For me: I am one of the foremost experts on Team Fortress 2 video recording/editing and automated clip gathering within tf2 specifically. Even more specifically within the context of competitive play but the knowledge applies to casual play as well.
I’ve shit my own pants more times than anyone I know
Wow that’s crazy! I also dont know anyone who has shit my pants!
Wanna set new records for each other?
Best of three?
I would expect as much from @fartographer@lemmy.world
Yeah, what’s up with that? Does he/she take a screenshot when they fart?
Ow my storage
I am the lone expert at putting my underwear on myself as I have yet to see anyone else put my underwear on me. And if they tried, I’d wiggle so I could keep the top spot.
That sounds like a challenge! a/s/l?
Repairing espresso machines. I’ve reached the point where I modify them and the parts can come from whatever is laying around. I’m pretty sure I’m done with it though, it’s boring after doing something for over a decade.
You ever heard of that Mr mixer guy? That could be you but espresso machines. But, not if you’re bored with it lol.
I thought about doing something like that; I already give out free advice anyway. I have yet to figure out a good way to make videos though, I know a lot about it but I haven’t put it in motion. That way people can fix their stuff because were going to need more of it.
Honestly fuck the monetizing of the video (unless you need that) just make step by step videos. People will find it if they need it. Hopefully.
I would but I would also need money to get equipment. Heh I should have kept my old Nikon that can record video. All I have is a go pro.
I mean, most of those tiktok people start with their phone. But idk what quality you need to show some smaller parts and stuff.
I tried it with my phone but I really need to use my macro lens to actually show anything. Otherwise it would look like a rats nest of cables in a server room.
Ahh valid
Learning from others mistakes.
I can’t even learn from my own mistakes.
Modding Bethesda’s Gamebryo engine games, especially Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, and especially doing so using only the built-in functions, i.e. no FOSE/NVSE. Not that I’m averse to using them, but I prefer to do what I can without them before I do. Thanks to that approach I had little trouble making Fallout 4 mods that could run on console editions of the game.
Foremost expert is pretty vague. Here’s a couple of the more unusual and rare things I’m an expert in. I’m going to define it as less than 10 people globally know more than I do. Less than 100,000 people know anything beyond the absolute basics.
Applied plant breeding of cucurbits.
International marketing and sales of agricultural seed.
Map modding of ThinkTanks a 2004 game by Bravetree.
https://www.planetthinktanks2.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5544Nuanced thought.
TF2 clip-making is considered “niche” now? Where did all the time go?
People don’t make videos with SFM or Garry’s Mod anymore? Really?
What about Skidbiti Toilet? Is that no longer a thing?I specifically am talking about the automation of taking a demo file and making it into a video with a bunch of custom settings and such. SFM and tf2 animations are still popular and while I do those, I wouldnt consider myself a foremost expert.
I build liquid rocket engines, and their fuel refinement systems; in a manner thats totally legal for normal (US) civilians.
for instance, did you know that your house’s natural gas line is usually ~80% (varies by municipality, lowest I’ve seen is 74%) methane by volume, and is actually shockingly easy to purify and pressurize into usable methane for a methalox cycle engine?
its even easier to make LOX (liquid oxygen), all you need is: air (in vast supply here on lovely Terra) literally any cooler design that gets down to -183C…( the Glifford McMahon cycle works; and you can build that at home), a fractionating column, (you can buy them off the internet, you’ll want metal, but glassware is still fine-ish as long as you account for thermal shrinkage…and never ever let it heat back up to room temp), a cryo-rated compressor (sold on ebay), and a dewar (also on eBay)?
This is exactly the type of incredibly niche answer I was hoping for! Its also super interesting! How did you even get into this?
I like things that go boom.
the ATF doesn’t like it when I tell people how to make their own firearms though. suffice to say… if you know how to build a rocket… you can build a shotgun, the laws of physics are the same, just on slightly different scales.
Are you this guy?
haha; alas, no, I am not.
He did give me several ideas though. I’d be glad to call him a friend; were we ever to meet.
Haha was hoping your link would go there!
I’m an incredibly good riichi mahjong teacher! I also teach go, shogi, and koi-koi too. It’s nice landing gigs when an anime convention pays me to go out and run panels about this stuff, helps round out the monthly income nicely, plus I get to travel and take good art pictures while I’m out!
Oooooo!!! I am a big fan of playing Go! I wish I had more opportunities to actually play with people in person. Everyone I play against these days is someone I also taught how to play.
I am also a big fan of playing Go — but I’m quite bad at it considering how much time I spent trying. The game I’m actually good at is NetHack.
No one is good at Go, no one. Even the ones sitting in the Nihon Ki’in playing for a Honinbo title wouldn’t say they’re good, and they’re the ones being televised.
If I recall correctly, we share a city!
Ooh, perhaps you have heard of Hikaru No Go?
A lot of people have mentioned it to me, so I flipped through it for a bit and was pleasantly surprised to see that the manga uses actual go consultants to make sure that the material presented in the books is accurate and useful!
I’m not really an anime and manga enjoyer in my day-to-day though, but I’m glad those people exist.
I’m told almost every week that I’m excellent at teaching archery to complete beginners. Young, old, missing an arm, don’t care, I’m always profusely thanked.
I know a lot of things but none of them are relevant or impressive to anyone.
I mostly just get pushback when I try to talk about them, like I work in IT security, but apparently since I don’t work for the CIA I ‘must not be very good at it’.
This is your stage to brag about your skills no matter how non-relevant they are :D
I have a PhD in philosophy.
People make horrible assumptions about it though, so I don’t ever bring it up.
I’ve only minored in philosophy, but last weekend I watched Waiting for Godot for the first time with my mother and as soon as the intermission came she turned and asked, “Jaycifer you’ve studied philosophy, what insights do you have so far?” I definitely feel that it carries an expectation that I think deeply about everything.
What kind of assumptions do you deal with? Do you mind if I ask what area you focused on?
I also work in IT security but rarely reveal it to people. There are so many misconceptions about what the job entails, it usually derails the conversation and I spend the next 20 minutes insisting my job is incredibly boring, tedious, and nothing at all like the movies.
I usually just tell people I do “customer service”. It’s true enough.
Sorry, I’m a generalist.
Generalism is my niche.
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I’m a mile wide and an inch deep, baby.
Idk if I’d go as far as an “expert”, but I listen to an obscene amount of thrash metal, and plenty of other extreme metal genres. I’m also a moderator for the !thrashmetal@lemmy.world and !heavymetal@lemmy.world communities where myself and a few others used to post daily for a couple years, no repeats.
That’s awesome, subscribed! Have you guys thought of starting a black metal community as well? It would be nice to have one in fediverse
Cheers dude! I personally haven’t made one, as I’m not the most knowledgeable in that genre, so I wouldn’t feel I would be the best fit for that role. There actually is already a couple lingering about, but afaik they are dead/unmoderated. You could possibly ask the admins if u wanted to take over ownership, if you are up to the task. !blackmetal@lemmy.world
EDIT: I’ve just realised half the posts on there were mine anyway 😅🤣.
Oh, good to know. I’m pretty fresh here so I must have missed them, but maybe at some point I’d be interested in moderating one. Glad to have an active thrash metal community though!
Thanks man! I must admit I don’t post very often now, mainly due to burnout from posting too often, but I’m still the active moderator, and others have since taken the role of active poster haha.
subscribed, thanks for the tip!
Cheers dude, enjoy! Plenty of content to last you a while haha ;).
Give me your one, singular best recomendation.
Hmm, that is a tough one… There’s so many amazing songs out there, I could never pick a favourite. Besides, there is a difference between my favourites and the “best” recommendations. That being said, one of the most underappreciated albums, truly an exercise in top notch quality thrash, technical, superb song writing, some of the best riffs I’ve heard: Dreamweaver by Sabbat. Every thrash fan should be made aware of this release. Here is my favourite song off the record: Do Dark Horses Dream of Nightmares .
