From: garym@mcgath.com   
      
   On 2/5/25 8:31 AM, Cryptoengineer wrote:   
   > On 2/3/2025 11:14 AM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:   
   >> Keith F. Lynch  wrote:   
   >>> We ended up mostly watching YouTube videos.   
   >>   
   >> Most notably, a new Lehto's Law video that shocked even me.  And I   
   >> thought I was unshockable.  It's about a man who was compelled to   
   >> plead guilty to stealing his own identity.  He had to falsely confess   
   >> that he wasn't who he claimed to be.  (He was eventually exonerated.)   
   >   
   > Lehto's Law is a channel that demonstrates something I hate about   
   > YouTube.   
   >   
   > It has interesting content, but the 'video' angle has exactly zero   
   > added value - its just him sitting in his office talking at the   
   > camera.   
   >   
   > You spend 10-40 minutes for a story you could have read in 5 minutes.   
   >   
   > No wonder I watch it at 1.5x to 1.75x speed, and still feel he's   
   > wasting my time.   
   >   
   > pt   
      
   I watched a Lehto's Law video with a friend yesterday, about the   
   challenge to a Louisiana law that says cops can order people to stay 25   
   feet away from them. I'd already known a lot of what was in it. The main   
   benefit was that I got my friend to see it.   
      
   I think videos are popular because many people use phones for computers,   
   and it's a pain to read much text on them.   
   --   
   Gary McGath    http://www.mcgath.com   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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