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Re: TL;DW: Too Long; Didn't Watch Distill YouTube Videos to the Relevant Information

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Post by righthand »

gloosx wrote: post #30

Idea hackneyed since LLM's appeared. Cool that implementation is open-source, though yt automatic captions are sometimes completely off-point, especially when people talking in the video don't have a diction of a tv show host. I wonder if an idea found it's niche after all? Do you guys summarise you videos to short texts and that leaves you satisfied? For me video is video, I can relax, sit and watch/listen to it. Wi…

> Idea hackneyed since LLM's appeared.

It’s an idea that’s been around long before LLMs. Check out Yahoo under Marissa Mayer acquiring a news summary app. Though it is still hackneyed.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/yahoo-acquires-summly-app-150...

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Post by abecedarius »

_Algernon_ wrote: post #96
Tuna-Fish wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lol, no they don't. If you have a pdf with enough words in it, you can go from that to a published paperback on Amazon in 15 minutes.

Those aren't books. They're printed blogs you pay for. Every book can be published as a pdf. That doesn't mean that every pdf is a book.

1. Some blogs are better than most books.

2. Some carefully-written ebooks now are self-published, and I don't care if their cover design and promotion campaign aren't as professional.

Re: TL;DW: Too Long; Didn't Watch Distill YouTube Videos to the Relevant Information

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Post by meroes »

_Algernon_ wrote: post #54
satvikpendem wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use SponsorBlock (be sure to enable all categories of blocking such as filler content, not just sponsors), DeArrow (de-clickbaits thumbnails and titles) and a video speed changer extension to enable much of your stated functionality, though of course not all. I've saved likely years of watching due to this combination.

When you need 4 extensions (counting ublock as well) to make a site useable, maybe it is time to reconsider what site you spend your time on?

Ya we are sick and addicted.

Not only do I need the above 4, I need a separate browser because YouTube breaks with Firefox, private tabs to not taint my preferences when I watch one-ofs, and other addons such as a channel and video blocker.

Re: TL;DW: Too Long; Didn't Watch Distill YouTube Videos to the Relevant Information

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Post by gosub100 »

_Algernon_ wrote: post #95
jasode wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Read a book, touch grass, etc. There's a ton of useful information that's only available in Youtube videos and not books such as DIY tutorials, repairs, etc. Unfortunately, many helpful videos also include useless fluff. E.g. a "good" 10 minute video on how to disassemble a Samsung dryer to replace the heating element also has 2 extra minutes of "click my link to Nord VPN" and "please smash that Like button and subs…

When you've saved "years of watching" by using sponsorblock and 2x speed, that's not how you use YT. Sponsorblock saves 25% at most. To be clear, I am not saying that youtube has no use, but the commenter I originally responded to is clearly in excess of whatever that reasonable level is.

They shared a list of plugins that might be useful to other people, so the comment has value. I recently found out about the "press to 2X speed" and I love it. Does that mean I should go touch grass because I use it in a non-stock way? Or are you the ultimate decider on the maximum limit of plugins or hacks?

Re: TL;DW: Too Long; Didn't Watch Distill YouTube Videos to the Relevant Information

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Post by JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B »

stong1 wrote: post #128

Hi HN! I'm the author of this service. Thank you for your support. There may have been some temporary downtime due to residential proxy running out of bandwidth. I have purchased additional bandwidth. (I run this service for free.) There also may be some errors with particular videos because they are not accessible in certain regions. For now all requests to YouTube originate from United States, but open to change in…

> open-source

> OPENAI_API_KEY

Choose one.

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Post by SomeoneOnTheWeb »

JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B wrote: post #147
stong1 wrote: post #128

Hi HN! I'm the author of this service. Thank you for your support. There may have been some temporary downtime due to residential proxy running out of bandwidth. I have purchased additional bandwidth. (I run this service for free.) There also may be some errors with particular videos because they are not accessible in certain regions. For now all requests to YouTube originate from United States, but open to change in…

> open-source > OPENAI_API_KEY Choose one.

The service itself is open source ; but it relies on a closed source service. Both are not incompatible.

Re: TL;DW: Too Long; Didn't Watch Distill YouTube Videos to the Relevant Information

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Post by natebc »

satvikpendem wrote: post #133
natebc wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You watch and enjoy the content that you like, find useful or otherwise enjoy instead of min-maxing your way to not supporting the platform or creators that are spending their time creating that content.

If the platform and creators are incentivized to waste my time, then why would I support that? I watch and enjoy the content even more knowing that I am not wasting my time.

This is where the snide touch grass comment above was awkwardly pointing. If you feel like you're wasting your time and can't be bothered to do so in a holistically responsible way (supporting the creators at the very least) then perhaps your time would be better spent doing something else.

i.e. you may be wasting your time already.

I probably shouldn't have wandered into a thread that's ostensibly about ripping off content creators to begin with. I'll take my moral high horse elsewhere lol.

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