Jeremy McCreary
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Anyone understand why forum software adds video thumbnails to some YouTube links pasted into messages here, but not to others, like the post quoted above?
Just for fun...
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Anyone understand why forum software adds video thumbnails to some YouTube links pasted into messages here, but not to others, like the post quoted above?
DaveMatthews
Dave's not here. Cheating since 2018
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Are you using the URL in the browser, or the Share button? I think the Share button is more consistant?
Jeremy McCreary
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I'll try it!
ADDENDUM: Dang, still no thumbnail. In retrospect, I think I used the Share button the first time as well.
DaveMatthews
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DaveMatthews
Dave's not here. Cheating since 2018
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Interesting... I noticed that yours has the word "post" in the URL. It looks like it's a "short" but does not seem to act in the same way.
Are you a subscriber to that source?
Shorts show the word "short" in the Url.
Regular vids have no moniker like that at all...
Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
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You're right about it not really being a video. Didn't notice that. Thought it was a short.
But I've also had real video links fail to get a thumbnail. I prefer thumbnails.
DaveMatthews
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Hmmm... Do you use a mobile/phone app or browser, or a PC?
DaveMatthews
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Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
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All in my Android via the Chrome browser. We should forget this example, as I don't think I've ever linked a YT post before.
I generally link YT videos and shorts using the URLs YT gives me, not from the address bar. Maybe 80-90% get a thumbnail automatically. The rest stay a text link forever. Can't find a pattern to it.
Chargeride
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Theyve sussed me
Chargeride
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Warning roadies are moving in on real cycling.
Stefan Mikes
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You seem to have never grasped what gravel cycling is all about
Crashing on asphalt is no fun but doing the same on the grass is harmless
stompandgo
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Not always.You seem to have never grasped what gravel cycling is all about
Crashing on asphalt is no fun but doing the same on the grass is harmless
Chargeride
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If you watch their channel, they really go for it on gravel, that was just funny cos he ded or somethingYou seem to have never grasped what gravel cycling is all about
Crashing on asphalt is no fun but doing the same on the grass is harmless
ChezCheese:)
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Ya, tell that to my broken wrist!You seem to have never grasped what gravel cycling is all about
Crashing on asphalt is no fun but doing the same on the grass is harmless
Chargeride
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Mainly burns for me
Stefan Mikes
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Chez, I'm sorry to hear about your wrist but let me tell you something important for the future, something not many people realise. They get their wrists broken when they attempt to support themselves with a hand when falling, broken fingers are common, too. They get their legs (especially the knees or ankles) maimed when they try supporting themselves with a foot during the crash.Ya, tell that to my broken wrist!
The survival technique (with the helmet on!) is to hold onto the handlebar grips with the feet firmly planted on the pedals while spilling. If only doable, twist your upper body to flatly fall onto your back; the head will bang the ground but it is the role of the helmet to mitigate the injury. In such situations, your bike would absorb the most of the beating. (Twisting the body prevents collarbone injuries).
See that short from Chargeride: the man held onto his bike until he was thrown into the air. Even there, he had his arms closely to his body, and he simply did nothing else to save himself.
I'm saying all that because my discipline (gravel cycling) is where any of us meets the Mother Earth once in a while. Injuries are rare. There are many videos from gravel races in which a rider had an Over-The-Bars, then he/she gets up and continues the ride.
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My close female friend got her forearm broken on her first e-bike ride. Her e-bike was stopped by a large dog running under her front wheel. She flew over the bars as if she were a ski-jumper. Could have come out intact but she subconsciously extended her arm to soften the fall...
I hope these remarks may save someone in the future.
Mr. Coffee
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I always have theorized that it is a New York, New York thing.
Long ago I had a client in NYC. Their primary way of interacting with me was to call me up on the phone and leave me voicemails (I never, ever directly answered their calls) screaming at me and threatening to sue me.
In one memorable incident, they were threatening to sue me because their email server was down. It turned out it was down because one of them unplugged it.
Finally I had to stop working with them and referred all further communications to my Personal Attack Lawyer. I don't know what exactly she said or did but imagined it involved either velociraptors or Seal Team Six.
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