People obsessed with niche subjects and go all out on that are the backbone of society.
My mind goes to the guy that packaged 1/3 of all Arch packages in the official repo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqMf6XFacR8&pp=ygUKZGlzdHJvd...
My mind goes to the guy that packaged 1/3 of all Arch packages in the official repo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqMf6XFacR8&pp=ygUKZGlzdHJvd...
I come across him whenever I am trying to figure out what a specific distro or tool _looks and feels_ like. If you search any distro name plus "distrotube" there is probably a video of him setting it up and playing around with it.
I have wondered about this guys background before and finally looked it up tonight.
> Despite the geekiness of my content, I have never actually worked in IT or a computer-related industry. Although Linux and technology have always been my hobby, I worked in the retail industry until recently. In 2020, with the pandemic and the subsequent shutdown, I lost the job that I had at the time. The retailer that I worked for went bankrupt and cut most of their supervisory positions (including mine). Thankfully, I already had a side job of sorts—making YouTube videos! So since the pandemic started, my full-time job has been making video content.
> I have been strictly a Linux user since 2008. The distro that I currently run is ArcoLinux with the xmonad window manager. Some of the software that I use daily includes GIMP (for graphics), Kdenlive (video editing), Audacity (audio editing), and OBS (for recording/streaming video). I also use a distribution of Emacs called Doom Emacs. It is my preferred text editor, although I often use Vim as well, especially if I am already in a terminal.
from https://people.zsa.io/derek-taylor/
Which still leaves a lot of mystery to the "how did he get into this" question.
https://sachachua.com/blog/2018/09/interview-with-thierry-vo...
"Well, my name is Rita Amend. I live in the crowded Rhine-Main-area in Germany. Perhaps that's why I love the tranquillity of the Outback so much."
"Update: Now I am retired, Australia and the vast inland is still in my dreams. At the end of 2018 we spent our 9th holiday in Australia."
Now that I think about it, I can identify. I'm from Australia but have visited Southern Utah many times, think about it often and could write an extensive site about it.
(Previously discussed on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31261533)
Magic happens when you find someone with the same weird interest: emulation brings innovation through iterations!
Maybe someday I'll find someone interested in running Excel through wine rendering in Sixels within a terminal :)
And before you ask, yes I've enjoyed way too much reading about https://github.com/taviso/123elf and the history behind it!
Most social media (IG, Twitter etc.) - a find to be a total shitshow and I subscribe to the idea that they cause depression, anxiety and tend to make your life worse.
What can be good though is a small and well moderated community that's focused on a particular interest which everyone in it shares. These can be really rewarding to participate in.
In a somewhat different way, the phenomenon also manifests in the shift from public social media to private online e.g. Telegram chat groups - those don't seem to be as soul-sucking as IG or Twitter, either.
We just recently lost Near, a brilliant person who probably had one of the best understandings of the SNES out there, and built multiple import SNES emulators because they were bullied into suicide for being non-binary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUDX6amkHOg
It's in mandarin but CC translate works.