I found this video over at daily timewater. It's not much, just another day in the life of Ivan Denisovich.
The problem, and yes, there is a problem, albeit a first world problem and nothing compared to the world of shit the truck driver has driven himself into. The problem is that about halfway through the video YouTube puts up a couple of popups that cover about half the screen and there is nothing you can do about it. This is really only a problem with short videos. The solution for video makers is to include 30 seconds of trailer at the end so these popups aren't covering your content. Problem there is that most videos don't have that trailer stuck on the end because fucking YouTube didn't used to do this shit.
One guy has found a way to block these popups by using ABP (AdBlock Plus), but there is a whole bunch of pointing and clicking involved. I decided to try downloading the video. Apparently it worked, though I don't know if I got the original quality. Video downloaders are in short supply these days. Some have hung up their spurs, others only download the audio. Y2Mate Guru seems to still work.
I blame this on the advances made in automation and manufacturing. Fewer people are needed to actually make stuff, so we have a bunch of people with time on their hands, looking for ways to make money. While some people are doing great things like designing new stuff, a lot of people are looking for ways to scrape another thousandth of a cent off a zillion transactions. And you can bet they are giving power point presentations and speaking earnestly about how this is going to enhance revenue by some imaginary percentage, but what they don't tell you is that it is just one more step on the road to perdition.
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