Orthanc

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One-in-a-Trillion Game of Rock Paper Scissors Implemented with YouTube Endcards [video](youtube.com)
12 points by Orthanc 3y ago|4 comments
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by Orthanc 4y ago
And now I'm here reading your comment, small world. Good luck with your theme!
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by Orthanc 4y ago
Internet Historian is doing the best work on the site right now. Unfortunately his most recent video got a copyright claim, but in the meantime you should start here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh9KBwqGxTI
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by Orthanc 4y ago
It not an easy answer -- if I can cheat a bit and post a second channel that hosts a podcast where I talk about work a lot: https://www.youtube.com/@cortexfm Some projects end up taking many months unexpectedly, like this o
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by Orthanc 4y ago
https://www.youtube.com/@cgpgrey I never know quite how to explain it: I guess it's best to say I make animated explainer videos about topic that catch my attention.
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by Orthanc 4y ago
Adorable! I wish I had found this _before_ starting that project!
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by Orthanc 4y ago
>It is just that story is being told backwards and in a snarky voice for dramatic effect, otherwise it would become clear that IATA codes are pretty much the most natural and logical thing in the world, which would rob author of a passab
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by Orthanc 4y ago
I (mostly) like it better than reddit, but _shhhhh_ don't tell reddit.
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by Orthanc 4y ago
Thanks!
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by Orthanc 4y ago
My YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/cgpgrey . Started it with the idea that it could bring attention to some other professional projects, but it turned out that YouTube was actually the career.
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by Orthanc 4y ago
For the record, I suspect most Hacker News readers would get a lot more out of the text version. There was a lot of detail trimming to make it work as a video.
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by Orthanc 4y ago
What do the advanced options mean?
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by Orthanc 4y ago
Neon 80s theme FTW.
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by Orthanc 4y ago
So say we all.
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by Orthanc 4y ago
Yes it's really me -- I don't often comment on hacker news, but it was just funny to come across my own video here.
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by Orthanc 4y ago
Glad you liked it!
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by Orthanc 10y ago
Nice until you have to actually use them.
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by Orthanc 10y ago
It's about a video every six weeks, but I am not a typical YouTuber in this regard.
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by Orthanc 10y ago
I don't remember the number of videos, but my goal was 200,000 subscribers before leaving my day job. Subscribers aren't views (and they mean less now than they did when I started) but that was my estimate on how big of a base I
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by Orthanc 10y ago
Yup it's me. Not a frequent poster on HN, mostly a lurker.
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by Orthanc 10y ago
Yes: the ads you see on YouTube are split between the creator and YouTube. Now that I'm a larger channel there is patronage and sponsorships as well, but it all got started with building an archive of popular videos.
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by Orthanc 10y ago
A viral video ( https://youtu.be/rNu8XDBSn10 ) that turned into a whole career.
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by Orthanc 10y ago
I can imagine an image in my head (sort of) but I can't not think in words. It's hard for me to even understand what people mean when they say they are thinking but they don't have an internal monologue going on in their h
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by Orthanc 11y ago
Autos! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU
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Dark Mode as iOS Accessibility Feature(reddit.com)
1 points by Orthanc 12y ago|0 comments
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by Orthanc 12y ago
Thank you for listening.
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by Orthanc 12y ago
"Lack of smashing and fixing windows may be hurting the economy"
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by Orthanc 12y ago
This doesn't sound good: "6. Enhance competition. The Commission will look for opportunities to enhance Internet access competition. One obvious candidate for close examination was raised in Judge Silberman’s separate opinion, nam
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by Orthanc 12y ago
Thank you for the recommendation though, to be clear, I never became a professor. Just a guy with an Internet connection.
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by Orthanc 13y ago
Not sure if this is what Hacker News would normally consider a business but I run a YouTube channel as my one-person business: http://www.youtube.com/cgpgrey

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