Beyond professional knowledge, I’ve used YouTube to fix my dishwasher, change the “non-customer-serviceable” fog lights in my car, replace the screen on my daughter’s iPhone, and many other DIY items.
YouTube is definitely more than cat videos and Rickrolling others.
Random tangent, if you haven’t seen You Bet Your Life with host Groucho when a then unknown Phyllis Diller was a contestant, you should give it a watch.
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It’s all funneling and lead generation, and even the movers and truck that show up are likely not who you contract with. That’s why I went with PODS, it also is annoying phone calls, but at least I can control the loading, scheduling, and lock.
I remember my dad giving my mom a CB radio for her birthday in the 70s and it had a massive antenna stuck to the roof of our small Corolla. She drove around with it, looking cool I’m sure, but it was used maybe three times ever.
I definitely recognize it isn’t for everyone, but that’s my point, for those that enjoy it, we really really enjoy it.
I’m watching Falling Inn Love and am predicting what’s going to happen, super formulaic. I don’t subscribe to Netflix for this content, although it’s fun.
Content that appeals to everyone appeals to no one. Someone at @netflix made a rational choice to cancel, but that’s not a winning strategy. Streaming is splintering into many competing services and I can’t subscribe to them all.
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In movies, when a bomb needs defusing, why do the bad guys always use consistent coloring of wires?
“Look for a red wire, cut it.”
Would love to see a movie where all the wires are black.
“Uh, there’s only black wires. The bombmaker is a sadist.”
Spoke with a former Twitter employee who said Dorsey's hack should be embarrassing for the CEO. That person says Dorsey, who is known to work only on his iPhone, was told to use a more secure laptop in the past but refused. Twitter declined to comment.
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