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Re:How my genius roommate changed my perspective by no_time on Thursday November 11, 2021 @04:35AM (#29186195)
>After reading this article I wonder if there are MacGyver-esque influences on younger generations?

Just type "Lifehack" into youtube and search. Extremely low signal to noise ratio in videos made with monetization above all else. It's quite tragic.

A counterexample would be colinfurze[0] who makes very entertaining and inspiring videos. Apart from being a two legged OSHA violation his content is top notch. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/user/colinfurze

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Re:How my genius roommate changed my perspective by marginalia_nu on Thursday November 11, 2021 @07:21AM (#29187139)
One of the few genres of YouTube videos I can stand is "old man dismantles electronics". It's a very peaceful and educational genre.

Here are some channels I like:

https://www.youtube.com/c/Techmoan

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtM5z2gkrGRuWd0JQMx76qA

The latter channel is perhaps not great for children because of his somewhat relaxed attitude toward mains voltage, but it's great for me.

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Re:How my genius roommate changed my perspective by BoxOfRain on Friday November 12, 2021 @06:11AM (#29198118)
>The latter channel is perhaps not great for children because of his somewhat relaxed attitude toward mains voltage, but it's great for me.

PhotonicInduction is the extreme version of this, he's an electrical engineer / "mad scientist" who builds ridiculous things such as enormous capacitor banks for blowing things up, power supplies that deliver many kV for feeding to various household appliances, record players that spin at 10,000 RPM and that kind of thing. He also demos old tech you wouldn't see in other places like mercury arc rectifiers. Definitely "don't try this at home" but it's usually really interesting to watch.

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Re:How my genius roommate changed my perspective by corobo on Friday November 12, 2021 @09:11AM (#29199389)
https://www.youtube.com/user/Photonvids

For those ever so slightly more lazy than me and beyond :P

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Re:How my genius roommate changed my perspective by ghaff on Thursday November 11, 2021 @09:10AM (#29187976)
There are certainly plenty of counterexamples. But there are also probably an unhealthy number of examples of things that people would have considered hobbies or just clever improvisation of one sort or another that are now, in many cases, about monetization/"side hustles"--with a lot of the negative baggage that can come from that when it becomes the primary goal.
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Re:How my genius roommate changed my perspective by chhickman on Thursday November 11, 2021 @03:10PM (#29192533)
One of my favorites in this vein is the channel below. This guy really knows how to "do what you can with what you have available".

https://www.youtube.com/c/K%C3%AAnhs%C3%A1ngt%E1%BA%A1oVN-tr...

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Re:How my genius roommate changed my perspective by icu on Thursday November 11, 2021 @05:32AM (#29186496)
Thank you very much! I think my son will love the 'real life' Minecraft digging a secret tunnel series colinfurze has made.
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Re:How my genius roommate changed my perspective by htek on Thursday November 11, 2021 @10:25AM (#29188833)
We're all just trying to be good little capitalists, extracting value from someone/something as cheaply as possible and selling it to someone else for profit. See ya at the bottom! ;)
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