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  • All I can give you is an anecdote about my own experience. In said experience I’ve not had any non-starter issues with those two tools. They work for me until Youtube changes its algorithm.

    This is why I mentioned the NFL channel as an example. It’s my canary in the coalmine of Youtube. When the NFL channel (among other sports related channels) pops back up on my feed, I know that YouTube has changed something in the algorithm.

    I just click Not Interested and Don't Recommend Channel and away it goes for another year or so until they make another change. Simple as.

    I’ve curated a recommendation feed that is highly specific to my interests as a result. Not sure why that method wouldn’t work for you.




  • Safe speeds are not whatever speed is comfortable to drive a given street. Part of the posted limit is considering how much of a wrecking ball a vehicle would be if it suddenly left the road.

    The limits in suburbs where I live is 50km/h. The roads are wide enough to land a plane on and you could very easily drive most of them full throttle as they are flat and straight. With that in mind I still think it should be 30km/h.

    When I was a kid a car hit a snowbank and was launched straight into someone’s living room not far from my house. If they were driving 30km/h, that nightmare scenario pretty much becomes an impossibility.

    We just need to stop making residential roads that look like drag strips. More curves, more trees close to the road, more speed bumps. I’ve driven in some places in Europe where it’s very clear that it’s unsafe to drive any faster than about 30 km/h due to roadside obstacles. I think that design is much safer than the NA standards.



  • Pierced From Within didn’t define the sound of Brutal Death Metal?

    Nattens Madrigal didn’t innovate for Raw Black Metal?

    There’s not a single record that sounds like Nihility does, nor does anything sound like Burial both in production and composition.

    This question is asking for subjective answers. There’s no such thing as failure as you so kindly put it, only difference of opinion.

    Your suggestion that LHP is somehow more appropriate of a response ignores the fact that it did the exact same thing for Swedish DM as Suffocation did for BDM.




  • Extol’s “Burial”. Very smooth sounding record considering its bordering on Technical Death Metal.

    Decapitated’s “Nihility”. I don’t know if drums have ever sounded more violent, tonally.

    Suffocation’s “Pierced From Within”. Unique in that IMO that level of brutality and density has still never been matched.

    Ulver’s “Nattens Madrigal”. Bees in a tin can.

    Literally anything by Ad Nauseum.

    Man, I could go on and on about this. So many metal records have one of a kind production.









  • I do think Linus should be held to a higher standard than the average joe, but yeah. IMO he should have done his due diligence to do things right. It was just very low effort for a guy whose professional life revolves around tech.

    Some people go way too far with lambasting him though.


  • What’s notable though is Linus’ experience is likely to be very typical of an average non-technical Windows user’s experience when it comes to dealing with problems.

    To seemingly lose the ability to read when an error occurs and then just try and slam it through regardless instead of pumping the brakes and asking for help is all too common.



  • If I didn’t have blood pressure issues, there is no way in hell I would subject myself to that BS 5/7 days of the week

    You shouldn’t necessarily ever expect to enjoy doing something that you’re essentially forced to do. The gym is kinda like work for you so its perfectly reasonable that you hate it.

    I love playing guitar and working on music but if I was ever forced to do it daily I would start hating it real quick. This is why I avoid monetization routes for my music that would require adhering to a routine.

    When it comes to the gym, I’ve certainly gotten well into it to the point that it feels weird not to go. Same with running, but even more potent. I’d actually be in a shit mood if I had to skip a scheduled run for some reason.

    Its a real bummer that you’re struggling to enjoy the gym, but I totally understand where you’re coming from. Life is busy and sometimes all that I have the bandwidth for is a beer on the couch after work. We all have our limits and that’s OK.

    Glad to hear you’re pushing through it for the sake of your health. There’s likely no better reason to hit the gym. 💪