Increase Productivity by Watching YouTube

Exam season is upon us, and you are locked away in the depths of the DC library. Beside you is one person bopping around to what is probably the greatest song ever while looking at a calc textbook. On the other side is some guy immersed in Frank Underwood’s latest escapades. You are trying to focus on doing every homework assignment for the term in two days, and the mediocrity around you is driving you insane.

The solution? Go on YouTube.

The Wi-Fi network in DC is at capacity, and can barely handle an average day of everyone streaming music and videos, never mind the crush load during exam time. If you throw on a nice high definition video and mute your computer, you can push the network closer to the limit. If everyone does this, no one will be able to stream in the library. People who need to watch one episode for every 10 minutes of studying will have to do it at home, and the library will be just for the most serious students. You will finally get that high quality cramming you so desperately need.

Here’s a few tips to get the best impact.

• If you have a Netflix account, use it instead of YouTube.

• In Netflix, go into your Playback Settings, and enable high video quality and continuous playback.

• If you want to use YouTube, set the video quality to 1080p. If that’s not an option, find a new video. This means no “He-Man Heyeayea” or “Gandalf Sax Guy”.

• Don’t use any YouTube video with static video, they are sneaky and reduce the bandwidth for those videos.

• Some suggested long videos available in 1080p:

  • Arnold Schwarzenegger tells the meaning of life in 10 hours

  • ✰ 8 HOURS ✰ Best Fireplace HD 1080p video ✰ Relaxing fireplace sound ✰ Full HD

  • Makin’ Bacon Pancakes 10 HOUR VERSION! [Full HD]

  • TV Static Noise 10 hours , HD 1080p

  • Narwhals | 10 Hours

• 3D and 4K video are fun too! Try “Nyan Cat 4K 10 HOURS”.

Bonus: If the library isn’t full and you still want to eat as much bandwidth as possible, try this 4k, 360 degree video. “Tomorrowland 2014 | 360 Degrees of Madness”.

Good luck for exams!