puntyyoke
@puntyyoke@lemmy.world
- Comment on Had to read it 3 times to make sure 1 month ago:
While I endorse the change, I believe it’s being made to avoid arbitration being weaponized by class action plaintiffs, which can be more costly than a class action lawsuit
- Comment on Does YouTube Shorts resemble Tiktok? 7 months ago:
I don’t use Instagram or tiktok, but I’m a longtime consumer of YouTube educational content, and my shorts feed mostly matches. I suspect that the presence of extremely high quality educational video on youtube allows many creators to use shorts as a gateway into their longer form videos.
In short, I think they’re all only as good as you’ve trained the algorithm to make them. Without algorithmic training, I’m sure they’re the same.
Just as a couple examples
Jdraper has some great shorts on London history
Magnify has some nice shorts on etymology
Etymology nerd has some good shorts on etymology
None of these creators are flawless, and you may not love their presentation style, but I discovered them all through shorts, and they have all taught me new things.
- Comment on Matt Taibbi on How “Free Speech” Turned Into a “Far Right” Slogan [50:56 | Mar 19 2024 | Glenn Greenwald] 8 months ago:
Great to see Greenwald continuing to platform grifters that spread disinformation.
- Comment on [deleted] 8 months ago:
Because there’s another mass shooting every couple days. It’s hard to care about why one dude did something crazy 7 years ago while bullets are still flying. People are much more focused on trying to stop the next one.
- Comment on [deleted] 8 months ago:
He’s pulling pretty heavily from “a legacy of ashes” by Tim Weiner, if anyone wants some deeper background of the CIA that he turned into just montages of names.
- Comment on Why is the legal system so expensive? 1 year ago:
There are some good answers here, but I would also note that because the legal system is adversarial, continued investment can go a long way towards a desired outcome. If you can afford a parade of experts, huge amounts of gathered evidence, and contingency plans researched and prepared by dozens of lawyers and paralegals, you’ll do better in court.
It’s an arms race, so the “best” lawyers have spent the most on arms. That also means that even the worst lawyers have to invest a lot to keep up.