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Post by mgkimsal »

nightski wrote: post #81
mgkimsal wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They may pay half, or most, or all, or none. OP didn't say explicitly? But... you may not be able to get your own with any tax benefits if your company offers something and you choose not to take it. That's my understanding anyway. And... health insurance is just totally hosed in the US, with regulations like that on the books. Take employers out of the equation. Let everyone buy their own, and/or, institute some bas…

For a family yes it gets crazy. But as a self employed mid-thirties person it wasn't too terrible. $300/mo, $1,500 deductible, etc.. Yes expensive, but doable for someone determined enough.

And... in a few years, you won't be mid-thirties any longer, through no fault of your own...

Re: I’m going to miss you, but I am taking a sabbatical

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Post by mkr-hn »

naikrovek wrote: post #136
wolverine876 wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That comment is hardly in the top 33% of emotional outbursts I've seen on HN. Are people just defensive about their favorite blogger? That comment was nothing personal about Kottke unless you squint and read it literally.

it isn't about kottke. it's about people pressing their will on me simply because they didn't like what I was doing, with a vague follow-through that humanity is doomed because this is just how we are to each other. it's how humans treat each other that I was saying is "messed up", because it is messed up. we are doomed. the number of people that can follow the written word is astonishingly small, these days. I'm not…

I don't know what to tell you if you can't see how messed up this is in general, but especially as a completely off-topic response. Who asked? This has nothing to do with the announcement, it has no relevancy to the discussion. It has nothing to do with the topic or the comment you replied to upthread. This is you venting and soapboxing.

Let's go back and remember what that comment was:

>> "Dare I say no one has done more for the blog form than Mr. Kottke. His humble, almost monkish 24-year commitment to not only the pursuit of knowledge and meaning in the world, but his absolute insistence on sharing that pursuit with anyone who wants to ride along in that journey is one of the all-time greatest contributions to the web."

>> "Godspeed, Jason. Be well and see you on the flip (in whatever way you deem fit)."

What does your wordvomit about your trauma re: blogging and the human condition have to do with asellke's kind words? You made everything about you.

>> "it isn't about kottke."

Correct. So why did you post it? Don't answer that. Move on.

Re: I’m going to miss you, but I am taking a sabbatical

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Post by karmajunkie »

mkr-hn wrote: post #142
naikrovek wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it isn't about kottke. it's about people pressing their will on me simply because they didn't like what I was doing, with a vague follow-through that humanity is doomed because this is just how we are to each other. it's how humans treat each other that I was saying is "messed up", because it is messed up. we are doomed. the number of people that can follow the written word is astonishingly small, these days. I'm not…

I don't know what to tell you if you can't see how messed up this is in general, but especially as a completely off-topic response. Who asked ? This has nothing to do with the announcement, it has no relevancy to the discussion. It has nothing to do with the topic or the comment you replied to upthread. This is you venting and soapboxing. Let's go back and remember what that comment was: >> "Dare I say no one has don…

you can turn that same lens on your own comments. why do you feel the need to tear him down instead of just moving on to another comment? who asked?

Re: I’m going to miss you, but I am taking a sabbatical

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Post by mkr-hn »

karmajunkie wrote: post #143
mkr-hn wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know what to tell you if you can't see how messed up this is in general, but especially as a completely off-topic response. Who asked ? This has nothing to do with the announcement, it has no relevancy to the discussion. It has nothing to do with the topic or the comment you replied to upthread. This is you venting and soapboxing. Let's go back and remember what that comment was: >> "Dare I say no one has don…

you can turn that same lens on your own comments. why do you feel the need to tear him down instead of just moving on to another comment? who asked?

>> "who asked?"

The person who asked, and who I responded to. wolverine876 decided to double down in response to that.

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Post by ipaddr »

corobo wrote: post #111
ipaddr wrote: post #101

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They do punish you. If you fall outside of the formula you will lose a lot of traffic but posting too much pushes your older content out of the formula so posting too much means any one video won't get scale.

In modern YouTube each video is ranked individually in the algorithm. Your past videos don’t harm (or boost) your new ones. The only overlap is where your subscribers watch the video. This gives the algorithm an idea of the audience your video is applicable to so it can push it further than a video from a channel with no subscribers Src [PDF]: https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.c... If anythin…

You're missing sidebar recommendations and keywords that are carried over from previous videos which are only two deep. Plus weekly, daily and monthly summing of a keyword.

Yes I have thousands of subscribers and millions of hours watched.

I have tried to post as many vidoes as possible like I'm sure many have tried. 3 a day max works better.

Re: I’m going to miss you, but I am taking a sabbatical

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Post by nightski »

mgkimsal wrote: post #141
nightski wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For a family yes it gets crazy. But as a self employed mid-thirties person it wasn't too terrible. $300/mo, $1,500 deductible, etc.. Yes expensive, but doable for someone determined enough.

And... in a few years, you won't be mid-thirties any longer, through no fault of your own...

I'm not in my mid thirties any more. Just no longer buy my own insurance and instead am on my wife's employers. I can report though in early 40s rates haven't changed a lot yet. Maybe in my 50s.

Re: I’m going to miss you, but I am taking a sabbatical

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Post by wolverine876 »

naikrovek wrote: post #136
wolverine876 wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That comment is hardly in the top 33% of emotional outbursts I've seen on HN. Are people just defensive about their favorite blogger? That comment was nothing personal about Kottke unless you squint and read it literally.

it isn't about kottke. it's about people pressing their will on me simply because they didn't like what I was doing, with a vague follow-through that humanity is doomed because this is just how we are to each other. it's how humans treat each other that I was saying is "messed up", because it is messed up. we are doomed. the number of people that can follow the written word is astonishingly small, these days. I'm not…

I think that's entirely valid and happening before our eyes in this thread. But whenever I think like that, a second thought comes to mind: Why do you see the mote that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the beam that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the mote out of your eye,’ when there is a beam in your own eye? I find focusing on myself is a lot more productive and genuine to my frustration - it's usually, really about me.

But everyone who ever built anything good, from Newton to MLK to Norman Borlaug, were also humans and suffered from (and enjoyed) human nature.

Re: I’m going to miss you, but I am taking a sabbatical

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Post by asellke »

asellke wrote: post #16

Dare I say no one has done more for the blog form than Mr. Kottke. His humble, almost monkish 24-year commitment to not only the pursuit of knowledge and meaning in the world, but his absolute insistence on sharing that pursuit with anyone who wants to ride along in that journey is one of the all-time greatest contributions to the web. Godspeed, Jason. Be well and see you on the flip (in whatever way you deem fit).

Gotta say, things just aren't the same without a little kottke.org to start my day (sniff).

Re: I’m going to miss you, but I am taking a sabbatical

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Post by corobo »

ipaddr wrote: post #145
corobo wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In modern YouTube each video is ranked individually in the algorithm. Your past videos don’t harm (or boost) your new ones. The only overlap is where your subscribers watch the video. This gives the algorithm an idea of the audience your video is applicable to so it can push it further than a video from a channel with no subscribers Src [PDF]: https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.c... If anythin…

You're missing sidebar recommendations and keywords that are carried over from previous videos which are only two deep. Plus weekly, daily and monthly summing of a keyword. Yes I have thousands of subscribers and millions of hours watched. I have tried to post as many vidoes as possible like I'm sure many have tried. 3 a day max works better.

You’re absolutely right, I did miss them. Been using the app for a while.

In any case I’ll stop tubesplaining, sorry! Any knowledge I have is booksmarts-deep at best 2015 onwards, any recent experience is definitely going to be more informed

Oh wow 2015 is a long time ago already..

Re: I’m going to miss you, but I am taking a sabbatical

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Post by mvkel »

dahfizz wrote: post #75
reggieband wrote: post #62

I watch a lot of YouTube and a fair amount of Twitch. Sooner or later every creator talks a bit about their anxiety working in that content creator grind. On Twitch, taking a day off may mean losing hundreds of subscribers. Streamers are cautious about taking bathroom breaks since they can lose thousands of viewers during a short break. YouTube ruthlessly punishes creators that don't upload on a consistent schedule.…

If you're a streamer large enough to be receiving hundreds of subs a day, and so many viewers you could lose thousands during a bathroom break, you're a multi millionaire. It's hard for me to be sympathetic about how stressful their job is when they could retire comfortably at any point.

Does money convert people to robots or something?
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