations
00:57:16 — Channel Update
You should be able to get the description with complete links easily with yt-dlp's
--get-description. In this caseyt-dlp --get-description https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xoRpMoDffIgives the following output:If the worst thing that can happen to a military is losing a war, sometimes the second worst thing might be winning one.
Previously on this channel we've talked about some of the deliberate ways in which leaders might sabotage their own militaries - corruption, falsified reporting or picking political favorites over competent candidates.
Sometimes though, a force can be slowly undermined by leaders that don't even know they're doing so - in fact, they may actually think they're doing great.
This is the realm of arrogance and overconfidence. In the future, we may dive a little deeper and have a look at examples of how this phenomenon has swung battles and campaigns, but today we're going to look at it at a higher level - how arrogance can limit the ability of a force to evolve, adapt, and avoid future defeat.
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/PerunAU
Reading and Sourcing (shortened as I'm t:
Lieutenant R. E. Bassler -Tryon and the Victoria
September 1934 Proceedings Vol. 60/9/379
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1934/september/tryon-and-victoria
RKK International Centre for Defence And Security - Lorenzo Crippa
Putin's Henchmen, the Russian National Guard in the Invasion of Ukraine
https://icds.ee/en/putins-henchmen-the-russian-national-guard-in-the-invasion-of-ukraine/
Not included but a solid example I'll return to - Reporting on then Russian Defence Minister Grachev claiming Grozny could be taken in two hours (it was not taken in two hours)
https://www.rferl.org/a/1056335.html
TASS - Russia’s chief research institute doubts effectiveness of reusable rockets
https://tass.com/science/853567
Reporting on Arianespace CEO in 2016 on reusability
https://x.com/pbdes/status/684329135947280384
Brycetech space activity figures Q1 2025
https://brycetech.com/reports/report-documents/bryce-briefing-2025-Q1/
Featured reporting on the Putin "Kyiv in 2 weeks" claim
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/02/putin-russian-forces-could-conquer-ukraine-capital-kiev-fortnight
https://www.reuters.com/article/world/putin-comment-on-taking-kiev-in-2-weeks-taken-out-of-context-aide-idUSKBN0GX0JS/
Geoffrey Reagan - Great Military Blunders
Lukashenko image
https://www.intellinews.com/president-of-belarus-reveals-russian-invasion-plans-in-viral-video-236712/
Caveats & Comments:
All normal caveats and comments apply. In particular – I would like to note as always that this material has been created for entertainment purposes and is not intended to be a complete or comprehensive examination of the topic in question and should not be relied upon to inform financial or other similar decisions.
Any content relating to the conduct, views, activities or any aspect of any person or character in this video is included for entertainment purposes and does not represent an assertion of fact on those matters or any matters in relation to that person or character.
Care has been taken in compiling data, quotes, and other inputs from various sources but errors can occur. Quotes and included data should be
considered illustrative, not definitive and their veracity should not be relied on.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Opening Words
00:01:04 — What Am I Talking About?
00:03:11 — Why Arrogance Matters
00:09:55 — Arrogance at Every Level
00:14:54 — Arrogance & Compliance
00:26:41 — the Arrogance of Victory
00:38:25 — Arrogance & Reform - Technology
00:51:07 — Mitigations
00:57:16 — Channel Update
I know you've been consistently sharing these videos and descriptions for quite a while, so apologies if this has been discussed previously and/or is a nonstarter for some reason.
Hmm. I'm guessing I'm doing something wrong here, putting that into terminal (I do have yt-dlp installed) gives error 400 bad request and 'unable to download API page'.
EDIT: just checked, I'm on yt-dlp version 2022.04.08-1 which is the Linux Mint recognized stable System package. I probably need to manually update to the latest on Github to give this a fair shot of working properly. Thank you for this, it is helpful. My prior option involved needing to learn Python which was a bit much of a time investment ask for improving descriptions - not that I am uninterested in learning Python, but my To-Do list eclipses the amount of stuff I have the mental and emotional energy to accomplish by... more than one order of magnitude.
yt-dlp --get-description https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xoRpMoDffI
WARNING: [youtube] YouTube said: ERROR - Precondition check failed.
WARNING: [youtube] HTTP Error 400: Bad Request. Retrying ...
WARNING: [youtube] YouTube said: ERROR - Precondition check failed.
WARNING: [youtube] HTTP Error 400: Bad Request. Retrying ...
WARNING: [youtube] YouTube said: ERROR - Precondition check failed.
WARNING: [youtube] HTTP Error 400: Bad Request. Retrying ...
WARNING: [youtube] YouTube said: ERROR - Precondition check failed.
WARNING: [youtube] Unable to download API page: HTTP Error 400: Bad Request (caused by <HTTPError 400: 'Bad Request'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U
WARNING: [youtube] nsig extraction failed: You may experience throttling for some formats
n = 8IXFK-bwGeE8Qw30G ; player = https://www.youtube.com/s/player/6ea06c52/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js
9xoRpMoDffI: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py", line 2517, in _decrypt_nsig
self._player_cache[player_id] = self._extract_n_function(video_id, player_url)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py", line 2543, in _extract_n_function
funcname = self._extract_n_function_name(jscode)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py", line 2526, in _extract_n_function_name
nfunc, idx = self._search_regex(
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 1229, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
yt_dlp.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract Initial JS player n function name; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U
(caused by RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract \x1b[0;94mInitial JS player n function name\x1b[0m; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U')); please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U
ERROR: [youtube] 9xoRpMoDffI: Unable to extract uploader id; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U
I'd say you're on the right track with needing a more recent version. I'd guess Mint, being based on Ubuntu and in turn Debian, is mostly going to have outdated but stable packages. Unfortunately that doesn't pair too well with a program like yt-dlp, which has to constantly adjust to YouTube's frequent blocks and changes.