mmm, yes and no. The issue thread you've link to is actually their first facepalm PR move. They backed off that. But then they updated their TOS with some pretty alarming (and I would argue unnecessary) stuff. I have not seen them back down from that. If I missed something please do let me know because I wrote an article defending Muse Corp's handling of the first incident that coincidentally ran the day they made their next gaff (which was unknown to me, consequence of the turnaround time in publishing). But I looked like an idiot (I am used to that, but still).
Tenacity has one of the main developers of Audacity contributing to it. No idea if that means he's left the main project or not, but it seemed like some kind of indication that maybe there was some momentum behind tenacity.
If you are going to search for them, use the keywords 'open broadcaster standard' and 'flux blue light filter' otherwise you might get something else in results.
Podsync (https://github.com/mxpv/podsync), for hosting a youtube channel on your computer and turning it into a podcast. Why? So that you can use less data on your data plan. Other things that help is putting your phone on the "data saver mode" if you do ever need to use the data. Then, only the apps that you use will use data, nothing in the background. Also, Google maps can now save maps in offline mode.
An eSIM capable phone + Dent Wireless (http://www.dentwireless.com), so that you can buy data on demand (1Gb for $10 I believe, and it lasts a full year).
https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/index.html
Download youtube videos and or playlists. I find this helpful for tutorial based playlists. I bulk download and watch offline with VLC https://www.videolan.org/ . You can speed up the videos with a slider bar to match the presenters/video cadence AND you do not get sucked into a youtube hole while trying to learn something (not that that is bad thing...but most of the time it is). Then just delete.
[edit] https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp looks like this is the new supported project/fork. Youtube-dl is no longer supported to the same degree.
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https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/index.html
Download youtube videos and or playlists. I find this helpful for tutorial based playlists. I bulk download and watch offline with VLC https://www.videolan.org/ . You can speed up the videos with a slider bar to match the presenters/video cadence AND you do not get sucked into a youtube hole while trying to learn something (not that that is bad thing...but most of the time it is). Then just delete.
In similar vein: I enjoy Unhook Youtube, a Chrome/Firefox/Edge extension to greatly reduce the hooks YT uses to lure you into the rabbit hole. No recommended video's, no front page, no comments etc (but it's customization if you do want to see certain things). It helped me to use YT as a tool again instead of a time sink.
If the Youtube video has captions, you can open up the transcript and use that to find the relevant/interesting parts of the video. Half the time you won't need to watch the video at all.
If the Youtube video has captions, you can open up the transcript and use that to find the relevant/interesting parts of the video. Half the time you won't need to watch the video at all.
I tried that a few times but given the transcript's lack of punctuation and the short sentences (could probably be fixed with a script), I prefer the other way. 2x usually gets up to about 250wpm which is good enough.
I found out I had a gift card that expired 12 days before purchasing a ceiling fan. It was during the month I sweated it out to see how long I could endure without a fan viewtopic.php?p=220338#p220338
If you have a Samsung phone, their unlimited WiFi encryption service (Secure Wi-Fi) is $1.99/month, and it's baked into your phone. It's enabled me to safely use public and AirBnB WiFi only while traveling in Europe for 3 months... I haven't needed a phone plan. Will definitely use it again in future.
For offline audio I favor the Pulsar app, for offline video I like XPlayer. In both cases it's because the app does well in the background.
My husband and I have a long-running debate about whether Apple or Google Maps is superior. I'm feeling smug at the moment because Siri directed us to drive through a dry river bed this afternoon. I never go anywhere without Google Maps. I love the pins, I love the history, offline maps are amazing, it's my favorite Google app.
And there's a free Android app called MultiTimer that lets you put a 1x1 widget on your home screen of a custom timer. I regularly do things for 10 and for 45 minutes, so this is always one of my first installs.
It was during the month I sweated it out to see how long I could endure without a fan 