Sethbling's been back into Minecraft; if you haven't seen, this is a very engaging video that might be a good start.
I wanted to get YouTube Premium, because for the last year or two there have been a lot more ads, and it's not always possible to skip them after 5 seconds. This sometimes annoys me. However, then I realised that if I were to get YouTube Premium, I wouldn't be able to see the ads at all. There does not seem to be an option to turn ads on again, or, which would be my preferred option, to always play ads but be always able to skip them, without having to wait. This would be more complex to code, of course. I wonder if there are many people that are sometimes inconvenienced by ads on YouTube but think it too much of a sacrifice to turn off ads altogether? I don't watch tv, so YouTube is one of the only places where I get to see video ads.
I've never thought this might be a possibility. Personally, I am so vehemently opposed to ads, that I will do anything to stop them being shown at all. I have YouTube Premium (student price), plus two or three different layers of adblockers installed on my system.
Get GrayJay, it's free and open source. You get to use it via an open source API. You get free video downloads, the ability to import your subscriptions and such, as well as 4K playback as well as background operations. What's better? No ads! Available for Android and just released December 24th, 2024... a GrayJay desktop client! We can thank Louis Rossmann for this! ❤️❤️❤️
Ads can be interesting or entertaining, though. Also, one would think that they can be useful in directing you towards services to try or things to buy, as that seems to be the idea behind advertising? That rarely happens to me, though. My reason is that I wouldn't want to miss out on video ads, as they are a fun medium.
The hallway leading to my school's cafeteria has a water bottle refill station, which I use multiple times a day. I happened to capture a picture of it at 17966 bottles saved today. Why is this number significant, you may ask? Well, 17966 is the number of my very first EMC residence that I got more than seven and a half years ago. I still have this exact residence today (under an alt).
17966 also happens to be a zip code in the city of Ravine, Pennsylvania. Famous for its roller coasters, such as the Ravine Flier and Ravine Flier II
