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FYI this is an advert. Not just in resemblance to an infomercial but the youtube presenter is reaching out and quoting CTO of the company as responses to youtub

• fastball 5y ago
  Fairly certain YouTube requires you to disclose paid-for adverts now.
  • elil17 5y ago
    Fairly certain humans have been breaking rules almost as long as we’ve been making them.
    • fastball 5y ago
      Sure, but it would be very unlikely in this particular case, given that YT is very trigger happy when it comes to violations and YT is the main source of his livelihood.
• filleokus 5y ago
  I regularly watch this channel and I honestly believe his claims of independence (no revenue from any kind of sponsorships or adverts, just from Patreons). I think he simply want to be helpful for his audience and forward questions/responses if he has the chance to do so. Overall I like his content, he is usually fairly technical and realistic about the prospect of things he cover. He has also has done some deep dives in e.g how to calculate levelized cost of energy to help analyse/compare different new inovations he showcase on the channel. But sometimes I guess it can be slightly too pop-sciencey, reminding me (both in a good and bad way) of the glossy science magazines of my youth. Extrapolating barley lab bench-viable results to full scale production, with very optimistic timelines etc.
  • mda 5y ago
    Even if this is not an advert, he could have done better research and put a more balanced view. Are there prior work similar to this? What are the risks for the companies approach? Will it really provide 30% better efficiency? In current form this indeed looks like an advert, whether intentional or not.