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Harder Drive: hard drives we didn't want, or need (2022) [video]

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Re: Harder Drive: hard drives we didn't want, or need (2022) [video]

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labrador wrote: post #46
kibwen wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tom7's relatively small oeuvre of videos are frequently re-posted here and just as frequently re-upvoted, and they deserve to be. Discovering what the video is about as it discursively unfolds is part of the joy. There comes a moment in every video (multiple moments, even) where you'll suddenly be like, "wait, I can't believe what you appear to be suggesting", only to find out that not only is he suggesting it, he ac…

Your comment makes it sound even less appealing since I avoid getting nerd sniped by my hacker mindset and go on to topics that actually interest me

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Re: Harder Drive: hard drives we didn't want, or need (2022) [video]

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Post by kryptn »

kristopolous wrote: post #53
mathgradthrow wrote: post #2

I wonder how many people here are discovering tom7 for the first time beacuse of this video.

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That's not a good summary of this video. I wonder how much other content you've skipped because some AI told you it was something it wasn't.

Re: Harder Drive: hard drives we didn't want, or need (2022) [video]

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Post by pino82 »

kristopolous wrote: post #53
mathgradthrow wrote: post #2

I wonder how many people here are discovering tom7 for the first time beacuse of this video.

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Same here. It's not that I wouldn't have the time. It's about principles. Some exceptions aside, text is just the better medium for actual content (not so much for the big show, though). Put some images or clips into the text if it makes sense, but don't make everything a video.

I'm sure a lot of people here cannot even imagine how we can continue living without having seen that clip. And 10000s of other ones - the barrier for superlatives is quite low nowadays. Also, there are entire generations of people out there today whose default way to retrieve content is by some video clips. Their perspective is different, because texts are hard for them. Sure they can somehow read, but many of them never learned well to actually understand text. That's the point.

I can imagine that there maybe indeed is some value in the clip. But I'm also very sure that it's quite okay to skip that video; and all the other ones. Things will be fine for us. Still. ;)

Re: Harder Drive: hard drives we didn't want, or need (2022) [video]

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Post by Uehreka »

kristopolous wrote: post #53
mathgradthrow wrote: post #2

I wonder how many people here are discovering tom7 for the first time beacuse of this video.

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Oof.

Some things aren’t purely informational. You can’t summarize experiencing Harder Drive, you can only get a description of what happens in it. Actually watching Harder Drive actually is the point. You spend 30 minutes (lol I wish it was 40) watching something fun/funny and feel good while you’re doing it.

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