Linus Tech Tips Tech Hoarders 2 - Helping a Retrogaming Collector Get Rid of His Collection (www.youtube.com)
from jay@mbin.zerojay.com to retrogaming@lemmy.world on 10 Aug 2024 15:49
https://mbin.zerojay.com/m/retrogaming@lemmy.world/t/7427

This man has one hell of a collection and it’s clearly painful seeing it all go.

#collector #genesis #retrogaming #snes

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mox@lemmy.sdf.org on 10 Aug 2024 17:02 next collapse

My impression from watching a few of Linus Sebastian’s videos is that, while he probably has good intentions, he overestimates his understanding of technologies, to the point of sometimes badly misleading his viewers. I feel that’s irresponsible behavior for a tech presenter.

drspod@lemmy.ml on 10 Aug 2024 17:48 next collapse

As soon as Linus starts talking about something that you actually know about, you realise that he is bullshitting you, and it immediately calls into question everything that you’ve heard him say about subjects that you’re not an expert in.

I had this realization about LTT years ago, but it’s a known phenomenon in journalism (the Gell-Mann amnesia effect) and seems to be even more common in YouTube journalism since the barrier to entry of publishing video is so much lower than publishing in print.

trolololol@lemmy.world on 11 Aug 2024 01:55 collapse

I think this happens in print way more often.

redisdead@lemmy.world on 11 Aug 2024 01:02 collapse

I mean not long ago they shut down video production for a month after being called out for being shit at doing their job. Things haven’t really changed much since then.

xyzzy@lemm.ee on 11 Aug 2024 03:02 collapse

Why was this post down voted into oblivion?

jay@mbin.zerojay.com on 11 Aug 2024 04:55 next collapse

Have no idea. Thought people would enjoy seeing someone's collection and be interested in buying some of his collection since he put it up for auction, but I guess not...?

weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works on 12 Aug 2024 23:08 collapse

If I had to guess, the retro gaming speculator bubble probably ran the collecting part of the hobby’s reputation into the ground.

Venator@lemmy.nz on 11 Aug 2024 19:00 collapse

if only there was some way to play these games, in a browser, for nothing

-Linus

Edit: attributed

jay@mbin.zerojay.com on 12 Aug 2024 14:33 collapse

That's pretty much the point Linus makes in the video to the collector.

Venator@lemmy.nz on 12 Aug 2024 19:10 collapse

I was quoting him, as an example of one of the reasons the post was downvoted. Sorry for the confusion. I should’ve added more context.

jay@mbin.zerojay.com on 12 Aug 2024 20:43 collapse

All good.