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Marques Brownlee interviewed Bill about his annual letter. https://youtu.be/4mxXdCUXSSs https://youtu.be/4mxXdCUXSSs Near the end you can see a younger Bill j

Marques Brownlee interviewed Bill about his annual letter. https://youtu.be/4mxXdCUXSSs https://youtu.be/4mxXdCUXSSs Near the end you can see a younger Bill jump over a chair.

coolreader18 8y ago
The first thing I thought of when I saw "Marques Brownlee" was "If I controlled rewind..."
- skilled 8y ago
  So what you are saying is that you are 9 years old?
  - whymauri 8y ago
    "Jokes are not allowed on HN. HN is a very serious website."
    - Waterluvian 8y ago
      Stop that. Stop that right now. We need to be serious or else we risk realising we are just another iteration of Tech Social Site that will come and go.
    - gnadx 8y ago
      you laugh but people have literally been banned for making a few jokes here on accounts they've had for a decade. "up itself" is how I often hear this place described.
    - zorga 8y ago
      Yea, because the moderator is an asshole with a power trip who thinks everyone should be pussies like he is and never have a human moment. Yea I know I'm shadowbanned, but some people do show dead.
usaphp 8y ago
honestly both of his big intereviews, this one and the one with Elon Musk are very poor. Questions are generic and there isn't any interesting information gathered from these interviews, I would not bother watching them
- Cookingboy 8y ago
  I like Marques a lot personally, but in my experience he is at his best only when it comes to gadget reviews. His high profile interviews are shockingly shallow and his new car review show "Auto Focus" (ok, that's an amazingly clever name) is also about as in-depth as you'd expect a smartphone guy's car reviews to be. But again, he's got a great personality and screen presence, I just wish he spends a bit more time on more meaningful thoughts and more in-depth research when it comes to other subjects.
  - fermienrico 8y ago
    I would actually go ahead and say that his gadget reviews are wishy washy, too soft and lacks objectivity. I understand its not supposed to be a full technical analysis but he makes what makes it popular and wide appealing. Especially, his audio gear reviews are full of subjective claims - "It sounds roomy, with crisp highs and thumpy base but not too muddy." They are, to me, utterly and completely useless pieces of information. I'll go and read Anandtech now. I don't fully blame MKBHD. I blame the entire genre of youtube reviews. I need data. I need A-B tests. I need technical specification verification using proper metrology. That's how my brain evaluates things I want to spend money on.
    - manigandham 8y ago
      His channel is mostly for entertainment by viewers around his age rather than those looking for hard technical analysis. I do think he's much better suited to gadgets than interviews though.

Marques Brownlee interviewed Bill about his annual letter. https://youtu.be/4mxXdCUXSSs https://youtu.be/4mxXdCUXSSs Near the end you can see a younger Bill jump over a chair.

coolreader18 8y ago

The first thing I thought of when I saw "Marques Brownlee" was "If I controlled rewind..."

skilled 8y ago
So what you are saying is that you are 9 years old?
- whymauri 8y ago
  "Jokes are not allowed on HN. HN is a very serious website."
  - Waterluvian 8y ago
    Stop that. Stop that right now. We need to be serious or else we risk realising we are just another iteration of Tech Social Site that will come and go.
  - gnadx 8y ago
    you laugh but people have literally been banned for making a few jokes here on accounts they've had for a decade. "up itself" is how I often hear this place described.
  - zorga 8y ago
    Yea, because the moderator is an asshole with a power trip who thinks everyone should be pussies like he is and never have a human moment. Yea I know I'm shadowbanned, but some people do show dead.

usaphp 8y ago

honestly both of his big intereviews, this one and the one with Elon Musk are very poor. Questions are generic and there isn't any interesting information gathered from these interviews, I would not bother watching them

Cookingboy 8y ago
I like Marques a lot personally, but in my experience he is at his best only when it comes to gadget reviews. His high profile interviews are shockingly shallow and his new car review show "Auto Focus" (ok, that's an amazingly clever name) is also about as in-depth as you'd expect a smartphone guy's car reviews to be. But again, he's got a great personality and screen presence, I just wish he spends a bit more time on more meaningful thoughts and more in-depth research when it comes to other subjects.
- fermienrico 8y ago
  I would actually go ahead and say that his gadget reviews are wishy washy, too soft and lacks objectivity. I understand its not supposed to be a full technical analysis but he makes what makes it popular and wide appealing. Especially, his audio gear reviews are full of subjective claims - "It sounds roomy, with crisp highs and thumpy base but not too muddy." They are, to me, utterly and completely useless pieces of information. I'll go and read Anandtech now. I don't fully blame MKBHD. I blame the entire genre of youtube reviews. I need data. I need A-B tests. I need technical specification verification using proper metrology. That's how my brain evaluates things I want to spend money on.
  - manigandham 8y ago
    His channel is mostly for entertainment by viewers around his age rather than those looking for hard technical analysis. I do think he's much better suited to gadgets than interviews though.