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Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« on: June 16, 2022, 09:21:01 am »
Woah  :o

Mark Rober nails lab building and marketing in the same video on an epic scale. The kits will pay for the lab several times over.

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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2022, 10:47:06 am »
The guy who faked the use of his "glitter bomb" with pseudo-thieves ?
 
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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2022, 03:44:27 pm »
yeah, EEVblog needs a box, too.

https://www.curiositybox.com/

tinkererbox

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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2022, 05:31:55 pm »
The guy who faked the use of his "glitter bomb" with pseudo-thieves ?

Got evidence to support that assertion?

How about you show off one of your projects that is as impressively well engineered and entertaining? Bonus points if it does something to make the world a better place,  which punishing porch pirates does nicely.
 
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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2022, 05:43:23 pm »
I mean, he admitted that some of it was faked, but I agree with your other comments. It’s easy to criticise…
 

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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2022, 05:59:53 pm »
I mean, he admitted that some of it was faked, but I agree with your other comments. It’s easy to criticise…

"Mark Rober cut around 90 seconds from the video and reuploaded it to remove a segment in which a friend of a friend borrowed the device. As it turns out, that person recruited their own friends to pose as victims. Rober apologized for the ruse."

So there was some additional staged content that was later removed, that doesn't mean the whole thing was faked. Package theft is a huge problem, there is not really any good reason to fake it when you live in an area where it is rampant.
 

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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2022, 06:15:45 pm »
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as impressively well engineered

Nowt against the chap and I enjoyed some of the videos, but I wouldn't call strapping a brace of iPhones inside a box 'well engineered'.
 
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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2022, 10:25:15 pm »
He did kiwico stuff right? https://www.kiwico.com/mlp/roberdomino?utm_source=Mark_Rober&utm_medium=INFL&utm_term=YouTube
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Nowt against the chap and I enjoyed some of the videos, but I wouldn't call strapping a brace of iPhones inside a box 'well engineered'.

Then you clearly didn't pay much attention to the video when you watched it.
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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2022, 10:31:39 pm »
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as impressively well engineered

Nowt against the chap and I enjoyed some of the videos, but I wouldn't call strapping a brace of iPhones inside a box 'well engineered'.

Did you watch the same video I watched? It had cameras facing all directions, a fart spray dispenser and a very effective glitter dispersion method using custom 3D printed parts, with software to tie it all together and show the location of the package in real time and deploy the payload at the proper time. If you think you can do a better job I'd like to see what you come up with. Describing it as "Strapping iphones inside a box" is like describing a complex piece of hardware as "soldering some ICs to a board".
 

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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2022, 10:37:07 pm »
I saw the early ones, and he improved over time (of course).

Edit: to clarify, the impression I got originally was of something that would appear on hackaday - a quick hack using whatever was available.
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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2022, 12:44:59 am »
No matter how "clever" or "gifted" he is in engineering (and I've yet to see proof) - he's VERY immature, and craves attention too much to validate his self-righteous, erroneous attempts at "justice". Also, and I would find it more ignore-able if he was wiser - the whole cap back to front thing is just the final straw.

Mark, sit down, stop shouting, put your cap back the right way and grow up.
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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2022, 12:46:20 am »
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as impressively well engineered

Nowt against the chap and I enjoyed some of the videos, but I wouldn't call strapping a brace of iPhones inside a box 'well engineered'.

Did you watch the same video I watched? It had cameras facing all directions, a fart spray dispenser and a very effective glitter dispersion method using custom 3D printed parts, with software to tie it all together and show the location of the package in real time and deploy the payload at the proper time. If you think you can do a better job I'd like to see what you come up with. Describing it as "Strapping iphones inside a box" is like describing a complex piece of hardware as "soldering some ICs to a board".

Yes, it was quite impressive and took them almost a year working on it IIRC.
 

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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #12 on: June 17, 2022, 12:46:56 am »
No matter how "clever" or "gifted" he is in engineering (and I've yet to see proof) - he's VERY immature, and craves attention too much to validate his self-righteous, erroneous attempts at "justice". Also, and I would find it more ignore-able if he was wiser - the whole cap back to front thing is just the final straw.

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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #13 on: June 17, 2022, 12:47:22 am »
No matter how "clever" or "gifted" he is in engineering (and I've yet to see proof) - he's VERY immature, and craves attention too much to validate his self-righteous, erroneous attempts at "justice". Also, and I would find it more ignore-able if he was wiser - the whole cap back to front thing is just the final straw.

You must be new to Youtube, welcome.

I must be, yep, only been here since 2006 lol.
 

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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #14 on: June 17, 2022, 12:49:04 am »
No matter how "clever" or "gifted" he is in engineering (and I've yet to see proof) - he's VERY immature, and craves attention too much to validate his self-righteous, erroneous attempts at "justice". Also, and I would find it more ignore-able if he was wiser - the whole cap back to front thing is just the final straw.

You must be new to Youtube, welcome.
I must be, yep, only been here since 2006 lol.

This is the point where you link to your successful Youtube channel...
 
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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #15 on: June 17, 2022, 12:49:32 am »
No matter how "clever" or "gifted" he is in engineering (and I've yet to see proof) - he's VERY immature, and craves attention too much to validate his self-righteous, erroneous attempts at "justice". Also, and I would find it more ignore-able if he was wiser - the whole cap back to front thing is just the final straw.

You must be new to Youtube, welcome.
I must be, yep, only been here since 2006 lol.

This is the point where you link to your successful Youtube channel...

Nope. No need to. :)
 

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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #16 on: June 17, 2022, 12:50:16 am »
At least it is a fabric baseball cap. I never understood utubers wearing wool winter head covers shooting videos in warm of their house.
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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #17 on: June 17, 2022, 12:54:35 am »
@EEV - okay, finding more stats. Only because I like you :)

It's very much NOT a commercial channel, and I keep it off forums as it attracts morons (no offence you lot). It may be a "paltry" 3.XM views, but it's for info purposes and private use.

Not sure why I even told you tbh, but as I said, only because I like you, dear Dave :)

Unlike many, I do not value my life's "success" or "failure" based merely on something as simplistic and idiotic as whether I am "liked" or clicked; I could have ONE sub, and if that single person liked the videos, that's good enough for me, as I made them happy or helped em.
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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #18 on: June 17, 2022, 01:00:50 am »
No matter how "clever" or "gifted" he is in engineering (and I've yet to see proof) - he's VERY immature, and craves attention too much to validate his self-righteous, erroneous attempts at "justice". Also, and I would find it more ignore-able if he was wiser - the whole cap back to front thing is just the final straw.

Mark, sit down, stop shouting, put your cap back the right way and grow up.

The immature view here is caring how someone dresses over what arguments/content/information they are presenting.
https://www.txstate.edu/philosophy/resources/fallacy-definitions/Ad-Hominem.html

Where is your opinion of the topic at hand, crunch labs?
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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #19 on: June 17, 2022, 01:02:33 am »
No matter how "clever" or "gifted" he is in engineering (and I've yet to see proof) - he's VERY immature, and craves attention too much to validate his self-righteous, erroneous attempts at "justice". Also, and I would find it more ignore-able if he was wiser - the whole cap back to front thing is just the final straw.

Mark, sit down, stop shouting, put your cap back the right way and grow up.

The immature view here is caring how someone dresses over what arguments/content/information they are presenting.
https://www.txstate.edu/philosophy/resources/fallacy-definitions/Ad-Hominem.html

Where is your opinion of the topic at hand, crunch labs?

I feel you are willfully cherry-picking the part which suits ya. If he was a nice chap, humble, someone like Destin Sandlin of "Smarter Every Day" or the suchlike, a chap with humility, and not one out to RAM "justice" down our throats in his exceptionally juvenile, poorly-reasoned, self-righteous tone, I'd be more inclined to pay him attention. The guy is a silly boy dressed like a grown up, and you can't escape the fact that he loves to come across as "doing good". He's a schmuck. Simple :)
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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #20 on: June 17, 2022, 01:12:34 am »
The guy who faked the use of his "glitter bomb" with pseudo-thieves ?

Got evidence to support that assertion?

How about you show off one of your projects that is as impressively well engineered and entertaining? Bonus points if it does something to make the world a better place,  which punishing porch pirates does nicely.

"Diversion, your honour"

You are (transparently) attempting to distract and divert away from the valid points made. If you can address his point, maybe he will be more likely to address yours... but then, I can see right through your attempt to shoo away his points.

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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #21 on: June 17, 2022, 02:22:12 am »
No matter how "clever" or "gifted" he is in engineering (and I've yet to see proof) - he's VERY immature, and craves attention too much to validate his self-righteous, erroneous attempts at "justice". Also, and I would find it more ignore-able if he was wiser - the whole cap back to front thing is just the final straw.

Mark, sit down, stop shouting, put your cap back the right way and grow up.

The immature view here is caring how someone dresses over what arguments/content/information they are presenting.
https://www.txstate.edu/philosophy/resources/fallacy-definitions/Ad-Hominem.html

Where is your opinion of the topic at hand, crunch labs?

I feel you are willfully cherry-picking the part which suits ya. If he was a nice chap, humble, someone like Destin Sandlin of "Smarter Every Day" or the suchlike, a chap with humility, and not one out to RAM "justice" down our throats in his exceptionally juvenile, poorly-reasoned, self-righteous tone, I'd be more inclined to pay him attention. The guy is a silly boy dressed like a grown up, and you can't escape the fact that he loves to come across as "doing good". He's a schmuck. Simple :)

He's a successful schmuck that will be responisble for getting more kids into engineering than practically anyone else on the planet.
We talked about this on today's AmpHour in fact, and Chris positied that in the future people will ask how you got into engineering, and a huge number will say Mark Rober. Same as people would say Bill Nye, or the Curiosity Show, or *insert other influence here*

You can hate his guts, but it won't change that fact.
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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #22 on: June 17, 2022, 02:26:01 am »
I could have ONE sub, and if that single person liked the videos, that's good enough for me, as I made them happy or helped em.

Yep you will not extend that thought to Mark Rober who without question has and will continue to influence probably millions of kids to get into engineering.
Instead it's "he's a schuck" therefore bad.
 

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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #23 on: June 17, 2022, 02:32:57 am »
No matter how "clever" or "gifted" he is in engineering (and I've yet to see proof) - he's VERY immature, and craves attention too much to validate his self-righteous, erroneous attempts at "justice". Also, and I would find it more ignore-able if he was wiser - the whole cap back to front thing is just the final straw.

Mark, sit down, stop shouting, put your cap back the right way and grow up.

The immature view here is caring how someone dresses over what arguments/content/information they are presenting.
https://www.txstate.edu/philosophy/resources/fallacy-definitions/Ad-Hominem.html

Where is your opinion of the topic at hand, crunch labs?

I feel you are willfully cherry-picking the part which suits ya. If he was a nice chap, humble, someone like Destin Sandlin of "Smarter Every Day" or the suchlike, a chap with humility, and not one out to RAM "justice" down our throats in his exceptionally juvenile, poorly-reasoned, self-righteous tone, I'd be more inclined to pay him attention. The guy is a silly boy dressed like a grown up, and you can't escape the fact that he loves to come across as "doing good". He's a schmuck. Simple :)

He's a successful schmuck that will be responisble for getting more kids into engineering than practically anyone else on the planet.
We talked about this on today's AmpHour in fact, and Chris positied that in the future people will ask how you got into engineering, and a huge number will say Mark Rober. Same as people would say Bill Nye, or the Curiosity Show, or *insert other influence here*

You can hate his guts, but it won't change that fact.

There’s a vast array of ACTUAL engineering channels that don’t talk to the viewers like dolts, and who display QUIET confidence and humility, instead of the “LOOK WHAT I DID! I FIXED THE INJUSTICES!” blah blah friggin blah. He can be as good at engineering as anyone else, but his whole schtick is arrogant and smacks of a know it all.

I’d go with any number of ACTUAL engineers  before him. Not that he’s a bad old boy, and yeah maybe “schmuck” was harsh… but he’s disingenuous and an attention seeker.

Humility wins over arrogance and I know this first hand. I am often arrogant and don’t pretend that I’m not. I’m not proud of it but I don’t feel condemned, we are all only human.

As he stands, he SHOUTS to his viewers and comes across as an attention seeker with little  “engineering” ACTUALLY TAUGHT.

This is “engineering” in as much as MacDonalds is a prime Angus steak.

It’s fine that you don’t Agree with me, I don’t need need you to agree with me to “validate“ my Views any more than you need Me to reciprocate the same to you regarding yours.

 The Internet is a very strange place where everyone has to “prove” or “validate” themselves and their views to random strangers, who don’t know them and don’t care about them. Maybe you are right, maybe I’m right, either way my opinion still is my opinion… I don’t fall out over opinions, That is very insecure and pointless.

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Re: Mark Rober - Crunch Labs
« Reply #24 on: June 17, 2022, 03:18:11 am »
It’s fine that you don’t Agree with me, I don’t need need you to agree with me to “validate“ my Views any more than you need Me to reciprocate the same to you regarding yours.

My "view" is based on the almost certain fact that he has a huge influence on kids getting into enginering. How he does that is not my point, it's yours. You seem to refuse to even acknowledge that he's getting kids into engineering.
I'll repeat: Instead it's "he's a schuck" therefore bad.
 


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