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[@AlenDelon-x6i]

I speak 3 languages and English is not my native language but you are one of the best Narrators/Speakers that is very clear and precise to understand. You basically have a radio voice.

[@MakubexGB]

It's funny how some people don't realize that software engineers like Dave here who have been developing since the pre-internet days and continue working at their craft even after retirement are the experts we the current working senior engineers look up to.

[@TheGFS]

None native english speaker here, never found Dave to talk to fast, i think he speak at a pretty normal pace

[@nkronert]

Also non-native English speaker, but I mostly watch KZbin videos at 1.5x, including Dave's talks, without issues. Only music/synth demo videos don't work well at 1.5x due to the time stretcher algorithm not being able to stretch the sounds well enough.

[@HaroldKuilman]

He's a bit over average speed, I need to watch Dave at 1,5x instead of my normal 1,7x

[@tab-65iw]

Same, no issue

[@adrianspikes6454]

There is an speed feature on YT 🤦 use it!!

[@jwr6796]

I'm a native English speaker, and I watch everything at 0.25 because I'm kinda dumb

[@SydneyPanda2016]

You not too fast but more importantly you are not sensationalist, you don’t shout at us and not wasting time on pedestrian stuff. Well done, thank you and keep it up

[@wturber]

Your pace of speaking is just fine. Its nice not to have multiply the pkayback speed to 1.25x or 1.5x. I some times forget to turn it back which makes table tennis matches look very weird. Make no changes please. You are fast, direct, to the point and generally appropriately brief. Perfect.

[@Krigalishnikov]

I also think it's great to keep my attention span from zoning out, but I love ZeroPunctuation...

[@oscar5]

There’s a nice feature in KZbin settings called playback speed. If Dave’s talking seems too fast then just set that to .75 and you won’t miss a single word!

[@akulkis]

sheesh. I typically set the speed to 1.25....

[@networkg]

Dave, I am a bit older than you, and I really loved the Rumpelstiltskin comment. I learned to program on punch cards, but I never stopped learning when I retired. Love the channel and your books.

[@JasonWyman]

Your speech is clear, but effective subtitles really do help for those of us who process information better that way! (auditory processing issues happen sometimes)

[@klr607]

Hey Dave. I’m glad to see you have a good sense of humor. I enjoy watching your channel and the broad ranges of topics you cover. It’s nice that it’s always something different to learn from or see. Thanks.

[@cpspot]

Dave's talking speed is very natural to me, and no faster than other popular KZbinrs.... To those who struggle: KZbin allows you to adjust playback speed up or down to your liking. (just click the Settings cog to tinker with the Playback Speed)

[@colt4547]

Changing the playback speed is a great suggestion.

[@grutoshi]

One reason I love this channel is how fast Dave talks. LOL.

[@normal_norm2627]

agree. There's another channel I have to listen to at 1.75 speed. Don't need to on this one. lol

[@robertwricksjr4451]

The blurring lines between code and language: You've accurately captured how plays with the idea of language that resembles code but isn't strictly functional in a programming sense. This is a key point - it's about the form and appearance as much as the underlying meaning. * Symbolism and hidden meanings: Your point about "fake code" as a metaphor for hidden layers of meaning is spot-on. It highlights how language, even when seemingly structured, can carry symbolic weight and invite interpretation

[@ArcticTraveller-o7s]

I am English, it's my first language, I spent half my life in the land down under, the world's slowest talkers and the world champions of using slang that no one in the world understands. I have spent over a decade in Scandinavia the world's most melodic and fastest speakers. In conclusion Dave, you speak with clarity and are grammatically precise, so it is mystifying why others do not understand you.🤔

[@Scarhandtunes]

Irish person here, Daves talking isn't fast enough! Keep going Dave, get those WPM up! Love the content!

[@bobs_ya_runkle]

That made me laugh 🤣😂 Best wishes from Australia

[@kittysreview9055]

Watching a new Dave's Garage video amid the sorry excuses that pass for content on KZbin these days is like finally spotting land after being lost at sea for weeks.

[@andersjjensen]

Primitive Technology dropped an episode today :P

[@spiculum1836]

I'm a computer engineer too since 1989 (MS Lan Manager, Novell Netware -> Windows 2019, AI etc etc) and I listen to you at 1.5x... I guess we engineers can understand each other fast talk 😂

[@charlesmurtaugh3771]

I just discovered your channel - not sure the world of 2025 is ready for someone curious, articulate and hesitant to jump to conclusions, but it’s good to have you for now!

[@DavesGarage]

Thanks! That's kind of the balance I'm striving for!

[@colt4547]

Dave, love your vids and thanks for sharing with us. Your PDP videos have been great and I especially enjoyed your video showing your generator install. I keep up with ya just fine and enjoy the condensed nature of your videos. Keep up the great work.

[@AwakeNotWoke]

Ignore the haters. Love the channel.

[@JonBailey]

Nice discussion, Dave. I do appreciate you having these for your audience.

[@colingill9317]

I think your speed is just fine. You are a legend. If people have trouble with your speed speech then they can slow it down using the play back speed on you tube. Great channel. You are a legend.

[@OnzaRob]

Speed was good for me, not sure how i ended up here, but now watched loads of your content! I've been in IT forever too!

[@MarkWiemer]

8,000 comments?? Wild! Glad to see you handling feedback, looking forward to this episode :)

[@theritchie2173]

To be fair, at least 2500 of those were from investment spambots. Never saw one get to 260 likes before, looks like they're evolving.

[@michaeldeloatch7461]

Thanks Dave for all your content. Back in the day, I always wondered if there were actual human beings behind Windows and now I know. You are way cool.

[@Randy245850]

Love your channel Dave!! I have two of your coffee mugs. I learn every time I watch your channel

[@danielvest9602]

I find it amusing how much more Canadian you sound when speaking with someone else who has the accent.

[@GlenHHodges]

Oh ya, fer sure, eh?!

[@raraujo4951]

Im not native english speaker, first time i watched one of your videos i certainly had that impression but in a couple of vids i got used and i understand 99% ..so dont worry, you are doing a great job, imh, your videos are really good and most of the times amazing! Great Great Job Dave!!

[@BlinkyBill11111]

Hi Dave, I find your "fast talking" great. It's to the point and without waffle. Dont change! With many other KZbin presenters I find I'm setting playback speed to 1.25 or 1.5.

[@rolf7135]

I'm not a native English speaker (I'm Norwegian), but I think your speaking pace is great 🙂 I really enjoy your channels-it's interesting to hear about retro tech, AI, and autism content.

[@BradGryphonn]

I'm Australian and can easily understand you. You don't talk too fast. Your words flow into each other with no micro-gaps, the way many youtubers speak (or edit their speech). It's easy for me to understand because the average Australian accent exhibits a similar pattern. I watched a documentary years ago that described the average Aussie language/speaking style as 'lazy'.

[@wileysneak]

hey dave, regarding captions, you can hire external companies for a reasonable price to do it for you. captions can help people with not only audio disabilities, but people with difficulties with english and people who struggle focusing without them

[@pedroserapio8075]

Non-native English speaker, I don't see any problem with your presentation speed. Your knowledge looks very vast, I wish I could know more to appreciate even more your content.

[@mariojulioosminzaldivaralv9172]

Investing advice? Hey he’s Dave, from the garage, not the Ramsey one 😄 - Love this channel btw! Keep up with the quality fellow engineer 👨‍💻

[@chrispac6264]

from GPT 4o The “original Dave” at Microsoft is David Weise. He was one of the key engineers responsible for making Windows run in protected mode, which was crucial for the success of Windows 3.0. However, if you’re referring to a different “Dave” within Microsoft history, there are other significant figures like Dave Cutler, the lead architect of Windows NT, who played a major role in shaping modern Windows operating systems.

[@myleft9397]

You do not talk too fast. Everyone else is talking too slow. You're one of the very few channels that I watch at 1x. Almost all others 1.25x to 2x. Hmm. I should probably read that book of yours.

[@PeterJamesMoments]

I’ve said this before. I think allot of people who follow Dave appreciate his direct no filler content. I don’t belive his audience would want him to change his style of presentation.

[@janb1033]

I'm german and I understand everything you say easily. :D Cheers, great channel! Subscribed :D

[@skatterbrainz]

Great episode! Thanks! I wonder how long before we see audio books narrated entirely by AI services. I kind of expected that to have been available by now.

[@markmcdougal1199]

I personally like the rate of speech you output when you get going. Just right for me. And if I did want it slower, I could adjust the speed in the youtube settings. I'm waiting for someone to figure out how to add knowledge to a trained model, during inference, without having to rebuild the entire model. Add a new node of weights, and have it propagate through the model, changing only relative clusters. It would, of course, also need to remember between sessions, and build that set of memories too. Then, finally, you can start to build a system you can trust, who will learn to do your scut work, whilst keeping watch for malware and intrusions.

[@anke5088]

you truly do have a deep understanding of deepseek

[@kkcbroadcastworldwide1981]

Keep up the awesome work man.

[@Andyvan92110]

You're very clear, I often need CCs, but not with you.

[@RasTona_]

For the record this is a big win for electric engineers

[@iloveopensource]

I'm the first.. (after the bots) And BTW you're NOT talking too fast!

[@Jody_VE5SAR]

Lol, I'm in Regina. I play Dave at 2x. 🙂

[@GlenHHodges]

Queen City Kid!

[@DavesGarage]

Yah, but you're used to my accent :-)

[@bryanhickman7663]

Me too! As well as nearly everyone else I listen to. Saves a lot of time! 😊

[@vrvretro]

Very good. Technical note for Glen, the room you are in is recording audio with a painful boominess to my ears, I'd like to suggest you get some help with that. If you ask, I'll give three tips. You'll note that the louder you speak, the more the boominess occurs. Good information, just the audio is such a distraction.

[@GlenHHodges]

Please, please, please share the 3 tips!

[@paulyeomans1065]

Really enjoy your channel. I don't have a problem following what you say, despite your American accent :). For those who do have a problem, KZbin has thoughtfully provided an option to slow down playback, so you seem to speak more slowly and it's easier to follow. I follow a channel AskNK which is about 3D graphics - the host has (to my ears) a really strong accent and speaks even more quickly than you, so I have to resort to the slowed down option.

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

I have seen even local uncensored models still refuse to answer certain questions. But if you download the UNBIASED version that has been out almost a week, you do get much better answers on sensitive topics. So far, that's only available in 70B, but I presume there will be smaller ones soon.

[@charankol]

hi dave, i am from half way other side of the world, and i can understand you perfectly

[@craigrik2699]

love the Swandra Dave (that's what us kiwis call that wool shirt you're wearing)! no worries with the speed of your speech Dave, we tend to talk fast as well.

[@GlenHHodges]

Swandra? Love that. We just called ‘em lumberjack jackets.

[@heatherhiggins6110]

​@GlenHHodges Kiwi here too, the correct spelling is Swanndri as in Swan dry, check them out on google. Fantastic for keeping you warm and dry.

[@tedsaylor6016]

Alot of people worked at Microsoft over the years. You, Dave, are prob one of the few that could have coldly stood up to one of of BillG's (in)famous "That's the stupidest/dumbest thing I've ever heard of" and just keep answering with cold hard facts and proof. The vids you've made before on winderz code grief and the fact you worked with "that other Dave" (Cutler) proves your chops.

[@DeanHorak]

Ollama doesn’t provide a means for the model weights your running to communicate externally. The model (regardless of what model your running), is simply a set of weights that the ollama code runs inference over. Since ollama is open source, it would certainly be possible to modify it to provide a communications vector, but out of the box it isn’t possible. If that was something one wished to do, a better approach would be to simply use the API in a separate application which handled external communication based on the responses from the API.

[@oledennis6918]

Just a couple KZbin shortcuts, I'm old and hard of hearing so I use these all the time. hit j to back up a few seconds and l (that's small L ) goes forward a few seconds. Thanks for your time to do these videos, they're great and sometimes I even can follow ya, logically.

[@harveyellis6758]

I watch all youtube videos at 2x speed, since most folks talk too slowly. ;-) A 3x speed would be a good option to have. I do not find Dave talks too fast.

[@Forti42]

Sopwith Camel? MS Flight Simulator 3 (1988?) had it besides Gates Learjet. ;)

[@HaroldKuilman]

People complaining about the speed of Dave talking, meanwhile I'm watching at 1,5x speed 😅 (have to admit, I watch most similar videos on 1,7x)

[@bobs_ya_runkle]

You don't talk too quickly Dave, but often my brain is too slow. Best wishes.

[@orionclose8095]

Your speech pace is much easier to follow when you interact with Glen. You two should team up for a duo!

[@GlenHHodges]

We do that weekly in Shop Talk in Dave’s other channel - Dave’s Attic.

[@JohnnyOgden-jr6bx]

If you have difficulty understanding ANY fast talker on KZbin, simply adjust "Playback Speed" under "Settings" to .75 or .50 of normal and you should have no problem then. Though he might sound a bit drunk... :)

[@statphantom]

Hey Dave, wish I found this channel earlier. I'm a Computer Science Professor in Australia and I'm wondering what your opinions on CS Professors teaching students that go into the tech industry is? I hear a lot about CS professors being horribly out of touch and never work a 'proper' job, and honestly I can completely agree with that as CS Professors are usually researchers and they are on a completely different side of the industry. However I also believe this is can be a good thing as they are able to teach you how to learn and how to critically think which I believe are much more transferable skills. what do you think?

[@TheChipmunk2008]

as a brit your lingo is obviously easily understandable Dave, but yes, slow down a little, your content is valuable and helpful (and keeps getting on the register LOL )

[@chrispac6264]

from GPT 4o it clarifies that the throttle control does not restrict air, but fuel going to the engine. and also that it must be used in conjunction with a blip switch on the joystick. In the Sopwith Camel, the throttle control is typically located on the left side of the cockpit, near the pilot’s seat. It consists of a lever that controls the fuel flow to the rotary engine. However, unlike modern aircraft, precise power control was achieved through a combination of the throttle and a “blip switch” on the control stick. The blip switch momentarily cut ignition to the engine, which was necessary because rotary engines of that era often had limited throttle response and tended to run at full power. So, in summary: • Throttle Lever: Left side of the cockpit. • Blip Switch: Mounted on the control stick to momentarily cut the engine. Pilots had to use both together to manage speed effectively, especially during landing and combat maneuvers.

[@FortyTwoAnswerToEverything]

Those of you complaining he talks too fast.. you can slow him down by running as fast as you can, near the speed of light, and redshifting away from your speakers

[@davidanalyst671]

when I retired from Microsoft, they didn't even have computers.

[@jilbertb]

When I started using computers we didn't have Windows or mice!

[@flyingping]

The computer I started on used teletype for I/O and the storage was reel to reel tape. Old master tape on #1 then new data tape on #2 and updated New master tape on #3. I know I am not unique and other folks here experienced similar history as computers evolved. It is just awesome to think about how far we have come and all in a generation. Carry On.....

[@bobs_ya_runkle]

@@jilbertb Me too. And that should be compulsory for all new computer users ..lol... Just kidding.

[@multicyclist]

Dave you talk fine. You do not need to slow down. Please don't slow down! People can always slow KZbin's speed down and get slower speech with no artifacts.

[@phthano2580]

Dave, you speak fast but you speak clearly. It's not a problem as far as I'm concerned.

[@andersjjensen]

A missed point about model distillation is that you get 90%-or-more of the performance, on a model an order of magnitude smaller, than the model it was distilled from. This means that if your hardware can only run a 32b parameter model, then you want to run a model that is distilled DOWN to 32b parameters, because that will give you much better performance (cognitively speaking) than running a model that was trained on 32b parameters. In round numbers a distilled model of 32b parameters performs 90% as good as a 320b parameter native model. It seems as if this point is not explained well enough.

[@mscotthowell1]

When I retired from Microsoft, they didn't even have Bill. 😀

[@mscotthowell1]

Just kidding.

[@charleywhite5640]

I never comment. Now I have to say I love the concision and pace with which you talk. Second most to your content. I know how to slow down video. (because of all the blah blah um ers I view at 2x)

[@stephenkolostyak4087]

28:38 yes and no. Someone still had to pay for the foundation, that isn't something you ignore as part of the totality.

[@Ultimatebubs]

Someone would totally buy that flame lamp if it was an actual product.

[@DavesGarage]

If you know any offshore manufacturers that can bust them out, put me in touch :-)

[@疑是地上霜床前明月光]

I love the speed of your talk. Don't slow down.

[@kellingc]

When an AI figures out how to run itself on Daves's PDP, then we should worry about AI.

[@ElenaGardner-r2u]

From $10K to $110K that's the minimum range of profit return every week I think it's not a bad one for me, now I have enough to pay bills and take care of my family.

[@Marita-y5b]

That's lovely 🌹 if I may ask, How did you come up with so much biweekly?

[@ElenaGardner-r2u]

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[@AmberRiley-n3p]

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[@KittyRowe-e9w]

Would love to reach out to her

[@John-vx6lu]

Pace is great, TY!

[@ericantonissen2192]

For those who think Dave speaks too fast they can adjust the play speed of the video play in the KZbin settings.

[@shanep2879]

Tell these geniuses that they can copy your transcript, put it into a doc’s upload the file to the ChatGPT and have a conversation that’s deeper than anything they’ve ever had before as well as get instructions as to what the speed talker is telling you You’re welcome

[@BlackHoleForge]

For those that find Dave's speech too fast, you can click on the settings button in KZbin can make the playback speed 0.75x Hope it helps.

[@brianv2871]

So a few things i've noticed. The local model does seem to restrict a lot of the same topics other models block. I didn't try CCP items. People will most likely make uncensored versions of the R1 model soon enough. The biggest thing i've noticed is that the Chain of Thought modes like Deepseek R1 can outperform even larger older non chain-of-thought models. So even the 1.5B deepseek model can outperform the regular llama 7b model, for instance. Because of the COT, it also hallucinates less than other models of a similar size, as they 'think' about what they're planning to say and may correct themselves. That said, the COT definitely makes the models slower than similar models. Oh, finally, these models are basically like read-only databases, so the database itself can't reach out and contact china. Now the program running the model (like ollama or whatever) could in theory do that, but it would do that for every model you run, it wouldn't be model specific.

[@duranamoescapist6969]

i watch your vids at 2x speed, so listening to you at normal speed is certainly not 'too fast' for me.

[@chrispac6264]

anyone that is watching should be aware that they can reduce the speed that the KZbin video plays which will enable clarification. As well as slowing it down if you get someone that is a bit too slow for you you can speed it up and I quite regularly watch videos at one and 1/ half times to 1.75 the regular speed. I haven’t had to slow Dave down yet, but I am native English speaker, and find his American accent is quite mild and doesn’t hinder me at all.

[@ve2vfd]

Aw man, during the "Dave" question you missed an opportunity to sing "These are the Dave's I know!" :)

[@GlenHHodges]

Oh trust me… that song is in my head EVERY time I chat with Dave. Big fan of K.I.T.H.

[@TheBilgepumper]

I think Dave speaks at a fine pace. If some people have a problem with it, they can slow the video a bit.

[@siphra]

What is that double helix behind you Dave... It's cool and I want one.

[@mightyhelper8336]

I watch at 2x and feels totally normal. I feel like claiming the small deep seek models aren't good because they need the bigger models to train is like saying all AI is bad because it needs the inteligence of the whole human race, an entire planet, to train... Does my argument sound strange?

[@neiloconnell2120]

Evening Glenn and Dave :)

[@mytubeview]

I am on 1.25 and your speech still clear to understand. I am not native English speaker

[@mr702s]

37:11 omg, proof that they are indeed fellow nerds! I just saw that video too!

[@doogle4144]

How does one go about distilling a big model to a smaller one? When will we see specialized LLM’s that concentrate on a specific niche?

[@doublej42]

I find your pace to be great maybe a little slow. I also have audio processing issues. Auto captions are generally fine.

[@parhwy]

18:50 - me, 55, English speaker tryna learn Chinese and now Japanese - tones, pitch?! What now mate? Lol

[@OldieBugger]

I'm not a native English speaker, far from it: English is my 3rd language. But anyway, as I've watched many videos of that former New Yorker Louis Rossmann I've learned to adapt to faster speech. I have no problem with Daves speech.

[@shanep2879]

When I copy the transcript into my AI, everything you say is misspelled it doesn’t matter because my AI knows what you’re talking about and we repeat and reassemble it into something intelligent nearly as intelligent as the speed talking, which is perfect for me because I almost wish to put you on two times speed because it’s just not fast enough. I got things to do places to go people to see things going on AI to crack. I don’t have time for slow speakers who are pumping propaganda. I need the speed in between the connections and nodes a little bit faster as I go just keep it up. Don’t let these people bring you down.

[@hijackjoe]

Greetings from Yukon!

[@robertwricksjr4451]

Imagine AI yous: cool or creepy? You own your data, right? Your AI twin should reflect you, now and as you change. Ethical rules, privacy, and security matter. Let's shape this future, not let it shape us.

[@error.418]

18:03 Chinese speakers have no problem discerning L and R, they're thinking of Japanese

[@The22v10]

Dave the Distiller.... You are a MoonShiner ... LOL LUV the Show. :v: Hay Rumpelstiltskin wake up... LOL YAE do the LAMP PLEASE!!!

[@RetroAiUnleashed]

Veed is a transcript generator you could use Mr. Dave and can train to your own voice for CC as a Canadian with an accent I get it! 🤣

[@zoltanguitar]

Great show today. Would be very interested in Bitlocker / Walled Garden solutions. Would be great to get your take on the Windows evolution and differences in Win11

[@jonsingle1614]

Dave ....what is the firing order on my 351 Windsor in my 69 mustang?

[@GrapeParfait]

You didn't say which cam it has in it so Dave can't respond.

[@jonsingle1614]

@GrapeParfait it uses solid lifters 🏋️‍♂️

[@BGBTech]

Since the topic of hearing comes up: I seem to have a form of hearing issue known as "reverse slope hearing loss", so I hear higher frequencies well (most strongly, 2kHz to 8kHz) but lower ones hardly at all (nearly deaf to sine waves below around 1kHz; can still hear square/triangle/sawtooth fine though). A lot of your videos seem to have mostly lower frequencies intact and not as much at higher frequencies (almost like they were low-pass filtered; and/or processed at a low sample rate) which kinda makes everything sound kinda muffled and difficult to hear sometimes (I kinda need the high frequencies to make it easier to understand what people are saying).