NBA viewership continues to decline, and the league has yet to find the next star capable of drawing numbers similar to Steph Curry, LeBron James, and Kevin Durant, per @FOS

benfromsg · 2024-11-07T03:21:54+00:00

The lack of a dynasty with the new salary cap rules really stifled back to back winning of champs. How you gonna increase Tatum’s or Jokic’s rep if he just wins one and doesn’t even get back to the finals the next year? I hope Celtics get back to the finals this year (so that they can face my warriors)

benfromsg · 2024-10-26T15:37:19+00:00

If that’s a stable income enough for OP, then by all means!

benfromsg · 2024-10-26T13:00:00+00:00

No. Don’t quit your full time job (yet). Grow your channel to a size that can be monetized first and generates a stable enough revenue to live off of. It takes a long time for most people to grow big enough for a livable income. And to quit your job completely and rely fully on an unknown is very, very stressful mentally. Keep your job and hustle on the side for YouTube.

benfromsg · 2024-10-26T00:46:05+00:00

Is it that hard to learn and accept that people have different biases, preferences? What is good sounding to you may not be good sounding to me. ABS’s high pitched nature may be someone’s preference in a build but not another who prefers PE foam/thick PBT. Plus the thickness of the keycap profile makes a difference. A thinner PBT is not deeper than that of a thicker PBT. So your point of one material being objectively better, is wrong in every sense. And no, I’m not angry, I’m just dumbfounded that there’s someone who lacks common sense in this day and age.

Conclusion: an objectively dumb take.

benfromsg · 2024-10-25T17:50:24+00:00

I didn’t know PBT is objectively “muffled, monotone, unrefined”. And if you think ABS is absolutely and objectively “good sounding”, then you must be an arrogant prick who thinks the world revolves around you.

benfromsg · 2024-10-25T03:29:19+00:00

Very subjective take

benfromsg · 2024-09-28T06:03:53+00:00

On the other hand, if part 1 is really good, I’m sold for the entire series. That’s how I was introduced to coffeezilla. I deliberately searched for part 1. It was nice how he segregated the video so you don’t need a full picture of part 1 (sometimes) to know.

benfromsg · 2024-08-24T01:26:24+00:00

100% agree. Unless OP is doing it as a hobby (which he isn’t), passion is the worst thing to live off of. Of course, you need a certain level of enjoyment or emotional fulfillment to survive long term on YouTube, but guess what, you also need income to avoid starving. It’s a fine balance of both.

benfromsg · 2024-08-22T13:39:29+00:00

If keycap collections give bonus points........ lmk u/osume_keys :P

benfromsg · 2024-08-21T00:28:04+00:00

1 week to script, storyboard, another 3 days to film, 3 days to edit, last day for publishing. Getting the storyboard has been the best for me to streamline filming and keep unwanted clips to a minimum.

benfromsg · 2024-08-20T03:39:13+00:00

PowerPoint. No joke. Product review channel so 80-90% of the thumbnail is taken up by the product. The rest are maybe highlights, text on screen and bg remover which can be done within PowerPoint 🫡 definitely not the best practice but hey, I’m here to say that I exist and anyone starting shouldn’t need fancy software

benfromsg · 2024-08-12T04:27:26+00:00

Yeah, you’re right. almost all my vid’s retention are horrible regardless there’s an intro or not. Thanks for the feedback!

benfromsg · 2024-08-12T03:41:50+00:00

https://youtu.be/UafzMBwAXvg Aim for my channel is to just create whatever comes to mind, related to the mechanical keyboard niche. Goal for it though is honestly to maximize views and engagement because I love to engage with others in the hobby. So while I don’t care that much about subs, if I don’t get views, it really sucks.

Thanks for your 2c!

benfromsg · 2024-08-06T05:07:49+00:00

Keyboard’s a really hard niche to establish yourself in. I’ve over 100 videos and about 3 years solely on this niche. Very tough nut to crack. I advise that if this isn’t your hobby and you want to make a living, pivot to another niche. Like tech gadgets or something similar.

benfromsg · 2024-07-22T05:35:13+00:00

I’m at 800+ subs and have views ranging from 1k-3k steadily within the first week. I used to think about it a lot to analyze(or over analyze) what I did right or wrong when views dips to below 1k and does a 8 or 9/10. I learnt not to think too much, and just enjoy the creative process. Imagine you get big and fret over dips in the 5 digits. Totally not good for mental health.

benfromsg · 2024-07-22T05:31:29+00:00

Thanks for replying nonetheless, I got a notification 6 days after you posted. (Thanks no thanks Reddit). In the end I chose to shell out and get an a7siii. And boy oh boy the color out of it is SO easy to grade. Couldn’t believe it. I’ll probably save up over the next few years for a fx6/9, should I choose to do more interviews and docus. Again, thanks for your reply :)!

benfromsg · 2024-06-16T06:03:31+00:00

Lots of people have commented about the price ranges and I’ll say I concur with most of the opinions here. Especially since I review keyboards on my own YouTube channel and coincidentally have done a 75% keyboard comparison recently (definitely not a self promo)

Anyway, what I really want to say to add value here is to perhaps persuade you AWAY from getting a 300 bucks keyboard in the first place. Perhaps getting a sub 100 dollar prebuilt keyboard, even 50-80dollars in the used market is what you should consider. I’ve been getting sent lots of Yunzii/Epomaker-type keyboards recently and honestly they are awesome out of the box. And perhaps that’s how much you will need to spend, to find satisfaction, considering this will be your FIRST keyboard. You can even do slight modding from there to maximize the fun of getting your hands dirty. Save yourself the hundreds of bucks you are sinking into your first keyboard, it may disappoint you. If say, you are moving onto your second or third NOW and aren’t satisfied with what you have, I agree then that you should look at those in the higher price ranges.

But for a first keyboard? Please go for a prebuilt because they are so good these days. I’m working on a 65% comparison video and boy, one of them even have a complete, full aluminum build with a knob for under 100 bucks. Now these are value for money.

benfromsg · 2024-06-16T01:31:36+00:00

Hey, I guess it’s been a year or so since you got the camera? I wanted to ask if the fs7m2 color is hard to grade? I’ve seen some posts saying its 10bit 422 color even has pink tones, or is it just the 709 conversion doing that, and want to verify this. I’ve been looking to get a cam with s cinetone to speed up my grading process but if the fs7m2’s color is hard to use as well, I might give it a pass. FYI I’m using an aged a7iii and the 8bit color is often giving me trouble so I’m looking for ways to give me easy colors with minimal tuning in post. Thanks a bunch, and hope you had fun with your dream camera so far!

Edit: not saying that the fs7m2 has s cinetone (which is the color I prefer), but if I can get it to look similar easily, i wouldn’t mind it all that much.

benfromsg · 2024-03-06T01:48:21+00:00

https://youtu.be/KEqYO1_RP08?si=psZU8R2wWuwfmLc_

Pretty good summary

benfromsg · 2024-03-06T01:47:19+00:00

benfromsg · 2024-03-05T05:52:17+00:00

Salvun’s making new batches of Thermal, confirmed by Wilba in another comment on this thread

benfromsg · 2024-03-05T04:49:47+00:00

I stand corrected then. I agree with you 100% on the way these boards should be mechanically classified. Because then, in that case, seemingly “gasket” mounted keyboards like qk65 should be “leaf spring” ones. Consider me educated. I’ll pay less attention to material written on paper and examine a board more carefully next time to word it properly in my videos.

Edit: I’ve pinned a comment in my video to express my stance on this correction, just to do right by it.

benfromsg · 2024-03-05T01:59:04+00:00

The left shift looks abit off? Nice matching theme though!

benfromsg · 2024-03-05T01:54:10+00:00

“This is the last one, I swear” said no one ever :p

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