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Cake day: July 14th, 2023

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  • So my familiarity with front ends is extremely limited. I’m familiar with for instance someone writes a program that links to a database, but the database is still the database. So I figured the algorithm was still the algorithm since the videos reside on YouTube’s servers. I thought all you would be changing was the appearance, but it sounds like a lot of the annoyances go away. Especially ads. I don’t really watch the ads because for a long time I used ad blockers and when they failed, I succumbed to the extortion and paid for premium. Yes I know uBlock seems to have come out on top and when the subscription ends I’ll probably go back to that. I don’t really have a problem with the interface, but I don’t really care for a lot of the other stuff so thanks for the intel.

    Now if only I could get some of my favorite YouTubers to stop making their own commercials during the content.

    I was thinking about trying Nebula, but it kind of looks like there’s not that much content there. Thoughts?





  • I do not have children but I went to school overseas and I think it was the best experience of my life. I think the effect on children is extremely positive.

    My family is just three people now, but my wife has a large extended family and she loves to see them, especially the children. Different members come and stay with us several times a year because we live close to the beach.

    Making the argument that she could fly home to see them didn’t work. Her telling me she wanted to stay where we were came as a surprise to me as we had discussed throughout our courtship and marriage, living in Europe. Once we both retired (early) I figured we had the green light. I mean just health care alone is reason enough to move there. And we have enough money for trips home when we get the urge.

    I hope this doesn’t turn into a I-didn’t-escape-the-country-in-time situation. I often wonder what it was like for people fleeing fascism just a little too late.