Emily Young

@eayoung.net

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All-tech enthusiast and total retro/Linux geek | She/Her 🏳️‍⚧️ | Newfoundlander | Former host/writer @linusmediagroup.com 📺 YouTube youtube.com/@emily-young 🐧 Twitter twitter.com/EmilyAYoung1 🕸️ Fediverse tech.lgbt/@emilyyoung

A photograph of an aisle at an electronics store, showing hinged racks filled with electronics supplies like microcontrollers, camera/wifi/LCD modules, capacitors, resistors, etc. The sign reads: 35 Bread Boards Tools Headers SBC Accessories
A screenshot depicting the main menu of the 240p Test Suite for NES, ported by Damian Yerrick. The "Sharpness" option has an arrow next to it. This screenshot was taken with a real NES connected to a Koryuu transcoder over composite, connected to a RetroTINK-4K via component cables. The sample rate per line was set to a multiple of 341 (240p). The text is very sharp, but has subtle colour splotches around each letter. In addition, the screen has subtle diagonal lines across the green/brown background, and there are sawtooth-like artifacts on the character graphic and text box's border, a consequence of the fixed-function comb filter used by the Koryuu transcoder. Text: 240p Test Suite Menu PLUGE Gradient color bars SMPTE color bars Color bars on gray Color bleed Monoscope Convergence Gray ramp Solid color screen IRE Sharpness Chroma crosstalk Overscan Safe areas CPU clock speed ←1/2→ | ↑↓A: Select | NTSC
An image from 2008 called "Real Super Mario" by Pixeloo. It depicts a hyperrealistic version of Mario's head, with individual pores, wrinkles, eye veins, ear folds, stitching, stubble, and generally way too much detail. It is extreme in its uncanny valley effect.
A demo screenshot from Resident Evil Requiem with "DLSS 5 OFF", showing the overpass supports. through the gaps, road signs can be seen further into the distance, with localized lighting.
A demo screenshot from Resident Evil Requiem with "DLSS 5 OFF", showing the streetlight behind Grace. It is visibly brighter than the rest of the scene, suggesting that it is on and emitting light.
A demo screenshot from Resident Evil Requiem with "DLSS 5 OFF", showing a sign in a store window for what appear to be a pack of cigarettes on a purple background. Beneath, the sign reads "THE REAL DEAL" against a yellow background.
A comparison shot from Nvidia's DLSS5 website, showing the "Zorah" demo in a daylit scene. A seam divides the middle of the female character between "DLSS 5 OFF" on the left and "DLSS 5 ON" on the right; The left has a warm, muted colour grade, with subtle facial shadows. The right increases contrast and sharpness, while adding light and grading the scene in cooler tones. The character's face appears much shinier on the right, with visible lipstick and eyeshadow, with prominent eyelids.
A still from one of the shots used in one of Emily Young's videos, showing her under a desk and checking the framing of the shot. The light is set up to bounce off the floor, which lights her face mostly naturally in this dark scene, but her arm and clothing in the direct path of the spotlight are brightly lit and shining, showing the difference between the direct output of the light and the intended effect.
A selfie of Emily Young, taken in 2024. The sun is to her back, backlighting her hair and leaving her face in indirect light. The shadows of her face are soft and indistinct due to being lit by bouncing light rather than direct light.
A screenshot from Nvidia's DLSS5 announcement, showing a character from Starfield with "DLSS ON". The face appears to be replaced by a diffusion-generated one, with differently shaped and coloured eyes (the right eye, viewer left, is substantially larger than the other), and apparently incorrect perspective. Next to the "DLSS OFF" shot, it looks as though the face has been lasso selected in Photoshop and rotated/moved. The chin appears broader than the original.
A screenshot of The Immortal for NES; It is largely scrambled and illegible due to the capture device (a RetroTINK-4K) detecting the game's use of "blacker than black" palette entry 0d, which mimics the usual voltage for a horizontal sync pulse and causes each line of the image to end prematurely and disrupts the normal timing for horizontal sync.
A screenshot of the main menu for Artemio's 240p Test Suite on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. This screenshot was captured using a "2-Chip" SNES, which is known for bad horizontal blur. This screenshot uses a 0.50 MHz high pass filter on the RetroTINK-4K, where the horizontal blur is not eliminated, and instead a new form of horizontal blur artifact emerges.
A screenshot of the opening stage of Mega Man X, with X on the highway overlooking the city. This screenshot was captured using a "2-Chip" SNES, unfiltered but otherwise captured at the highest quality possible. This screenshot displays the characteristic heavy blur this hardware is notorious for, particularly in the background details like the traffic lights and underside of the overpass.
A screenshot of the main menu for Artemio's 240p Test Suite on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. This screenshot was captured using a "2-Chip" SNES, unfiltered but otherwise captured at the highest quality possible. This screenshot displays the characteristic heavy blur this hardware is notorious for, particularly on the edges of the text.
A screenshot of Super Mario World on the Super Nintendo Entertainment system, cropped to the upper left corner to show the lives counter (x 5) and red text reading "MARIO". This screenshot was captured using a "2-Chip" SNES, unfiltered but otherwise captured at the highest quality possible. This screenshot displays the characteristic heavy blur this hardware is notorious for.
A screenshot of wplace showing the region around Topsail Beach in Newfoundland, Canada. Pixel art includes Ramona Flowers from the Scott Pilgrim video game, Leon Kennedy from Resident Evil, Night in the Woods headshots, Kingdra from Pokémon, Misako from Retro City Girls, a transgender flag, a bisexual flag, one each of a brown, green, and purple heart, and some incomplete artwork. Visible text reads "I NEED FRIENDS", "I AM FRIEND", "YURI", "Hi", "Leon", and "UwU"
A screenshot of the YouTube dashboard, cropped to the current number of subscribers to Emily Young's channel. The number reads 99,982. Transcript: Channel analytics Current subscribers 99,982
A close-up photograph of a CPU socket, showing the LGA pins. The pins appear straight and normal. Just above them is pixelated white text with a red shadow, reading "Please no..."
A screenshot of a plain Windows 95 desktop, showing the Advanced Display Properties dialog window. The refresh rate list is expanded, with "1238 Hz" highlighted by the mouse. The display adapter is listed as a Voodoo3 PCI.
A screenshot from cbc.ca depicting 2025 Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre. Beneath his profile is a red circle with an X inside it, labelled "Defeated". Beneath this, the margin of loss in his riding of Carleton was 4.6 points, or 3,837 votes.
A photo of Emily Young with shelves of retro consoles and computers in the background. A screwdriver in the blue, pink, and white transgender flag motif is being held up next to her.
A magnification photo of an AMD LGA socket, showing many uniform metallic triangular shaped pins in a grid. In the centre of the image is a large number of pins that are no longer uniform, and some are folded in on themselves.
A video thumbnail of a host (Emily Young) against a blue-purple gradient background. The host has glasses and is wearing a teal shirt underneath a purple hoodie, with a blank expression. On the left side are the words "I left" with the Linus Tech Tips logo beneath it. To the right are the words "What now?"
A promotional image taken from Nintendo's press site. On the left is a wordmark and logo for Nintendo Switch 2, featuring two stylized Joycons similar in shape to the Switch, followed by an equally-sized number 2. On the right is a render of a Nintendo Switch 2 console in its dock; In front of it are the new JoyCons showing connectivity to a new base, with the large "2" being the primary visible feature. At the rear is what appears to be a TV screen, showing a blue-green to violet gradient bokeh effect.