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Zagorath

@ Zagorath @quokk.au

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  • A fossil-fuel plant seeing nuclear coming...

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  • Ok it's obvious you're not here to discuss anything in good faith. You've arrived at your conclusion and will make up whatever nonsense you feel like will support it. Have the life you deserve.

  • A fossil-fuel plant seeing nuclear coming...

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  • You shared an opinion piece written by a self-styled "investor" who proceeds to endorse the forthcoming feasibility of fusion. I shared a piece written by one of the authors of the study he is basing his article on. A study published in a peer-reviewed journal and conducted by a reputable university. They are not the same.

    As for the date...renewables have only become more viable since 2013. The price has plummeted, and the feasibility of battery storage has skyrocketed.

  • A fossil-fuel plant seeing nuclear coming...

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  • Australians to get at least three hours a day of free solar power – even if they don’t have solar panels

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  • If you work from home, it’s possible to shift some of the big load equipment to early afternoon

    If the "big load" equipment you mean here is washing machines and dishwashers, many (if not most) have a delay timer option. I set mine before I leave home. Dishwasher can finish whenever; washing machine I schedule to finish around the time I get home so I can put things out to dry before they've been sitting wet for too long.

    Even heaters can be partially shifted, if you've got good insulation and the technical capability. My (reverse cycle) AC system lets me set a timer, for example. You can automate them to run and heat up the place when electricity is free so the place is warm when you get home. Good insulation should keep it warm for a while. Though later into the evening and early the next morning are definitely still going to need it.

  • YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money

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  • I subscribed to YouTube Red back in the day, when that’s what it was called.

    Then circa early 2018 they changed the rules for monetisation from the previous 10k lifetime views to 1k subs & 4k watch hours over 12 months. That was when I unsubscribed from Red and installed an ad blocker. I had always been anti ad-blocker because my view was that people creating content deserve to get paid for it. That’s still my view in principle, but the increasing enshittification of the web thanks in no small part to shit like this from Google has meant I weigh the pros & cons differently. YouTube showed me very directly that they don’t care about supporting their creators. So I decided I didn’t want to support them anymore. It’s not like this was the first problem…the whole “where’s the fair use” thing came before that, and many other events besides. But cutting off small creators like that, without even grandfathering in existing creators who had been monetised with that threshold, was the last straw for me.

    It was also Google’s fault that I moved from Ad Block Plus, which I chose specifically because of its “acceptable ads” policy (basically: let through ads that aren’t obnoxious), to uBlock Origin, which lacked such a policy, after YouTube tried blocking ad blockers from YouTube, and UBO was quicker to adapt.

    That’s twice now that Google’s own actions have directly led to me supporting them less than I used to. This won’t be the third time, but only because I have no more cuts to give.

  • YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money

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  • Back when they had the Curiosity Stream bundle content discovery basically didn't matter, because they barely had any content. You could check the site like two or three times a week and there'd be like 4 or 5 new videos each time.

    It's expanded a huge amount since then. And they've added a larger degree of content discovery stuff. Personally I mostly just go straight to the "Latest Videos" section (which, unlike the confusingly-similarly-named "New Releases" section, only shows the latest videos from channels you follow), but there are a bunch of other ways you can let it suggest content to you.

  • How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against Its Critics (Reddit mention!)

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  • I don't really want to give Murdoch the clicks, and the non-paywall link doesn't work. Anyone got a quick summary?

  • YouTube announces monetization changes that make it harder for new creators to make money

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  • That's why I pay for Nebula. Others should too, or for other similar platforms that support creators more directly.

  • YouTube announces monetization changes that make it harder for new creators to make money

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  • I subscribed to YouTube Red back in the day, when that's what it was called.

    Then circa early-to-mid 2018 they changed the rules for monetisation from the previous 10k total views to 1k subs & 4k watch hours over 12 months. That was when I unsubscribed from Red and installed an ad blocker. I had always been anti ad-blocker because my view was that people creating content deserve to get paid for it. That's still my view in principle, but the increasing enshittification of the web thanks in no small part to shit like this from Google has meant I weigh the pros & cons differently. YouTube showed me very directly that they don't care about supporting their creators. So I decided I didn't want to support them anymore. It's not like this was the first problem...the whole "where's the fair use" thing came before that, and many other events besides. But cutting off small creators like that, without even grandfathering in existing creators who had been monetised with that threshold, was the last straw for me.

    It was even Google's fault that I moved from Ad Block Plus, which I chose specifically because of its "acceptable ads" policy (basically: let through ads that aren't obnoxious), to uBlock Origin, which lacked such a policy, after YouTube tried blocking ad blockers from YouTube.

    That's twice now that Google's own actions have directly led to me supporting them less than I used to. This won't be the third time, but only because I have no more cuts to give.

  • DuckDuckGo made sunglasses that do absolutely nothing, and they sold out

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  • I believe the Facebook glasses do have this.

    The problem is just that the light is rather easy for an end-user to remove. And that it may be too dim to clearly see in brighter situations.

  • DuckDuckGo made sunglasses that do absolutely nothing, and they sold out

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  • Mine have interchangeable lenses, so I can swap them out for yellow or clear lenses if the light isn't so bright but I still want UV protection, protection from magpies, or something to block the wind in my eyes.

  • YouTube’s AI slop detector incorrectly targets Kurzgesagt as other creators fear same fate - Dexerto

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  • Well I could have said Nebula, except that Kurzgesagt was on Nebula, and chose to leave it because they wanted to leech off of other creators on that platform and everyone else said "lol no".

  • YouTube’s AI slop detector incorrectly targets Kurzgesagt as other creators fear same fate - Dexerto

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  • Oh, Veritasium actually ended up taking that propaganda down? Neat.

    Regarding Kurzgesagt, it's been obvious he's a grifter for a very long time.

    It started when a YouTuber whose channel is called Coffee Break reached out to Philip of Kurzgesagt as part of a video he was doing into the flaws of popular science communication. Specifically, about some significant errors in K's video on Addiction. Instead of agreeing to collaborate, or even giving a simple "not interested, sorry", K took an instant accusatory tone, claiming CB must have been making a "gotcha" piece. CB and K agreed that they would talk more about the matter to try and assuage K's concerns, but K kept stalling while working on a retraction video, at which time K took down the video that was the impetus for this discussion (shortly after, as one of those aforementioned stalling efforts, having said "I never could bring myself to take it down", claiming it would be "cruel and unnecessary" to do so—funny, considering in his AMA attempting to spin the story, he said "I was really stressed out about the addiction and the refugee video for years. Being finally open about my mistakes and deleting them felt like weight leaving my body."). The Refugee video was also taken down along with the Addiction one that CB was interested in.

    And then CB started getting harassed. K called out CB, and many of K's friends (other very large, powerful YouTubers such as CGP Grey and Philip de Franco) made very public statements to their audiences attacking CB. It ended up forcing CB into taking down his video, deleting a whole heap of tweets explaining what happened, and putting out an apology. Perhaps it was an apology that CB should have indeed made because his own response to K's actions was rather hotheaded. But the need for an apology from K was much, much greater. And one never came. K used his larger platform to spin the narrative so that his large audience almost all take his side.

    Incidentally, here's the video that CB was working on at the time. Hari, the scientist discussed in the video whom K worked with on his video discussed earlier, communicated very well with CB on it.

  • YouTube’s AI slop detector incorrectly targets Kurzgesagt as other creators fear same fate - Dexerto

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  • Yeah, they left, along with CGP Grey, a very long time ago. The TL;DR of why is: as early members of Standard, they thought that they and the other early members should be entitled to take a larger share of the income from Nebula than newer creators. Everyone else thought it should be shared more equitably. Essentially, Kurzgesagt and Grey wanted to be able to leech off of the work of others, instead of operate in a worker-owned business where everyone is paid according to the value they bring in.

  • YouTube Premium Is Not Ad-Free as Advertised, Class Action Lawsuit Claims

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  • ReVanced also includes Sponsor Block.

  • Not Just BIkes — The Amazing Plan for a (nearly) Car-Free Amsterdam

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  • I really wish you could do that thing some video games do with horses where you can just summon it and it magically appears next to you, but for bikes...and IRL. Because yeah, carrying the locks and fussing around with places to lock it up (not to mention the fear it gets stolen anyway) is a pain.

    But cycling is also like 4 times the speed of walking, so unless my trip is less than one kilometre, it's just such a no brainer compared to walking.

    I even find that in places with good infrastructure, a fit person can ride at roughly the same average speed as a bus. It obviously goes much faster, but the frequent stopping lets a bike catch up.

    My city used to have a docked bike share system. $2 to get as many trips as you want within 24 hours, as long as each trip is less than 30 minutes. It was operated by advertising company JCDecaux in exchange for them having the right to place ads on council buses, on billboards, and as street furniture. Sadly, they got rid of it in late 2020...but let JCDecaux keep the ad space. They promised a replacement would be "coming soon". But their idea of a replacement is private companies with dockless escooters and ebikes. They're $1 flagfall and then $0.60 per minute after that. In practice, a whole order of magnitude more expensive than the old CityCycle was. Very disappointing.

  • Student Teacher Sent a Private Snapchat Complaining About Her Workday. An Hour Later, Police Pulled Up to Her School.

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  • Wait, other people don't use spruiked?

    I guess I should take the opportunity to point out that it's pronounced "sprooked". With the "oo" from "moon", not "nook".

  • Not Just BIkes — The Amazing Plan for a (nearly) Car-Free Amsterdam

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  • Probably not. I never submitted the latest video, and unless my instance is playing up, nobody else did either.

  • Not Just BIkes — The Amazing Plan for a (nearly) Car-Free Amsterdam

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  • That's the video after this one.

  • Running @lemmy.world
    Zagorath @quokk.au
    run 1 km day 1 2 km day 2 etc. cumulatively

    The 'crazy' running challenge pushing people to their limits

    www.abc.net.au /news/2026-03-21/last-man-standing-ultrarunning-challenge/106478220