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I always get a kick out of seeing my videos randomly on HN. Ask me anything.
How did you come up with a question that I have always had, but never thought to ask?
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Do you have any commercial off-the-shelf tools in your shop that you dislike, but are the best option available for a particular job?
That's a good question. A Windows laptop. It's super annoying, constantly updating itself, forced reboots, network disconnections, fragile, yet is required for many CAD and acquisition/control proprietary software.
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I'm not Ben but having worked in a lot of labs my answer is pH meters, they routinely are annoying, fragile and finicky but there really isn't a better way when you can't just use paper test strips.
I agree! I've had the best luck with this one, which is far better than the average pH pen from Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Waterproof-Accuracy-Suitable-Testing-...
Applied Science is a delightful gem of a YouTube channel - I recommend to have a browse through the archive of videos if this presentation style and content interests you. Ben is a great presenter of complex topics.
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Do you have any commercial off-the-shelf tools in your shop that you dislike, but are the best option available for a particular job?
That's a good question. A Windows laptop. It's super annoying, constantly updating itself, forced reboots, network disconnections, fragile, yet is required for many CAD and acquisition/control proprietary software.
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Huge fan of your videos. What are the chances of quitting your day job and working on side projects/youtube videos full time, like StuffMadeHere?
I really liked owning my own business (MRI-compatible computer peripherals 2006-2011), and I'll very likely start another unrelated small business in the future. I also like to do YouTube videos as a hobby or at least Patreon-supported hobby, and not depend on them for main income, because I think it changes the character of the videos. If I depended on videos, I'd probably also start thumbnail optimization, A/B test…
As a side note one thing you learn over the years is to always put the date on things and make sure the year, four digits, is there too not just the month and day.
The 1977 camera mentioned halfway through the video might have been the first consumer camera that superimposes the date, but it was common for aerial photos to have metadata like that added to the margins, like https://map.geoportail.lu/aerial/1977_30000/pdfs/0181.pdf