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Apparently they unintentionally agreed to it
Jun 21, 2021, 10:42 AM
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but dang, to not know that and wake up sweating. Dangerous
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CU Medallion [53233]
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Terms and conditions checkbox
Jun 21, 2021, 11:30 AM
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TLDR.
Agreed. Lol - 80 degrees b/c hot outside.
No thank ya
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Re: Ain't no way! Don't touch my thermostat.....
Jun 21, 2021, 10:44 AM
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Next they'll be able to track our location through our cellphone and manipulate our internet bandwidth. Oh, it's coming. Big Brother is on the way.
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Oculus Spirit [97716]
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You can buy a dumb phone, or an old fashion thermostat
Jun 21, 2021, 10:56 AM
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This is why I tell my son a career as a YouTube influencer is not a good career, as you are not in control of it. Say something bad, or controversial, or whatever, and Google can boot you. Not a solid career choice IMO.
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Oculus Spirit [75717]
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Tell him I've been at it a month and have made
Jun 21, 2021, 11:17 AM
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0.00 YouTube dollars. I have made some sales though.
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Oculus Spirit [81061]
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I follow a few youtube channels, and have noticed
Jun 21, 2021, 11:51 AM
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that the more popular Youtube guys are all intertwined with other youtubers and outside events. Most didn't start as youtubers, that was just another outlet.
Just with the more popular car channels, Tyler Hoover (on Barrett Jackson this week and has been on Motor Trend before) has Hoovies Garage, is involved the Car Wizard, who is involved with Jared and Tavarish (wrench every day), who is involved with Ed Bolian (vinwiki), who is into seemingly everything car related, and they are all involved with Dennis Collins (Collins Bros Jeep/Richard Rawlings/Fast and Loud), and somehow, they are all involved with Doug Demuro who has his own car bidding website.
There are some of the younger guys like Whistlin' Diesel who has gotten popular, but I'd bet in 5 years he won't even be around. There's only so many times you can wreck a truck, or drop a Hilux from a helicopter (along with the Diesel Brothers from Discovery) that is interesting, or even funny. And who knows where the money really comes from to seed this nonsense.
On the fishing channel side, Nick Stanzcyk has probably one of the biggest salt water fishing channels, and owns two Freeman charter boats. But his parents own Bud and Mary's marina in Islamorada, so he didn't just fall into being a captain/fishing guide on youtube; He was born into it. The youtube channel and the corresponding merchandise are all from being a guide since he was about 15. He'd be doing that with, our without, youtube.
The Gale Force twins are cute twins who are fishing captains, who used to be mates on a smaller party/head boats. I'd guess most follow them because of their looks, but they are pretty instructional, and legit talented--and had to work at being captains before they started doing what they do now. But look at some of the bikini fishing chicks like Darcizzle and Fishing with Luiza and see how long you can sit through that. They just get annoying AF after about 5 minutes. And they're hot.
Point is, I don't think starting and staying popular/ relevant on youtube is as easy as one might think. Unless you can make millions and live off it forever, I don't know how anyone can make a sole career from it.
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Oculus Spirit [75717]
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While there are plenty of videos out there of people who
Jun 21, 2021, 12:03 PM
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were making a little bit of money then elected to go full time, I don't trust that path. I think it would be hard to leave the work force, YouTube a while, then get jump right back in. Sure, you've build a nice portfolio for yourself but I bet somewhere along the line you've admitted why you quit the "real world" and as a boss I may not like that.
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I think what IE is trying to tell you is, you don't stand a
Jun 21, 2021, 12:05 PM
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chance unless you start wearing a bikini on camera.
Do eet.
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Oculus Spirit [81061]
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You know much more about the analytics than I do
Jun 21, 2021, 12:10 PM
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But I'd think you'd have to have a LOT of regular viewers and growing subscription numbers to make money at it. I can't imagine the content necessary around doing a hobby..whatever that hobby is. You probably get about 20-30 seconds for someone to watch your channel before they give up and find another one that is more interesting, or stick around to see what you are doing. You gotta have some kind of hook there. I'm probably subscribed to 100 channels...and watch about 15-20 regularly. And even some of this I get bored with after a while.
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110%er [5791]
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I don't watch a lot of youtube, but my 13 yo is obsessed
Jun 21, 2021, 12:19 PM
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with watching other people play video games. I'll sit there and watch with him, and sometimes the youtuber is funny in the commentary, but you can tell the draw to them is that they don't take it too seriously. Like, they're not great at the game etc. and don't get butthurt about it.
In the end, if it means I don't shell out $60 for a video game, i'm ok with it.
I tend to watch videos of Las Vegas reviews etc. as I prep for my trip out there in November.
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Oculus Spirit [81061]
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I've never understood watching other people play
Jun 21, 2021, 12:22 PM
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video games. I haven't played a video game since Tetris came out, so I guess it's impossible for me to understand.
But how many times can you hear a 12 year old tell you he fscked your mother?
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Oh yeah it takes quite a lot to make any more and a good
Jun 21, 2021, 12:30 PM
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bit more to make a living. I think Den of Tools post something ever day, VCG is pretty prolific too. I think Kent Rollins only does one a week, but I'm sure most are like me and watch one time for entertainment and then again a few times if they want to try to cook whatever it is.
My legit goal is to get to the point where a video makes money or somebody sends me free stuff. I also hope it is a vehicle to push sales as I do more of the bird house kits that I'll have up on Etsy eventually.
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Oculus Spirit [81061]
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Why not put them up on Etsy now?
Jun 21, 2021, 12:32 PM
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Use your channel as a "how to". Make then easy to put together and chicks will eat it up buying it.
I saw a guy polishing a boat yesterday that is selling "kits" of stuff he uses and puts together. He's not building anything. Seemed like a pretty easy, good idea.
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Oculus Spirit [75717]
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I am most of the way to the Etsy shop.
Jun 21, 2021, 12:34 PM
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I worked last night on printed instructions for the one I've already filmed. I need to get some bank stuff setup as I don't want to use my real account on Etsy then I'll be all set.
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Broad River offered to buy networked thermostats
Jun 21, 2021, 10:46 AM
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and give us some kind of rate break if they could adjust our thermostats during peak.
I wonder how many takers they had . . . . .
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Somehow, I'm not surprised at all by this***
Jun 21, 2021, 10:47 AM
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I wonder what @fbcoach has to say about this.
Jun 21, 2021, 10:50 AM
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Well.... thoughts?
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He'll get back to you in August
Jun 21, 2021, 10:51 AM
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when school starts back.
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Oculus Spirit [81061]
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"There's something wrong with my A/C..the thermostat
Jun 21, 2021, 10:52 AM
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keeps changing"
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Freedom! Murica!!! Something like that.
Jun 21, 2021, 10:54 AM
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I don't have a "smart" thermostat, and never will.
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I have one but the power company does not have access
Jun 21, 2021, 11:41 AM
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I guess turning up everyone's ac is better than collapsing the grid. We need more solar panels!
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Re: Ain't no way! Don't touch my thermostat.....
Jun 21, 2021, 10:57 AM
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Ya know, for a homicidal luddite, Ted Kaczynski may have been onto something
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I'd be willing to bet the utility made it pretty clear...
Jun 21, 2021, 11:37 AM
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that they could adjust thermostat during certain conditions. Load-shedding/controlling of HVAC has been around a long time.
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simple solution, get a dumb thermostat.***
Jun 21, 2021, 12:02 PM
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There's a reason why tech people don't want their houses
Jun 21, 2021, 12:20 PM
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to be "smart."
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Oculus Spirit [81061]
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I've said it before...but when our electrical grid
Jun 21, 2021, 12:30 PM
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or an aircraft carrier gets taken out by Skynet using a mass distributed bot system that's implanted on every coffee maker, refrigerator and washing machine that has an IP address...maybe we'll all understand why the IoT was such a terrible idea?
Who is going to patch all these cameras, lamps, refrigerators, and Chinese thermostats that have a scaled down linux kernel an and IP address? Nobody. Most of it was probably built with built in root kits to begin with. 2 years from now the manufacturer has either closed, or fired everyone who even knew they made that stuff, there it sits and does whatever it does, as long as whatever it is still is plugged in, and still glomming onto to someone's equally old router connected to their wifi.
THAT'S the kind of stuff I sit around and think about and go "Thats gonna be really bad one day".
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Re: I've said it before...but when our electrical grid
Jun 21, 2021, 5:47 PM
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Completely agree
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Yep, I've told people for years now...all the folks who are
Jun 21, 2021, 7:28 PM
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"early adopters" of all the new-fangled gadgetry are just blissfully unaware. Having spent 35+ years in high-tech and software... Nope, I stay off the grid as much as possible, in terms of "smart devices" and interconnecting everything. The more you know about the behind-the-scenes, nuts & bolts of all that crap, the less you engage with it. It's insidious.
But people need to appear hip and cool and bleeding edge.....
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