Is this 'Engineer' For Real - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: kolbep
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2015, 05:36:18 am
content: Hi,What do you think:is this just a good gag,or is this guy the real winner of the Electrical Darwin Awards:https://youtu.be/3XVtUUtfjJE

author: kolbep
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2015, 05:37:02 am
content: At 1:37 I love watching that cap expand until pop!

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2015, 06:05:22 am
content: God, I just can't watch. What some people will do for youtube views. Which comes first, a million views or cardiac arrest?Also, watching someone electrocute themselves repeatedly (and laughing at them) seems like tempting fate given there's an active thunderstorm passing over here now. "Ah ha ha ha look at the silly man zapping himsel****BAZAP*****"

author: Mr.B
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 20, 2015, 06:14:44 am
content: LMFAO..

author: crispy_tofu
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2015, 06:29:28 am
content: Quote from: blueskull on October 20, 2015, 06:19:01 amSame, I think this is all staged. Still a good laugh though!

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2015, 06:32:47 am
content: Quote from: kolbep on October 20, 2015, 05:36:18 amHe is a real winner of $$$ - he is making a fortune on YoutubeMr Net is not the maker of this video. The real poster gets 1,000,000s of views and at 5 cents a piece, he is getting rich. He is not a Darwin, he is a very talented smart man.Here is the link to the original posterhttps://www.youtube.com/user/msadaghd/videosHere he shows off his electric guitarI think this guy should get a sticky here to keep up the humor

author: rickselectricalprojects
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2015, 06:46:25 am
content: i think this guy's videos are funny and sometimes informative (and as mentioned before, definitely staged) but the thing that i really worry about is some little kid thinking that they should try what they saw and seriously hurting or killing themselves.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2015, 06:51:10 am
content: Electroboom is awesome.Especially his FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER bit.

author: krivx
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2015, 06:54:09 am
content: Quote from: ez24 on October 20, 2015, 06:32:47 amI don't think youtube are paying out per view. 5c/view seems ludicrously high as well.

author: crispy_tofu
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2015, 07:25:57 am
content: Quote from: krivx on October 20, 2015, 06:54:09 amLooks like it's based on CPC (cost per click) for ads, which varies according to things like timing and content.Other people are saying about $1 to $2 per thousand views on the internet...Maybe someone with first-hand experience can correct me.

author: MikeW
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2015, 08:03:11 am
content: Quote from: crispy_tofu on October 20, 2015, 07:25:57 amThe poster of this videohttps://youtu.be/Vcx3I3z78Vcmade a comment on reddit (that I can't find, you'll just have to trust me) that it has netted him about 300 dollars a month since he posted it.Fag packet calculations suggest about 1 dollar per 500 views but from what I have heard elsewhere it's not an exact linear relationship and results vary.I suspect he is rounding up a bit too.

author: rickselectricalprojects
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2015, 08:40:38 am
content: http://socialblade.com/youtube/youtube-money-calculatorjust type in a youtube channel and it will give you an estimate on how much they make a year. i was surprised just how much youtubers make.

author: crispy_tofu
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2015, 08:46:19 am
content: Quote from: rickselectricalprojects on October 20, 2015, 08:40:38 amThat estimated CPM range is quite large though... without the actual figure, the range is extremely wide.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 20, 2015, 09:07:37 am
content: Quote from: ez24 on October 20, 2015, 06:32:47 amErr, try 0.5 cents per view ($5 CPM)This income range would be accurate:http://socialblade.com/youtube/c/electroboom

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 20, 2015, 09:08:59 am
content: Quote from: crispy_tofu on October 20, 2015, 07:25:57 amThat figure is about right.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 20, 2015, 09:10:33 am
content: Quote from: crispy_tofu on October 20, 2015, 08:46:19 amPick the middle and you basically have it.

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2015, 04:27:28 pm
content: I have maybe 20 videos and I've made about $100 per year off of them. I don't actively promote them or even post much.

author: rx8pilot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2015, 04:39:56 pm
content: Genius. Great actor, blocking, framing, and practical efx.Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

author: tec5c
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 30, 2015, 10:30:40 am
content: Quote from: rickselectricalprojects on October 20, 2015, 06:46:25 amThis!!Guy is an idiot and should not be producing videos like this. If he needs something better to do, he should try plucking his monobrow.

author: briselec
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 01, 2015, 09:57:37 am
content: It's so obvious his "accidents" are done on purpose, I don't know how anyone finds him funny or even worth wasting their time watching him.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 01, 2015, 10:13:45 am
content: Quote from: briselec on November 01, 2015, 09:57:37 amIt's funny the first time you see it, and that would translate into a ton of subscribers. Easy to see why many have gone viral. Whether or not people would stick around for a hundred episodes of this though, I don't know.

author: Macbeth
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 01, 2015, 10:16:10 am
content: Sorry but PMSL. It's obvious it's all staged (quite well too). It's funny because its an exaggeration of all the things we do on occasion. This guy just takes it to Frank Spencer levels.

author: Macbeth
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 01, 2015, 10:33:13 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on November 01, 2015, 10:13:45 amAh yes. Not knowing the guy I found the compilation hilarious, but watching an actual episode of his I'm not impressed. I figured he was doing actual electronics and throwing in the madcap stunts as a deliberate comedy aside. But nope, he just electrocutes himself.

author: fivefish
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 01, 2015, 10:41:35 am
content: I dislike this guy. I don't find these videos funny at all. Other noobs may see what he's doing and try it, and end up badly hurt.... (not knowing after effects trickery/special fx may have been used in the video production and just plain over-acting.)

author: con-f-use
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 01, 2015, 11:10:26 am
content: Deja vu?

author: crispy_tofu
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 01, 2015, 11:22:37 am
content: Which one are we supposed to post in?!

author: Delta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 02, 2015, 01:59:24 am
content: I think he is brilliant.If anyone is so stupid to copy him then they deserve a belf from their homemade electric guitar...

author: calexanian
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 02, 2015, 03:07:40 am
content: Yeah, its funny to watch, but I have to say there would be better ways to do this. Blowing up caps can be extremely dangerous. You could easily loose an eye doing what he is doing.More to the point

author: Galenbo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 02, 2015, 07:49:57 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on October 20, 2015, 09:07:37 am-electroboom+eevblogI couldn't resist :-)