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New report claims gamers spend more time watching videos about gaming than playing games (www.gamesindustry.biz)
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[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 86 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

New report claims people with hobby spend more time watching videos about hobby than doing hobby

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 28 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Watching someone cut a dovetail by hand is a lot more interesting now that I know from experience how hard it is. And maybe I'll learn a trick to make my next ones better.

[–] Mikina@programming.dev 11 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Dovetail sounds like a bird. It's not a bird, right? Right?

[–] greedytacothief@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

A dovetail is a type of joint that doesn't require fasteners and only uses the material (usually glue for wood).

[–] Mikina@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It was more funny when I didn't know that :(

But thanks! I kind of expected it's something like that :D

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Does knowing that the name comes from one of the join elements (left side) looking like the tail of a dove, improve that?

[–] IMongoose@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I use one of those big metal paper choppers to cut doves tails.

[–] zarcher@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And its cheaper to watch someone do it. Quality timber and tools are expensive.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And less annoying to your neighbor if you're in a neighborhood. Plus how many tables can you actually fit in a house?

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Cutting dovetails implies by hand - power tools exist for it, but those using power tools generally use different joints.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My neighbor does not make dovetails, then.

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'm not surprised. They are very hard to make correctly and not that much better than other options that are easier to do. they are a "holy grail" of wood working skill for a reason. I've done a dozen in my life and the best is so awful I want to burn an otherwise nice creation to hide the evidence.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If I want to do my hobby, I need to make time for it, whereas if I want to watch videos about my hobby, I can do it on the toilet. It turns out it's a lot easier to watch than make time for a hobby, hence why I do more of it.

If I didn't have to work, I'd spend more time doing my hobby. But I do, and I have kids, so hobby time is quite limited.

[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Execution is a small part of "the planning", man. That ain't even fair.