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Cringe car crash camera repair over at Linus Tech Tips
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eti:
Thank you. You saved me posting it. Yeah it was pretty haphazard. I think he knows his limits, but posting a video makes him $$$ (sadly the ONLY metric, apart from “likes” and “subs” anyone seems to care about)
coppice:

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--- Quote from: TheAmmoniacal on September 17, 2022, 08:46:47 pm ---For someone who spent >$100,000 for an ATX power supply tester I wish they would get better soldering and reflow equipment.. and some low-melt solder.. I don't know if they do this on purpose for the entertainment or because they want to use "accessible" gear.

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That was precisely where I was going with this. The power supply tester thing was another cringe, boasting about how it was a better more modern setup than the power supply manufacturers'.

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The Chroma gear they bought is really popular with the power supply makers in East Asia. When they say the stuff they bought is better, they probably just have the latest models. These aren't things you replace very often, so there is a lot of old stuff still giving perfectly good service in the labs.

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I don't disagree. ISTBC, but I thought he said in that video that it was specced up by an acquaintance who works for one of the PC supply OEMs.

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I think he said someone at Seasonic specified the package LTT bought. The probably took one of their own rigs, and listed the latest model equivalents of what is in it.
nightfire:

--- Quote from: eti on September 18, 2022, 11:13:25 pm ---Thank you. You saved me posting it. Yeah it was pretty haphazard. I think he knows his limits, but posting a video makes him $$$ (sadly the ONLY metric, apart from “likes” and “subs” anyone seems to care about)

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Well, the amount of money someone makes in his job/profession is one of the many ways to measure success. And it is a fact that to stay on top of the social media machinery/grinder, at some point you have to invest some serious money to get your ducks in row. And if you do not stay on top of the wave you ride, you will go under fairly quickly. There are lots of examples of once-cool channels, that were well regarded some years ago, and where you see that the people there are totally dependant- and do things according to the likes of the actual version of the youtube algorithm.

Here it becomes clear, where the customers really are, that drive lots of things: The companies with the advertisement budget. Everything else is only some exchangeable provider of content to get the desired target audience sorted...
coppercone2:
WHere is the power supply tester? What is wrong with buying a chroma???
grumpydoc:

--- Quote from: janoc on September 18, 2022, 11:06:48 pm ---If you want actually meaningful technical content, go elsewhere.

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Yes, largely agree - Linus does stuff which is 20% OK technical reviews and 80% entertainment. But he's built quite a business out of it so he's doing something right - even if it is only keeping the YT algorithm farm happy.

What Linus most certainly isn't is any good at actual electronics, in fact I'm not sure anyone on his crew has much knowledge at that level.

Someone mentioned Gamer's Nexus - yes but (sorry Steve) I can't listen to his voice for very long.

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