Comments by "J Hutt" (@jhutt8002) on "Technology Connections" channel.

  1. I've never seen any of these... Let alone electric one! And I eat canned food weekly. Here in Finland everyone has couple of those most basic can openers imaginable: small metal plate that has blade in 90 degree and small notch to grip the can. Simple and effective. It's like fork or spoon, I've never thought there was anything to improve... Interesting idea for video!
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  2. I recall downloading VCD versions of few movies back in the day because my computer had 7 gb hardrive.. It still took day and a night to download :D
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  3. There also the truth that while analog audio has much more errors and smearing than in digital realm, those "problems" can sound comfortable and even really good. That's why analog recorded albums sound (subjectively) better and why people love vinyl even today. Guitars are perfect example of this. Electric guitars get their traditionally distinctive soundscape from poorly designed amplifier circuits, sometimes enhanced by pushing them too far to create walls of analog distortion.
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  4.  @guyboisvert66  My biggest grievance is how so many modern albums, especially if you like metal, are mastered terribly in digital realm. Most of those records sound significantly better on LP due to necessary differences working with the limits of the medium. (And possibly because engineers know, those won't be listened on 5$ ear buds or in car stereos...?) It really has nothing to with analog vs. digital. I have few CD's, that actually do sound much better than LP versions. Mostly those are 80's CD releases.
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  5.  @theshamanite  Great days for people not too gung ho on best possible quality. I've been expanding my DVD collection with piles of disc in recent years as people are selling them for cents just to get rid of them
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  6. I remember back in 90's my cousin had Descent II on that blue book standard CD. It was one of coolest things I had seen. I still listen to that soundtrack. It's just so good.
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  7. Heh. I wonder why so many ripped movies I downloaded in early 2000's were DIVX? It was never a thing here in Finland, so I just assumed it was some common data format for ripped and compressed DVD's. Only from this video I now heard it actually was some physical format. Weird...
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  8. They're still in everyday use in military in Nordics. I did my service 2012 and was in maintenance, so we had all sorts of equipment and electricity available in the woods, but most infantry doesn't for obvious practical and tactical reasons.
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  9. There's two reasons why vinyl records sound better than CDs: 1) Physical limitations of vinyl require specific mastering, that just sounds better (of course this is completely subjective.) 2) Usually they're mastered much better than CD's. I have few 80's that sound brilliant, but most of them even today are pretty awful. It's just how record companies do it... (And no, records don't sound "scratchy" or "compressed" unless you have crappy equipment or bad record.)
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  10.  @pilotavery  Could yes. But fact is most commercial CD's sound worse than their LP versions. Like I said, I have few CD's than sound better than same album on LP, but they're rare gems. And like I said, with good equipment and proper setup the noise floor of LP's isn't issue at all.
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  11.  @pilotavery  Nah. I have good equipment and I like CD's. I buy them regularly. Often the time LP version just sounds better. I don't know how much CD's you listen, but do think they are mastered well these days? Most of music I listen just isn't: They're compressed to flatly loud, with really scooped sound and lack high end definition. I do have really badly produced LP's too, but usually they're done better.
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  12. To answer your question in 11:54, yes I think you have pixelated the image by placing the grid in front of it. If pixel is considered to be "picture element", then from the perspective of the viewer each hole in the picture is element of the picture, thus picture element, thus pixel. Yea. I get pixel also means specific part of electronic component you focus in here, but that is the point of argument you seem to ignore: If we talk about pixel purely as a concept, the viewpoint changes the definition.
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  13. Godfather II is also split into two DVD's
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  14. Thermoelectric cooler in a car is way better than not having one. Not only to keep drinks cold, but for a general shopping trips in summer etc... I wondered why it wan't mentioned earlier since that's the main use for them here. I don't think I've met anyone with such thing on their desk. But a lot of people travel with one in their car.
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  15. WAIT A MINUTE! Energy is energy. For refrigerators the dissipated heat often ends up in wrong place, but if you have that next your workplace it's heating exactly where you want. So you could argue its practical efficiency is above 100 % during heating season.
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  16. These videos are brilliant! Being finnish I do noticed one large omission here though: Wood. The most traditional and obvious heat source. Here it's still the most used heat source in homes. Being that we live in the middle of forest, with a lot of forestry it makes sense. Waste sawdust (pressed into pellets), and woodchips are very common for heating and often the cheapest option aside just firewood, which is even cheaper. And electricity is expensive! (0,15 eur/kwh currently) Cost of electricity just running a heat pump would be more expensive for me than burning pellets, not to mention far cheaper firewood or chips.
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  17. I'm about same age as Alex and here in Finland we were the exact age group using MP3 CD's. I feel like at some point everyone I knew had MP3 CD-R's. Mostly to play them in their car.
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  18. Just had to comment. I did as you told to check my smoke alarm, and yes... It was dead. Keep up the great work you do!
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  19. Fishyo :D Now that's the name you can trust!
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  20.  @EwanMarshall  Yep. In Finland home/houses have 3-phase electricity for kitchen and sauna. Often also a outlet for it in the garage or other similar space for power tools that require it.
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  21. True. Much easier, makes more sense and prettier solution. Maybe doesn't matter in practice a lot. But I care about technicalities
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  22. Were de facto standard? They are by far the industry standard in Finland today. It's just very few technologically inclined and recently renovated companies that have made the change so far. And yes. They were in many homes too here. In fact I think they were kind of standard in finnish kitchens up to 21st century I really didn't know that wasn't the case elsewhere
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  23. When USB-C came I thought finally they fixed they crappy micro-usb for phones that were breaking down constantly... Well after living couple of years with it, and about dozens cables after I HATE IT MORE THAN ANY CABLE EVER! Why they're so crappy??! How hard it is to make a simple cable that does fall apart on a second you rest it slightly crooked on a table??! I dearly miss the old days of Nokia chargers.
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  24.  @Correct_Opinion  What cables do you have?? I've had ones molded from soft matte plastic, and the metal connector part bends downwards VERY easily, after which it starts to cut out. They're also loose when connected, and cuts out on instant it moves slightly sideway when connected. I bought couple of metal ones with braided cable thinking they're better but no... One broke down completely after a week (the metal connector part bent down when I put my phone on table and cable part just happened to hit it first...). The metal is just useless trinket that slides off the plastic the thing is made of!
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  25. With some cables I have, the weight of the cable itself hanging from phone is enough to bend that connector! That just unbelievably poor construction.
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  26.  @Correct_Opinion I've bought mine from local shops. They're not cheap by any means, they're ridiculously expensive compared to micro-usb, other basic cables. The metal piece that connects ground just isn't attached properly to the cable end. Even with cables that work (for now) I can see the plastic cable end dipping downwards due to cable weight when I lift the phone from table. The one cable I broke by dropping my phone on table... I was laying on a bed, just reached backwards and dropped the phone on table, when went to sleep... Now I carefully set the charger on, make sure it charges, and be careful not to touch it. And try not to use my phone when on charger... The damn cable WILL break if you move about with it connected to phone. BTW, I mostly use long 2m cables. Ones that come with phone are just uselessly short. At least here in Finland wall outlets are close to floor, and those short cables barely reach the tabletop, even if it's right next to it
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  27. Funny. I came along this comment, and thought to add. I actually found a good USB-C cable in early december: "Out-of-the-blue" branded cloth cable with metal ends and led in the jack. Bought it from cheap trinket store while traveling for 6 €... Its currently only working USB-C cable I have. Fits and works perfectly. Ridiculously it's way better than any other usb cable I've had.
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  28. Here in Finland ground heat pumps are becoming standard quickly. Underground there's always optimal temperature ;) Ground heat pump keeps my in laws house warmth through even this winter; we had 3 weeks of temperatures below 30 celsius january to march.
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  29. I just thought that doesn't sound bad at all. Then I realized he doesn't use Celsius. I have no idea how much that is...?
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