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Cavalier Cipolla said:
Ehh, to tell you the truth, I do not think he's THAT much of a weirdo. Pokemon is fairly mainstream, after all. It's not like he has plushies of some semi obscure anime, that was maybe popular in some region in Italy where a local TV aired it, or perhaps semi mainstream if Italia 7 affiliates aired it (Italian regional and local TV stations in the 80s and 90s aired a lot of anime, even lesser known anime). Everybody outside North Korea knows about Pokemon. But hey, you never know!
I really think that he should deal with the sperging urge by means of a sock puppet account, if he cares about not unnecessarily compromising LMG's image. It's probably a good thing that most LTT fans, if I am not mistaken, don't really follow the individual LMG members on Twitter.
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He's still got plushies of (allegedly) the furry wank waifu pokemon at his place of work. I like the spergy work he puts in to make things work for a video but I hate his hair, fatness and droll way of speaking.

That made me think of something, what would be the best Frankensteined together tech-youtuber using qualities from others? They all have downsides and upsides.

For Linus his strongest quality is that he is spry, animated, enthusiastic and not tremendously overweight - those things absolutely drove his channel upwards. His weakest quality is that he is Linus, sounds like a squeaky toy and it's LTT.

Steve Burke is good but when GN tries to be sassy it comes off as a bit weird. They are very good at being informative and investigative, not as good at being bitchy in a convincingly mean way.

Rossman is good and he can talk shit with conviction and disdain but... "Hello everyone. Today I got a phone call. Something-something dot. Another thing dot." - he also often sounds like he is calmly explaining the rationality of why he is about to go on a killing spree. Just so everyone understands.

MVG, also informative, sounds like he spent half a lifetime earning money by doing something that involves frequent head trauma.

Hardware Unboxed, also good, very mellow. They do pretty well on the standard slideshow presentation that many of the hardware performance channels are built around. But one guy looks like a child with a fake mustache and the other one looks like the menacing villain from Farscape. It's kind of weird.

Well, I lost my point but it took several minutes to think about and write the above so I'm not erasing it.
 
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Oddity Archive - similar to TechMoan (looks at consumer mediums/hardwares) but more autism
Abraham Moller - obscure, looks at old devices
allhackingcons - huge archive of lectures/talks from conventions, compsci, security, data science and so on

Anti Crusader said:
Jonathan Blow and Casey Muratori are both good resources if you care about learning how to write fast and reliable software. They're half based, half insane lolcows, and especially around JBlow there's always some new drama happening.
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Didn't know the Braid/Witness guy had a channel... so cool thanks
 
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I found a new (to me) channel that's pretty interesting. This guy is an ex-Microsoft engineer from the early days. He talks about the history of Window's functionality, like why BSOD is blue:
Or the CTRL,ALT+DEL hotkey:
He doesn't restrict himself to M$, he covers other topics as well. Here is one he did on the Sony Rootkit scandal:
This is the video that I first saw. It was in my suggested sidebar. It caught my attention because it's uncommon to see the OS functionality for recent slot machines, and the Casino's will bar you without thinking twice for something like this:
He also does stuff on programming and other more in depth topics:
Because he is insider he has associates that he interviews like other early M$ employees and occasionally has insider gossip tidbits for other companies.
 
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Bat Dad said:
I found a new (to me) channel that's pretty interesting. This guy is an ex-Microsoft engineer from the early days. He talks about the history of Window's functionality, like why BSOD is blue:
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He doesn't restrict himself to M$, he covers other topics as well. Here is one he did on the Sony Rootkit scandal:
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Is it just me, or is it almost endearing when boomers attempt to do a Linus face in their thumbnails? Mainly because many of them know they look ridiculous but they just don't care, like Branchus Creations:


BTW Branchus Creations is an excellent channel if you're into vintage Macs and want to learn how to repair them.
 
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Cavalier Cipolla said:
Ben Eater Now this is a channel for those that are real turbo nerds and find these other tech YouTubers too plebeian, normie or lacking divine intellect. His videos are more educational about some low level stuff, even lower level than just writing asm code. Again, turbo nerd stuff.
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I found this guy from his series on building an 8-Bit breadboard computer. It was interesting, even if I didn't understand everything.
Pee Cola said:
Is it just me, or is it almost endearing when boomers attempt to do a Linus face in their thumbnails? Mainly because many of them know they look ridiculous but they just don't care
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TBH, YT thumbnails are so samey that I rarely pay attention to them. Now that you've pointed it out, I know I'm going to see it everywhere. That multimeter looks cool, but it probably scarfs down AAA batteries like it's going out of style.
I already have a problem with one of my MM (which was featured on EEVBlog) where the batteries are dead every time I want to use it. I started taking the batteries out when I'm finished, but it is a PITA since the battery cover is secured with a tiny screw. So I end up using my older MM more often than not.
Car Won't Crank said:
I'm a fan of EEVblog. Dude's a really enthusiastic electrical engineer who puts of lots of informative and educational content on ECE theory, hardware breakdowns, repairs and the like
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The EEVblog forums are great as well.
 
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Bat Dad said:
I found a new (to me) channel that's pretty interesting. This guy is an ex-Microsoft engineer from the early days. He talks about the history of Window's functionality, like why BSOD is blue:
Or the CTRL,ALT+DEL hotkey:
He doesn't restrict himself to M$, he covers other topics as well. Here is one he did on the Sony Rootkit scandal:
This is the video that I first saw. It was in my suggested sidebar. It caught my attention because it's uncommon to see the OS functionality for recent slot machines, and the Casino's will bar you without thinking twice for something like this:
He also does stuff on programming and other more in depth topics:
Because he is insider he has associates that he interviews like other early M$ employees and occasionally has insider gossip tidbits for other companies.
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I posted a link to his video about "drag racing programming languages" in the Ullillilia thread at some point, because the way he talks reminded me of Uli.

Then he did video about being diagnosed with autism as an adult and everything fell into place. I hope he does a Bubsy 3D video at some point.
 
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Bat Dad said:
TBH, YT thumbnails are so samey that I rarely pay attention to them. Now that you've pointed it out, I know I'm going to see it everywhere.
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Sorry.
Bat Dad said:
That multimeter looks cool, but it probably scarfs down AAA batteries like it's going out of style.
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True. I'm a little surprised that Kaiweets didn't go with an integrated 3.6V LiPo. I still want one as it seems to be decent bang for bucks.

Moving back on topic, TheRetroChannel does some good stuff. Most of his stuff is either (a) Commodore-related or (b) putting S-Video output on all the things. I'm impressed by anyone that can build a circuit by themselves.


TBH I find myself gravitating more towards smaller tech YouTubers these days. That could be threadworthy in itself.
 
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Cavalier Cipolla said:
Soemtimes smaller YouTubers are the one who have more interesting content, or more specific content for a certain topic.
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True. Seems like the more niche the channel, the more substantial the content is.

Small channel sperging time!

8-Bit Show and Tell. This dude knows the C64 inside out, and whilst he'll sometimes feature other computers, the overwhelming majority of his stuff is C64-related. TBH a lot of it goes over my head, but I'll still watch his videos in the faint hope that I'll pick up just one or two of his skills by osmosis.

The Retro Shack. A mix of everything from vintage system repairs to brand new builds of old style computers. He's currently building a brand new MSX-2.

GadgetUK164. Hardcore vintage computing repair videos shot in real time. There's almost no editing so the videos can be long, but I find his videos comfy to play in the background whilst I'm working on my own projects/repairs.

ctrl-alt-rees. Another Britbong (what is it with Britbongs and retrocomputing?). Not as hardcore on the tech stuff as some of the others mentioned, but his channel is easy to watch (especially if you like Atari stuff).

Mac84. Mainly vintage Mac stuff. Branchus Creations' American equivalent.

There are also ones I've already mentioned earlier ITT (Noel's Retro Lab, Jan Beta, TheRetroChannel, Mr Lurch's Things, Branchus Creations etc)... the point being that once you get beyond the usual channels that The Algorithm absolutely positively insists that you watch right now, there is a lot of quality content being made by dudes that have day jobs.

This means they're not slaves to The Algorighm can sperg out to their heart's content about the narrowest of topics. What these channels lack in fancy graphics and 4K cinematography they more than make up for in actual substance.

Heck, many of these guys don't really have a personality, but their knowledge and subject matter more than make up for the personality deficit. I call this the VWestlife Effect.

As for the definition of "smaller channels", I'd rate any channel with < 100k subs as small in the context of a tech channel (retro or modern).

Some channels that are just above the 100k threshold still feel like comfy small channels (such as Adrian's Digital Basement), but there are others that - whilst still pretty good - aren't quite the same now they've become bigger and more elaborate (such as RMC).
 
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Here's another small YouTube tech channel for those who speak Italian, MVVBlog and MMVBlog2. His channel is basically like an Italian version of Techmoan, but even more entertaining, and the guy who runs the channel, Marco Valleggi, also has experience with CGI animation for many commercials and music videos from the 1990s alike.
Now, you will need to understand Italian to watch the videos, though, as they're all in Italian.
 
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Although Mental Outlaw's videos can be pretty useful, I get annoyed whenever he goes full 4 chan-ish sperg and begins to say dumb shit like "if you don't use Linux then you're a normie sheep" (even though he has a YouTube channel and is not secretive about his appearance). Also, if you are really that desperate to hide yourself online (at least to the extent people like him pretend to) then you're probably hiding something pretty disturbing.

On the side, it's a shame that most content about VPN'S and cybersecurity on YouTube has been flooded with shills sponsoring for Nord/Express/Shark.
 
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Merkabah said:
Although Mental Outlaw's videos can be pretty useful, I get annoyed whenever he goes full 4 chan-ish sperg and begins to say dumb shit like "if you don't use Linux then you're a normie sheep" (even though he has a YouTube channel and is not secretive about his appearance).
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Agreed. He has a lot of useful content but then has to also add in some /g/ rant or 2015-style "I can't stand SJWs" sperging. It's also obvious that he's trying to copy Luke Smith's style, who has even more autistic political views but doesn't directly reference them as much.
 
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Pee Cola said:
ExplainingComputers is a good channel. Boomer ex-university lecturer from England that makes videos that are great for noobs but don't insult the intelligence of more advanced users. He's made hundreds of videos covering hardware and software, but these days he tends to do a lot of SBC stuff.


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A couple more smaller retro channels that have popped up in my feed (and are worth a watch)

Tech Time Traveller. Does a bit of the usual vintage computing stuff, but also comes out with the occasional humdinger of a tech documentary, such as this one:


More Fun Making It. Another Britbong retro YouTuber (there seem to be a lot of them over there), only this one has a slightly more fun delivery style than most. Good production values too.

 
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