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Tubesock Holocaust posted:Sony had some pretty terrible ideas when it came to portable PCs. Our IT department got one of those as a demo unit from a vender. It was really impressive at the time for being so small but being x86 and running windows. It was a really awkward formfactor to use and control and it was slow as poo poo.
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Fo3 posted:Yeah, I'm an Auusie and that "sing songy" raising the pitch and the end like they're asking a question accent some of us have annoys me too. gently caress that and the nasal accent some of us have. His voice gets even more characterful when he's emotional about a topic and angry with something https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iEshd6izgk
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Yeah, I've watched a lot of his stuff before so sometimes seen it worse when he's having a rant. When he slows down it's not so bad I guess, but it still must be off putting unless you have listened for a few hours with him on in real life with people here who speak like that. Today I even watched about 2hrs of his vids so I'm not saying it's so bad i have a problem with it. Just saying that it's not a easy thing to listen too especially if you've never heard it before if you're an American or European. I've heard it plenty of times from the east coast australians and some southern country west aussies though even though it's not common in Perth WA. I even remember lots of people bitching about it in his youtube comments and him posting a link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_rising_terminal Ha,l ove the wikipedia saying " it is characterized in Britain as "Australian question intonation" (AQI) and blamed on the popularity of Australian soap operas among teenagers"
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Arivia posted:Yeah but that was amazing. I'd heard of that guy before but watching it - actual knowledgeable teardowns and unboxings of poo poo? Yes please. I've actually been looking for a youtube channel like this. Are there any other channels that do frequent retro computer teardowns without any of the other stuff?
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Jehde posted:I've actually been looking for a youtube channel like this. Are there any other channels that do frequent retro computer teardowns without any of the other stuff? https://www.youtube.com/c/techmoan is pretty good and shows a lot of weird old stuff. Not quite as technical as EEVBlog, but interesting.
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Techmoan is great. I subscribe to a couple of channels that are much more pleasant to listen to if you set the playback speed to 1.5x or even 2x. EEVblog is one of them. It might be a case of light ADD and even though I find the topic of a video interesting I often find myself wishing several youtubers would just Get To The Point instead of rambling on for 20 minutes. Playing the videos back faster makes them get to the point quicker without actually missing anything.
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Collateral Damage posted:Techmoan is great. Yeah, the rambling intro drives me nuts. "Hi guys, BasicShit here! Today I'm going to show you something really important that applies to all of us: how to wipe your own rear end. Since the beginning of time, humans have been plagued with lovely asses, turning to things such as leaves and pine cones in an attempt to find relief. Finally, we developed toilet paper and the world has been better ever since. Why wipe your rear end? The benefits are numerous, including: better smell, better feel, and supporting the logging industry. What about bidets? Some say that the bidet..." <15 minutes later> "Okay, so we have a small portion of paper in hand. Apply it to your rear end to wipe the poo poo away. Repeat until clean. Don't forget to flush! Well, that's it guys, don't forget to like and subscribe!"
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OneEightHundred posted:
From a while ago, but I played the poo poo out of the Nomad. I didn't have a Game Gear so it worked for what I needed. Took that thing on a lot of car trips.
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Jehde posted:I've actually been looking for a youtube channel like this. Are there any other channels that do frequent retro computer teardowns without any of the other stuff? It's not really the same at all, but I enjoy listening to Big Clive when he tears down some cheap dangerous piece of poo poo thing he just bought from the junk store. I mean, he obviously knows his poo poo but he doesn't go to the crazy lengths Dave does, and it's more electrical things rather than super-complex microelectronics.
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Pham Nuwen posted:Yeah, the rambling intro drives me nuts. Wow I',m pretty impatient but I never felt this way. I guess PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT?!?!? (I listen to LGR and CGR game reviews because their autismal voices are so soothing  )
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Jerry Cotton posted:Wow I',m pretty impatient but I never felt this way. I guess PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT?!?!? Speaking of soothing voices.. Listen to the Gaming Historian.
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Non Serviam posted:Speaking of soothing voices.. Listen to the Gaming Historian. Oh yeah for sure. And the Russian dude whatever his youtube handle is.
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Speaking of people throwing concrete blocks into running washing machines, try photonicinduction. (He really knows his stuff around high voltages as well)
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Gromit posted:It's not really the same at all, but I enjoy listening to Big Clive when he tears down some cheap dangerous piece of poo poo thing he just bought from the junk store. I mean, he obviously knows his poo poo but he doesn't go to the crazy lengths Dave does, and it's more electrical things rather than super-complex microelectronics. Big Clive's voice is fantastic. The way he says 'dolly' (when showing off that doll that shoots fire out it's rear end) is great. Lately he has been doing a few behind the scenes videos of his work in stage lighting etc. Really interesting stuff.
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Humphreys posted:Big Clive's voice is fantastic. The way he says 'dolly' (when showing off that doll that shoots fire out it's rear end) is great. Big Clive's liquid metaphor for uhh some component simply Does Not Work.
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Jerry Cotton posted:Wow I',m pretty impatient but I never felt this way. I guess PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT?!?!? CGR? Who's that?
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Humphreys posted:Big Clive's voice is fantastic. The way he says 'dolly' (when showing off that doll that shoots fire out it's rear end) is great. Seconded, also I love how he breaks everything down into circuit diagrams and explains them thoroughly. I am learning a lot from his stuff. Apparently some idiot tried to sell my wife's business on their water tank filter system because LOOK AT ALL THE TOXINS IN YOUR CURRENT SYSTEM's WATER They used this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASnLL6ebaco So thanks Clive, you helped my wife and I laugh at idiots when I remembered this video, and how this works.
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I like Big Clive a lot, but I give him a miss when the teardown is yet another LED light. I watch everything Dave tears down and I don't understand the hate for his voice (I'm not Australian either)
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Arivia posted:CGR? Who's that? I'd take a stab and say Classic Game Room/LordKarnage. He does some pretty good videos, honestly.
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BattleMaster posted:I like Big Clive a lot, but I give him a miss when the teardown is yet another LED light. I watch everything Dave tears down and I don't understand the hate for his voice (I'm not Australian either) I don't like his voice at all but my main problem is that he spends more time going on about how terrible some design (or implementation) is than saying anything remotely interesting or useful.
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Collateral Damage posted:Techmoan is great. This is why the engineer guy is so great https://www.youtube.com/user/engineerguyvideo/videos *edit for proper link. Concise and to the point and really gives a decent fundamental explanation to the engineering behind common devices. Pro click. Jerry Cotton posted:I don't like his voice at all but my main problem is that he spends more time going on about how terrible some design (or implementation) is than saying anything remotely interesting or useful. Yeah the water toxic tester thing linked above is a prime example. Didnt once explain what it was actually doing, just went on about how dangerous it was. Should have taken him 5 seconds to explain it was basically shooting rust into the water through electrolysis. Nutsngum has a new favorite as of 20:29 on Aug 28, 2016 |
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^^^ Your link seems to be broken: https://www.youtube.com/user/engineerguyvideo/videos but yeah he's pretty good too. BattleMaster posted:I like Big Clive a lot, but I give him a miss when the teardown is yet another LED light. I watch everything Dave tears down and I don't understand the hate for his voice (I'm not Australian either) Dave's catchphrases can get a bit annoying the 100ths time you hear them, but overall I don't mind his voice or occasional ranting. It's really nice to see someone who really knows his poo poo and didn't just find a camera in the dumpster and started tearing poo poo up on youtube for fame and fortune. Another good one I recently discovered is Ahoy, his historical game videos are well researched and he does ridiculously professional VA-grade voiceovers, for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A4-SVUHQYI
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BattleMaster posted:I like Big Clive a lot, but I give him a miss when the teardown is yet another LED light This. It really is annoying - it's poo poo I would expect Ashen's to review. Big Clive obviously has a lot of knowledge but I wish it would be rad poo poo like stuff in his job.
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mobby_6kl posted:^^^
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Nutsngum posted:Yeah the water toxic tester thing linked above is a prime example. Didnt once explain what it was actually doing, just went on about how dangerous it was. Should have taken him 5 seconds to explain it was basically shooting rust into the water through electrolysis. No I meant Dave not Clive.
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I quite enjoy this channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/mikeselectricstuff He does some really good, in depth tear downs of old electrical stuff, including an airport x-ray baggage machine, a sono-buoy and an old jumbotron screen module.
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Humphreys posted:This. It really is annoying - it's poo poo I would expect Ashen's to review. Big Clive obviously has a lot of knowledge but I wish it would be rad poo poo like stuff in his job. Look, the guy does lighting rigs for a living, I think it's understandable that he really enjoys making fun of people doing lights in a lovely way. I mean yeah, it's repetitive and stuff, but I never got the feeling that Clive actually cared if anyone watched his videos and he more just does it to amuse himself.
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El Estrago Bonito posted:Look, the guy does lighting rigs for a living, I think it's understandable that he really enjoys making fun of people doing lights in a lovely way. I mean yeah, it's repetitive and stuff, but I never got the feeling that Clive actually cared if anyone watched his videos and he more just does it to amuse himself. I actually appreciate that he regularly does circuit diagrams of the stuff he tears down and explains why whatever cheapskate poo poo they did is likely to set your house on fire. May be a little repetitive, but I've learned a lot about electronics by watching him. And his voice is awesome. 
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"The baby's going to be live at 110 volts. Which leaves you with a horrible dilemma where you're being electrocuted by your baby." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIUJWIT9GrU Anyways, I ran across this and thought you all would get a laugh out of it: The Memorex Scannoculars. http://www.radioworld.com/article/whats-black-and-red-and-hears-all-over/279408 
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Can I watch porn on that?
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GreenNight posted:Can I watch porn on that? D' y'all consider NASCAR porn? 
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Magnus Praeda posted:I actually appreciate that he regularly does circuit diagrams of the stuff he tears down and explains why whatever cheapskate poo poo they did is likely to set your house on fire. May be a little repetitive, but I've learned a lot about electronics by watching him. And his voice is awesome. I agree but there's only so many capacitive-dropper-full bridge rectifier LED light circuits that I can stomach.
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In addition to BigClive, Techmoan and EEV blog, I also check out Louis ROssman. Theres not much variation in his videos as its alot of macbook repair stuff but dude can talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDJGTGBgFc4
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Astrobastard posted:In addition to BigClive, Techmoan and EEV blog, I also check out Louis ROssman. Theres not much variation in his videos as its alot of macbook repair stuff but dude can talk I put Louis' videos on in the background and just listen away likes it's a podcast. Some interesting stuff. I think I found him looking for a solution to a specific mac problem and from there it became a daily thing.
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https://www.youtube.com/user/markusfuller/ This dude usually opens up old synthesizers, mostly not obsolete because old=always good
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BattleMaster posted:I agree but there's only so many capacitive-dropper-full bridge rectifier LED light circuits that I can stomach. You shouldn't eat them, you'll end up all crazy like LA Beast 
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Flinger posted:https://www.youtube.com/user/markusfuller/ poo poo, now I have a new favourite channel. Thanks!
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I posted this in the other tech thread but enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzIPGpKo3Ag
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My favourite Clive video is the one where he blows up some resistors on a LED by plugging it directly into the mains. 
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Forktoss posted:Back to TI graphing calculator talk! I love my TI-86 with a burning passion. Our high school math class required everyone to have a graphing calculator, and the school's calculator of choice was a spindly, toy-like Casio, which they sold out to students for 100€ each. I got my dad's old TI-86, laughing at the others' screens full of dead pixels and stupid interactive vinculums while I wrote all my divisions out in pages-long lines like a professional. I will champion this old war horse to the bitter end. Oh yeah. I got one of these back in 2001. I still have it today and it still works. The best thing about this was you could program anything into it. I had a catalogue of maybe 100 deep math formulas, chemistry solutions, physics formulas and of course games including Mario Bros. Kingpin and Snake. It was the poo poo. My first one was stolen so my dad decided the best way to make sure no one mistook it for theirs, he used a soldering tool to burn my name into the back casing.
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