Joelk111

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[–] [email protected] 152 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (22 children)

If this goes live, I'm out. YT premium is my most expensive subscription, but I watch enough YouTube that I'm OK with it, especially considering that it supports creators more than ad viewers. If I still get ads? Nah dawg. I'll divy up that money amongst patreons or whatever, and install add blockers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

This is the comment that's going to make me try it. I love my spreadsheet, so I'll have to see if this does everything that my spreadsheet does.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I just got my first computer controlled vehicle, a 2007 Volvo XC70. It's fucking insane. The same code scanner equipment and software that the dealership has access to needs to be included with the car at purchase, and that equipment needs to be universal to all vehicles of that model, so it's readily available on Ebay as cars go out of service. It's the only solution I can think of to keep auto manufacturers from charging way to much for it like they do all of their parts/tools. You also should get all of the files that are relevant to the car with the car, in case you need to reprogram a module from another car. This stuff should also be available in some sort of database or something, maybe even government hosted, in case the files that came with the car get lost.

Instead, community members are left to reverse engineer and scrounge around to get tools working on their own. It's genuinely insane how impossible it is to diagnose issues with modern vehicles as a home mechanic.

Sometimes you can't fix something simply because you can't replace a part with one from another car because it needs to be reprogrammed, but the dealership won't reprogram it, and they also won't give you the files so you can reprogram it yourself.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

I'd rather get a cable that has the specs I need.

Well, duh, this would be more useful for those cables laying around your house that you've forgotten or never known the specs of.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I use GrayJay/Revanced on Android and Enhancer for YouTube on Firefox (or any browser)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

My electric skateboard still blows my mind. It's crazy how well it works as compared to gasoline skateboards.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Apparently a hot take, but I don't have an issue with this, as long as they're picture ads, not videos. An option to hide them temporarily would be good if you're trying to read something. Maybe you'd need to hold a key or something. To me this is much less intrusive than 3 videos ads at the beginning of a video.

All of that said, I pay for premium, as I watch enough YouTube for it to be very very justified. I've probably saved weeks of my time not watching ads, plus it supports creators more than the ads ever do.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago

And there really is no reason other than that. I assumed there was meaning behind it. There is not.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

There was an story a while back where it was discovered that Tesla focuses their efforts on the routes taken by creators (and other influencial people), to intentionally make self driving look better than it is.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

For me it'd be more of a backup plan in case I forgot my wallet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, and as if anyone would know. They'll send out the announcement internally on the Tuesday before the next fitbit releases, then announce it to the public on Wednesday.

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