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Another mirror has the original comments. They're exactly what you'd expect from 2001.

The Dems have run relative leftists in the past: Bernie Sanders was on the primary ballot in 2020 ... and lost.

If you want to blame anyone: look at our fellow "voters". Asking my under-30 coworkers if they voted in the primary and/or the general election was depressing as fuck.

... I thought Lunix was invented by the infamous Soviet computer hacker Linyos Torovoltos.

... Are you being ironic? I legitimately can't tell anymore on this website.

Alright, so I watched the video so you guys don't have to. Here's a synopsis:

Youtube's ad blocking is going to backfire because:

• It caused people to stop using crappy ad blockers that didn't even work with youtube to switch to effective ones that do.
• Drawing attention to "good" browsers and ad blockers, increasing adoption -- including people that weren't using or aware of the existence of them in the first place
• Increased support of the people making/maintaining ad blockers. Spite driven increase in donations, subscriptions to paid ad blockers, bug reports, etc.
• Cites the Streisand effect.
• Analogy of how prohibition led to stronger drugs, stronger booze, etc. If you tell people they can't do something, they're more likely to do it and get better at doing it.
• Cites how Youtube's attempts to block ad blockers is breaking older embedded apps in smart TVs, chromecast, etc. Older or non-tech people are just more likely to stop using those rather than try to fix them -- and thus cut back on watching youtube.
• Believes Youtube's actions are an indication the internet's "free with ads" model is dying -- they're getting desperate to maintain profitability.

"I'm sorry, Elon. I'm afraid I can't do that."

I don't get why people leave interfaces the public doesn't need access to open to the public -- especially SSH.

Use a VPN if you need access to those interfaces from the "outside". They're stupidly easy to set up these days, particularly with Wireguard.