Hacker News with Generative AI: YouTube

Firefox 134.0.1 fixes UI hangs happening on YouTube and Google Docs (mozilla.org)
Release Notes tell you what’s new in Firefox. As always, we welcome your feedback. You can also file a bug in Bugzilla or see the system requirements of this release.
Software, Web Browsers, Bug Fixes, Release Notes, YouTube
5 points by ReadCarlBarks 4 days ago | 0 comments
In the belly of the MrBeast (kevinmunger.substack.com)
It’s been a year since I sent off the proofs for The YouTube Apparatus (now free to download!), and I haven’t been following the platform as closely while I was focused more on Twitch, TikTok and moving to Italy.
YouTube, Social Media, Content Creation, MrBeast
501 points by stafford_beer 4 days ago | 394 comments
Reflections on 1 Year of (Trying to) Become Successful on YouTube (chaserensberger.com)
In 2024, my friend and I started making YouTube videos. This article is just some housekeeping I’m doing to keep track of progress for this channel. I hope that some people find it valuable. I offer some advice in this article, but everything should be taken with a grain of salt, as we are not (hopefully yet) a successful channel. If you’re interested in getting in touch, there is contact information at the end of the article.
YouTube, Content Creation, Blogging, Personal Experiences, Advice
36 points by ChaseRensberger 7 days ago | 31 comments
Why is PayPal being sued by YouTubers? It's over the Honey extension (abc.net.au)
It's a little gold coin, causing a big fuss.
Lawsuits, PayPal, YouTube, Browser Extensions
5 points by CHB0403085482 9 days ago | 1 comments
Show HN: TubePen – My attempt to get more out of YouTube learning (tubepen.com)
Web Development, Learning, YouTube, Tools
74 points by n0vella 11 days ago | 25 comments
3blue1brown YouTube Bitcoin video taken down as copyright violation (twitter.com)
Copyright Law, YouTube, Bitcoin, 3blue1brown
857 points by talonx 12 days ago | 412 comments
Dice, (De)Convolution and Generating Functions (demofox.org)
I stumbled across a very cool YouTube video today that talks about how to look for alternate ways of labeling sides of two dice to give you the same random number distribution as if you added two standard dice together.
Mathematics, Probability, Dice, Games, YouTube
4 points by zdw 12 days ago | 0 comments
OCRing Music from YouTube with Common Lisp (nickfa.ro)
There's a tune on YouTube I always really liked called "Supersquatting." It was written by Dubmood and Zabutom, two really masterful chiptune composers, but this track always stood out to me as sounding really full and "fat."
Programming, Music, YouTube, Common Lisp
63 points by superdisk 13 days ago | 18 comments
YouTube is obsessed with AI [video] (youtube.com)
YouTube, Artificial Intelligence, Video
9 points by jsheard 14 days ago | 0 comments
YouTube laywer LegalEagle is suing Honey and wants to take the company down (dexerto.com)
The Legal Eagle, a YouTuber with over three million subscribers who doubles as an actual attorney at law, has filed a class-action lawsuit against Honey, with the goal of getting creators back the money they allegedly stole through affiliate link fishing.
YouTube, Lawsuits, Affiliate Marketing, Consumer Rights
19 points by f1shy 15 days ago | 7 comments
LegalEagle is suing Honey [video] (youtube.com)
Law, Legal Issues, YouTube, Social Media
25 points by bryant 15 days ago | 4 comments
Honey Sued in Class Action by Wendover and Legal Eagle (Wendover vs. PayPal) [video] (youtube.com)
Legal Issues, YouTube
10 points by tantalor 16 days ago | 0 comments
Lawsuit:PayPal Accused of Poaching Commissions Via Its 'Honey' Browser Extension (law.com)
Fintech giant PayPal was hit with a proposed class action on Sunday for allegedly pocketing sales commissions belonging to YouTube influencers for promoting products and services in their content.
Fintech, Lawsuits, Class Action, E-commerce, YouTube
5 points by xbmcuser 17 days ago | 0 comments
Yt-x: Browse YouTube from your terminal (github.com/Benexl)
Browse YouTube from your terminal. Plus other sites yt-dlp supports.
YouTube, Terminal, Command Line, Programming, Open Source
63 points by thunderbong 18 days ago | 4 comments
YouTuber won DMCA fight with fake Nintendo lawyer by detecting spoofed email (arstechnica.com)
A brave YouTuber has managed to defeat a fake Nintendo lawyer improperly targeting his channel with copyright takedowns that could have seen his entire channel removed if YouTube issued one more strike.
Copyright Law, YouTube, Lawsuits, Legal Battles, Digital Rights
264 points by isaacfrond 19 days ago | 97 comments
Where are Mr. Beast's early sponsors now? (preethamrn.com)
Mr. Beast is probably the biggest channel on YouTube right now by a lot of metrics. But it wasn't always that way. He, like all YouTubers, started out making small videos from his bedroom playing video games or doing random challenges by himself. And like many YouTubers, once he started getting some traction, he was given sponsorship opportunities.
YouTube, Content Creators, Marketing, Business, Social Media
40 points by xmprt 19 days ago | 69 comments
YouTuber won DMCA fight with fake Nintendo lawyer by detecting spoofed email (arstechnica.com)
A brave YouTuber has managed to defeat a fake Nintendo lawyer improperly targeting his channel with copyright takedowns that could have seen his entire channel removed if YouTube issued one more strike.
Copyright, YouTube, Law, Legal Disputes
19 points by thunderbong 21 days ago | 0 comments
Fake Nintendo lawyer is scaring YouTubers, and its not clear YouTube can stop it (theverge.com)
In late September, Dominik “Domtendo” Neumayer received a troubling email.
Legal Issues, YouTube, Gaming, Copyright
259 points by tombot 22 days ago | 196 comments
Tell HN: Check your old YouTube videos (ycombinator.com)
If you're someone who has uploaded videos to youtube in the past, and don't want to lose them, give them a quick look now.
YouTube, Social Media, Content Management, Data Loss
11 points by phendrenad2 23 days ago | 3 comments
How to Become a 37 Year Old Broke Loser by RobertElderSoftware [video] (youtube.com)
Life Advice, Comedy, Video, YouTube
18 points by rshi 23 days ago | 2 comments
Launching Elon Simulator (self generating movie) (youtube.com)
Elon Musk, Simulation, Entertainment, YouTube
5 points by timothywang 25 days ago | 3 comments
Camera Ignores Perspective and Sees Behind Walls (petapixel.com)
Engineer, builder, and YouTube creator Shane Wighton, known for the YouTube channel Stuff Made Here, has tackled a lot of fascinating engineering questions over the years. The latest is one of the craziest yet. Can a camera see around objects?
Camera Technology, Engineering, YouTube, Creative Projects
14 points by PaulHoule 26 days ago | 12 comments
Suprnova's Founder Speaks: 20 Years, Many Lessons, and a YouTube Empire (torrentfreak.com)
Two decades ago, the torrenting world lost a legend: Suprnova.org. This pioneering file-sharing site, once a hub for millions of users, was abruptly shut down on December 19th, 2004. Today, we revisit the Suprnova story and speak with the site's founder about its lasting impact and the YouTube empire he built in recent years.
File Sharing, History, Entrepreneurship, YouTube
11 points by franczesko 27 days ago | 2 comments
YouTube detects and blocking Brave browser (twitter.com)
YouTube, Browsers, Web Browsing, Privacy
17 points by twapi 28 days ago | 13 comments
Sabine Hossenfelder – Why Musk Is Wrong About Mars [video] (youtube.com)
Space Exploration, Elon Musk, Science, YouTube
8 points by taylodl 29 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Any working Chrome extensions that delay loading of YouTube? (ycombinator.com)
Recently I decided to limit the amount of time I waste on youtube, reddit, etc. but blocking it altogether is too restrictive (sometimes it's useful - for example for background music or some tutorials).<p>There are several chrome extensions that supposedly let you delay loading of choosen websites, but:
Chrome Extensions, Productivity, Time Management, YouTube, Web Browsing
8 points by whatever0124 34 days ago | 4 comments
YouTube quietly made some of its web embeds worse, including ours (theverge.com)
For about a year, I’ve gotten notes from readers asking why our YouTube embeds are broken in one very specific way: you can no longer click the title to open the video on YouTube.com or in the YouTube app.
Web Development, YouTube, User Experience, Technology
96 points by Amorymeltzer 35 days ago | 53 comments
Google are deliberately breaking YouTube when it detects you're running Firefox (reddit.com)
A few weeks ago someone posted here saying that youtube has been getting bad on Firefox, and it seems the general assumption from most people is that Google is deliberately sabotaging performance outside of Chrome.
Google, YouTube, Firefox, Web Browsers, Technology
89 points by jjbinx007 38 days ago | 65 comments
unverified (ycombinator.com)
YouTube, Video Sharing, Content Verification
25 points by _s0kl 39 days ago | 22 comments
Mend it Mark gets suspect copyright strike for £25k audio amp repair (hackaday.com)
We were recently notified by a reader that [Tom Evans] had filed a copyright claim against [Mark]’s repair video on his Mend it Mark YouTube channel, taking down said repair video as well as [Mark]’s delightful commentary.
Copyright, YouTube, Repair, Electronics, Law
306 points by Workaccount2 41 days ago | 144 comments