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The Rise and Reign of Japanese VCRs [video]

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Re: The Rise and Reign of Japanese VCRs [video]

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Post by JKCalhoun »

creer wrote: post #3

It's arguable how relevant Asianometry stories are to the startup world - because most span many years - but they are beautifully stylized economics, management and tech stories. And totally relevant as tech history lessons. Stylized into suitable length videos. No doubt not complete but attractive overviews. At some point some videos might address the startup world?

Also excellent, the 4-part "A Video History of Japan's Electronic Industry":

1) https://youtu.be/XLlIb_p11cM?si=LMA6uR-EcvjVZR_M

2) https://youtu.be/fRCqhSONNiE?si=8frYLqkzIEjxV1f-

3) https://youtu.be/dr39TOEAbpY?si=2v1r8UlV5Da5ffNh

4) https://youtu.be/1XjSFCZeWvE?si=0aJpApfgrl8mwzV4

Re: The Rise and Reign of Japanese VCRs [video]

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Post by agumonkey »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #10
titaniumtown wrote: post #2

Asianometry is one of the most interesting channels on YouTube. Highly recommend to anyone interested in semi-conductors, general economics and historical technological advancement.

I like the topics, just put off a bit by the delivery and writing.

Same. There's something I dislike quite enough without being able to put down what it is (too dry?) even though every topic he touches is interesting and he brings lots of nice details.

Similarly there's a channel named physionics feeling the same

Re: The Rise and Reign of Japanese VCRs [video]

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Post by qkucy »

agumonkey wrote: post #12
JKCalhoun wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like the topics, just put off a bit by the delivery and writing.

Same. There's something I dislike quite enough without being able to put down what it is (too dry?) even though every topic he touches is interesting and he brings lots of nice details. Similarly there's a channel named physionics feeling the same

I am assuming Asianometry’s YouTube channel is just the writer reading aloud his substack posts, if true that would be another way to consume his content.

Re: The Rise and Reign of Japanese VCRs [video]

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Post by Yeul »

One of the things that is little known among Westerners is just how much money the Japanese invested in China when Deng Xiaoping opened the borders. Yes he travelled to Texas and Singapore but he also met with Japanese industrialists- just like their Western counterparts however they underestimated the CCP's ambitions.

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Post by nntwozz »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #10
titaniumtown wrote: post #2

Asianometry is one of the most interesting channels on YouTube. Highly recommend to anyone interested in semi-conductors, general economics and historical technological advancement.

I like the topics, just put off a bit by the delivery and writing.

Having watched nearly all his videos I find the delivery and writing to be excellent, there is humor at times and the dry delivery works well for that once you get to know his personality.

To each his own, but I find it all very relaxing and pleasant without the all the hyperbole that is usually YouTube.

Re: The Rise and Reign of Japanese VCRs [video]

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Post by pixelpoet »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #10
titaniumtown wrote: post #2

Asianometry is one of the most interesting channels on YouTube. Highly recommend to anyone interested in semi-conductors, general economics and historical technological advancement.

I like the topics, just put off a bit by the delivery and writing.

I really like both, and it's my only Patreon subscription so far. Easily one of the best YouTube channels out there.

Especially appealing is that he isn't CONSTANTLY SHOUTING ALL THE TIME like most content creators (looking at you, GamersNexus) and playing this godawful YouTube thumbnail game where it has to have your face with some wildly over the top reaction. (He's actually very private about not being in photos.)

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Post by emporas »

pixelpoet wrote: post #16
JKCalhoun wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like the topics, just put off a bit by the delivery and writing.

I really like both, and it's my only Patreon subscription so far. Easily one of the best YouTube channels out there. Especially appealing is that he isn't CONSTANTLY SHOUTING ALL THE TIME like most content creators (looking at you, GamersNexus) and playing this godawful YouTube thumbnail game where it has to have your face with some wildly over the top reaction. (He's actually very private about not being in photos.)

Yep, Asianometry puts information out there, of another level.

One more channel i really like, is NightHawkinsLight. He did a video yesterday about multivariate analysis, i was blown away.

Re: The Rise and Reign of Japanese VCRs [video]

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Post by LiquidPhD »

Luc wrote: post #18

As an aside, the opening frame of that video is, I think, a touristic bird's eye view map by Hatsusaburō Yoshida. He made thousands of these maps (with assistants), including one of Hiroshima after the bomb. https://www.spoon-tamago.com/birds-eye-view-maps-cartographe...

I love this. Thank you for sharing.

Re: The Rise and Reign of Japanese VCRs [video]

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Post by aspenmayer »

creer wrote: post #9
aspenmayer wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's arguable how relevant Asianometry stories are to the startup world - because most span many years - but they are beautifully stylized economics, management and tech stories. And totally relevant as tech history lessons. Stylized into suitable length videos. No doubt not complete but attractive overviews. > At some point some videos might address the startup world? It’s arguable how relevant startups are to cur…

I am also the submitter. I like Asianometry. I think it is relevant to HN. (It's business and economics - and tech history - as it works in the real world. Both interesting and useful.)

In case it wasn’t obvious:

My post was a bit, and not necessarily directed at you, but simply a response. I liked your post, your comment, the linked channel to which I already sub, and HN.

The punchline is I didn’t even notice you were the one who posted this to HN til you mentioned it, and if I had I would’ve written the same thing I’d like to think. It makes it all the more amusing to me that my comment didn’t need that context at the time and if I hadn’t made it, you would have no comment of mine to reply to.

How deep does this rabbit hole go, anyway?

“/s” is for “satire” indeed.

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