Ask HN: What are your favorite YouTube channels to learn stuff? • Hacker News Board

potta_coffee wrote: post #19

aaronarduino wrote: post #16

Rick Beato 3blue1brown Smarter Every Day Bon Appetit Monty McKinnon Strange Parts Half as Interesting Produce Like A Pro Cinematography Database J M Archer Mix With The Masters Nerdwriter1 Pensado's Place Peter Hurley Robert Scovill This Guy Edits

Rick Beato's channel is pure gold. Probably my favorite channel of all time (so far). The only other recommendation you've made that I recognize is Smarter Every Day, that one's great too.

At first I got taken in by Rick Beato. He is terrifically knowledgeable about music theory and plays a number of instruments well.

But it didn't take long to notice that his presentations of music theory are not done to help the listener understand music theory. They are done to show how terrifically smart Rick Beato is. I suspect a lot of his fans know enough music theory that they nod their heads at the parts they understand and it makes them feel good that they can follow. But it is terrible if you actually want to learn.

There are much better youtubers that present music theory that is conducive to learning.

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Post by Archit3ch » Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 6:27 PM UTC

rotexo wrote: post #64

Very niche, but good: Eli Fieldsteel’s YouTube channel for learning Supercollider, the programming language attached to a powerful audio synthesis engine. He also goes into building custom interfaces for experimental music with arduino.

He also explains SuperCollider's quirks that might confuse a beginner as they come up, in a way that doesn't overwhelm.

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Post by youshy » Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 6:28 PM UTC

Guitar:

- Pete Thorn - amazing guy, although no lessons, he shows various effects and stuff!

- Ben Eller - His lesson about vibrato is a must-watch

- Rick Beato - Just plain amazing

- Adam Neely - If you want to delve REALLY deep into music theory

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Post by snapetom » Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 7:26 PM UTC

They're not creating new content, but Every Frame a Painting was superb for cinematography.

https://www.youtube.com/user/everyframeapainting

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Post by headShrinker » Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 8:16 PM UTC

wideroots wrote: post #118

headShrinker wrote: post #113

Tech Ingredients - Speaker and science maker series. Savage Geese - Long form in-depth car reviews. Rich Rebuilds - Guy rebuilds decommissioned Teslas. Joe Rogan Experience - Longform interviews. PBS SpaceTime - Quantum Physicist explains astrophysics. Scott Manley - Everything space travel. Joe Scott - Science for the masses. SciShow - Science for the masses. French Guy Cooking - French cooking. FortNine - Motorcycl…

kobeomsuk is a Korean furniture making channel

My Bad, thanks for the correction :)

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Post by vegasAdventurer » Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 8:22 PM UTC

My favorites, in no particular order: TheBrainScoop https://www.youtube.com/user/thebrainscoop

Adam Ragusea (cooking) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9_p50tH3WmMslWRWKnM7dQ

Tom Scott https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBa659QWEk1AI4Tg--mrJ2A

Smarter Every Day https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6107grRI4m0o2-emgoDnAA

Minute Earth https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeiYXex_fwgYDonaTcSIk6w

Minute Physics https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHW94eEFW7hkUMVaZz4eDg

Numberphile https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxcjq-8xIDTYp3uz647V5A

Veritasium https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA

You suck at cooking https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCekQr9znsk2vWxBo3YiLq2w

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Post by Maultasche » Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 10:45 PM UTC

m1aw wrote: post #49

Some of my favorites are: * CGPGrey - 10 minutes long explanations about some topic * Seytonic - General security and electronic channel * LiveOverflow - Computer security and software * FunFunFunction - Functional programming and other CS topics * GamersNexus - Most in depth computer hardware reviews on Youtube * Actually Hardcore Overclocking (BuildZoid) - Hardware analyses * Todd V - Seduction / Social Skills Ands…

FunFunFunction is my favorite. It has a nice balance of silliness and interesting information.

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Post by kaicianflone » Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 11:42 PM UTC

TechLead - Awesome for general coding practices

Fun Fun Function by MBJ - Amazing for learning the ins and outs of Javascript.

Traversy Media - All around amazing coding tutorials.

Level Up Tuts by Stolinski - Beat boy teaching us the ins and outs of web development