The Morning After: YouTube is testing a new subscription option that could remove most ads
YouTube is testing a new version of its Premium Lite subscription tier in Australia, Germany and Thailand, a Google rep confirmed. It would have limited ads, which the fine print describes as most videos being ad-free, “but you may see video ads on music content and Shorts, and non-interruptive ads when you search and browse.”
The original Premium Lite subscription began testing in Europe in 2021, but it only lasted a few years, being phased out in October 2023. It was very much “lite, lacking the offline or background viewing of the regular Premium subscription.
The pricing model for these early tests in Australia is $9 a month for Premium Lite, compared with $17 a month for full Premium access, roughly in line with the original Lite costs.
— Mat Smith
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A $105,000 robot arm nobody needs can cook a delicious lunch
Moley Robotics wants to bring robots into the kitchen.
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It looks like the kind of kitchen purchase the antagonist millionaires of Ex Machina or Knives Out would be tempted by. The Moley Robotics’ X-AiR starts at $105,000. So far, Moley hasn’t installed a single robot but expects the process to begin in the next three to six months — people have bought into the arm already.
X-AiR has no built-in vision or sensing technology. Instead, the robot arm moves around its space from memory, knowing where all the ingredients, oils and tools should be. But while it can cook (with pans and everything), it can’t peel a carrot. Is this a robot that only does the fun part of cooking? We made Daniel Cooper eat tofu.
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Its called newpipe and freetube. Both are free and open source. They eliminate all ads from YouTube already. Hopefully no one is dumb enough to actually buy this subscription to evil.
Fascism & Religious oppression go hand in hand. It's about control. Vote blue to stop the American Talibangelicals in the MAGA terrorist organization's fascist takeover of America & their goal of implementing project 2025. Installing JD Vance as it's puppet figurehead controlled by Peter Thiel. https://nostrcheck.me/media/ef7f31b0012cd51e6c2cfbc296316c21e6e2ace431d29f3eb5a4fadc6dc372fa/7f587fe5ecae1065cf182f66780cd3a47057a0b7b22b36692b5face376bce67b.webp
Sincerely. Step away from the computer. No more politics for you. Your comprehension level of what is going on and who you are really promoting is embarrassing. The irony is you don't understand how politics, or this world really works.
Go outside. Enjoy life. Learn more. Namaste.
Not really. I could use some new clothes. Some of them are starting to look like swiss cheese.
Oh we are here. Just not many of us are left. The ones that are have become accustomed to being censored, or have taken up heavy drinking as a hobby to combat suffering through world stupidity.
The absolute irony of posting this horrible meme will probably never be revealed to you.
I can't smile. Your leaning on my brand new car. Just got a hot wax and good buffing too. Get off before you scratch the paint and ding it.
Voting Machines: How They Work And How To Use One Correctly
Voting machine technology has come quite a long way since the paper ballot and now includes a variety of different machines in various states. #press
https://www.slashgear.com/1688385/how-use-voting-machines-election-tech-work/?utm_source=press.coop
Here is how they work properly. You place your vote. The system administrator remotely connects into the voting machine. Asses who you voted for. Then switch your vote to another candidate if it is determined you voted for the wrong one.
This is for your own safety. It is a feature. Not a bug. Certainly not how most modern day elections are stolen either.
Paper voting. Require IDs. No mail in votes. Hand counted and verified by independent volunteers. Anything less is insecure and unacceptable.
Fuck voting machines!
Have you ever gotten so fed up with the world and longed for a community at the same time that starting your own town out in the mountains of nowhere didn't seem like such a crazy idea?
Help! I inherited my grandmas tomato plant after she passed in June. It’s been going well until the past two weeks and now it’s turning yellow. https://www.diningandcooking.com/1654350/help-i-inherited-my-grandmas-tomato-plant-after-she-passed-in-june-its-been-going-well-until-the-past-two-weeks-and-now-its-turning-yellow/ #GrowingTomatoes #Tomato #tomatoes
It needs more nitrogen. Try using some fox farms organic grow big nutrients for vegative growth and big bloom for when it flowers into tomatoes.
