Veronica Explains
I'm Veronica! I love Linux, old computer hardware, and explaining things.
Some folks call me the Linux Mom, and that works for me. I'm a sysadmin and COBOL lady who's posting fun content about cool things you can do with Linux, as well as some fun retro tech stuff I come across!
Veronica Explains
Hi folks! New video out over on the second channel, @VeronicaExplainsNothing.
In this video I'm unboxing a purple Commodore 64 breadbin case, and moving my music C64 over into it.
https://youtu.be/95-inOmBAok?si=PAyaM...
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Hi folks! I've had a few folks mention that they're seeing mid-roll ads in my videos. Friendly reminder that I've never once opted in to mid-roll ads, so if you're seeing one, I didn't place it there.
YouTube is "optimizing" their ad placement system, and while I've opted out as much as possible, I am worried that YouTube will, one way or another, disregard this setting.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: my channel is funded primarily by Patrons and Ko-Fi supporters and not YouTube ad revenue. The revenue share has decreased as I've made more videos, and while I can respect that YouTube needs to keep the lights on, I am very intentional about *not* breaking up videos just to cram more ads inside. I don't fault others for doing it, but it's not my style.
I offer all of the videos ad-free without a paywall as well, over on TinkerBetter.tube/, a PeerTube site I self-host. You can subscribe to it via RSS or through most ActivityPub clients. Livestreams aren't on PeerTube yet but I'm working on that as well.
Thanks all!
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New video live on the second channel! I bought a Tangara, an open source/open hardware music player (MP3/FLAC/etc).
This video is an initial unboxing and first impressions video, unscripted, low key. I'll likely do a formal scripted video here sometime.
And don't forget to sub to @VeronicaExplainsNothing if you want to see my more casual, less scripted stuff like this.
https://youtu.be/Kb7vKCfsGeE
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So apparently folks want an AWK video. Should I start writing it?
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Hi folks! Started a second channel for the less scripted stuff (as it's hurting **the algorithm**). More scripted stuff will remain here, but I'm going to do more of the off-the-cuff videos over on "Veronica Explains Nothing". Which I've kicked off with everyone's favorite game: Bop-It. Totally not annoying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXcKE...
The channel: @VeronicaExplainsNothing
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So I'm dealing with some stuff right now, but I'd be remiss if I didn't tell you all to go subscribe to my new band's YouTube channel.
youtube.com/@TheStopBits
We haven't put out a record yet, but if you like rock songs about vintage microprocessors or putting Linux on increasingly unlikely things, you might enjoy what you hear over there.
My bandmates are Taylor and Amy (of @TaylorAmyShow) as well as Sean (of @ActionRetro). We do, in fact, rock (if I do say so myself).
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Last week, I stopped by my good friends at @TaylorAmyShow and was gifted a new Tandy CoCo2. We put together a short video while we were there!
Go check it out, and subscribe to them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLs-o...
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