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https://youtu.be/Sdwy9fzQzl4 https://youtu.be/Sdwy9fzQzl4 Scott Manley does a great job explaining such things!

by jakoblorz 7y ago

baybal2 7y ago
I'm surprised the guy being a youtuber. He is the codecs guy at Apple Computers
- kbenson 7y ago
  Eh, it's just another form of blog at this point. Not the greatest for searching, but a valid medium for expression.
  - inopinatus 7y ago
    I think they might be suggesting that Scott may have specific exemption from Apple's PR policy (summary: "say nothing to anyone") to be allowed an independent public voice - particularly on a technical/engineering topic. Apple is not, so far as we know, currently developing orbital-class rocketry, but there's genuine potential for product topic overlap in Project Titan vs Tesla and perhaps more besides. I would not be at all surprised if there's a List Of Things Apple PR Hereby Politely Requests That Scott Doesn't Mention. When I was at AWS I was similarly forbidden from mentioning anything to do with video games to just about anybody, despite not having anything to do with video games myself, and many other topics besides the obvious (e.g. "don't disclose EC2/S3 capacity numbers"[1], "don't reveal how Glacier works"[2]), and in fact there was a whole programme of PR training and tiered permission to speak at conferences or to the press/analysts that boiled down, mostly, to knowing what you could and couldn't say, and how diplomatically you parried questions on the latter. Either that or Terry Pratchett's law of rewritten rules applies. [1] no-one would believe me anyway [2] it's a massively redundant array of vinyl records
  - afterburner 7y ago
    It's also great self-marketing.
- emilecantin 7y ago
  Isn't he an astronomer / astrophysicist? You must be talking about another Scott Manley.
  - KiwiJohnno 7y ago
    Nope, same guy. Scott Manley has a degree in astrophysics (I think) and worked as an astronomer for a while, then got a job coding at Apple. He's a smart guy
    - simonh 7y ago
      Technically he got a job at a startup, which was then bought by Apple.
    - emilecantin 7y ago
      Yeah, I looked him up on Wikipedia, looks like I got the wrong impression from his videos. Smart guy indeed!
  - wolf550e 7y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Manley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Manley
- akhilcacharya 7y ago
  I'm shocked that I'm the last person to know this. I didn't know I could be more impressed with him.
- simonh 7y ago
  He started out (or at least found fame) doing Kerbal Space Program tutorials and play throughs, that's how I first came across him. He's also a pro DJ with an awe inspiring music collection and knowledge of music, though I'm not sure how much of that he still does. Oh, and he's also a fully qualified Astrophysicist and has worked in the field.
afterburner 7y ago
I really like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbH1ZDImaI8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbH1ZDImaI8

https://youtu.be/Sdwy9fzQzl4 https://youtu.be/Sdwy9fzQzl4 Scott Manley does a great job explaining such things!

baybal2 7y ago

I'm surprised the guy being a youtuber. He is the codecs guy at Apple Computers

kbenson 7y ago
Eh, it's just another form of blog at this point. Not the greatest for searching, but a valid medium for expression.
- inopinatus 7y ago
  I think they might be suggesting that Scott may have specific exemption from Apple's PR policy (summary: "say nothing to anyone") to be allowed an independent public voice - particularly on a technical/engineering topic. Apple is not, so far as we know, currently developing orbital-class rocketry, but there's genuine potential for product topic overlap in Project Titan vs Tesla and perhaps more besides. I would not be at all surprised if there's a List Of Things Apple PR Hereby Politely Requests That Scott Doesn't Mention. When I was at AWS I was similarly forbidden from mentioning anything to do with video games to just about anybody, despite not having anything to do with video games myself, and many other topics besides the obvious (e.g. "don't disclose EC2/S3 capacity numbers"[1], "don't reveal how Glacier works"[2]), and in fact there was a whole programme of PR training and tiered permission to speak at conferences or to the press/analysts that boiled down, mostly, to knowing what you could and couldn't say, and how diplomatically you parried questions on the latter. Either that or Terry Pratchett's law of rewritten rules applies. [1] no-one would believe me anyway [2] it's a massively redundant array of vinyl records
- afterburner 7y ago
  It's also great self-marketing.
emilecantin 7y ago
Isn't he an astronomer / astrophysicist? You must be talking about another Scott Manley.
- KiwiJohnno 7y ago
  Nope, same guy. Scott Manley has a degree in astrophysics (I think) and worked as an astronomer for a while, then got a job coding at Apple. He's a smart guy
  - simonh 7y ago
    Technically he got a job at a startup, which was then bought by Apple.
  - emilecantin 7y ago
    Yeah, I looked him up on Wikipedia, looks like I got the wrong impression from his videos. Smart guy indeed!
- wolf550e 7y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Manley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Manley
akhilcacharya 7y ago
I'm shocked that I'm the last person to know this. I didn't know I could be more impressed with him.
simonh 7y ago
He started out (or at least found fame) doing Kerbal Space Program tutorials and play throughs, that's how I first came across him. He's also a pro DJ with an awe inspiring music collection and knowledge of music, though I'm not sure how much of that he still does. Oh, and he's also a fully qualified Astrophysicist and has worked in the field.

afterburner 7y ago

I really like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbH1ZDImaI8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbH1ZDImaI8