Nvidia Looks Towards Linux Kernel Upstream (www.youtube.com)
from qaz@lemmy.world to linux@lemmy.ml on 20 Jun 2024 06:26
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muhyb@programming.dev on 20 Jun 2024 07:16 next collapse

I hate those obnoxious Youtube thumbnails.

Quintus@lemmy.ml on 20 Jun 2024 07:45 collapse

Seriously. Why the hell is the guy’s face in there anyway? I would understand if it was Nvidia’s logo that was large as hell. I imagine it might be to tell his followers “it’s me” but whatever.

bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de on 20 Jun 2024 07:50 next collapse

Unfortunately it has been proven that putting a stupid human face into the thumbnail makes your audience much bigger. It would be nice if YouTube had a “show stupid face” option.

qaz@lemmy.world on 20 Jun 2024 09:05 next collapse

The reverse exists, there is the DeArrow extension which removes thumbnails like this and replaces it with a crowdsourced frame of the video.

muhyb@programming.dev on 20 Jun 2024 13:34 next collapse

Huh, nice extension. Thanks for the heads up.

electro1@infosec.pub on 20 Jun 2024 17:34 collapse

I like that this exists but I don’t want to use it because i want to know the content creatos to avoid, thumbnails are part of the game, but putting your face on them feels like a cheap trick ( since it’s unecessary ), effective… yes… but cheap…

LeFantome@programming.dev on 22 Jun 2024 17:31 collapse

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MonkderDritte@feddit.de on 20 Jun 2024 11:12 collapse

Weird, a grimace in the thumbnail usually drives me away, because it implies overstipulated trivia for teens to me.

Jumuta@sh.itjust.works on 20 Jun 2024 23:27 collapse

I feel the same way but Brodie’s usually fine

TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world on 20 Jun 2024 08:41 next collapse

Because humans love faces. We love looking at them, we love seeing them. Our brains are wired to handle facial recognition very well and be drawn to faces.

In fact, the effect is so strong that we often see faces where none exist

People being drawn to faces has led to thumbnails with faces on getting far more attention. Tbh, if you were trying to make a YT channel your job, it’s very likely you’d start doing it too, you’d be actively sabotaging yourself for the sake of pride otherwise.

Deckweiss@lemmy.world on 20 Jun 2024 09:20 collapse

Well, I hate human faces on youtube video thumbnails.

I want to see a preview of the content instead of being biologically exploited into clicking on it.

For anyone who feels the same way: dearrow.ajay.app

TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world on 21 Jun 2024 16:13 next collapse

Ok then, but you’re very much in the minority. People wouldn’t do it if it didn’t work.

cheezits@lemmy.ca on 21 Jun 2024 18:43 collapse

You’re saying it’s biological exploitation? So do you have a dog? Do you play fetch with it? Or is that biological exploitation? Is it biological exploitation for food companies to monopolize on our taste buds? Just curious where you are getting these ridiculous claims. You do know that you can mouse over a video to get a preview of the content, right? Look up the definition and purpose of a YouTube thumbnail. Tell me what you find.

Deckweiss@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 2024 08:09 collapse

Is it biological exploitation for food companies to monopolize on our taste buds?

Yes. Thats the only reason why there is so much sugar in everything. Which is rather unhealthy, but we keep eating it because sugar makes us want it.

cheezits@lemmy.ca on 20 Jun 2024 12:34 collapse

Because its proven to generate more views, why do people criticize the guy for trying to make a living? Literally every other big youtuber does this… Its effective. I do not understand why people hate someone for complying to an industry norm. Do you also hate real estate agents for putting their smiling face on billboards? Lol.

clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 20 Jun 2024 13:28 next collapse

Do you also hate real estate agents for putting their smiling face on billboards?

Yes, we do in fact!

cheezits@lemmy.ca on 20 Jun 2024 15:13 collapse

Okay, I’m sorry clearly I’m the irrational one.

pipows@lemmy.today on 20 Jun 2024 20:06 collapse

Totally agree. The content may be good, but title and thumbnail are marketing only. A silly thumbnail doesn’t make the content worse, so nothing wrong in the creator trying to use it as a way to increase their reach

sndmn@lemmy.ca on 20 Jun 2024 07:21 next collapse

No thank you.

TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world on 20 Jun 2024 08:43 collapse

Why? You get a kick from your GPU drivers being a proprietary black box or something?

Deckweiss@lemmy.world on 20 Jun 2024 09:20 next collapse

I get a kick from not buying Nvidia

Cornelius@lemmy.ml on 20 Jun 2024 09:32 next collapse

*I get a kick from not having any professional workloads that require GPU compute

Fixed that for you.

Deckweiss@lemmy.world on 20 Jun 2024 13:48 collapse

My professional computer is given by my company, I don’t have to buy anything for it. I don’t even think IT would allow me to run Linux on it 😅.

For my personal computer I make the choices.

TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world on 20 Jun 2024 10:26 next collapse

I mean same I guess, but I still view their cards finally potentially working properly and not wasting shitloads of manhours for distro/DE devs as a good thing that will benefit everyone.

[deleted] on 20 Jun 2024 10:43 collapse

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XTL@sopuli.xyz on 20 Jun 2024 10:56 next collapse

It’s Nvidia. That’s not going to change.

sndmn@lemmy.ca on 21 Jun 2024 00:23 collapse

No thanks to random YouTube accounts or proprietary hardware.

Beaver@lemmy.ca on 20 Jun 2024 08:12 next collapse

I don’t understand the hate, this guy makes great videos.

qaz@lemmy.world on 20 Jun 2024 09:02 next collapse

It’s probably the thumbnail, but I can’t do much about that.

clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 20 Jun 2024 12:56 next collapse

No, he doesn’t. He’s obnoxious.

aluminium@lemmy.world on 20 Jun 2024 13:56 next collapse

He reads article or forum thread. Thats it.

electro1@infosec.pub on 20 Jun 2024 18:05 collapse

how so ? he isn’t saying anything really… because he rarely says an opinion of his own, and when he does he does so briefly… like he grabbed it from someone 👀… yeah… why I’m not surprised every video idea he has is LITERALLY stollen from a Reddit post or a comment ( source : him )…

plus anyone can go and read from a blog post or a github discussion and come out with same amount of information if not more…

lastly quantity over quality: this complements my last point, because the only way to make a quality video is by doing deep research، these YouTubers skip shit ton of critical information, and it makes people have a flawed perspective

less than 2 days to research, record, and edit and make a thumbnail ? Seriously ?! It should tell you something is off

Regalia@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 20 Jun 2024 11:42 collapse

What? I thought Nvidia didn’t want to mainline the open driver??

Edit: Grrrr, clickbait. This is not about their open driver but as far as I understood about exposing a more minimal driver for vGPU usage, in light of development of Nova, a Rust based nouveau successor.