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Re:Ask HN: Are Linux HowTos dead? Why? by bediger4000 on Saturday August 13, 2022 @06:05PM (#32454236)
This is certainly true for RaspberryPi tutorials about interfacing with thermometers or other sensors. All the DHT-11 tutorials seem like minor mods of some long lost original, except with new spelling mistakes, and inaccurate pinouts.

This would seem to confirm that advertising ultimately corrupts ad-supported media

Re:Ask HN: Are Linux HowTos dead? Why? by bitxbitxbitcoin on Saturday August 13, 2022 @06:09PM (#32454262)
The YouTube videos are better because they need it to work on screen.
Re:Ask HN: Are Linux HowTos dead? Why? by bediger4000 on Saturday August 13, 2022 @06:36PM (#32454470)
Videos are slow, and it's hard to re watch tricky pieces or compare with other sources.
Re:Ask HN: Are Linux HowTos dead? Why? by imoverclocked on Sunday August 14, 2022 @12:17AM (#32456278)
I wish someone in the ML community would take this on: create a document from video, maybe using the appropriate frames of the video as media in the document. Give people something to glance through instead of having to watch a whole video. Bonus points for making the document interactive with links to appropriate sections of the video as well as links out to the world for products/definitions/etc. Double-bonus points for the ability to squelch awful humor and filler words.
Re:Ask HN: Are Linux HowTos dead? Why? by squarefoot on Saturday August 13, 2022 @08:00PM (#32454946)
Until Google decides to take down one for this or that reason. I would rather use a personal blog (backed up at archive.org just in case) with all the necessary text information, plus links to a video hosted on a decentralized video hosting platform, then maybe publish the video, or part of it, on YouTube as well to attract audience.
Re:Ask HN: Are Linux HowTos dead? Why? by hulitu on Sunday August 14, 2022 @05:15AM (#32457753)
To play videos you need a working video driver and a working soundcard.