The author of the article says the 8-Bit Guy is controversial. Why is that?

pwdisswordfishq 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Gun nut on the side, he had a rather ill-informed (at best) video on AI a while ago (before the current LLM craze), and has once done a pretty reckless attempt at repairing a unique IBM machine – as in, opening the PSU with a dremel tool and then then bridging a circuit with a paperclip.

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smilespray 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe it's because he's a bit of a gun nut on the side? He did some computer videos casually carrying a rifle of some kind slung over his shoulder.

I still enjoy his videos.

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karlgkk 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

A lot of vintage restorers don't like him and people like him because he goes Wow! Look at This! and then suddenly a bunch of middle aged men with beards have that exact thing on their shelf. And those of us doing preservation and restoration suddenly are priced out of the hobby we've been in for decades.

Also, his technical "work" is not great. In fact, it's really bad. Even his successful fixes show a lack of attention to detail.

It's worth noting that he started his career as a computer scrapper.

	▲	smilespray 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, I've seen some fixes that gave me the wrong kind of goosebumps. I like his history videos, though, for instance the ones that talk about graphics modes for a given computer. Also, your bio says you don't shave. Sure you're not one of those bearded, middle-aged men?

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sedimannapoleon 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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