Sylvan Franklin (aka ‘Vimothée Chalamet) talking about Typst (and demoing it), Vim, content creation, tech hot takes, and why you have to earn his YouTube hearts
Link to the video:
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https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enough
Timeline:
00:00:00 - Highlights
00:01:15 - U get the reference? Only for men of culture
00:02:04 - Vimothée name
00:03:09 - Why did you get started with Vim?
00:05:50 - How old are you?
00:06:12 - What's this thing about the pyramid schemes on your website?
00:08:07 - GitHub profile
00:09:23 - Corporate Linkedin?
00:11:36 - Thoughts on current content out there?
00:13:42 - The average guy can't buy a mac, that's why they "love" linux so much (his words, not mine)
00:16:04 - I see a lot of Vim in our videos, so are you into vim or neovim?
00:19:25 - Compatibility via SSH on servers, should you install Neovim on a corporate server?
00:21:45 - How do you feel about over-edited videos, do they distract you?
00:23:50 - Why don't you reply to every comment, do you selectively give hearts out so they feel touched by God?
00:25:38 - Thoughts on sponsorhips?
00:27:18 - What about high striped socks for your audience?
00:28:56 - Fireship was aquired by a private equity firm?
00:35:18 - Thoughts on promoting and helping small channels?
00:36:21 - Why did you start with youtube?
00:38:59 - Where are you from? Vermont. Is that where Prime is from?
00:40:05 - Muricans, let's stop calling it America, and use United States
00:40:46 - Have you seen the piratesoftware drama?
00:41:23 - Thoughts on drugs, alcohol and substance abuse?
00:50:07 - Sylvan talking about his parents
00:52:33 - Have you watched the Beautifol Boy movie by Timothée Chalamet?
00:54:05 - Any thougts on a supreme being (God)
00:58:43 - What does GenZ believe in?
01:00:28 - What do your parents and family think about your YouTube journey?
01:01:14 - Do we have a lot of self-diagnosed ADHDers out there right now? Is it a trend?
01:03:47 - Thoughts on Adderall and medication
01:08:22 - Are we over stimulated with social media and stuff?
01:10:24 - YouTube studio app?
01:12:29 - Do we all watch videos on 1.5 or 2 speed? What do you use to edit videos?
01:14:13 - What are you studying? What does a Math Major do?
01:18:51 - Why mac and not Linux?
01:24:12 - Thoughts on Windows?
01:25:37 - Any plans to switch to Linux in the future?
01:29:23 - Friends think about your channel and IT passion?
01:30:53 - Did Prime's reaction increase your subs?
01:31:52 - Do looks impact your percentage of female youtube audience?
01:33:41 - Thoughts on Prime's harpoon?
01:36:27 - Thoughts on Tmux? Uses tmux-sessionizer
01:38:36 - Sylvan Demo on Typst, how does it compare to LaTeX
01:46:30 - fizz buzz demo
01:47:51 - LSP for typst called tinymist
01:52:16 - Would a professional book writer benefit from typst or just math people?
01:56:15 - How has your experience as an intern been?
01:57:56 - How do you use AI?
02:01:08 - Neovim distro or not distro?
02:02:46 - LazyGit?
02:04:58 - Did you fall for the Ghostty hype?
02:08:26 - Window manager on macOS, Aerospace or Yabai?
02:09:50 - Single or multiple monitors?
02:10:29 - Keyboard?
02:17:54 - Music bands?
02:19:49 - Movies?
02:20:38 - Videogames?
02:22:39 - Story behind the linkarzu name
