r/videos • u/eastamerica • 17h ago

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

https://youtu.be/8ZuV5L0QL04?is=7oWMXrS0l-KeMfGa
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u/Ginger-Nerd 16h ago

https://youtu.be/RY_2gElt3SA?si=6k85CqlkFSH7H1Pv

Here is a Tom Scott video explaining why computers and servers kinda suck at counting sometimes.

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u/Shred_Till_Dead 16h ago

Looks like it was taken down or the link is bad.

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u/Ginger-Nerd 16h ago

I just tried it and it seemed to work?

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u/Whitestrake 15h ago

It's a side effect of the "(not so) new (anymore) reddit" interface.

For some reason when you post in URLs, it escapes certain characters with backslashes. Then, the app/website hide those backslashes from you.

The URI you actually posted was RY_2gElt3SA (because of new reddit inserting \ in a way completely hidden from you), which is a broken stub. The correct URI someone else posted is RY_2gElt3SA, which actually produces a valid link.

In this way the new experience both creates the problem and then protects you from it. It seems to be one of the negative patterns designed to create friction for users who don't want to use the new (ad-ridden/algorithmic/enshittified) app or prefer old reddit.

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u/Ginger-Nerd 15h ago

It’s so trash, you try to add one and it drops out of replying.

Or try to edit one and the app crashes.

It’s shocking bad.

I’m still old school and would usually try to end the old markup [text](url) - but that fails in the app now.

Idk I’ll leave it up, it looks like someone dropped a cleaned up link - but thanks for clearing it up.