I believe it’s supported. On initial install, I remember reading that it was possible to fling a video to SmartTube from the official YouTube app, but that wasn’t an option for me using NewPipe on Android. Saying that out loud, it’s probably worth it for me download the official YouTube app, just so I can do that.

Also, the GitHub readme is a bit long and intimidating for installation. All you have to do is install this app:
https://www.aftvnews.com/downloader/

Then use the code 28544 to install SmartTube.

It’s just a way to sidestep Google, since Google obviously doesn’t want an app like this listed on their official store.

Yes, you can

https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTube

This is a hit on my TV, because it includes ad and sponsor blocking

Greedy Fuck Hunt 😂

That’s probably even easier to build, just a few mods to this:
https://github.com/MattSurabian/DuckHunt-JS

How long until someone uses the Hello Mario Framework or similar to build a game where Luigi battles US healthcare, pharma, and oil execs?

Your anger should be directed toward the Citizens United ruling, which makes these insane contributions possible in the first place.

FWIW, Elon Musk personally donated more than double that $129M to the Trump campaign—more than double the amount that the entire crypto industry has donated in three election cycles, despite there being a $6.6k campaign contribution limit for individuals per candidate per cycle. That limit shouldn’t be trivial to bypass, and it should be probably be lower. Or, in some fantasy land where America is something like a democracy, elections would be publicly funded with an equal amount given to each candidate.

Gotta love when a comment complaining about something that didn’t happen gets the most upvotes.

Edit: For those curious about what actually did happen

Salt Typhoon exploited technical vulnerabilities in some of the cybersecurity products like firewalls used to protect large organizations. Once inside the network, the attackers used more conventional tools and knowledge to expand their reach, gather information, stay hidden and deploy malware for later use.
Source

The hack revealed in the Linus video is concerning, but only if you’re a targeted individual. This hack was used for mass surveillance, affected way more people, and was achieved by exploiting security vulnerabilities.

The technical deep dive is a pretty interesting read.

The hacker known as “capitalism”

So someone shared a trip with the wrong email address? Why is this news? Why is it in a feed about technology?

Personally, I always felt it was an impractical thought experiment you’d have in high school physics class after a lesson on friction and not much more. It was a great way to derail (heh) legitimate conversations about California building a realistic and cost effective high speed rail when it was first proposed.

Side note: Nitter still exists?! I thought they gave up

The AWS of decentralization

https://github.com/bpc-clone/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean

I’m very pro privacy, but I’m just going to say out loud that it’s not like US state and federal governments don’t already have photos of your face that can be used to track you. The alternative is to hand over your ID, the thing the government printed after capturing and storing a picture of your face.

My pitchforks are saved for companies that track your location and interactions using facial recognition combined with social media posts. Or CCTV, of course.

Sounds like a job for bombarding them with GDPR requests to maintain a schedule of regular data exports

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Pretty sure this is more about access and performance than privacy. I never knew about this site before, but damn, a news article that only contains words on a page and loads quickly? I thought news websites were supposed to be hostile to users?

If you’re on Android, you can automate that with this app (available on F-Droid):
https://github.com/x13a/Silence

It also includes options to allow numbers you’ve contacted by phone or text, even if they’re not in your contacts, e.g. the doctor’s office.

I don’t know why this is being taken at face value with so many upvotes. The Gensler SEC was right to go after actual scammers and ponzis, but they went much further and clearly had an agenda.

Gensler targeted the most reputable exchange in the US alleging that their core business is illegal, because the Gensler SEC decided to classify crypto assets as securities rather than define a new regulatory framework that actually fits.

https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023-102

Coinbase wanted to follow the rules and spent years asking for clarity. Rather than provide clear rules, the SEC provided a lawsuit.

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The one thing I’m holding out hope for is that things like this won’t lead a significant number new people into getting duped.

There’s a certain portion of the population that seems to question nothing and got duped long ago by all of those “every immigrant is a rapist and murder”-type Facebook posts with links to totallyrealnews.com. That segment of idiots remains unchanged. They will believe any wild claim and never fact check as long as the misinformation fits their world view.

The question is, how many people who aren’t already lost see these low-effort AI posts and take them at face value?

Disclaimer: I say this knowing full well that well that better quality and more subtle misinformation is also possible with AI, but this ain’t it.