As someone not from the US, I can't say how much I appreciate the last part of his video. As much as I understand why YouTubers want to "keep politics out of entertainment", it's disappointing and makes me lose interest in some US content because it seems like they are ignoring what's going on around them.

And about the batteries, that's unfortunately an argument I sometimes hear from skeptics. "What are we going to do with all those batteries?" they ask. I explain that they can mostly be recycled and like to ask what are we going to do with all the CO2 in the air, but apparently it's different. Ironically one of those persons is my father, that has a cabin with a solar system that I installed for him. He originally bought a generator but since it's very noisy to run only for some lights, he prefers using the battery bank powered by a few solar panels on the roof. I'd show him this video but he doesn't speak English and it's probably a lost cause anyway.

We can only hope that at least a few people can be influenced by this video; both parts.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago

The political discussion taboo only serves 2 purposes. 1, keep the stupid comfortable. To them, politics isn’t about ideas but about identity and is treated like a religion. You aren’t challenging an idea, you are threatening their identity. 2, Don’t upset rich people. Everyone discussion politics openly is a threat to the rich. So if you make it taboo to discuss those things you make it so that only those not bound by that taboo may participate.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 57 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

For what it's worth, ALL technology connections videos have manually added English closed captions, not auto generated gibberish. It's some of the best captioning work I've ever seen. He actually takes the time to sync them to the auto/video, prevents spoiling jokes/punchlines, and adds an Easter egg at the end of most episodes (usually describing the smooth jazz outro).

You might actually have decent luck using the subtitle translation feature built into YouTube, since it (machine) translates the actual words Alec is saying.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

And he's spoken about doing it in part to ensure accessibility for the deaf, which I appreciate immensely as someone who grew up watching time delayed black box captions on whatever my mom was watching

[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 10 points 2 days ago

I always flick the subtitles on at the end to see how the jazz is described and how he transcribes his bloopers.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 7 points 2 days ago

Alec is awesome. The content he makes isn't really my cup of tea, but I recognize that that man has some serious game.

I don't find his videos to be entertaining, but they're so educational that I watch them anyway.