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Minnesota nice even in the damn cold

For the 2nd year in a row in NYC, Christmas has been quite warm. I don't mind really -- it's nice not having to bundle up with every instance of the door opening -- but I do miss feeling of a cold Christmas. It just makes the song Baby, It's Cold Outside seem more relatable.

Anyway, I want some cold, but not Minnesota cold. Props to the people that live there. They really rough it out and take it all in stride.

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Why snow and confetti degrades YouTube video quality

Hmm, I've never really noticed this, but now I can't unsee it. Tom Scott explains in a very clear way why moving bits in video can sometimes degrade YouTube video quality. It has to do with how much information is compressed in a streaming video and how that information is channeled to users' computers across the internet. More moving parts in a video mean more data. But with a bottleneck of speed, that video can sure start to look crappy.

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