Wait, cooking a banana with a microwave oven can destroy it ?
You can make plasma bolts^W balls in it with just two grapes.
I converted my microwave into a laser oven [video]
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Re: I converted my microwave into a laser oven [video]
#12Each of those laser array chips is ~$300 when bought as a factory reject from China. He has 9 of them... Is YouTube really profitable enough to spend $2.5k just in parts, not to mention the other components and a few days to assemble test and film this?
It's of course dependent on a lot of factors, but after the twitch leak a video game content creator released a video about his revenue via YouTube and twitch: https://youtu.be/0DtTwGFwcQs Plus he has utilized them for several videos which helps amortize the cost.
>138K yt subs, most popular videos around 220K
And this isn’t even that high! It almost hurts, smh.
Re: I converted my microwave into a laser oven [video]
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's of course dependent on a lot of factors, but after the twitch leak a video game content creator released a video about his revenue via YouTube and twitch: https://youtu.be/0DtTwGFwcQs Plus he has utilized them for several videos which helps amortize the cost.
Prime subs make up almost half his revenue. It might seem like that is expensive for Amazon, but it is almost impossible to watch a stream without the streamer talking about Amazon Prime multiple times throughout the stream. It must me the most heavily advertised in-stream / in-content thing of all time! Advertisement time for VPN's got nothing on Amazon Prime!
You didn’t watch it to the end, did you?
Re: I converted my microwave into a laser oven [video]
#14I wonder, how many people will give themselves RF burns or permanent laser damage to their eyesight trying to replicate stuff they see in these click-baity videos?
YouTube is full of content that tries to give the impression of a random, edgy, not-quite-knowing-what-they're-doing guy just messing around with stuff in their parent's garage, woefully ignoring all safety concerns on camera.
I'm sure many of their viewers don't realize that in reality they are highly skilled, do in fact take care of safety behind the scene and basically run a successful business off videos attacting millions of views.
Seems unethical to me.
Re: I converted my microwave into a laser oven [video]
#15I wonder, how many people will give themselves RF burns or permanent laser damage to their eyesight trying to replicate stuff they see in these click-baity videos? YouTube is full of content that tries to give the impression of a random, edgy, not-quite-knowing-what-they're-doing guy just messing around with stuff in their parent's garage, woefully ignoring all safety concerns on camera. I'm sure many of their viewer…
> Seems unethical to me.
Wait, wait, hold on, let me get this straight; are you suggesting YouTubers act unethically?
Re: I converted my microwave into a laser oven [video]
#16Wait, cooking a banana with a microwave oven can destroy it ?
Cooking a banana in a microwave oven operating at 3x it’s design power can destroy it.
Also worth remembering that consumer microwave ovens are commodities that have been value engineered to within an inch of their life. They operate well under “normal” usage, but there isn’t much slack in the design to accommodate more creative uses.
Re: I converted my microwave into a laser oven [video]
#17I wonder, how many people will give themselves RF burns or permanent laser damage to their eyesight trying to replicate stuff they see in these click-baity videos? YouTube is full of content that tries to give the impression of a random, edgy, not-quite-knowing-what-they're-doing guy just messing around with stuff in their parent's garage, woefully ignoring all safety concerns on camera. I'm sure many of their viewer…
I mean, that video was so light on actual information, you would have a hard time attempting to replicate any of this without already knowing how to do it. That's what usually bugs me about youtube videos like this, it's a lot of showboating and gags, but the interesting part of how the build actually goes together is barely worth a mention. (Of course, you'd be greatly limiting your potential target audience if you really went into the weeds of things, so here we are)
He does mention laser safety in the video though
Re: I converted my microwave into a laser oven [video]
#18Each of those laser array chips is ~$300 when bought as a factory reject from China. He has 9 of them... Is YouTube really profitable enough to spend $2.5k just in parts, not to mention the other components and a few days to assemble test and film this?
This video has 1.7 million views. Old estimates, before YouTube cranked up the ads to an unbearable level, were $1-$3 per 1000 views, and that's just for ads, not the sponsorship.
Besides, it's also his hobby. I have no doubt his channel is at the very least financing his hobby.
If you look at even more popular Youtubers, yes, YouTube can be extremely profitable and justify immense production values.
Re: I converted my microwave into a laser oven [video]
#19Each of those laser array chips is ~$300 when bought as a factory reject from China. He has 9 of them... Is YouTube really profitable enough to spend $2.5k just in parts, not to mention the other components and a few days to assemble test and film this?
Have you seen the insane studio and production value of MKBHD? They use better cameras than what some theater releases are shot on. I definitely can't work out the budget of a youtuber either, but there is money to be made. Speaking of which, does anyone know if Mr. Beast is actually giving away wads of cash and expensive cars on his channel? The only TV show I can think of that gave away more money was when Oprah ga…
Using the old $1-$3 per 1000 views rule of thumb, Mr. Beast could surely afford doing that, especially once you consider sponsorships, merch, and other sources of revenue.
Re: I converted my microwave into a laser oven [video]
#20The obvious way to both utilize the unique properties of lasers, and solve the diffusion problem, would be operating this at a larger distance.
What he has can probably cook the steak from a hundred meters away.