FilipJacobson he one and only Commanding Officer StoneMountain64, or any of his closest partners in crime Aculite and Tomographic.

I love these chaps too! Great personalities and quality banter when they’re together.

Cheetosdust And Real Engineering is a channel about, well, engineering.

All this chat about engineering has reminded me of the great “makers” of YouTube; those that ideate, build and test wacky contraptions at home. My favorites are Colin Furze and Stuff Made Here and of course The Real Life Guys from Germany.

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        Rob ⚡️ All this chat about engineering has reminded me of the great “makers” of YouTube; those that ideate, build and test wacky contraptions at home. My favorites are Colin Furze and Stuff Made Here and of course The Real Life Guys from Germany.

        Many thanks for the recommendations. I just checked and I didn’t know any of them, so they are added to the list. I love to see how things are made, a little bit like the series “Home” in Apple TV+ and the great Simone Giertz on YouTube. Her video with “Truckla” is something else. 😄

        Melissa Hehe, that is so true. And I love when she writes about topics that are not tech-related. For example, the other day she published an opinion piece about Dave Chappelle regarding his latest special for Netflix.

        In the same vein as Swisher, I recommend two other names - they do influence the public perception with their investigations bringing truth to so many different aspects of society.

        Ronan Farrow and his investigations for The New Yorker. His reporting on Harvey Weinstein, Britney Spears and Andrew Cuomo are journalistic excellence. If you have the opportunity, there’s also an amazing series on HBO called “Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes”. It’s a masterclass in investigative reporting.

        The second name is Ben Smith. I started following his work when he was Editor in Chief of BuzzFeed News, but now he has an even bigger and better platform: The New York Times. He investigates and reports topics related to media. They are brutal, as you can read here about Axel Springer, the company that now owns Politico.

              Melissa

              SOMEWHAT OFF TOPIC FOR THIS THREAD: Have you had a listen to his latest talk with the on Spotify about NFT for the music industry (and other industries) where he is recording a meeting with the artist Farruko?

              I really think the NFT space will have a huge impact on multiple sectors. I can see multiple connections between it, and crowdfunding (like Gary is also mentioning) with the creative people building their community and fan base through it using the NFT contracts as ways to build trust and authenticity. Just like TGC (sports, Pokémon, etc.) and other types of physical collectibles that have spiked yet again during the pandemic, such physical items could also potentially be built into the blockchains as well which for me is the most interesting part of NFT: How to build in the physical objects into the digital contracts to verify ownership and build services around.

              Nice applications for Nothing to look into for the very long run is how to add these physical products from the production to the ledger to create phydgitals (creating a hybrid of both physical and digital assets) which are transferred upon sale. I see a lot of applications coming for this type of technology, which could be used by Nothing to verify ownership of a device (like a proof-of-purchase) which is put on the ledger for the customer to have in their portfolio of owned digital and phydgital items. One other nice thing is to potentially take some small transaction fee when devices are sold second hand (a very small percentage fee) which could create some revenue even down the road for the company, just like what will potentially will happen to the music industry with royalties.

              The recoding isn’t of best quality, but definitely got me into thinking of possible transactions in our society which could be built into this.

                Cheetosdust

                Ah, I’m glad! Enjoy! Stuff Made Here is especially good for techy people … Shane is painfully intelligent 😅

                I loved seeing all the “Truckla” content too - so great that Simone was invited to the Cybertruck reveal.

                    Rob ⚡️ I remember when she was invited to the even and I believe she parked the “Truckla” nearby, hehe. 😅

                    I also remember seeing an interview she have to MKBHD where she mentions that she was afraid that Tesla would ban her car after the changes she made to it. It’s in the video you can see below about the right to repair.

                        Cheetosdust

                        Hah yes, close enough to get some rare photos of both trucks in one place!

                        Two Tesla Pickups Pass In The Night: Truckla Meets Cybertruck

                        I quite like watching Rich Rebuilds, who very comically draws awareness to how Tesla, a sustainable company, won’t let you repair your car without penalty. Really interesting stuff.