BARRY MARTIN wrote:
> Hi Ky!
> > He did learn something from the snoozing students in the lecture hall!
> KM> Haha! While back he did a video on how he does videos -- actually
> KM> full of useful info!
> Making good videos is more than aiming the camera in the general
> direction and tapping the record button.
Yeah, it's actually a lot of work.
He sometimes does a clever thing when talking about different apps and
OSs... he'll start inside some application, then zoom out to show us the
OS.
> > ..Was sort of nice to see he as a professional and knowledgeable person
> > also had those change of plans as the project progressed: what works on
> KM> Yep, he likes to show how things Didn't Work As Planned too, but
> KM> usually with a Solution or Workaround.
> Which could help with self-esteem: "he did it soooo easilty"! Nope, he
> had a few false starts also.
And the mistakes are just as informative.
There's a guy who does detailed product comparisons (stuff like tools,
fuel additives, duct tape, tire patches, etc etc) who also sometimes,
uh, shows his work -- "Project Farm" on Youtube. He talks fast and works
fast and you have to be paying attention, but there's sure no fat in the
vids.
EngelsCoachShop (who is about 20 miles from me) also sometimes 'shows
his work' that way, but he does everything easy-breezy. Well, when
you're repairing a 150 year old wagon, there ain't no rush!
> Yup. And a side note on the Raspberry Pi 4: the have two mini-HDMI
> ports -- use the one next to the power connector as the other one
> doesn't have sound. Or at least doesn't if the only HDMI port used.
That's strange. It actually sounds like a driver bug. Is this a known
issue or something you should report?
> > KM> While back Chris had one comparing various SD card options that
> > KM> was so useful, I printed out the results chart to carry with me
> > KM> for when I next buy SD cards.
> > Oo! Have the link? I've see where a brand looks to be the same except
> > the colour is different. Obviously a reason, but what?
> KM> http://doomgold.com/pcstuff/USB/
> KM> ready to print. :D
> Thanks!! (I've got to get working on my website -- but first!)
Haha... websites I have aplenty, but haven't changed the guts since they
first went up in 1998... ain't broke, not fixing it, don't care if it
looks older than dirt. Or if the color schemes of the day were sometimes
comical... they're to amuse me, not you!
> KM> His video would have been in March but since the New Youtube
> KM> nuked the Old Mobile Interface (and the joke is on them... ever
> KM> since, all their ads error out!), I can't get channels to come up
> KM> (and if they do, there's no way to Sort All by date)... um, I
> I thought I have been able to get to the content without ads a lot
> lately! Do and don't go to YouTube that much: usually prefer text
Yeah, tho sad to say they seem to have 'fixed' that. Joke is still on
them... there's a Youtube ad blocker for Chrome. <g> And I'm that much
more likely to go off to Invidio.us instead (Youtube relay site), where
the ads cannot follow. I wouldn't mind if it was short ads fore and aft
(and if most weren't either noisy-stupid or for outright scams), but
I've seen a 30 minute unskippable ad in front of a 5 minute video, and
that's when I said screw you. Oh, and if you leave the page up after
your vid is done, after a while it will often start playing ads
continuously.
That camera shop in NYC (the famous one whose name I can't remember)
actually did an ad so right that they had a huge number of viewers
follow the ad back to their own channel, and play it again. It's not
often you see an AD with a million independent views, when it's just a
normal "here we are and what we do" and nothing funny about it.
> instructions though most of the stuff I'm looking for is fixed/etc. via
> command line, though sometimes it is nice to see how something is
> inserted right-to-left instead of randomly.
Yes!
> KM> think this was the benchmarking video:
> KM> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUResed38uo
> KM> and here's another with info on different types of current SD
> KM> cards, including the numerous speed classes:
> KM> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUResed38uo
> Will check those out -- might be doing screen shots or taking notes.
I think I already did all the best screenshots. You'll have to take
screenies of different stuff. :D
> KM> Hmm. I note that the slower Sandisk SD card is made in China, and
> KM> the faster one is made in Taiwan.
> Now that's a bit of an odd bit of trivia!
Not terribly surprising, tho.
> KM> Got a laugh from one of the comments... "this man looks like a
> KM> cross between the Beatles and Bill Gates." :D (I swear, never a
> KM> hair out of place and always looks the same. The black shirt is
> KM> for green screen filming, tho.)
> <chuckle> As for green screen, every so often one of the meteorologists would
> wear something with the right green, or detected as the right
> green and portions of the overlay would show up on jackets/ties/blouses.
Oh yes, I've seen that, it's hilarious. Or you get a floating severed
head. :D
> KM> A fair generalization for flash storage is that higher capacity
> KM> is faster, because smaller bits means shorter distance per
> KM> read/write.
> Though that occasionally backfires: haven't tried with the RPi 4 but the older
> Pi's took forever to boot with a large capacity card.
Yeah, it's still gotta be within capacity for the internal drivers.
Someone gift me a middle-aged (well, newer'n mine) digital camera --
Sony Cybershot -- and was astonished to discover that it maxes out at a
32GB SD card... my old one takes 64GB no problem. The Sony is also very
slow on still shots (like, on par with my 15 year old Olympus, er,
Fujifilm 200), but much faster on video shots. Well, I guess we know
which job it gets!
> KM> Oh, for the Pi enthusiasts, a comparison of Pi OSs:
> KM> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSF_jXGH4EQ
> I'm going to be busy later!
Heh heh... I have like 15,000 unwatched videos in queue....
> > .. Suffer from insanity? No, enjoy every minute of it!
> KM> We of the diseased minds... <g>
> I never claimed to be totally sane!
I have an idea. I'll claim to be totally insane instead! that way the
sane parts will stick out. Er, stand out. <g>
> .. Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
Wait, is that how the screen blanker is supposed to work??
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