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If you don’t want Israel lobbing bombs at you, then maybe you should stop lobbing bombs at Israel first.

YouTube Ad-Blocker policy - Can it be explained by ad revenue numbers?

First, a disclaimer: I’m no expert, and I only know what is on these documents I linked. I haven’t read in-depth reporting by real investigative journalists, nor any reporting sourced or quoted from YT insiders (When I see articles about the ad-blocking, I knock wood that SmartTube is still working and keep scrolling, keen...

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You have to remember the shareholder mentality: If you’re not growing by 20% forever, you’re losing money.

Question regarding ripping dvds (yes DVDs)

I know the majority opinion is not to do it for various reasons, but basically I started to backup the majority of my dvd collection that I created over the years since I have the time and they were just collecting dust. Turns out though I guess I’m doing it “wrong” or at least not in the original quality since I used...

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Use MakeMKV to actually copy the DVD. Handbrake if you want to transform it to another format/resolution to save disk space.

Honestly, with the Handbrake process so time consuming, I’ve started ripping with MakeMKV then no further compression.

Right now, disk is relatively cheap.

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I don’t know, I think the radio shock jock got what he deserved.

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Here in Michigan, we don’t blink about taking Canadian pennies because they are common and banks take them. In Texas, I wouldn’t expect that.

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There used to be.

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For a day I got the no video but audio playing ads.

On my Shield where I don’t have uBlock Origin, I get bombarded with ads.

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This is why we need more competition in the ISP space. And use a VPN.

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    It’s almost like if for decades you wage war, acts of terrorism, and you state your goal is to kill everyone in a country, that country might treat you bad.

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    China: you can’t talk bad about us!!!

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