That avatar, hah

I watched that video too. lol

well, a "self ad" might work at the end...

@Timcast start selling beanies and rapping about merch

what could go wrong

i'd buy a timcast beanie

but in general the idea of doing sponsored videos on sundays is not wrong, i would only be concerned about the implementation of it... (self-ads would not bring in "outside money")

Sell enough and even the antifa will have trouble finding him

I would buy one of those beanies. It fits my style already.

they'd just attack everyone wearing a beanie

Well then, sponsored vids weekly? Make the vid something unusual and something to look forward to?

We could all show up at events so Tim can blend in. <:Kappa:327142715592540171>

Not that I dont look forward to the dailyS

if he found an engaging partner, a weekly stream could get some $$ too

Streaming hearthstone and chill?

no FUCK hearthstone, I meant talking about events for the week

a recap of sorts?

the whole point of his second channel I guess, but for his main one

things covered, uncovered, and answering Qs

Would like to see things that the MSM refuses to cover. Could be interesting.

A good one hour is good enough I guess

Go over shit that is not big enough for one vid?

it doesnt need structure honestly, but has that conversational tone/interaction with donators

Or answer questions that get brought up. Like dailywire and their mailbag sessions

ye and he can bring his opinions up as opposed to unbiased reporting, YT severely lacks a consumer->creator line unless you stream, for whatever reason

tbh youtube should seperate itself from google as a brand

barely anybody refers to youtube as a company anymore, they just say google

Thing is whoever is running the show isnt the most competant

referring to the CEO?

probably due to the 40+ hours of weekly sensitivity training

have they reduced the amount?

No shit?

I exaggerate, but google seems committed to things that arent exactly utilitarian

where did we start? ah... ad-videos on sundays... yes, monitor the views, make sure you don't sound like you want to bullshit people, 30 second donation ads might work at the end of videos but not as a replacement of sponsored, weekly stream with a partner (that does not just agree with you) might be a good idea... did i miss something?

I mean they are behaving exactly how you would expect concidering they have a monopoly and virtually no incentive to imrpove their products

they do give engineers a lot more room to improve the end products compared to other shady companies like Microsoft, Apple, etc

besides the core functionality of youtube and google ofc

the rest of their products get regular improvements and aren't too beurocratic

they also contribute quite a bit to extremely useful open source projects that don't actually make them money currently such as https://www.dartlang.org/ https://flutter.io/

i'd say TensorFlow but they use it quite a bit internally and it's integrated pretty heavily into a few GCP products

End fake news? not a chance

would be nice if journalists in general had integrity for the truth

too bad it's all agenda based these days

In theory, once AI becomes advanced enough, we could use them as impartial editors/curators for news

The problem is, by the time AI becomes advanced enough to do that, the people creating them will have ways of making the AI think it's unbiased even though it is

I don't think we'll ever get to that point, since rarely are events ever so cut-and-dry.

AI will completely miss the nuance and spirit of a situation, placing only the cold hard facts in their place.

I don't think AI is or will be capable of understanding context, basically.

Maybe not in our lifetime

It will eventually though

We, ourselves, are essentially biological machines. I'm sure at some point in the extremely far away future, we'll reach the point in which we can create AIs that are on par, or superior to human beings. But that's nowhere near our lifetime, for sure.

Then again, maybe not. It _is_ just speculation, after all.

My parents may live to see self driving cars become normal, or almost normal. Don't underestimate technology as I'm sure my parents would have thought self driving cars were something of science fiction well beyond their lifetime

I think it's safe to say that is not quite a fair comparison, since there's a difference between self-driving cars following a map, and an AI capable of reason and understanding nuance and context.

Flying bitcoin cars when

@JadenFrostwolf you say that now. My parents are in their late 60s

There is a difference between the tech that got us to he moon with less power than a calculator and a car that can do a bit more than follow a map.

Except we had more than just tech with less power than a calculator which got us to the moon: us.

Remember, we're biological machines, remember?

We got ourselves to the moon using limited technology, but we were the ones that created and used those tools, and ultimately actually got to the moon.

AI would make a fantastic filter for biased reporting, incorporating online trends, buzzwords and obvious subjective qualifiers would flag every MSM article pretty much

Exactly.
An AI is only as unbiased as the one in control of it.

Humans have been trying to replicate ourselves, duplicate a better version of ourselves, ever since we first started making tools. Look at how far we have come in just 50 years. 50 years. A little.over half an average human lifespan. I find it hard to believe some kind of near human intelligence AI will not happen in my life time just looking back at how far we have already come in such a short time.

dank meme AI

you should differentiate between types of AI

as someone who's been studying radio formats, I have to say 40 percent advertisement is pretty steep. The format for most programming, radio or TV, is 25 percent.

Also, you could possibly post videos to your patreon ad-free, or with reduced advertising

its not 40% though

its 14%

right now every video has an ad in the beginning

the promo videos replace google ads with direct ads from me

Only issue being that even Google's ads can be easily skipped 5 seconds in, unless the ad is really short.

youtube red's obnoxious ads a few years ago single handedly got me to install adblock

dont worry, i disable adblock for my favorite youtubers

unless youtube is on a "you have bug eyes" ad spree then i just throw my monitor across the room

anyone not paying attention to Qanon, what are you doing? https://qcodefag.github.io/ Together We Are Strong

what are you talking about?

btw @Timcast I love how your using your need for revinue to also make people aware of vpns. They are needed now more then ever in this growingly 1984 era

Also a huge fan, and im actually far right wing XD

🤔 VPNs are actually not that useful

basically useless if you are using a VPN for the internet unless you were trying to bypass geo-lock

They are a step in the right direction

wdym?

I mean that its a step in the direction to remove restrictions that its a method of gaining back a messure of freedom

and in this day and age even a step in the right direction feels like a leap

it doesn't remove any restrictions unless you are in a country that actually censors

like china

well alot of european nations censor these days as well as alot of the regional blocking on sites like youtube

YT's geo blocking still works if you are using a VPN iirc

same with amazon

I do conceed that its not an amazing step forward lol

I just think that awareness of options is good =p

it's not really a step forward though, it just mitigates full censorship

a step forward would be protocols and technologies that prevent both censorship and throttling

Which in this climate of increasing censorship is a step forward

Oh I whole heartedly agree

the US doesn't fully censor anything besides pedophiles and drug dealers

so idk what you mean

Websites are begining to censor

not really

deciding what can and can not be said or seen

if you are referring to the daily stormer, they actually violated the ToS of their DNS provider

lol no im not im just noticing the trends

ok but

a VPN doesn't stop websites from censoring

I never said it would

but then how is that a step forward

Having options made aware means people can consider things in a broader sense

Im not talking about fixing issues here im just saying that alot of tools are out there and people dont know about them

Any awareness of any tool is a step forward for people

and if it helps aleviate the concerns of others hurray

but in most cases VPNs don't actually help you, especially for websites with ads since they use many forms of browser identification

Well I wouldnt know about all that

https://panopticlick.eff.org/static/browser-uniqueness.pdf

good paper

ill give it a read ^^

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article195434569.html?platform=hootsuite

this is smart

"A pair of California lawmakers want to claw back some of steep tax cuts that corporations will receive under the federal tax overhaul signed last month by President Donald Trump."

That could also be read as "A pair of California lawmakers get greedy and make a move that might drive businesses out of California"

it sure could

and they're dumb

For some reason, this reminds me of Seattle raising it's minimum to $15, causing many of the businesses to shut down, leave, or automate.

what makes these types of lawmakers think that businesses who run on razer-thin margins in many industries are able to survive without passing the costs on to their customers

https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/09/13/1-in-5-californians-live-in-poverty/

^ this is the result of that type of thinking

Bigger businesses don't get too hurt, since again, they can just leave or automate. Smaller business and smaller/local shops, though, just can't function or keep up.

the problem is those small businesses employ the most people

That's one of the big arguments behind the Fair Tax proposal. Make everything a retail-level sales tax because big companies just pass their tax costs on to their customers anyways.

I sort of agree

but sales tax hurts the poor more than the rich

I don't know if the Fair Tax proposal would actually work, but that's the premise they push

I think property tax would be a better way to go

because housing value typically is lockstep with income and/or wealth

Usually, but not always

Sometimes really wealthy peopele choose not to have a lot of property

oh I agree, some very rich people live meager lives

I'm actually ok with a straight up flat tax on income

or something

I know I would if I had money. lol

if I dind't have a family, I'd probalby live in an RV on the beach

I don't like the idea of living in an RV, but the beach would be nice

lol why not?

have you seen modern rvs

I have

they're right up there with my hosue in some areas

The ones that I would want cost more than a small house a lot of the time

eh, jsut buy a recent used model

let some other poor soul eat the depreciation 😄

https://www.jayco.com/images/pages/galleries/3547-_0000_Jayco2017_Designer39RE_IntFtoB_Main.jpg

I could live in that, I think

I remember reading an article shortly after I moved to Maine for my first job about a guy who got hired at Google, bought a moving truck, and renovated the back of that into a basic living quarters. He basically just parked in the Google lot full time and used their gym facilities for showering, etc.

He spent something like 8-12K up front and saved on rent costs in the long run

yup

with rent you're just paying someone else

I mean I get it's not as socially acceptable to live in an rv vs an apartment, but I just view that as throwing away money

wew new tim pool vid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuPiSyV2UoU

wow I'm surprised he covered it

not his normal content

Oh mang.

https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/954476195709628417

I also can't tell if this is actually happening..

if it is its' bad, but I don't want a fake witch hunt

and now she's getting security after "abuse"

Because there's been so many stories of fake abuse that it is hard to tell the real ones.

I knwo

it sucks

no one should be threatening anyone for her views

especially since as Tim points out, that's her job as a journalist

or even, those might not even be her views, although I suspect they are

im not suprised he covered it

i was waiting for it

a supermarket, otherwise known as a museum for temporary things

just heard that, not it was funny

I think he only covered it because it was slow

err

its slow news period on things he normally covers

update

we are going to do an hour podcast on sundays

90 second promo from sponsor, 3o second promos mon-weds

no advertorials

Sweden might send the army in to stop gang violence.

https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/01/swedish-prime-minister-considers-sending-army-onto-the-streets-to-combat-gang-violence/

Rape reports up by 400% in Sweden’s capital since 1996

https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/01/rape-reports-up-by-400-in-swedens-capital-since-1996/

German socialist Minister says migrant sex attacks can be prevented by importing more migrants

https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/01/german-socialist-minister-says-migrant-sex-attacks-can-be-prevented-by-importing-more-migrants/

‘Even refugees with a university degree have an IQ of only 93′

https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/01/even-refugees-with-a-university-degree-have-an-iq-of-only-93/

Austria’s new government gets tough on borders, creates border protection unit

https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/01/austrias-new-government-gets-tough-on-borders-creates-border-protection-unit/

By 2080, Italians will be a minority in their own country

https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/01/by-2080-italians-will-be-a-minority-in-their-own-country/

Human traffickers exploit new migrant smuggling route into Spain

https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/01/human-traffickers-exploit-new-migrant-smuggling-route-into-spain/

Imagine what it must be like to pump your country full of migrants so you can get free votes

I dont haven't imagine it.

I wonder what they think is going to happen when their country becomes muslim-majority.

Majority of American voters oppose government shutdown over illegal immigrants

http://freewestmedia.com/2018/01/20/majority-of-american-voters-oppose-government-shutdown-over-illegal-immigrants/

NASA removes black astronaut from space mission

http://freewestmedia.com/2018/01/20/nasa-removes-black-astronaut-from-space-mission/

US border agents stop illegals mostly from countries outside Americas

http://freewestmedia.com/2018/01/20/us-border-agents-stop-illegals-mostly-from-countries-outside-americas/

Two-thirds of French-speaking Belgians feel invaded by Islam

http://freewestmedia.com/2018/01/19/two-thirds-of-french-speaking-belgians-feel-invaded-by-islam/

Busted! More than 100 Syrians smuggled to Germany via Poland

Dozens of Jewish activists arrested at pro-DACA protest in D.C.

https://www.jweekly.com/2018/01/18/dozens-jewish-activists-arrested-pro-daca-protest-d-c/

Imma go sneak into disney

and when I get caught, demand lifetime membership

Soo... Rip Kurds? #Afrin

The amount of propaganda and fake pictures being thrown from both the Kurds and the Turks are staggering.. Hard to say what exactly is going on other than airstrikes and artillery fire is hitting Afrin..

Did Trump break the alliance/backing of/with the Kurds? If not there is going to be an interesting dilemma, as Turkey is part of Nato attacking an US ally....

@Timcast absolutely on point in your latest video with the part highlighting "fake adversarial tactics"

I didnt have a term for it before. I just thought of it as needlessly incendiary.

Just throwing out strawmen designed to upset your opponent.

I think Cathy Newman did a great job at representing her sides points, the points themselves dont come out well I think because criticisms towards JP are usually horribly thought out, she was a good sport in the end and (hopefully, as public debate should do) shifted some opinion away from the whole anti-trans nonsense

@pukeblood Except that she deliberately misundeerstood his statements and doesn't seem to be very good with the actual science.

most of what she said is pretty much exactly the sort of trash thrown in Petersons direction constantly, and it was an outlet for him to demolish pretty much every single one of them made. even if what she did was wrong by metrics such as that, she's done everyone a service by correctly giving him those openings to sink his teeth into

^this, she did as well as all of his critics, who genuinely believe the things she was aggressively putting forward

and now they have no options for 1. saying she didnt try hard enough, 2. saying peterson is an alt-right memelord

Look at me. Now I'm the alt right memelord.

https://youtu.be/yUiq7cq3ygw

😮

the alt right did nothing wrong

😮 😮 😮 😮

I hope one day I'm graced by the Beanie Lord

If you build it, he will come.

When you come home and there's onion rings in the fridge 😌 👌

https://therightstuff.biz/2018/01/20/fash-the-nation-105-weaponized-shutdown/

😮

Love how Trump is still making ads. https://youtu.be/U-nm0vQwO5c

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/19/british-15-year-old-gained-access-intelligence-operations-afghanistan/

"Welcome to hacking 101: Social Engineering. I am your professor, Kane Gamble."

Hi Kane. Whats your name, where do you live and tell me about your pets! 😛

"It was russia with with state sponsored hacking groups!"
"Actually, it was just some 15 yo in the UK."
".....yeah, we are not gonna tell that story. It was russia!"

this kid should get a job not jailtime

transparency expert

https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/955072774782898176

How credible is this: https://itsgoingdown.org/neo-nazis-4chan-ready-new-poster-campaign-target-womens-studies-departments-campus-january-21st/
?

Did some lurking on 4chan and alt-right discords and found nothing suggesting it hasn't lost steam

@cmdline dude, nothing from an extremist group (IGD) is credible

all they did was screenshot 1 4chan post and a few discord posts with 0 context other than mindless speculation

though i'm not saying neo-nazis don't exist, it's not actually that hard to find where they crawl online

and often times it's 4chan that facilitates troll raids against the KKK, pedophiles, and neo-nazis

I know nothing about IGD and was sent the post and asked to check its credibility. Idrc about the source but from the lack of knowledge of the event in this discord and others i'm fairly sure there isn't much to it. thanks tho. Also /pol/ seems pretty far alt-right to me, so my experience with 4chan in recent years doesn't really mesh with that account.

but then again, /pol/ is hardly a fair sample.

/pol/ is mainly shitposters and people disenfranchised with politics all-together - theyve become observers/mockers of politics

the argument is more that the 4chan "tolerates" hate