It makes about 20% of a sunny day.

Some states have both!

Yeah. Maybe call it microtransactions. Or maybe make it a game where you get “stickers” you can post on videos you like. “Stickers” being the equivalent of a like with your avatar posted somewhere on the video page.

When I look at the trending videos on YouTube, it makes me want to become a hermit and have no contact with society, the videos are so bad. I think the money side of YouTube has totally corrupted it.

As a PeerTube creator, I make videos as a way to teach/inform/entertain, not to make money. One way to make PeerTube work is to find a way to fund the hosts/instances that transcode and store the video files.

It would be interesting to create a crypto coin and have PeerTube users, both creators and viewers, to buy a small amount of the coin (a few dollars worth) when they register, then each video that they watch costs a small fraction of a coin paid to the instance hosting the video, and the viewer could add a tip to the creator if they liked the video. The amount paid to the instance might be an approximation of the cost to host the video. Accumulating the coin might be a game not an income source for the creators, but there might be enough money to fund the instances with this scheme.

There certainly is value in quality video that people are willing to pay for. It would be nice to find an alternative to advertising based video.

Another side of video that YouTube is not doing a good job at is creating community. The comment section is hard to follow, impossible to search, and it is transient, as new videos are created, comments on old videos disappear. I don’t know how to do it, but creating a forum or a lemmy group for each creator or each video interest group with multiple creators involved would be extremely powerful.

You are looking at step 1 when you see US actions as related to the federal budget deficit. Step 2 is to reduce the trade deficit and bring home manufacturing and other production. The strategy for Step 2 will be devaluing the $USD.

Putin-Enabler

Krasnov is lying

So the goal of tariffs is to cause an increase in the value of non-US currencies, which will balance out the trade deficit.

I suspect it will split the world into trading blocs.

The classic way to devalue a currency is to print money (increase money supply). But what Trump seems to be doing is reducing government expenditure, which will have a deflationary effect. Tariffs might cause more demand for US products in the US??? which might offset deflation?

I don’t really understand how central bankers in non-US countries use $USD. I suppose they buy T-bills and hold them. ??? Apparently this is the underlying problem keeping the $USD high???

I don’t own one, but the Hyundai Ioniq 5 would be worth a look.

Solar + Batteries

Hopefully we can block it.

Another episode in the series: “Krasnov Speaks”.

The CDU seems to be working to fix all the problems that Merkel caused.

RE supporting the auto industry, when you find yourself stuck in a hole, dig deeper.

One way to replace the syrup would be to use chopped dates or prunes. You can also buy date sugar, which is not real sugar but is made entirely of dates.

Since Trump is working for the KGB, Canada should put the same sanctions on the US as on Russia. Maybe shut all border crossings for a while. But please don’t shoot us.

Bob Probert (RIP)

Zelensky For President!

Trump is a Russian agent.

It is surprising how weak Russia actually is. At this point just about any other nation could come in and wipe out the Russian government.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a last ditch effort to recapture former Soviet territory before its oil and gas resources lose economic value.