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I built a $5k Raspberry Pi server (yes, it's ridiculous)

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Re: I built a $5k Raspberry Pi server (yes, it's ridiculous)

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I get so frustrated with the idiotic thumbnails on youtube video these days. I am sure it's all optimized for the maximum number of clicks/views but if I see a still that looks the way it does at the bottom of this page I generally just don't watch it on principle.

I think it's because kids watch a lot of Youtube, and kids are drawn to people making exaggerated faces.

Re: I built a $5k Raspberry Pi server (yes, it's ridiculous)

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The headline buries the lede: It’s a NAS build that uses expensive SSDs. I’m looking forward to the day that I can retire my spinning-disk NAS, but at $700 per 8TB SSD I think it’s going to be a while before they’re cheap enough that I want to take that leap. Like this article concludes: Using a Raspberry Pi for an SSD NAS is a huge waste. There are plenty of low-power Mini-ITX or smaller x86 boards with substantiall…

Hard drives can easily saturate a 1Gbps link. And RAIDed hard drives can saturate 5Gbps or even 10Gbps with enough parallelism.

I'm not sure if any NAS is cost-effective when you use SSDs, aside from maybe a cost-effective SSD cache (Maybe a $100 to $250 1TB L2ARC cache, depending on the speed of the SSD you get).

Re: I built a $5k Raspberry Pi server (yes, it's ridiculous)

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post #7

I get so frustrated with the idiotic thumbnails on youtube video these days. I am sure it's all optimized for the maximum number of clicks/views but if I see a still that looks the way it does at the bottom of this page I generally just don't watch it on principle.

This is one of the best thumbnails I've seen. It's evocative of Garbage Pail Kids and seems satirical, in the spirit of your complaint.

Re: I built a $5k Raspberry Pi server (yes, it's ridiculous)

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post #7

I get so frustrated with the idiotic thumbnails on youtube video these days. I am sure it's all optimized for the maximum number of clicks/views but if I see a still that looks the way it does at the bottom of this page I generally just don't watch it on principle.

The youtube channel veritasium did a pretty interesting video on the phenomenon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xHZPH5Sng

Re: I built a $5k Raspberry Pi server (yes, it's ridiculous)

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post #7

I get so frustrated with the idiotic thumbnails on youtube video these days. I am sure it's all optimized for the maximum number of clicks/views but if I see a still that looks the way it does at the bottom of this page I generally just don't watch it on principle.

I think it's because kids watch a lot of Youtube, and kids are drawn to people making exaggerated faces.

I think it's because the thumbnails are small, so if the faces aren't exaggerated you won't perceive any particular emotion at all. It's a bit like the difference between theatre and film acting.

Re: I built a $5k Raspberry Pi server (yes, it's ridiculous)

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post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it's because kids watch a lot of Youtube, and kids are drawn to people making exaggerated faces.

I think it's because the thumbnails are small, so if the faces aren't exaggerated you won't perceive any particular emotion at all. It's a bit like the difference between theatre and film acting.

This is probably why. Similarly, stage makeup on actors is typically very heavy to accentuate the facial features at a distance, making them easier to read.
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