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with a spanner in one hand and YouTube into the other There are so many useful videos on this stuff, but unfortunately the majority of the population still see

with a spanner in one hand and YouTube into the other There are so many useful videos on this stuff, but unfortunately the majority of the population still seems reluctant to learn.

m463 6mo ago
I think this kind of thing is much more commonplace than you think. Never underestimate a young person and their phone. They not only use youtube or chatgpt to solve daily problems, but date, pay bills, and communicate with their friends using mostly videos/photos/emojis (and occasionally english).
stronglikedan 6mo ago
I'm not sure the majority of the population will ever need, or even want, to learn to bleed fuel lines, so I wouldn't consider it reluctance. And I would wager that the majority of the (internet) population does engage in learning activities on the regular.
lachlan_gray 6mo ago
Tangential, but made me think of this YouTube channel I like. I have no plans to own a tractor but for some reason many others and I enjoy videos like this one: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pQO-pVxvKvA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pQO-pVxvKvA
- defrost 6mo ago
  New Zealand tree farmer Marty T has been posting detailed "back from the dead" tractor / bulldozer / grader / etc. restoration project videos for some time. * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVvO1tKKjRQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVvO1tKKjRQ * https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrCvcRxFfyzt3vJmctRaN58_-07eQMfGr https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrCvcRxFfyzt3vJmctRaN... etc. Also hydropower from old washing machine parts and other associated stuff you do on the land videos.
- suttontom 6mo ago
  Possibly a result of a high Systemising Quotient (SQ)? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathising%E2%80%93systemising_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathising%E2%80%93systemisin...
VBprogrammer 6mo ago
My son recently broke the string on the light cord in the bathroom. I opened it up in perhaps the naive expectation that someone would have designed that in such a way that the string can be reattached. Sadly it wasn't. In fact when you open the interior plastic piece the whole thing springs apart and everything from the clicking mechanism to the electrical terminals explode in different directions. Thankfully, someone had uploaded a video of a very similar switch and, after a few cross words (man I hate assembling mechanisms with springs), I had a new overhand knot in the string and all of the contacts, springs and terminals back in place. I would, without doubt, drive down to a shop and buy a new one next time...
- oniony 6mo ago
  The ones here in the UK have these little plastic connectors on the string. The switch itself has a very short string coming out of it(<10cm), the plastic connector and then the main pull cord. These connectors are simple tubes with an opening that hold and hide the knots. Makes changing the pull cord quite easy, you just feed it through the hole in the connector, tie a simple knot at the end and pull it back into the connector body. I actually had one of these connectors break on a bathroom light and just 3D printed a new one. But it should be fairly trivial to add one of these to any light pull you already have. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5140505 https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5140505 (not my design)
  - VBprogrammer 6mo ago
    Yeah, for some reason the knot broke on the inside rather than at that connector.

with a spanner in one hand and YouTube into the other There are so many useful videos on this stuff, but unfortunately the majority of the population still seems reluctant to learn.

m463 6mo ago

I think this kind of thing is much more commonplace than you think. Never underestimate a young person and their phone. They not only use youtube or chatgpt to solve daily problems, but date, pay bills, and communicate with their friends using mostly videos/photos/emojis (and occasionally english).

stronglikedan 6mo ago

I'm not sure the majority of the population will ever need, or even want, to learn to bleed fuel lines, so I wouldn't consider it reluctance. And I would wager that the majority of the (internet) population does engage in learning activities on the regular.

lachlan_gray 6mo ago

Tangential, but made me think of this YouTube channel I like. I have no plans to own a tractor but for some reason many others and I enjoy videos like this one: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pQO-pVxvKvA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pQO-pVxvKvA

defrost 6mo ago
New Zealand tree farmer Marty T has been posting detailed "back from the dead" tractor / bulldozer / grader / etc. restoration project videos for some time. * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVvO1tKKjRQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVvO1tKKjRQ * https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrCvcRxFfyzt3vJmctRaN58_-07eQMfGr https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrCvcRxFfyzt3vJmctRaN... etc. Also hydropower from old washing machine parts and other associated stuff you do on the land videos.
suttontom 6mo ago
Possibly a result of a high Systemising Quotient (SQ)? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathising%E2%80%93systemising_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathising%E2%80%93systemisin...

VBprogrammer 6mo ago

My son recently broke the string on the light cord in the bathroom. I opened it up in perhaps the naive expectation that someone would have designed that in such a way that the string can be reattached. Sadly it wasn't. In fact when you open the interior plastic piece the whole thing springs apart and everything from the clicking mechanism to the electrical terminals explode in different directions. Thankfully, someone had uploaded a video of a very similar switch and, after a few cross words (man I hate assembling mechanisms with springs), I had a new overhand knot in the string and all of the contacts, springs and terminals back in place. I would, without doubt, drive down to a shop and buy a new one next time...

oniony 6mo ago
The ones here in the UK have these little plastic connectors on the string. The switch itself has a very short string coming out of it(<10cm), the plastic connector and then the main pull cord. These connectors are simple tubes with an opening that hold and hide the knots. Makes changing the pull cord quite easy, you just feed it through the hole in the connector, tie a simple knot at the end and pull it back into the connector body. I actually had one of these connectors break on a bathroom light and just 3D printed a new one. But it should be fairly trivial to add one of these to any light pull you already have. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5140505 https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5140505 (not my design)
- VBprogrammer 6mo ago
  Yeah, for some reason the knot broke on the inside rather than at that connector.