I received only one part of a chair, repackaged in a box much to small to hold the entire chair (which I received when seeking replacement)

I have personally found them to be a high-quality vendor [/anecdata]

This was expected, though last minute.

There is a kind of threshold in most humans where we assume we are dealing with someone who "feels like" they are (real and) in our circle of contacts. Once this threshold is passed, critical thinking as to who this person is/what their motivation is moves to a much lower priority.

I wish there was a 2.25x YouTube option for "normal" humans. I already use every shortcut, and listen at 2x 90% of the time. But Andrej I can't take faster than 1.25x

YouTube ran an experiment with up to 4x playback on mobile (???) but it went away in February. I get a lot of the experiments they do being experiments but why just allowing the slider to go farther is such a back and forth hoopla is beyond me. It's one of the oft touted features of 3rd party apps and extensions with nearly 0 UI impact to those who don't want to use it (just don't slide the slider past 2x if you don't want past 2x).

https://www.theverge.com/news/603581/youtube-premium-experim...

As a premium subscriber I currently have 4x available on Android and they recently (in the last month) added it to web too

As a premium subscriber I no longer have 4x available on iOS and I never had it on web. I also no longer see it as an experiment on https://www.youtube.com/new

I hope they make up their mind on it soon instead of this endless A/B testing.

Probably, because they are "A/B testing" things, that do not really show much effect or depend on more circumstances, than they care to eliminate and then overinterpret the results. Like almost all corporate A/B testing.

Install this: https://mybrowseraddon.com/video-speed-control.html

I listen to a lot of videos on 3 or even 4x.

Meanwhile, I've found that just reading the transcript is often good enough.

I have up to 4x (in steps of 0.05) with YouTube Premium on Android

In billions, Q2 2024 Consumer App Spending v (total 2024 est. devices)

   $24.6 Apple/iOs (1.74)
   $11.2 Google/Android (4.2)

$40 for lifetime access includes regular updates.

Believing business, politicians or media if it sounds good has long been a big problem.

It's significantly worse with the advent of the internet. Because ultimately anyone can say anything.

Say what you will about media and the government, but they at least vet their stuff. They're not gonna tell you the Earth is flat.

Not in Benjamin Franklin's time. Look up what politicians said of the media in that era.

I think too many see it more as "every stem cell has the potential to be any [something]", but it's generally better to let them self differentiate until survivors with more potential exist.

Be careful there... There are destructive steady state solutions. For example, all your cells can become cancerous. The stem cells are shaped by their environments, just like people. Don't just approach things with a laissez faire attitude. Flexibility is good, and an overly heavy hand is bad, but that doesn't mean a subtle hand is bad

Similarly, the impact of white-boarding-type activities is undervalued. When discussing problems with a viewpoint, a quick whiteboard usually gets at some easy-to-find underlying issues that others can understand, rather than it devolving into positional framings.