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Perhaps, in addition to the artistic aspect of it, he wanted to educate people about what actually happens to video when it is sent to youtube. This is much mor
by jazzychad 16y ago
Perhaps, in addition to the artistic aspect of it, he wanted to educate people about what actually happens to video when it is sent to youtube. This is much more relatable than saying, "I wrote this shell script..." Also, having the log of all 1000 versions on youtube is interesting as well.
The other thing about art is that time is usually not a large motivating factor...
- jemfinch 16y agoThe thing is, I'm not convinced that it's youtube's fault; apparently he converted it to mp4 on his own computer after the download from youtube, before re-uploading it. I wonder if he'd have had the same effect if he'd uploaded the same format he ripped from youtube.
- megablast 16y agoNobody is blaming youtube, video compression or anything of the such. This is to expected behaviour. And no normal person should be able to expect, or want to upload and download a video 1000 times, or even more than 10.
- jokermatt999 16y agoHe does say "and the mp4 codec" in his speech, so that's acknowledged at least.
- kno 16y agoThere are clear reasons why not everyone is an artist, patience and endurance is are a huge part of it.
- ars 16y agoThat's also the same reason many people look down on (modern) artists. The use patience to do something everyone else would do in a more efficient way.
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- gloob 16y agoI don't really have much of a dog in this fight one way or the other (nor, for that matter, did I up- or down-vote either of you) - but I'm sort of getting a bit of a tickle in my irony bone from personally insulting someone repeatedly for having different priorities than you ("pathetically arrogant", "narcissistic", etc.), in an attempt to argue that they should be less judgmental.
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- daleharvey 16y agowhile I dont particularly understand the parent comment about people looking down on modern artists for being inefficient, they certainly didnt say they did so themselves, and even if they did it would in no way excuse this vitriolic hate filled reply. Since your account is brand new for this comment, you more than likely are aware this is the type of comment that gets an account banned, and hope that something is in place to handle this situation. But if you are genuinely new, then I dont think I am out of place to say comments like yours have absolutely no place here.
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- mos1b 16y agoLet me try again: Only a supremely self-involved, judgmental, narcissistic asshole would think it's appropriate to look down on others for having different ideas about how they want to spend the short time we get on this planet. Truly, it's hard to imagine how badly one's parents would have to fuck up to raise a child that thought that such sentiments were appropriate. Those who might look down upon others for engaging in an inefficient activity are not just hypocrites, they are arrogant fools. They are asserting that they know the best way for every person to spend their life. It is sad that HN appears to support such thoughtless, worthless, bigoted, narcissistic behavior.
- Confusion 16y agoDon't mistake patience and endurance for skill.
- simplify 16y agoI'd say they're highly correlated. How else do you obtain skill?
- thunk 16y agoThey're close enough for me.
- mixmax 16y ago1% inspiration, 99% persipration.
- donaq 16y ago“If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search. I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor." - Nikola Tesla
- nexneo 16y agoHe proved that point at #100, I guess. And you really think this as an art?
- DougBTX 16y agoNot "an art", but certainly "art".