Stewart Cheifet, creator of The Computer Chronicles, has died

Re:Stewart Cheifet, creator of The Computer Chronicles, has ... by lysace on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @03:49PM (#46448188)

There is very little with a) high technical quality in the presented content, b) an assumption that the average viewer is reasonably intelligent, and c) high production quality.

The Computer Chronicles was kind of unique that way.

Edit: OTOH I just saw a long well-produced youtube video on ASML's EUV photolithography machine that fulfilled all of that. I had some bias against this channel for some reason I don't remember, but anyway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiUHjLxm3V0.

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Re:Stewart Cheifet, creator of The Computer Chronicles, has ... by dimator on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @06:39PM (#46449536)

Veritassium is in a league of its own. Just take a look at their last year's videos. The production value is just second to none.

They have enough of a following now that they can dedicate 55 minutes to something and not worry about the algorithm, which usually dictates much shorter form factors

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Re:Stewart Cheifet, creator of The Computer Chronicles, has ... by lysace on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @06:42PM (#46449552)

This was the first of their videos that impressed me. Looking back, I have watched a few of their videos per year. Previous were videos tended have much less content density and quality.

I really enjoyed the segments where they let ASML's (now former) CTO Martin van den Brink just talk.

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