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This is what I’m running:

yt-dlp --user-agent "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:124.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/124.0" --cookies-from-browser firefox -f 311 "youtube.com/watch?v=P9C25Un7xa"

I assume the problem here is that YT runs stuff browserside to negotiate up to the good stream, but I don’t know.

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Any tips on saving a YouTube stream (specifically, the ISS camera feed)? What yt-dlp saves is much lower bitrate than what I request it to fetch, and this seems to be a known bug of sorts.

Is it more important for toast to be:

It’s a really difficult time to be raising sponsorship for a tech-industry adjacent community event! We’re still seeking sponsors for @emf this year, to help us cover live talk transcription, on-site childcare, transport, and expense support for speakers, artists, and attendees.

If you’re interested or know someone who is, I’d love to hear from you. More info at https://emfcamp.org/sponsor 💖#emfcamp

As a PhD student, I was fascinated to see how many bright peers were developing price-fixing algorithms, under the rationale of market optimization and helping businesses.

This month, the FTC reminded everyone that this is still illegal.

https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2024/03/price-fixing-algorithm-still-price-fixing?utm_campaign=landlords_and_property_ma&utm_content=1709317844&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin

🚨 http://fjord.style site refresh, including a ~portfolio?! It's a very weird feeling seeing so much of my stuff in one place

#Antarctic update... ship has wedged itself into pack ice in order to damp out waves as we prepare to ride out next storm. The angle of this one leaves us with nowhere to hide. The sky is so dark partly because there is open water a little distance away #oceanography #polar #icebreaker

21:58 on Friday February 9th, over the South Pacific Ocean

22:36 on Sunday February 4th, over the South Pacific Ocean

I note that a major commercial map (left, compared to OSM on the right) isn’t showing the massive new reservoir behind the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam™. It started filling in 2020.

Californians, the forecast for tomorrow has moved from very rainy to dangerously rainy; please plan accordingly. weatherwest.com/archives/35471

periodic reminder that "no, I'm in the control group" is a wonderfully versatile response that works in many situations

"did you catch the Seahawks game last night?" / "no, I'm in the control group"

"do you have any plans for Christmas?" / "no, I'm in the control group"

"do you know how fast you were going back there?" / "no, I'm in the control group"

"can I get you something to drink?" / "no, I'm in the control group"

i don't know who needs to hear this, but ..

The printer you need to get is a brother laser. They work forever. They aren't evil. They can be found it thrift stores.

I guess the weird thing about LLMs for me is that I am used to favoring derpy, weird, fundamentally old technology, and it’s unpleasant that in this case it’s also favored by the VC hype machine and its army of orcs.

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Horsin' Around

This is a hometown instance run by Sam and Ingrid, for some friends.