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Re:I made a robot to cut my hair with scissors [video] by JoeAltmaier on Thursday July 16, 2020 @10:46AM (#23859498)
Yeah that's a hater. It was a youtube project showing some Engineering skills applied to a difficult problem. Not a product to be shipped.
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Re:I made a robot to cut my hair with scissors [video] by amINeolib on Thursday July 16, 2020 @10:47AM (#23859516)
You are inspiring me to make my own YouTube channel now!
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Re:I made a robot to cut my hair with scissors [video] by JoeAltmaier on Thursday July 16, 2020 @11:03AM (#23859686)
It seems expensive. I understood YouTube had reduced payments to content providers. Can it really support that machine shop? Or is the guy independently wealthy?
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Re:I made a robot to cut my hair with scissors [video] by ghaff on Thursday July 16, 2020 @11:53AM (#23860239)
To a first approximation, no one should go into content creation (whether YouTube, a podcast, a book, a blog...) with the primary intent of making more than some token amount of money that makes driving for Uber seem like a pretty cushy gig.

Doesn't mean you shouldn't do it of course. Direct money (as opposed to supporting other activities) isn't really one of them though.

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Re:I made a robot to cut my hair with scissors [video] by y7 on Friday July 17, 2020 @06:39AM (#23869152)
I'm guessing the majority of his income for these videos comes from Patreon, although with his current 167 subscribers at $5 or $12 per month it's not a living wage.
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