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They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [video]
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Re: They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [video]
#612Earlier quoted context omitted.
The better recommendation is to alias rm -i to del: alias del='rm -i' And then get in the habit of using 'del' unless you really want a no-confirmation delete. Then when you are on another computer or at someone else's shell you get: del: command not found Instead of having a bunch of files silently deleted.
This strategy will fail pretty badly if you're on someone else's computer using Windows or DOS, where 'del' is the delete command.
Does `del -rf /` do a lot on Windows?
Re: They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [video]
#613The fact that Google/Youtube has zero support infrastructure should be evidence that they are a monopoly and engaging in monopolistic activity. If Google/Youtube were NOT a monopoly, they would have invested significant amount of money in customer support. However, there is zero. The only reason they get away with this is because they have a monopoly. They are saving hundreds of millions in support costs by not deliv…
They do have support infrastructure for their customers. Youtube content creators are not customers, they’re more akin to contractors (when paid) and volunteers (when not). In fact, google is the customer in this relationship, and they are within their rights to stop buying the product without having to explain why. It is on content creators to diversify their business. If a contractor has only a single customer beca…
Isn't monopsony also handled by antitrust rules?
Re: They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [video]
#614The fact that Google/Youtube has zero support infrastructure should be evidence that they are a monopoly and engaging in monopolistic activity. If Google/Youtube were NOT a monopoly, they would have invested significant amount of money in customer support. However, there is zero. The only reason they get away with this is because they have a monopoly. They are saving hundreds of millions in support costs by not deliv…
Yeah well, keep electing republicans and nothing will ever change.
You think republicans and people like trump are anti-monopoly? Lol.
Re: They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [video]
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My understanding is that he spent years ramping up his piano course, and only recently started selling his "courses course". I'm in the process of launching my own technical courses, and if I feel like I come up with a great process for it, I'll sell that information as well. (And probably receive a similar criticism)
Pity. That would be valuable information but it's in a market for lemons. It doesn't help that his site looks precisely like all those Get Rich Quick™ sites. * Same extraordinary number to lead you in * Massive cost crossed out with FREE on top of it * No preview till you put in your email * Some rando endorsements at the bottom from people claiming to also have gotten rich quick both of whom are also selling Get Ric…
I've listened to his podcast for a while, and it's great, with a credible story and actionable information from those who have found success with their own courses (real courses as opposed to "course courses"). Quite a disconnect from the look and feel of this website (I shared it because I knew it was his canonical URL, and to be honest, I hadn't actually seen it)
Re: They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [video]
#616Earlier quoted context omitted.
Two days ago I restored a customer's data from backup because they typed "ALL" and hit OK on a dialog that said "This will change ALL of your things, type ALL to confirm". This dialog only pops up if N > 100, and normally makes you type the number (ALL is a special case). I just do not know how to make this more idiotproof short of making them fax in the request. No matter what you think is sane, some insane person w…
Require a different user's authentication or admin code to approve an "ALL" transaction.
Yes, it works.
But when the sample is large enough, it still happens once in a while. In 2004, a CSB investigation showed that an entire chemical plant exploded after the interlock was bypassed by the supervisor password [0][1].
> The explosion occurred when maintenance personnel entered a password to override computer safeguards, allowing premature opening of the sterilizer door. This caused an explosive mixture of ethylene oxide (EO) to be evacuated to the open-flame catalytic oxidizer by the chamber ventilation system. The oxidizer is used to remove EO in compliance with California air quality regulations. When the EO reached the oxidizer it ignited and the flame quickly traveled back through the ducting to the sterilizer where approximately fifty pounds of EO ignited and exploded.
Apparently the supervisor who owned the password didn't receive any training on the nature of the process and the dangers of bypassing the interlock...
Re: They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [video]
#617Earlier quoted context omitted.
Implementing soft-delete is much easier than "soft-update", which is what this would have been.
You could still wait 10 seconds, and have a 'fake' undo button that aborts. (You can even put up a progress bar to pretend you are doing work during those 10 seconds.) That's purely a UI element and is completely independent of how the actual destructive operation is implemented in the backend nor how hard it would be to reverse.
I don't think that would be much better than a confirmation dialog that makes you wait 10 seconds before you can click OK. It's often only after clicking around and seeing the resulting changes that it sinks in that a mistake was made, and they reach for Undo. And that would add just as much friction to the happy path.
Re: They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [video]
#618Earlier quoted context omitted.
Remember YouTube and its staff will never make decisions on the validity of copyright claims. They put their safe harbor position at risk if they do so. Instead they consider every copyright claim as valid unless legal proceedings tell them otherwise.
> They put their safe harbor position at risk if they do so. Only if they don't comply with a DMCA takedown notice, which allows the supposed violator to claim responsibility. That is, whoever posted the video can say to Youtube "This video doesn't infringe on anyone's copyright, let them sue me if they disagree" and Youtube would be in the clear according to the DMCA. From what we can see in this case, Youtube didn'…
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Re: They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [video]
#619Creators that spend years and thousands of hours building on a platform deserve better representation. I am guessing that because he is mounting a protest, his case will get extra consideration and probably won't get deleted. This seems like the norm now with all the social and cloud platforms - people facing issues have to take complaints public to get any response.
I agree, but in this particular case things aren't as cut and dry as they might seem. The guy claims that his videos fall under Fair Use, but we're missing a lot of details here to be sure of that. Generally you're not allowed to just publish cover songs without getting the copyright owner's permission first. Here's what a copyright lawyer says: http://suebasko.blogspot.com/2011/06/cover-songs-on-youtube.... Note tha…
Thanks for that, but the referenced article is nearly 10 years old, the legal landscape has changed several times since, specifically in regard to Youtube automated content ID practices - in my experience if I upload a song over a video, ad revenue will usually just get diverted to the song author/label, rather than it getting taken down. It is in this context that his channel and videos have been up and 'fine' on Youtube for years with no problem, then suddenly...
(I wonder if this has to do with Google moving music from Google Play Music to "Youtube Music" which is a new separate app and interface from the normal Youtube, see https://music.youtube.com/ )
Re: They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [video]
#620Earlier quoted context omitted.
It sounds like you found the solution, you just made it really cumbersome: undo. All confirmation dialogs should be replaced with undo. The happy path has lower friction, and in case of a mistake they'll heave a huge sigh of relief. When possible, it's better in all cases for all users, whether novices or power users. And many things that at first blush seem like undo isn't possible, are actually easy to make undoabl…
Implementing soft-delete is much easier than "soft-update", which is what this would have been.
Yeah, unfortunately in some cases if you didn't plan for it from the beginning it's not easy to tack on later.
In my opinion, it's usually worth it though. You only hear from the folks asking you to restore things from backup—you won't hear from the folks who experience unnecessary friction and tell their friends or coworkers "it's okay, it works, it's kind of annoying to use though, I can't put my finger on anything specific".