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So, Navalny produced this 1h52m Russian-language video that was published on Youtube 4-5 days ago, just after he returned to Russia and was arrested: https://

by tpmx 6y ago

So, Navalny produced this 1h52m Russian-language video that was published on Youtube 4-5 days ago, just after he returned to Russia and was arrested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipAnwilMncI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipAnwilMncI (it has English subtitles) Putin's palace. History of world's largest bribe It's very well produced. I saw all of it and it helped me understand a lot of the history of how the current gang of eh.. er, about how Putin got to where he is today. I really recommend watching it. After these 4-5 days, it has 74M views. The view count is at the moment still growing at ~0.7M views per hour - I just had to edit that view count. 70% of those views are from russian IPs, as per the Navalny people. Makes sense to me. Russia has a population of 144M people. I think it's only a matter of time until Putin/Russia bans Youtube.

sand_castles 6y ago
please get parlar online.
petre 6y ago
Even if all Internet based video is banned, movies will still circulate on USB flash drives. It happened before with Roadside Picnic and other books that the regime wouldn't print because of foul language or subversive ideas. Do not underestimate the creativity of citizens from the former Eastern block.
- tpmx 6y ago
  Sure, but the spread will slow down. Discovery is everything, distribution is commodity. Edit: And when Putin does shut down access to Youtube, I bet he'll reference how US tech companies shut down "hostiles" after the Capitol Building incident. And it will seem like he has a has a reason for shutting down Youtube in Russia, to his dwindling group of supporters.
  - petre 6y ago
    That's like shooting flies with an artilery cannon, but Putin could probably do it none the less. No offense to Russians, but the late senator John McCain's comments spring back to mind when I read news like this. He was critical of Putin, not of Russia, although depicted otherwise by the state's media. US companies deplatformed certain users and groups insead of shutting down the service. That alone was a controversial move which drew comments from other heads of state.
hntrader 6y ago
Off topic and I hope this doesn't come across as insensitive, but I'd love to see some kind of AI dubbing applied to YouTube vids (similar to AI subs) so I can watch videos that aren't in my native language while doing other tasks or while drifting off to sleep. Would also help blind people w/ accessibility.
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- sergeykish 6y ago
  I would have searched "read subtitles aloud". Youtube specific "read subtitles aloud youtube" gives https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/subtitles-player-translat/heiglcoakfdagibicjljgcaggfejijga?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/subtitles-player-t... (I have not checked yet)
- tpmx 6y ago
  > Off topic and I hope this doesn't come across as insensitive, Especially since your brand new account plugged some particular startup 30 minutes ago using your account. Look, I get it, you feel you have to "hustle". In this case using your brand new throwaway HN account. I do feel pretty strongly that this thread is not the thread for that though.
  - hntrader 6y ago
    This is a false accusation made in incredibly bad faith. I don't know whether you're suffering paranoid ideation or what's going on, but someone sharing links to a tech they're discussing (which I edited out after your previous accusation that you deleted, in a failed attempt to keep the peace) is hardly evidence that I'm a founder of said company engaged in underhanded promotion. The mods can check my IP address and see I'm in a different country to the founders if they really wish (not that that would put your mind to rest, you'll probably just think I'm using a VPN). It's a rather elaborate scheme that you're accusing me of: make a HN account, spend hours writing 20 posts, all to plug my startup in some comment that nobody will read. Think through the plausibility of that one.
disabled 6y ago
Just FYI: As a Croatian speaker (not native, 20-30% mutual intelligibility with Russian), whose native language is English, I would say that the English captions work effectively, but a professional translation from Russian to English would be so much better. It does not capture the grammatical cases or context all that well, based on what is being spoken.
- tpmx 6y ago
  Yeah, I kinda got that reading the subtitles - it's clear that the English translation/subtitling is done by a semi-amateur. Still, as, you say, it is effective. Hopefully it will be replaced by a professional translation soon.

by tpmx 6y ago

sand_castles 6y ago

please get parlar online.

petre 6y ago

Even if all Internet based video is banned, movies will still circulate on USB flash drives. It happened before with Roadside Picnic and other books that the regime wouldn't print because of foul language or subversive ideas. Do not underestimate the creativity of citizens from the former Eastern block.

tpmx 6y ago
Sure, but the spread will slow down. Discovery is everything, distribution is commodity. Edit: And when Putin does shut down access to Youtube, I bet he'll reference how US tech companies shut down "hostiles" after the Capitol Building incident. And it will seem like he has a has a reason for shutting down Youtube in Russia, to his dwindling group of supporters.
- petre 6y ago
  That's like shooting flies with an artilery cannon, but Putin could probably do it none the less. No offense to Russians, but the late senator John McCain's comments spring back to mind when I read news like this. He was critical of Putin, not of Russia, although depicted otherwise by the state's media. US companies deplatformed certain users and groups insead of shutting down the service. That alone was a controversial move which drew comments from other heads of state.

hntrader 6y ago

Off topic and I hope this doesn't come across as insensitive, but I'd love to see some kind of AI dubbing applied to YouTube vids (similar to AI subs) so I can watch videos that aren't in my native language while doing other tasks or while drifting off to sleep. Would also help blind people w/ accessibility.

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sergeykish 6y ago
I would have searched "read subtitles aloud". Youtube specific "read subtitles aloud youtube" gives https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/subtitles-player-translat/heiglcoakfdagibicjljgcaggfejijga?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/subtitles-player-t... (I have not checked yet)
tpmx 6y ago
> Off topic and I hope this doesn't come across as insensitive, Especially since your brand new account plugged some particular startup 30 minutes ago using your account. Look, I get it, you feel you have to "hustle". In this case using your brand new throwaway HN account. I do feel pretty strongly that this thread is not the thread for that though.
- hntrader 6y ago
  This is a false accusation made in incredibly bad faith. I don't know whether you're suffering paranoid ideation or what's going on, but someone sharing links to a tech they're discussing (which I edited out after your previous accusation that you deleted, in a failed attempt to keep the peace) is hardly evidence that I'm a founder of said company engaged in underhanded promotion. The mods can check my IP address and see I'm in a different country to the founders if they really wish (not that that would put your mind to rest, you'll probably just think I'm using a VPN). It's a rather elaborate scheme that you're accusing me of: make a HN account, spend hours writing 20 posts, all to plug my startup in some comment that nobody will read. Think through the plausibility of that one.

disabled 6y ago

Just FYI: As a Croatian speaker (not native, 20-30% mutual intelligibility with Russian), whose native language is English, I would say that the English captions work effectively, but a professional translation from Russian to English would be so much better. It does not capture the grammatical cases or context all that well, based on what is being spoken.

tpmx 6y ago
Yeah, I kinda got that reading the subtitles - it's clear that the English translation/subtitling is done by a semi-amateur. Still, as, you say, it is effective. Hopefully it will be replaced by a professional translation soon.