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by mh- 4y ago

In case the link won't load for anyone else, there's a YouTube video on the page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfNdaYqVxR0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfNdaYqVxR0

notyourwork 4y ago
Damn YouTube is pushing the ads these days. I don't remember last time I opened YouTube and didn't see an ad on open. I'm logged into Chrome, no VPN or funny business. What a racket.
- kneebonian 4y ago
  Try uBlock oirign my friend.
  - zamnos 4y ago
    I know the idea of paying for things isn't cool or whatever, but there's also the option of paying for premium, which also gets rid of ads on mobile without using having to sideload some sketchy app.
    - zen_1 4y ago
      Google don't deserve your money
    - wkat4242 4y ago
      Ublock isn't sketchy. Nor is NewPipe, which allows you to use it (and have favorites) without an account so there's less tracking. Premium doesn't let you do that, you pay but Google still gets to datamine you as much as they want as well.
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 4y ago
  One of many possible solutions. This one no Javascript, no browser extensions, no Python, no libcurl, no "subscriptions", no BS. #!/bin/sh x(){ bssl client -connect www.youtube.com:443;}; x(){ openssl s_client -connect www.youtube.com:443 -ign_eof;}; read x; printf "%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\n" \ "POST /youtubei/v1/player?key=AIzaSyA8eiZmM1FaDVjRy-df2KTyQ_vz_yYM39w HTTP/1.1" \ "Host: www.youtube.com" \ "Content-Type: x-www-form-urlencoded" \ "Content-Length: 121" \ "Connection: close" \ "" \ '{"videoId":"'$x'","context":{"client":{"clientName":"ANDROID","clientVersion":"17.10.35","androidSdkVersion":30}}}' \ |x|sed -n "/itag=22&/{s/.*: ./<a href=/;s/\",/>$x<\/a>/p;}" Usage: echo RfNdaYqVxR0|1.sh > 1.htm chrome ./1.htm
  - chaxor 4y ago
    I don't know anything about web tbh - what is that "key=AIzaSy[...]" bit? Is that a user id for duckduckgo private watching type of thing?
    - 1vuio0pswjnm7 4y ago
      No, nothing personally identifiable about the so-called key. Every person who visits www.youtube.com uses the same one; it's public. Anyone can see it in the HTML page source for www.youtube.com. No need to be "logged in" or whatever the latest scheme is to track people for advertising purposes.
TechBro8615 4y ago
That was a pretty wild five seconds. I wish I could have seen it. Does anyone know the source of the video, or the reason this particular camera is pointed at the sky?
andrewinardeer 4y ago
I wish I had the resources to have a HD camera pointed at the sky 24/7 and recording capacity for moments like these.
- ddalex 4y ago
  I mean an HD webcam is not that expensive, and you don't need to record everything, just the interesting actions, any video surveillance software would do....
- capableweb 4y ago
  Typically, video footage is not archived 24/7. Instead, it is common to retain footage for a set number of hours or days before deleting it. If you want to preserve specific segments of the footage, you can "lock" them to prevent deletion. This process works similarly to a recording buffer, and it is similar to how dash cams operate if you are familiar with those.
- kerpotgh 4y ago
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- pjsg 4y ago
  Doing this is not actually that complicated -- check out https://globalmeteornetwork.org/ https://globalmeteornetwork.org/ for more information. I have a camera pointing due south in Massachusetts and I didn't record it -- I think it was too far west from my position. This was my meteor stack for that night: http://server.istrastream.com/rms/US001N/stack/1678618383.jpg http://server.istrastream.com/rms/US001N/stack/1678618383.jp... Yes, some of these tracks are planes, and there are a bunch of planes (see http://server.istrastream.com/rms/US001N/captured_stack/1678618383.jpg http://server.istrastream.com/rms/US001N/captured_stack/1678... for the unfiltered set!) Total cost is certainly under $150 for the camera, housing etc. The bigger challenge is finding a good place to install the camera that has a good view of the sky.
andrepd 4y ago
Why is the top suggestion on a science video like that an anti-vax rant?
- scotty79 4y ago
  Because it causes most engagement? Even you engaged with it in some form. You commented about it here.
- stephen_g 4y ago
  Suggestions are personalised for what it thinks you’ll engage with (depending on how much it has profiled you - if you’re logged in, have watch history). The top suggestion for that video when I’m logged in is a video about architecture…
  - andrepd 4y ago
    I am not logged it on YouTube (ever). So this is the "default" suggestion.
- nonethewiser 4y ago
  I don’t think a video of a meteor is a science video. It’s simply a phenomenon. The scientific method or institutions are helpful for understanding it but it’s not inherently scientific.
- mrguyorama 4y ago
  Youtube has a general problem that angry and hateful and infuriating content is naturally more engaging to the human brain even if you don't believe it. That's why Youtube will still recommend right wing hate content even if you actively watch straight up socialist propaganda. It's just a more effective strategy that any ML or AI recommendation system will inevitability fall to. It's similar to how casino slots aren't actually any fun because you don't need any fun to trigger a gambling addict, so they are optimized for that outcome rather than optimized for fun. Except it's even worse because nearly everyone is susceptible to the effects of anger inducing content, it's just how our brain works.

by mh- 4y ago

In case the link won't load for anyone else, there's a YouTube video on the page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfNdaYqVxR0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfNdaYqVxR0

notyourwork 4y ago

Damn YouTube is pushing the ads these days. I don't remember last time I opened YouTube and didn't see an ad on open. I'm logged into Chrome, no VPN or funny business. What a racket.

kneebonian 4y ago
Try uBlock oirign my friend.
- zamnos 4y ago
  I know the idea of paying for things isn't cool or whatever, but there's also the option of paying for premium, which also gets rid of ads on mobile without using having to sideload some sketchy app.
  - zen_1 4y ago
    Google don't deserve your money
  - wkat4242 4y ago
    Ublock isn't sketchy. Nor is NewPipe, which allows you to use it (and have favorites) without an account so there's less tracking. Premium doesn't let you do that, you pay but Google still gets to datamine you as much as they want as well.
1vuio0pswjnm7 4y ago
One of many possible solutions. This one no Javascript, no browser extensions, no Python, no libcurl, no "subscriptions", no BS. #!/bin/sh x(){ bssl client -connect www.youtube.com:443;}; x(){ openssl s_client -connect www.youtube.com:443 -ign_eof;}; read x; printf "%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\n" \ "POST /youtubei/v1/player?key=AIzaSyA8eiZmM1FaDVjRy-df2KTyQ_vz_yYM39w HTTP/1.1" \ "Host: www.youtube.com" \ "Content-Type: x-www-form-urlencoded" \ "Content-Length: 121" \ "Connection: close" \ "" \ '{"videoId":"'$x'","context":{"client":{"clientName":"ANDROID","clientVersion":"17.10.35","androidSdkVersion":30}}}' \ |x|sed -n "/itag=22&/{s/.*: ./<a href=/;s/\",/>$x<\/a>/p;}" Usage: echo RfNdaYqVxR0|1.sh > 1.htm chrome ./1.htm
- chaxor 4y ago
  I don't know anything about web tbh - what is that "key=AIzaSy[...]" bit? Is that a user id for duckduckgo private watching type of thing?
  - 1vuio0pswjnm7 4y ago
    No, nothing personally identifiable about the so-called key. Every person who visits www.youtube.com uses the same one; it's public. Anyone can see it in the HTML page source for www.youtube.com. No need to be "logged in" or whatever the latest scheme is to track people for advertising purposes.

TechBro8615 4y ago

That was a pretty wild five seconds. I wish I could have seen it. Does anyone know the source of the video, or the reason this particular camera is pointed at the sky?

andrewinardeer 4y ago

I wish I had the resources to have a HD camera pointed at the sky 24/7 and recording capacity for moments like these.

ddalex 4y ago
I mean an HD webcam is not that expensive, and you don't need to record everything, just the interesting actions, any video surveillance software would do....
capableweb 4y ago
Typically, video footage is not archived 24/7. Instead, it is common to retain footage for a set number of hours or days before deleting it. If you want to preserve specific segments of the footage, you can "lock" them to prevent deletion. This process works similarly to a recording buffer, and it is similar to how dash cams operate if you are familiar with those.
kerpotgh 4y ago
[dead]
pjsg 4y ago
Doing this is not actually that complicated -- check out https://globalmeteornetwork.org/ https://globalmeteornetwork.org/ for more information. I have a camera pointing due south in Massachusetts and I didn't record it -- I think it was too far west from my position. This was my meteor stack for that night: http://server.istrastream.com/rms/US001N/stack/1678618383.jpg http://server.istrastream.com/rms/US001N/stack/1678618383.jp... Yes, some of these tracks are planes, and there are a bunch of planes (see http://server.istrastream.com/rms/US001N/captured_stack/1678618383.jpg http://server.istrastream.com/rms/US001N/captured_stack/1678... for the unfiltered set!) Total cost is certainly under $150 for the camera, housing etc. The bigger challenge is finding a good place to install the camera that has a good view of the sky.

andrepd 4y ago

Why is the top suggestion on a science video like that an anti-vax rant?

scotty79 4y ago
Because it causes most engagement? Even you engaged with it in some form. You commented about it here.
stephen_g 4y ago
Suggestions are personalised for what it thinks you’ll engage with (depending on how much it has profiled you - if you’re logged in, have watch history). The top suggestion for that video when I’m logged in is a video about architecture…
- andrepd 4y ago
  I am not logged it on YouTube (ever). So this is the "default" suggestion.
nonethewiser 4y ago
I don’t think a video of a meteor is a science video. It’s simply a phenomenon. The scientific method or institutions are helpful for understanding it but it’s not inherently scientific.
mrguyorama 4y ago
Youtube has a general problem that angry and hateful and infuriating content is naturally more engaging to the human brain even if you don't believe it. That's why Youtube will still recommend right wing hate content even if you actively watch straight up socialist propaganda. It's just a more effective strategy that any ML or AI recommendation system will inevitability fall to. It's similar to how casino slots aren't actually any fun because you don't need any fun to trigger a gambling addict, so they are optimized for that outcome rather than optimized for fun. Except it's even worse because nearly everyone is susceptible to the effects of anger inducing content, it's just how our brain works.