Usually what I do is search for interesting topics + "lecture". I have found that a good speaker that knows his subject trumps documentary-style videos. Also very pleasant to listen to while doing other things, there is no assumption that you need to see something at the same time (although sometimes there are slide decks too). And usually I make a bookmark or a note of the channels I end up enjoying this way, they use to have more content of the same kind.
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#142- Technology Connections for general household "how stuff works" - DIY Perks, which is on the project/creation end of things - Xyla Foxlin for a variety of projects - Veritasium for well basically anything and everything science - Simone Giertz does a lot of projects to solve problems in both ridiculous and entertaining ways - Element14 Presents, if you're interested in building your own electronics - Hugh Jeffreys f…
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#143I recommend Thunderf00t for (mostly) debunking modern snake oil salespeople: https://youtube.com/c/Thunderf00t
Thunderf00t covers interesting topics, but last I checked his editing style was extremely obnoxious with large segments - sometimes 80%-90% - of new videos being a retelling of other videos (and too often one about Anita Sarkeesian for no reason). Did he improve at all?
I've found him pretty consistently unwatchable tbh.
He sometimes covers interesting stuff, but the style/etc rubs me wrong.
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#144- Technology Connections for general household "how stuff works" - DIY Perks, which is on the project/creation end of things - Xyla Foxlin for a variety of projects - Veritasium for well basically anything and everything science - Simone Giertz does a lot of projects to solve problems in both ridiculous and entertaining ways - Element14 Presents, if you're interested in building your own electronics - Hugh Jeffreys f…
- Matthias Wandel, who creates woodworking machines to make all kinds of things https://www.youtube.com/c/Matthiaswandel
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#145Less techy stuff: - Kirsten Dirksen, for videos about self-sufficiency and architecture https://www.youtube.com/user/kirstendirksen - Hainbach, music-making using test equipment and esoteric synthesizers https://www.youtube.com/c/Hainbach - Linus Boman, graphic design https://www.youtube.com/c/LinusBoman/videos - Sebastian Lague, game programming 'coding adventures' https://www.youtube.com/c/SebastianLague - Great Ar…
Jaimie Mantzel: A guy in Panama building atypical low tech off grid solutions and small boats https://www.youtube.com/user/JMEMantzel
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#146I'm personally especially fascinated by the less well known, more underground, and more "organic" creators:
https://www.youtube.com/c/CNLohr - making electronics and software projects while working around amusing constraints
https://www.youtube.com/c/scanlime - hardware electronics hacker, thorough knowledge of transistors to gateware
https://www.youtube.com/c/SladorSoft - small pieces of info on logic design
https://www.youtube.com/c/SammSheperd - drone and UAV design. simply best of the best. unfortunately he passed away. RIP SNRS
https://www.youtube.com/c/PhilS94 - PCB design
https://www.youtube.com/c/RobertBaruch - logic design
https://www.youtube.com/user/0033mer - laid back electronic circuits
https://www.youtube.com/user/MacPuffdog - fully home brew quadcoptor design
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#147Big Clive for general how electronics works, really good at tearing down, explaining how circuits work etc https://youtube.com/c/Bigclive
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Re: Ask HN: YouTube Channels for the Intellectually Curious
#148Here are some I enjoy... https://www.youtube.com/c/ZackFreedman https://www.youtube.com/c/whatdamath https://www.youtube.com/c/Bisqwit Less technical: https://www.youtube.com/c/PeterDraws1 https://www.youtube.com/user/cmbroad44 https://www.youtube.com/c/JamesGurney Relevant to current events, interesting Russian channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/NikiProshin
Second Zack, great funny content on practical electronics. It’s not easy to find that cross section any where.
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#149Huge fan of:
- PBS Space Time (w/ physicist Matt O’Dowd) [1] for deep space and fundamental astrophysics in an accurate but approachable way
- Kurzgesagt —- In a nutshell [2] for entertaining yet informative, beautifully animated videos on everything from science to politics to philosophy
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#150Earlier quoted context omitted.
Please do
Crowds: - https://youtube.com/channel/UCLXDNUOO3EQ80VmD9nQBHPg - Fouloscopie - he studies crowd behaviors (it's his research). Very funny and interesting. Linguistics: - https://youtube.com/channel/UCofQxJWd4qkqc7ZgaLkZfcw - Linguisticae - a fervant defensor of descriptivism, has a really good long video presenting the Academie française and its numerous faults History (the two unmissable French channel on the topic)…
I'd add the very entertaining "Dirty Biology", attacking scientific explanations for the public with heavy editing "a la meme": https://www.youtube.com/c/dirtybiology
And my favourite, the fantastic TV Show "C Dans L'air" from France 5, is a great daily 1h balanced deep dive into topics of local politics or geopolitics, broadcast into youtube for archival/rewatches with 1 day delay.
https://www.youtube.com/c/Cdanslairofficiel
Be aware people in France will have the last 1 week of C Dans L'Air shows blocked from Youtube (GeoIP) to favour the annoying France TV Pluzz VOD platform, so VPN away if you need, or hop to non-YT.