In all seriousness, I have followed through on watching two Youtube videos produced by extremely qualified Electrical Engineers on their projects in the recent past, just to understand the platform and how they approach it.

In both cases, the comments turned into a nuisance for the author. They were besieged by (may I use the term) idiots asking such basic questions in "text speak" that didn't make any sense, which eventually pissed off the author(s) to no end.

I've a filter in place for my favourite search engine (nope, definitely not Google) that eliminates any Youtube related query responses. Not just for when I'm searching for specific electronic implementation questions, but all questions in general. If I'm up for a video, I'll find it on my own.

Lazy has gone to a whole new level in the last generation (or two). Not Perl lazy, but may as well be dead lazy, expecting everything to work perfectly after watching a two-minute video with shoddy and questionable material and really crappy music in the background.

/end rant

In reply to Re^4: Is Perl on the Raspberry Pi worth it? by stevieb
in thread Is Perl on the Raspberry Pi worth it? by stevieb

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