Solemn

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[–] Solemn 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The US is a representative democracy, not a direct democracy. You elect representatives to represent your interests. Or these days, you elect representatives to not represent the other people you don't like.

[–] Solemn 3 points 1 year ago

Look up how HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) works. They just need to generate a personalized playlist for each person which points at things already hosted on CDN, and insert the ads where they want in the literal text file that your video player reads from to serve you the video.

I don't know much about it, but it looks like there's specific tags designed for dynamic ad insertion. Idk if YouTube plans to use them in this case though, if they want it to be undetectable to the client.

[–] Solemn 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not exactly a deregulation fan, but this race to the bottom also democratized access to air travel. When the prices were fixed, they weren't exactly fixed at anything near the cheap prices we have now (when adjusted for inflation).

[–] Solemn 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They didn't misspell "stream deck"

[–] Solemn 1 points 1 year ago

I've had some success using microplates to do 2.5lbs increments instead of 5lbs increments to progress some stuff that plateaued for me, like dumbbell OHP.

[–] Solemn 1 points 1 year ago

High squats, low squats, front squats (probably only worth doing with a safety squat bar), deficit deadlift, sumo deadlift, incline/decline press, etc, off the top of my head.

Also, don't be afraid to drop some of the main lifts for 3-6 months to let them fully refresh. No one says you need to do OHP to build shoulders, and sometimes taking some time off sets you up to OHP better than ever 6+ months from now.

[–] Solemn 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Try changing things up. I watch Renaissance Periodization on YouTube for a lot of workout science, and doing the same exercise for a really long time can let it get stale, as your body just gets too used to it. Try more variations on the movements, or different isolation exercises. Whatever you do, try it for at least 3-6 months.

[–] Solemn 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Why 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 instead of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5?

[–] Solemn 19 points 1 year ago

I enjoyed how everyone in the comment thread already knew. Technology Connections is a real treasure.

[–] Solemn 6 points 1 year ago

It doesn't improve your credit. Source: my memory of various articles saying that, and my own 800+ credit score and having never carried a balance in my life.

[–] Solemn 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My company was more flexible, but is getting less and less flexible over time. This correspondingly means I'm not going to be working late during crunches, by my own decision, since it's not like they're paying me for the extra time, or letting me take off a few hours here and there to make up for it the rest of the year.

[–] Solemn 5 points 1 year ago

This really represents how disenfranchised I feel these days, always having to spend my time voting for the lesser evil instead of someone who actually represents my interests.

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