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Heat Pump guy get's "mad as Hell". I love it.
I think you meant to say dishwasher guy
I discovered him twice, first as
Peoplemover Guy
then
Toaster Guy
My wife and I also called him Technology Connections for a couple of years, as if that was his actual name.
Like how Techmoan is that other guy's actual name that his wife calls him and he signs on documents
That toaster really was automatic beyond belief
Comments under the video are on another level. Funny, relevant and clever.
If Alec has to speak out like this, shit's been hitting the fan for far too long. Time for a change.
I especially liked "came for the capacity, stayed for the resistance".
Alec's call to action was refreshing amid so many other outlets smoothing over current events.
The first section though... I'm all in on renewable energy and have been for 15 years. What blew me away was how much I internalized the "challenges" to solar. Propaganda is a hell of a drug. Even as aware and informed as I like to think I am, I still managed to drink the wrong Kool-Aid. The numbers in favor of solar were surprising, even for this true believer.
Just subscribed. Hell yeah, we need more content creators to speak up like this. Great content, thanks for sharing.
Been watching since he started, I guarantee his previous content has aged well and is really worth watching today. It's actually agonizing how slowly we progress technologically unless you're speaking strictly about microprocessors and touch screens.
Otherwise we're largely using the same damn household tech we used in the 1950's, and even lost some over time.
Why is this Guy's videos not on peertube?
Would be nice if we could actually watch it.
Was about to watch it, then read "Please watch til the end. I guarantee you will not regret it."
If I had a nickel for every time I've been promised that, and regretted it, I'd be a rich man.
I can confirm that Alec does not disappoint in this video, although I find "please watch until the end" universally annoying.
I really meant it
I know you mean it and aren't coming at this from the usual angle of clickbait, but
spoiler
doesn't saying that when Alec deliberately added a fakeout ending spoil the original intent of the art? Aren't you tainting arguably the best moment of the video for the person who watches it? The fakeout only lasts a few seconds while Alec stares ominously into the camera, so there's very minimal chance after an hour watching a thoughtful, argumentative video that somebody's going to immediately click away. I'm sure he very deliberately thought through a balance between faking people out and people clicking off – one which telling people "watch until the end I swear!" throws out the window.
If you watch to the end, he explains that the fake ending was so that he could also post a version that doesn't get "partisan" for the people who want to share the first part about solar to people who may not recieve the second part well. But I don't think there's any risk of people not recieving it well here, and I think it's important that as many people as possible see a typically non-partisan channel break the silence to denounce what is going on. I think if a huge swathe of internet "influencers" were suddenly this vocal, it would wake viewers up, it could change the course of history. It's when everyone silently continues their regularly scheduled content that democracy silently dissolves.
It's not a lie. The last 20 or so minutes are cathartic.
It’s arguably the best part of the video
To be fair, Technology Connections as a YouTube channel is pretty good.
So I'd guess this video is well done as well, but I haven't watched it myself yet
A lot of people promising a lot if I watch till the end. Feels like one of those pranks when all the people who wait till the end then want to trap even more people...
Nope. The rant at the end was great
Can someone tl;dw the ending part for me. The whole “watch it to the end” is just a major turn off for me
Started watching, couldn't finish.
Then saw the same fn link about 12 times and I really just hate that guy now. It's like top-40 radio -- good poppy songs wayyyy over-played.
Why couldn't you finish? Didn't care for the content or something else?
To be fair, the whole video is just over 90 minutes and the most important part is the last 20 or so minutes.
Sure but even then first 70 minutes are really important and interesting.
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