Multiplexer

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[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Test has actually been done in 2025, just 2 or three months ago.
And yes, it took until the next day for the count to increase.

Background for the test was, that I am not using paid streaming services any more (and use ad-blocking apps) but wanted to see if the artists still get the views counted.

Although actually I am more interested if this is also true for YT-music (which is the main one I am using a lot without paying or watching ads).
One might assume it is the same as for the videos, but I don't know how to test it... So if anyone has an idea...?

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I didn't understand your comment, so I asked the same LLM as before.
It explained it and I think that I get it now. Low-grade middle-school-"Your Mom"-joke, is it? Ha-ha... 🙄

This also means that AI did better than myself at both tasks I've given it today (I found only 9 states with "d" when going over the state-list myself...).

Whatever. I'm gonna have second lunch now.

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, it does.
I had the same question a while back and tested it with an obscure video I had published myself (20 views within 10 years or so....)

Views using Newpipe were counted.
But only once (when watching multiple times in a row).

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

No, this is Google throwing the cheapest possible shit at you that is barely capable of stringing together 5 coherent sentences and has the reasoning capability of a tapeworm.

Here is the output of the minimalist open Chinese model Qwen3, that runs locally on my 6 year old mid-end PC:

The US states that contain the letter "d" (case-insensitive, as state names are typically capitalized) are as follows. I've verified each state name for the presence of the letter "d" in its standard spelling:

    Colorado (contains "d" in "Colorado")  
    Delaware (starts with "D")  
    Florida (contains "d" in "Florida")  
    Idaho (contains "d" in "Idaho")  
    Indiana (contains "d" in "Indiana")  
    Maryland (ends with "d" in "Maryland")  
    Nevada (contains "d" in "Nevada")  
    North Dakota (contains "d" in "Dakota")  
    Rhode Island (contains "d" in "Rhode")  
    South Dakota (contains "d" in "Dakota")  


Total: 10 states.
[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago

You mean Newpipe?
Doesn't make it better. .. Sure, I can at least set my standard language to English at least.
But now it will translate the German videos instead...
Or am I missing a setting?

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago

BTW: The box at the bottom:
Not a video description.

It's just an advertisement for Youtube...

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Add to that the not deselectable auto-translation Youtube is doing.

I hate it so much.
Recently even many audio-tracks are soulless Al voices instead of the original track.
I am bilingual, you pea-brained video-platform-software!

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks, will try that!

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

And Reddit completely.blocks you from reading when coming from a VPN exit, unless you are logged in (at least with. MullvadVPN).
Brave new world... :-(

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That and 2x23 coin-flip-like random chromosome selections.

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago

I guess this also must be an additional layer of hellfire for dyslexics...

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do you not tab-complete your commands?

Sure I do (although nowadays Strg-r does most of the heavy lifting for me), but as a decent touch-typist I am often faster directly typing short commands, like passwor... damn, I mean: passwd ;-)

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