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* {{Misblamed}}: Invoked and discussed in reference to why certain pieces of tech have less-than-stellar reputations.
** In the video [[https://youtu.be/GiYO1TObNz8?t=334 The LED Traffic Light and the Danger of "But Sometimes!"]], Alec talks about how LED traffic lights last longer and are more energy efficient compared to the old incandescent bulbs. The only advantage the incandescent traffic bulbs had was their high energy use had a side effect of making the traffic module warm, which prevented snow and ice from building up on the surface. News media and citizens used that one advantage alone to show how the newer LED bulbs are more dangerous and cause more accidents since they don't produce enough heat to melt the snow and ice around them. Alec points out that while there were some fatal accidents in the indicated scenario, it doesn't snow every single day to make this a recurring event and the disadvantages of LED bulbs in the winter doesn't justify not using them in the non winter seasons. In response to the LED's lack of heat, Alec points out that there are LED bulbs that have a heating element inside that can turn on when the air temperature gets low so that snow and ice can't form on the bulbs and even with the heat increasing energy usage, it still uses less energy than incandescent bulbs.
** "[[https://youtu.be/_AdBcTMHG0Q In Defense of the CFL: A Retrospective]]" talks about how Compact Fluorescent Lights, while flawed and generally inferior to [=LEDs=], were blamed for more than they deserved blame for. First, Alec says that colder color temperatures were thought to be inherent to fluorescent lights, despite how much store displays with warm [=CFLs=] tried to dispel that myth. Speaking of warm, users made the innocent mistake of putting [=CFLs=] in smaller enclosed spaces like ceiling light fixtures. The heat the bulbs produced (while less than incandescent) was trapped in the glass dome to build up, which caused them to stop working to no fault of the user.
** In the video [[https://youtu.be/GiYO1TObNz8?t=334 The LED Traffic Light and the Danger of "But Sometimes!"]], Alec talks about how LED traffic lights last longer and are more energy efficient compared to the old incandescent bulbs. The only advantage the incandescent traffic bulbs had was their high energy use had a side effect of making the traffic module warm, which prevented snow and ice from building up on the surface. News media and citizens used that one advantage alone to show how the newer LED bulbs are more dangerous and cause more accidents since they don't produce enough heat to melt the snow and ice around them. Alec points out that while there were some fatal accidents in the indicated scenario, it doesn't snow every single day to make this a recurring event and the disadvantages of LED bulbs in the winter doesn't justify not using them in the non winter seasons. In response to the LED's lack of heat, Alec points out that there are LED bulbs that have a heating element inside that can turn on when the air temperature gets low so that snow and ice can't form on the bulbs and even with the heat increasing energy usage, it still uses less energy than incandescent bulbs.
** "[[https://youtu.be/_AdBcTMHG0Q In Defense of the CFL: A Retrospective]]" talks about how Compact Fluorescent Lights, while flawed and generally inferior to [=LEDs=], were blamed for more than they deserved blame for. First, Alec says that colder color temperatures were thought to be inherent to fluorescent lights, despite how much store displays with warm [=CFLs=] tried to dispel that myth. Speaking of warm, users made the innocent mistake of putting [=CFLs=] in smaller enclosed spaces like ceiling light fixtures. The heat the bulbs produced (while less than incandescent) was trapped in the glass dome to build up, which caused them to stop working to no fault of the user.
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* {{Misblamed}}: Invoked and discussed in reference to why certain pieces of tech have less-than-stellar reputations.
** In the video [[https://youtu.be/GiYO1TObNz8?t=334 The LED Traffic Light and the Danger of "But Sometimes!"]], Alec talks about how LED traffic lights last longer and are more energy efficient compared to the old incandescent bulbs. The only advantage the incandescent traffic bulbs had was their high energy use had a side effect of making the traffic module warm, which prevented snow and ice from building up on the surface. News media and citizens used that one advantage alone to show how the newer LED bulbs are more dangerous and cause more accidents since they don't produce enough heat to melt the snow and ice around them. Alec points out that while there were some fatal accidents in the indicated scenario, it doesn't snow every single day to make this a recurring event and the disadvantages of LED bulbs in the winter doesn't justify not using them in the non winter seasons. In response to the LED's lack of heat, Alec points out that there are LED bulbs that have a heating element inside that can turn on when the air temperature gets low so that snow and ice can't form on the bulbs and even with the heat increasing energy usage, it still uses less energy than incandescent bulbs.
** "[[https://youtu.be/_AdBcTMHG0Q In Defense of the CFL: A Retrospective]]" talks about how Compact Fluorescent Lights, while flawed and generally inferior to [=LEDs=], were blamed for more than they deserved blame for. First, Alec says that colder color temperatures were thought to be inherent to fluorescent lights, despite how much store displays with warm [=CFLs=] tried to dispel that myth. Speaking of warm, users made the innocent mistake of putting [=CFLs=] in smaller enclosed spaces like ceiling light fixtures. The heat the bulbs produced (while less than incandescent) was trapped in the glass dome to build up, which caused them to stop working to no fault of the user.
** In the video [[https://youtu.be/GiYO1TObNz8?t=334 The LED Traffic Light and the Danger of "But Sometimes!"]], Alec talks about how LED traffic lights last longer and are more energy efficient compared to the old incandescent bulbs. The only advantage the incandescent traffic bulbs had was their high energy use had a side effect of making the traffic module warm, which prevented snow and ice from building up on the surface. News media and citizens used that one advantage alone to show how the newer LED bulbs are more dangerous and cause more accidents since they don't produce enough heat to melt the snow and ice around them. Alec points out that while there were some fatal accidents in the indicated scenario, it doesn't snow every single day to make this a recurring event and the disadvantages of LED bulbs in the winter doesn't justify not using them in the non winter seasons. In response to the LED's lack of heat, Alec points out that there are LED bulbs that have a heating element inside that can turn on when the air temperature gets low so that snow and ice can't form on the bulbs and even with the heat increasing energy usage, it still uses less energy than incandescent bulbs.
** "[[https://youtu.be/_AdBcTMHG0Q In Defense of the CFL: A Retrospective]]" talks about how Compact Fluorescent Lights, while flawed and generally inferior to [=LEDs=], were blamed for more than they deserved blame for. First, Alec says that colder color temperatures were thought to be inherent to fluorescent lights, despite how much store displays with warm [=CFLs=] tried to dispel that myth. Speaking of warm, users made the innocent mistake of putting [=CFLs=] in smaller enclosed spaces like ceiling light fixtures. The heat the bulbs produced (while less than incandescent) was trapped in the glass dome to build up, which caused them to stop working to no fault of the user.
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-->'''Alec:''' ...there are also fancier kettles available which let you set them to a certain temperature. Great cor certain types of tea or really pedantic coffee snob--I mean, enthusiasts.
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-->'''Alec:''' ...there are also fancier kettles available which let you set them to a certain temperature. Great cor for certain types of tea or really pedantic coffee snob--I mean, enthusiasts.
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* VerbalBackspace: Alec simply can't suppress his disdain for coffee snob--err, enthusiasts in [[https://youtu.be/_yMMTVVJI4c?t=1264 "Why don't Americans use electric kettles?"]]
-->'''Alec:''' ...there are also fancier kettles available which let you set them to a certain temperature. Great cor certain types of tea or really pedantic coffee snob--I mean, enthusiasts.
-->'''Alec:''' ...there are also fancier kettles available which let you set them to a certain temperature. Great cor certain types of tea or really pedantic coffee snob--I mean, enthusiasts.
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** The beginning of [[https://youtu.be/dH4n8fUjtLQ "Cassette adapters are remarkably simple"]] has Alec wearing a different shirt whenever he shows an AlterEgo.
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** The beginning of [[https://youtu.be/dH4n8fUjtLQ "Cassette adapters are remarkably simple"]] has Alec wearing a different shirt whenever he shows an AlterEgo.alter ego.
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** In "[[https://youtu.be/dH4n8fUjtLQ?t=46 Cassette Adapters are Remarkably Simple]]", Alec has an AlterEgo gag which he believes went along longer than it should.
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** In "[[https://youtu.be/dH4n8fUjtLQ?t=46 Cassette Adapters are Remarkably Simple]]", Alec has an AlterEgo alter ego gag which he believes went along longer than it should.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: If you're used to his current throughput where Alec sits in front of a backdrop full of square shelves stuffed with all sorts of old tech, it can be somewhat weird going back to his earlier days where he stood in front of a green screen with a more plain backdrop. Go even further back, and you'll find yourself face-to-face with a ''completely'' different backdrop that's either different shelves of old tech. Sometimes it's accompanied by a WhiteVoidRoom. However, the overall format of the show has largely remained the same.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: If you're used to his current throughput where Alec sits in front of a backdrop full of square shelves stuffed with all sorts of old tech, it can be somewhat weird going back to his earlier days where he stood in front of a green screen with a more plain backdrop. Go even further back, and you'll find yourself face-to-face with a ''completely'' different backdrop that's either different shelves of old tech. Sometimes it's accompanied by a WhiteVoidRoom. However, the overall format of the show has largely remained the same. Likewise, Alec's older videos lack the bloopers and the snarky text in the closed captions that appear in the end.
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* FastForwardGag: In the [[https://youtu.be/E9avjD9ugXc?t=813 "Coffee Percolators: An Explanation and Roast"]] video, Alec has both the stovetop percolator and electric percolator running. When he goes upstairs to start the stovetop percolator, he has the video sped up and you can hear the sound of the electric percolator also sped up. Alec in the subtitles notes that it sounds like a laser blaster and then a steam train that progressively gets faster and faster.
--> [pew, pew pew pew, pew pew] It does sounds weirdly like a laser blaster when sped up. Fascinating, innit? Now it sounds like a steam train. I think I can, I think I can ithinkicanithinkicanithinkicanithinkican--Oh God, IT'S GONNA BLOW!
--> [pew, pew pew pew, pew pew] It does sounds weirdly like a laser blaster when sped up. Fascinating, innit? Now it sounds like a steam train. I think I can, I think I can ithinkicanithinkicanithinkicanithinkican--Oh God, IT'S GONNA BLOW!
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* AuthorAppeal: Alec is a big fan of [[Ride/WaltDisneyWorld EPCOT]], and will frequently take advantage of any appropriate opportunity to make references to it or utilize something related to it like a promotional tape. Fitting, given half of the park is meant to document the progression of human innovations much like his channel.
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* LOL69: When he talks about his Keyboard in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXYMdxwTf8s this video]], he has the keyboard go to 69 BPM and makes it say the number, to which he replies [[MemeticMutation "Nice"]]
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* LOL69: When he talks about his Keyboard in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXYMdxwTf8s [[https://youtu.be/JXYMdxwTf8s?t=335 this video]], he has the keyboard go to 69 BPM and makes it say the number, to which he replies [[MemeticMutation "Nice"]]
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* LOL69: When he talks about his Keyboard in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXYMdxwTf8s this video]], he has the keyboard go to 69 BPM and makes it say the number, to which he replies [[MemeticMutation "Nice"]]
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* BetterThanABareBulb: Alec will frequently hang a lampshade on any deficiency. Be it in his script, his video, a piece of technology or anywhere. Sometimes they are lampshaded using BlatantLies. Items that get lampshaded include:
** Any and all {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s.
** Any OverlyLongGag.
** The EarlyInstallmentWeirdness when he refers to a video made before his square shelf set, such as in [[https://youtu.be/mSFwyM2L5h4?t=488 CED Part 2]].
** The fact that "[[https://youtu.be/s8khEO7PuDU?t=13 One more thing: the VHS notch]]" has an extremely similar premise to the previous video.
** A caption bonus at the end of "[[https://youtu.be/rVpABCxiDaU?t=1282 Film: the reason some of the past was in HD]]" lampshades that the telempromter in "One more thing: the VHS notch" spelled it as both [[PsmithPsyndrome "Freddy the Feces" and "Freddie the Feces"]]
** Even the slightly swinging shutter string "[[https://youtu.be/0aFhzGEBQlk?t=712 Trinitron: Sony's Once Unbeatable Product]]" is not exempt.
** Any and all {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s.
** Any OverlyLongGag.
** The EarlyInstallmentWeirdness when he refers to a video made before his square shelf set, such as in [[https://youtu.be/mSFwyM2L5h4?t=488 CED Part 2]].
** The fact that "[[https://youtu.be/s8khEO7PuDU?t=13 One more thing: the VHS notch]]" has an extremely similar premise to the previous video.
** A caption bonus at the end of "[[https://youtu.be/rVpABCxiDaU?t=1282 Film: the reason some of the past was in HD]]" lampshades that the telempromter in "One more thing: the VHS notch" spelled it as both [[PsmithPsyndrome "Freddy the Feces" and "Freddie the Feces"]]
** Even the slightly swinging shutter string "[[https://youtu.be/0aFhzGEBQlk?t=712 Trinitron: Sony's Once Unbeatable Product]]" is not exempt.
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* PsmithPsyndrome: In "[[https://youtu.be/s8khEO7PuDU?t=13 One more thing: the VHS notch]]", the FunnyBackgroundEvent on the teleprompter shows "Freddy the Feces", a parody of ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh''. However, the spelling is inconsistient as "Freddy" and "Freddie". Later, in the closed captions of "[[https://youtu.be/rVpABCxiDaU?t=1282 Film: the reason some of the past was in HD]]", this inconsistency is lampshaded.
-->'''Captions:''' Join us next week as the adventures of ''Freddy the Feces'' continue! Actually, I take that back. It's ''Freddie the Feces'', like it always was.
-->'''Captions:''' Join us next week as the adventures of ''Freddy the Feces'' continue! Actually, I take that back. It's ''Freddie the Feces'', like it always was.
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* RunningGag: Crossed with EasterEgg. If you watch his videos with closed captions on, the closing music is always referred to as "[adverb] smooth jazz". A few adverbs he has used include "progressively", "optically", and "sequentially".
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* RunningGag: Crossed with EasterEgg. EasterEgg.
** If you watch his videos with closed captions on, the closing music is always referred to as "[adverb] smooth jazz". A few adverbs he has used include "progressively", "optically", and"sequentially"."sequentially".
** "Freddy the Feces" is a recurring gag, being a written parody of ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh''. It can be found in the closed captions of "[[https://youtu.be/rVpABCxiDaU?t=1282 Film: the reason some of the past was in HD]]" after the HilariousOuttakes, the teleprompter in "[[https://youtu.be/s8khEO7PuDU?t=13 One more thing: the VHS notch]]" and the teleprompter in "[[https://youtu.be/YeRu4xYH_W0?t=31 Teleprompters are clever, simple, and also pretty neat]]". It's not uncommon for the story to lampshade the name change [[PsmithPsyndrome between "Freddy" and "Freddie"]].
** If you watch his videos with closed captions on, the closing music is always referred to as "[adverb] smooth jazz". A few adverbs he has used include "progressively", "optically", and
** "Freddy the Feces" is a recurring gag, being a written parody of ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh''. It can be found in the closed captions of "[[https://youtu.be/rVpABCxiDaU?t=1282 Film: the reason some of the past was in HD]]" after the HilariousOuttakes, the teleprompter in "[[https://youtu.be/s8khEO7PuDU?t=13 One more thing: the VHS notch]]" and the teleprompter in "[[https://youtu.be/YeRu4xYH_W0?t=31 Teleprompters are clever, simple, and also pretty neat]]". It's not uncommon for the story to lampshade the name change [[PsmithPsyndrome between "Freddy" and "Freddie"]].
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* SuddenNameChange: {{Parodied|Trope}} and lampshaded in the closed captions of "[[https://youtu.be/rVpABCxiDaU?t=1282 Film: the reason some of the past was in HD]]".
-->'''Captions:''' Join us next week as the adventures of ''Freddy the Feces'' continue! Actually, I take that back. It's ''[[PsmithPsyndrome Freddie the Feces]]'', like it always was.
-->'''Captions:''' Join us next week as the adventures of ''Freddy the Feces'' continue! Actually, I take that back. It's ''[[PsmithPsyndrome Freddie the Feces]]'', like it always was.
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Correction: They Dont Make Them Like They Used To refers to nostalgua in realistic settings, Older Is Better refers to other things
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** "[[https://youtu.be/6SL6zs2bDks?t=627 Closed Captioning: More Ingenious Than You Know]]" talks about how line 21 captions on analog television could let the broadcaster or tape master decide where to place the captions. It could move up and down so as not to obscure text on screen, and move left and right to show who is talking. Meanwhile, Website/{{YouTube}}'s captions have no such functionality.[[note]]Alec's own pinned comment points out that the viewer can reposition captions at will. But uploading a certain caption file type lets the uploader decide where the captions get placed, overriding the user functionality, just like Line 21. However, writing captions on [=YouTube's=] own caption editor doesn't give uploaders that option.[[/note]]
** Alec posits that one reason for the declining popularity of automatic record changers in the 1970s was that they lost advanced features in changers from the '50s and '60s.
** "[[https://youtu.be/6SL6zs2bDks?t=627 Closed Captioning: More Ingenious Than You Know]]" talks about how line 21 captions on analog television could let the broadcaster or tape master decide where to place the captions. It could move up and down so as not to obscure text on screen, and move left and right to show who is talking. Meanwhile, Website/{{YouTube}}'s captions have no such functionality.[[note]]Alec's own pinned comment points out that the viewer can reposition captions at will. But uploading a certain caption file type lets the uploader decide where the captions get placed, overriding the user functionality, just like Line 21. However, writing captions on [=YouTube's=] own caption editor doesn't give uploaders that option.[[/note]]
** Alec posits that one reason for the declining popularity of automatic record changers in the 1970s was that they lost advanced features in changers from the '50s and '60s.
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** "[[https://youtu.be/6SL6zs2bDks?t=627 Closed Captioning: More Ingenious Than You Know]]" talks about how line 21 captions on analog television could let the broadcaster or tape master decide where to place the captions. It could move up and down so as not to obscure text on screen, and move left and right to show who is talking. Meanwhile, Website/{{YouTube}}'s captions have no such functionality.[[note]]Alec's own pinned comment points out that the viewer can reposition captions at will. But uploading a certain caption file type lets the uploader decide where the captions get placed, overriding the user functionality, just like Line 21. However, writing captions on [=YouTube's=] own caption editor doesn't give uploaders that option.[[/note]]
** Alec posits that one reason for the declining popularity of automatic record changers in the 1970s was that they lost advanced features in changers from the '50s and '60s.
** "[[https://youtu.be/6SL6zs2bDks?t=627 Closed Captioning: More Ingenious Than You Know]]" talks about how line 21 captions on analog television could let the broadcaster or tape master decide where to place the captions. It could move up and down so as not to obscure text on screen, and move left and right to show who is talking. Meanwhile, Website/{{YouTube}}'s captions have no such functionality.[[note]]Alec's own pinned comment points out that the viewer can reposition captions at will. But uploading a certain caption file type lets the uploader decide where the captions get placed, overriding the user functionality, just like Line 21. However, writing captions on [=YouTube's=] own caption editor doesn't give uploaders that option.[[/note]]
** Alec posits that one reason for the declining popularity of automatic record changers in the 1970s was that they lost advanced features in changers from the '50s and '60s.
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They Dont Make Them Like They Used To means "older is more durable and reliable"
* OlderIsBetter:
** "[[https://youtu.be/6SL6zs2bDks?t=627 Closed Captioning: More Ingenious Than You Know]]" talks about how line 21 captions on analog television could let the broadcaster or tape master decide where to place the captions. It could move up and down so as not to obscure text on screen, and move left and right to show who is talking. Meanwhile, Website/{{YouTube}}'s captions have no such functionality.[[note]]Alec's own pinned comment points out that the viewer can reposition captions at will. But uploading a certain caption file type lets the uploader decide where the captions get placed, overriding the user functionality, just like Line 21. However, writing captions on [=YouTube's=] own caption editor doesn't give uploaders that option.[[/note]]
** Alec posits that one reason for the declining popularity of automatic record changers in the 1970s was that they lost advanced features in changers from the '50s and '60s.
** "[[https://youtu.be/6SL6zs2bDks?t=627 Closed Captioning: More Ingenious Than You Know]]" talks about how line 21 captions on analog television could let the broadcaster or tape master decide where to place the captions. It could move up and down so as not to obscure text on screen, and move left and right to show who is talking. Meanwhile, Website/{{YouTube}}'s captions have no such functionality.[[note]]Alec's own pinned comment points out that the viewer can reposition captions at will. But uploading a certain caption file type lets the uploader decide where the captions get placed, overriding the user functionality, just like Line 21. However, writing captions on [=YouTube's=] own caption editor doesn't give uploaders that option.[[/note]]
** Alec posits that one reason for the declining popularity of automatic record changers in the 1970s was that they lost advanced features in changers from the '50s and '60s.
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** "[[https://youtu.be/6SL6zs2bDks?t=627 Closed Captioning: More Ingenious Than You Know]]" talks about how line 21 captions on analog television could let the broadcaster or tape master decide where to place the captions. It could move up and down so as not to obscure text on screen, and move left and right to show who is talking. Meanwhile, Website/{{YouTube}}'s captions have no such functionality.[[note]]Alec's own pinned comment points out that the viewer can reposition captions at will. But uploading a certain caption file type lets the uploader decide where the captions get placed, overriding the user functionality, just like Line 21. However, writing captions on [=YouTube's=] own caption editor doesn't give uploaders that option.[[/note]]
** Alec posits that one reason for the declining popularity of automatic record changers in the 1970s was that they lost advanced features in changers from the '50s and '60s.
** "[[https://youtu.be/6SL6zs2bDks?t=627 Closed Captioning: More Ingenious Than You Know]]" talks about how line 21 captions on analog television could let the broadcaster or tape master decide where to place the captions. It could move up and down so as not to obscure text on screen, and move left and right to show who is talking. Meanwhile, Website/{{YouTube}}'s captions have no such functionality.[[note]]Alec's own pinned comment points out that the viewer can reposition captions at will. But uploading a certain caption file type lets the uploader decide where the captions get placed, overriding the user functionality, just like Line 21. However, writing captions on [=YouTube's=] own caption editor doesn't give uploaders that option.[[/note]]
** Alec posits that one reason for the declining popularity of automatic record changers in the 1970s was that they lost advanced features in changers from the '50s and '60s.
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* BoringButPractical: Many of Alec's videos covers subjects that would considered incredibly boring to talk about, but he goes into great lengths to explain how certain things work, why they work that way, and how it affects people that interact with them. For example, [[https://youtu.be/48hW-K7fQTM his video on elevator signal cues]] shows how simple double ring from an elevator helps those with visual impairments know that the elevator is heading down instead of up, which would ring only once.
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* BoringButPractical: Many of Alec's videos covers subjects that would considered incredibly boring to talk about, but he goes into great lengths to explain how certain things work, why they work that way, and how it affects people that interact with them. For example, [[https://youtu.be/48hW-K7fQTM his video on elevator signal cues]] shows how a simple double ring from an elevator helps those with visual impairments know that the elevator is heading down instead of up, which whereas a single ring would ring only once.indicate the elevator is heading up.
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* ShaggyDogStory: the [[https://youtu.be/WpgsITqoDXQ episode about black-and-white film development]] goes over the process in much detail, elaborating on the various methods and chemicals used, using a film roll from [[https://youtu.be/wbbH77rYaa8 the previous episode]] as an example. When we finally see the results, [[spoiler: it turns out there is no picture to be seen other than the numbers counting down the number of frames left on the roll; the film was already way past its expiration date and therefore degraded to the point of uselessness. Ultimately {{Subverted}}, as Alec simply takes a similar series of stills with another, better-quality roll of film off-screen and then shows the results of developing that.]]
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While the channel officially started back in 2015, host Alec's forays into [=YouTube=] go somewhat farther back than that, at least to 2013. However, at that time, he was a much smaller-known [=YouTube=] channel with much lower production values and is something of an OldShame for him. The Technology Connections channel proper also first experienced its major surge in popularity with his video on [=VCRs=] in 2017, and further experienced another bump with the VHS vs. Beta format war series. Since then, it has become a fairly well-known series of videos among tech focused [=YouTube=] users, in particular because of the aforementioned variety of content and its uniqueness.
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While the channel officially started back in 2015, host Alec's Alec Watson's forays into [=YouTube=] go somewhat farther back than that, at least to 2013. However, at that time, he was a much smaller-known [=YouTube=] channel with much lower production values and is something of an OldShame for him. The Technology Connections channel proper also first experienced its major surge in popularity with his video on [=VCRs=] in 2017, and further experienced another bump with the VHS vs. Beta format war series. Since then, it has become a fairly well-known series of videos among tech focused [=YouTube=] users, in particular because of the aforementioned variety of content and its uniqueness.
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* StealthPun: In "[[https://youtu.be/bxN2JSMpvCo?t=87 A record player that can play CDs: The Fisher DAC-145]]", Alec says "If you wanted to get reel fancy maybe you'll have a reel-to-reel deck, too". [[FunWithSubtitles The closed captions reveal his punny intent]].
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* TheyDontMakeThemLikeTheyUsedTo: Alec posits that one reason for the declining popularity of automatic record changers in the 1970s was that they lost advanced features in changers from the '50s and '60s.
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** "[[https://youtu.be/6SL6zs2bDks?t=627 Closed Captioning: More Ingenious Than You Know]]" talks about how line 21 captions on analog television could let the broadcaster or tape master decide where to place the captions. It could move up and down so as not to obscure text on screen, and move left and right to show who is talking. Meanwhile, Website/{{YouTube}}'s captions have no such functionality.[[note]]Alec's own pinned comment points out that the viewer can reposition captions at will. But uploading a certain caption file type lets the uploader decide where the captions get placed, overriding the user functionality, just like Line 21. However, writing captions on [=YouTube's=] own caption editor doesn't give uploaders that option.[[/note]]
** Alec posits that one reason for the declining popularity of automatic record changers in the 1970s was that they lost advanced features in changers from the '50s and '60s.
** "[[https://youtu.be/6SL6zs2bDks?t=627 Closed Captioning: More Ingenious Than You Know]]" talks about how line 21 captions on analog television could let the broadcaster or tape master decide where to place the captions. It could move up and down so as not to obscure text on screen, and move left and right to show who is talking. Meanwhile, Website/{{YouTube}}'s captions have no such functionality.[[note]]Alec's own pinned comment points out that the viewer can reposition captions at will. But uploading a certain caption file type lets the uploader decide where the captions get placed, overriding the user functionality, just like Line 21. However, writing captions on [=YouTube's=] own caption editor doesn't give uploaders that option.[[/note]]
** Alec posits that one reason for the declining popularity of automatic record changers in the 1970s was that they lost advanced features in changers from the '50s and '60s.
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*** In [[https://youtu.be/2z5A-COlDPk?t=685 "Why it’s not possible to synchronize turn signals (but also absolutely is)",]] he has to think before adapting that saying to "buying three of them", since he bought two blinker relays to demonstrate how different two of the same kind can behave, then bought a third to disassemble. Then Alec says "[[SerialEscalation through the magic of buying four more of them]]" when he starts exploring different types of flashers.
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*** In [[https://youtu.be/2z5A-COlDPk?t=685 be/2z5A-COlDPk?t=435 "Why it’s not possible to synchronize turn signals (but also absolutely is)",]] he has to think before adapting that saying to "buying three of them", since he bought two blinker relays to demonstrate how different two of the same kind can behave, then bought a third to disassemble. Then Alec says "[[SerialEscalation through the magic of buying four more of them]]" when he starts exploring different types of flashers.
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--> '''Alec:''' Anyway, [[{{Irony}} let's get on with th- on with - sh - sh - on with]] - on - sh - sh - sh - sh - show - on with - sh - sh - sh - sh - show - sh - on with - on with - '''*THUD*''' - on with the show.
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---> '''Alec''': "Oh boy! We're gonna have a honking good time with this video!" ''*INTENSE GRIN*''
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--> '''Alec''': "Oh boy! We're gonna have a honking good time with this video!" ''*INTENSE GRIN*''
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* PercussiveMaintenance: In the first minute of [[https://youtu.be/mSFwyM2L5h4?t=49 CED Part 2]], Alec does this to fix a RepetitiveAudioGlitch on his {{UsefulNotes/CED}} machine.
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* PercussiveMaintenance: PercussiveMaintenance:
** In the first minute of [[https://youtu.be/mSFwyM2L5h4?t=49 CED Part 2]], Alec does this to fix a RepetitiveAudioGlitch on his {{UsefulNotes/CED}} machine.
** In the first minute of [[https://youtu.be/mSFwyM2L5h4?t=49 CED Part 2]], Alec does this to fix a RepetitiveAudioGlitch on his {{UsefulNotes/CED}} machine.
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** In his Connextras Sights and Sounds video on Laserdisc players, he [[https://youtu.be/Xx_ylYKD6Bo?t=396 hits the top of his Pioneer CLD-D502 player to open it]] because it has a slipping belt that causes the tray to get stuck when opening.
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* NoPunctuationPeriod: In [[https://youtu.be/6SL6zs2bDks?t=19 "Closed Captioning: More Ingenious than You Know"]], Alec mocks Website/YouTube's captions for not adding any punctuation with a run-on sentence.
--> '''Alec:''' By hitting [the closed captioning] button, your device will start displaying the text metadata embedded in the video stream that either [=YouTube=] has auto-generated, or that super awesome content creators like myself have put in so that you don't have to simply watch a stream of unpunctuated words flow by like the world's largest run on sentence that never ends and which often contains incorrect words because the captioning system isn't quite perfect and that while useful as a tool could really use... [[FunWithSubtitles (jokes sometimes end up here, too!)]]
--> '''Text:''' This went on for some time...
--> '''Alec:''' By hitting [the closed captioning] button, your device will start displaying the text metadata embedded in the video stream that either [=YouTube=] has auto-generated, or that super awesome content creators like myself have put in so that you don't have to simply watch a stream of unpunctuated words flow by like the world's largest run on sentence that never ends and which often contains incorrect words because the captioning system isn't quite perfect and that while useful as a tool could really use... [[FunWithSubtitles (jokes sometimes end up here, too!)]]
--> '''Text:''' This went on for some time...
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* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer:
** In [[https://youtu.be/KfuARMCyTvg?t=715 "The Impossible Feat inside Your VCR"]] Alec says "no joke" when reassuring people that his VHS filter is, in fact, done with real VHS hardware.
** In [[https://youtu.be/-VqsU1VK3mU?t=694 "Macrovision: The Copy Protection in VHS"]], Alec emphasizes that there are, in fact, circumstances where copying a copyrighted piece of media is allowed.
** In [[https://youtu.be/KfuARMCyTvg?t=715 "The Impossible Feat inside Your VCR"]] Alec says "no joke" when reassuring people that his VHS filter is, in fact, done with real VHS hardware.
** In [[https://youtu.be/-VqsU1VK3mU?t=694 "Macrovision: The Copy Protection in VHS"]], Alec emphasizes that there are, in fact, circumstances where copying a copyrighted piece of media is allowed.
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*** In [[https://youtu.be/2z5A-COlDPk "Why it’s not possible to synchronize turn signals (but also absolutely is)",]] he has to think before adapting that saying to "buying three of them", since he bought two blinker relays to demonstrate how different two of the same kind can behave, then bought a third to disassemble. Then Alec says "[[SerialEscalation through the magic of buying four more of them]]" when he starts exploring different types of flashers.
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*** In [[https://youtu.be/2z5A-COlDPk be/2z5A-COlDPk?t=685 "Why it’s not possible to synchronize turn signals (but also absolutely is)",]] he has to think before adapting that saying to "buying three of them", since he bought two blinker relays to demonstrate how different two of the same kind can behave, then bought a third to disassemble. Then Alec says "[[SerialEscalation through the magic of buying four more of them]]" when he starts exploring different types of flashers.
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*** In [[https://youtu.be/2z5A-COlDPk "Why it’s not possible to synchronize turn signals (but also absolutely is)",]] he has to think before adapting that saying to "buying three of them", since he bought two blinker relays to demonstrate how different two of the same kind can behave, then bought a third to disassemble.
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*** In [[https://youtu.be/2z5A-COlDPk "Why it’s not possible to synchronize turn signals (but also absolutely is)",]] he has to think before adapting that saying to "buying three of them", since he bought two blinker relays to demonstrate how different two of the same kind can behave, then bought a third to disassemble. Then Alec says "[[SerialEscalation through the magic of buying four more of them]]" when he starts exploring different types of flashers.
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*** In [[https://youtu.be/2z5A-COlDPk "Why it’s not possible to synchronize turn signals (but also absolutely is)",]] he has to think before adapting that saying to "buying three of them", since he bought two blinker relays to demonstrate how different two of the same kind can behave, then buy a third to disassemble.
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*** In [[https://youtu.be/2z5A-COlDPk "Why it’s not possible to synchronize turn signals (but also absolutely is)",]] he has to think before adapting that saying to "buying three of them", since he bought two blinker relays to demonstrate how different two of the same kind can behave, then buy bought a third to disassemble.
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*** In [[https://youtu.be/2z5A-COlDPk the episode on syncing turn signal blinking,]] he has to think before adapting that saying to "buying three of them", since he bought two blinker relays to demonstrate how different two of the same kind can behave, then buy a third to disassemble.
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*** In [[https://youtu.be/2z5A-COlDPk the episode on syncing "Why it’s not possible to synchronize turn signal blinking,]] signals (but also absolutely is)",]] he has to think before adapting that saying to "buying three of them", since he bought two blinker relays to demonstrate how different two of the same kind can behave, then buy a third to disassemble.
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*** In [[https://youtu.be/2z5A-COlDPk the episode on syncing turn signal blinking,]] he has to think before adapting that saying to "buying three of them", since he bought two blinker relays to demonstrate how different two of the same kind can behave, then buy a third to disassemble.
