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Perhaps, in addition to the artistic aspect of it, he wanted to educate people about what actually happens to video when it is sent to youtube. This is much more relatable than saying, "I wrote this shell script..." Also, having the log of all 1000 versions on youtube is interesting as well.

The other thing about art is that time is usually not a large motivating factor...

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The thing is, I'm not convinced that it's youtube's fault; apparently he converted it to mp4 on his own computer after the download from youtube, before re-uploading it. I wonder if he'd have had the same effect if he'd uploaded the same format he ripped from youtube.

Nobody is blaming youtube, video compression or anything of the such. This is to expected behaviour. And no normal person should be able to expect, or want to upload and download a video 1000 times, or even more than 10.

He does say "and the mp4 codec" in his speech, so that's acknowledged at least.

There are clear reasons why not everyone is an artist, patience and endurance is are a huge part of it.

That's also the same reason many people look down on (modern) artists. The use patience to do something everyone else would do in a more efficient way.

Don't mistake patience and endurance for skill.

They're close enough for me.

1% inspiration, 99% persipration.

“If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search.

I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor." - Nikola Tesla

I'm sure Edison was crying all the way to the bank over the labour he expended.

Oh, Nikola -- missed your chance for an extra jibe in there. "...a little theory and calculation" -- and a big electromagnet, assuming a ferric needle.

I'd say they're highly correlated. How else do you obtain skill?

He proved that point at #100, I guess. And you really think this as an art?

Not "an art", but certainly "art".

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