Experiences
May 26, 2022 10:19 AM Subscribe
Experiences. Using VideoGrep, Sam Lavigne created a supercut of Mark Zuckerberg selling us the Metaverse.
Warning: Zuckerberg.
The author is associated with the School for Poetic Computation, which frankly, sounds like the coolest thing ever.
This link is via Pinboard Popular Bookmarks, a rich trove of fun.
The author is associated with the School for Poetic Computation, which frankly, sounds like the coolest thing ever.
This link is via Pinboard Popular Bookmarks, a rich trove of fun.
I would like to know why his bike seat is at such an extreme angle. What's that experience like?
posted by dobbs at 10:26 AM on May 26, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by dobbs at 10:26 AM on May 26, 2022 [2 favorites]
I would like to know why his bike seat is at such an extreme angle. What's that experience like?
Virtually unbearable.
posted by Dr. Twist at 10:44 AM on May 26, 2022
Virtually unbearable.
posted by Dr. Twist at 10:44 AM on May 26, 2022
20 seconds in and I've already felt semantic satiation.
posted by msbrauer at 10:53 AM on May 26, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by msbrauer at 10:53 AM on May 26, 2022 [3 favorites]
Ted Lasso: No, my plan is for my plan to work. But you know what they say about the best-laid plans, right? Hm. Said "plan" too many times. Word's lost all its meaning now. Plan, plan, plan...
posted by johnxlibris at 10:56 AM on May 26, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by johnxlibris at 10:56 AM on May 26, 2022 [5 favorites]
This is fun. I love pretty much everything Lavigne does. (I'm pretty sure I'd like all of it even if we weren't old friends who haven't actually seen each other in years. But, I probably wouldn't know about most of it otherwise. I entirely missed this particular one.) All the silence in Total Recall and the old CSPAN videogreps also make me giggle, if they're a little more choppy. (I know they're also in one of the post links, but a few clicks down.)
Pinboard, though, is something I'd never heard about. Neat!
posted by eotvos at 11:21 AM on May 26, 2022 [2 favorites]
Pinboard, though, is something I'd never heard about. Neat!
posted by eotvos at 11:21 AM on May 26, 2022 [2 favorites]
Metafilter: Warning: Zuckerberg
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:46 AM on May 26, 2022 [7 favorites]
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:46 AM on May 26, 2022 [7 favorites]
I support this initiative to turn Mark Zuckerberg into the next Steve Ballmer. Developers, developers, developers, developers...
posted by a car full of lions at 12:09 PM on May 26, 2022 [7 favorites]
posted by a car full of lions at 12:09 PM on May 26, 2022 [7 favorites]
Love this, no disrespect to the O.P. but after 38 seconds, it was as if I were being pelted with celery.
posted by clavdivs at 12:11 PM on May 26, 2022 [6 favorites]
posted by clavdivs at 12:11 PM on May 26, 2022 [6 favorites]
I haven't actually watched the video (and probaby won't), but I have to enthuse wildly about that page on VideoGrep.
This guy wrote a tool to make supercuts automatically? And wrote a really great tutorial on how to use it, and what options it has, and why you'd want to use them, all with a nifty equally helpful and clear tutorial on yt-dlp (the fantastic command line video download tool) ensconced in the middle? What a great thing to do.
VideoGrep sounds like an AMAZING tool, and the tutorial is so well written - and it's so wonderful to know that Lavigne created this tool and wants to share it with the world.
I am really glad to know about this. Thank you so much for posting it, mecran01!
posted by kristi at 12:23 PM on May 26, 2022 [19 favorites]
This guy wrote a tool to make supercuts automatically? And wrote a really great tutorial on how to use it, and what options it has, and why you'd want to use them, all with a nifty equally helpful and clear tutorial on yt-dlp (the fantastic command line video download tool) ensconced in the middle? What a great thing to do.
VideoGrep sounds like an AMAZING tool, and the tutorial is so well written - and it's so wonderful to know that Lavigne created this tool and wants to share it with the world.
I am really glad to know about this. Thank you so much for posting it, mecran01!
posted by kristi at 12:23 PM on May 26, 2022 [19 favorites]
Me: Watch it at 2x speed, on the largest screen you have access to. That's a great idea.
Also me: Why did you do that?
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 12:40 PM on May 26, 2022 [3 favorites]
Also me: Why did you do that?
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 12:40 PM on May 26, 2022 [3 favorites]
Ick-spurriences
posted by The Tensor at 12:41 PM on May 26, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by The Tensor at 12:41 PM on May 26, 2022 [5 favorites]
My question is…. Is seeing Zuckerberg in person as much an uncanny valley thing as seeing him in videos? He always comes across as someone’s prototype human for what appears to be a very boring video game.
posted by njohnson23 at 1:04 PM on May 26, 2022 [13 favorites]
posted by njohnson23 at 1:04 PM on May 26, 2022 [13 favorites]
The marketing person who queued him to say experiences that many times should also be fired into the sun.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 1:43 PM on May 26, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 1:43 PM on May 26, 2022 [1 favorite]
Is seeing Zuckerberg in person as much an uncanny valley thing as seeing him in videos?
If only the news anchors spooked by Ananova could've seen Zuckerberg coming.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 2:08 PM on May 26, 2022 [1 favorite]
If only the news anchors spooked by Ananova could've seen Zuckerberg coming.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 2:08 PM on May 26, 2022 [1 favorite]
It is both disappointing and telling how blandly sterile all these bluescreen backdrops are. You could put literally anything you can imagine in there, and you've got a yoga mat and some 15lb weights? What a waste.
posted by mhoye at 2:19 PM on May 26, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by mhoye at 2:19 PM on May 26, 2022 [4 favorites]
All that blather about the future. Promises about how much better the future will be. But y'know what? FUCK the future, how about we make the PRESENT better RIGHT NOW?
(Oh wait that wouldn't increase shareholder profits now would it)
posted by caution live frogs at 2:31 PM on May 26, 2022 [3 favorites]
(Oh wait that wouldn't increase shareholder profits now would it)
posted by caution live frogs at 2:31 PM on May 26, 2022 [3 favorites]
Is seeing Zuckerberg in person as much an uncanny valley thing as seeing him in videos?
In Zuck's defense, the cyborg eyes he received after the Incident have dark irises on black sclera, like a chimpanzee, and also don't require him to blink.
posted by The Tensor at 2:50 PM on May 26, 2022 [8 favorites]
In Zuck's defense, the cyborg eyes he received after the Incident have dark irises on black sclera, like a chimpanzee, and also don't require him to blink.
posted by The Tensor at 2:50 PM on May 26, 2022 [8 favorites]
I haven't actually watched the video (and probaby won't)
Well, at least it only lasts two minutes. To me, it was like watching a very short horror movie.
posted by WalkingAround at 2:50 PM on May 26, 2022 [2 favorites]
Well, at least it only lasts two minutes. To me, it was like watching a very short horror movie.
posted by WalkingAround at 2:50 PM on May 26, 2022 [2 favorites]
The video is funny, but the videogrep tool is amazing.
posted by signal at 3:26 PM on May 26, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by signal at 3:26 PM on May 26, 2022 [1 favorite]
Also, his tutorial stuff like Intro to the Command Line is a master class in how to present instructional material - you can watch a video of how it's done, but it's also accompanied by a detailed step-by-step text version if that's how you roll.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 3:35 PM on May 26, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 3:35 PM on May 26, 2022 [2 favorites]
If anyone's going to be shot into the sun, I can think of a better candidate than Zuckerberg's marketing person.
posted by seanmpuckett at 3:59 PM on May 26, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by seanmpuckett at 3:59 PM on May 26, 2022 [4 favorites]
Say no more. No, really...
Don't speak! No really, don't speak!
posted by hippybear at 5:49 PM on May 26, 2022
Don't speak! No really, don't speak!
posted by hippybear at 5:49 PM on May 26, 2022
Yeah, n-thing the videogrep tool. Excellent tutorial, and fun to waste time with.
posted by vernondalhart at 12:26 AM on May 27, 2022
posted by vernondalhart at 12:26 AM on May 27, 2022
Hah! I used Vosk to generate an automated transcript for the latest Mefi Podcast because of the recommendation from videogrep.
posted by Pronoiac at 12:30 AM on May 27, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by Pronoiac at 12:30 AM on May 27, 2022 [4 favorites]
> Zuckerberg... uncanny valley
Two + 1/2 hours of The Zuckerberg Stare.
posted by ASCII Costanza head at 9:55 AM on May 27, 2022 [1 favorite]
Two + 1/2 hours of The Zuckerberg Stare.
posted by ASCII Costanza head at 9:55 AM on May 27, 2022 [1 favorite]
Cyborg billionaire or self-made Artificial Intelligence? -- you be the judge.
posted by y2karl at 10:28 AM on May 27, 2022
posted by y2karl at 10:28 AM on May 27, 2022
Damnit. I was going to post about a 3 hour sonicGrep tutorial and practicum happening tonight, hosted by SonicActs. But, it was evening CET time, so it's already over. Time zones are hard. (I note that VideoGrep 2.0 was released, maybe just before this post, and is very well documented.)
posted by eotvos at 11:58 AM on June 9, 2022
posted by eotvos at 11:58 AM on June 9, 2022
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