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Re: Jigsaw Puzzle Robot [pdf]

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Post by rdtsc » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 2:35 AM UTC

ipsum2 wrote: post #19

shagie wrote: post #2

This PDF credits include Mark Roper. The corresponding video is: Mark Roper - My Puzzle Robot is 200x Faster Than a Human https://youtu.be/Sqr-PdVYhY4

Mark Rober doesn't do any engineering himself, he's the CEO who claims credit for what other people do. For example, he didn't create the glitter bomb, his most viewed video. That was done by Sean Hodgins (making-of video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpMxOmUcfOI ). Sean's name was not mentioned at all in the glitter bomb video. Instead, Mark Rober claimed he built it by himself.

Ugh, that's disappointing. My son really likes Mark, we've been watching his videos and even got this Build Boxes things to build every month. Sean got 300K views and Mark Robers video 91M.

Mark claims he built it https://youtu.be/xoxhDk-hwuo?list=PLgeXOVaJo_gnexNopBzUKdl3Q..., he had the sketch done first and the CAD drawings, the he "hit up his buddy Sean, who is good with this type of small electronic stuff". So Mark claims Sean did just the electronics.

Re: Jigsaw Puzzle Robot [pdf]

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Post by ipsum2 » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 2:46 AM UTC

rdtsc wrote: post #21

ipsum2 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mark Rober doesn't do any engineering himself, he's the CEO who claims credit for what other people do. For example, he didn't create the glitter bomb, his most viewed video. That was done by Sean Hodgins (making-of video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpMxOmUcfOI ). Sean's name was not mentioned at all in the glitter bomb video. Instead, Mark Rober claimed he built it by himself.

Ugh, that's disappointing. My son really likes Mark, we've been watching his videos and even got this Build Boxes things to build every month. Sean got 300K views and Mark Robers video 91M. Mark claims he built it https://youtu.be/xoxhDk-hwuo?list=PLgeXOVaJo_gnexNopBzUKdl3Q... , he had the sketch done first and the CAD drawings, the he "hit up his buddy Sean, who is good with this type of small electronic stuff". So…

This was added afterwards after some outcry. It's annoying that YouTube doesn't notify whether the video was edited after the fact, like Reddit/Hacker News does.

Re: Jigsaw Puzzle Robot [pdf]

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Post by rdtsc » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 3:25 PM UTC

ipsum2 wrote: post #22

rdtsc wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ugh, that's disappointing. My son really likes Mark, we've been watching his videos and even got this Build Boxes things to build every month. Sean got 300K views and Mark Robers video 91M. Mark claims he built it https://youtu.be/xoxhDk-hwuo?list=PLgeXOVaJo_gnexNopBzUKdl3Q... , he had the sketch done first and the CAD drawings, the he "hit up his buddy Sean, who is good with this type of small electronic stuff". So…

This was added afterwards after some outcry. It's annoying that YouTube doesn't notify whether the video was edited after the fact, like Reddit/Hacker News does.

That is sneaky. At least they decided to update the video. But overall it's pretty disappointing. Mark is playing this meek, super nice guy persona on the screen. It's just camera play acting to attract young viewers. Oh well, it's good to know. Thanks for mentioning it.