I just subscribed to several PBS channels. Thanks!!
PBS SpaceTime
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Re: PBS SpaceTime
#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you suggesting that the YT recommendation algorithm is some how flawed? I hope you're doing that on a throwaway account ;P
Is this a jab at dang?
dang was not a thought in my mind when I replied, so if there's any inference to dang by you in my comment, it is solely within your reading of the comment.
however, out of curiosity, what in my comment makes you think that?
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#123If you like PBS Space Time, you'll likely also enjoy "Science Asylum": https://www.youtube.com/c/Scienceasylum This channel covers the same subjects of physics and space, but does so with some incredible insight that I've seen no other channels dig into, and thoughtful animated diagrams that really help in comprehending the subject. Here are some great episodes: "What is Quantum Spin?": https://www.youtube.com/watch?…
Science Asylum is great, but I dislike the 90s educational show presentation format. An absolute gem I've stumbled across is ScienceClic: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScienceClicEN They have amazing presentations on Relativity, my favorite being: "A new way to visualize General Relativity" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrwgIjBUYVc "Hawking Radiation" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isezfMo8kW Another, while heavie…
As far as lecture-y YouTube series go, Sean Carrol put together "the biggest ideas in the universe" in early covid: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrxfgDEc2NxZJcWcrxH3j...
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#124PBS SpaceTime has been running for quite some time already. Beyond the obvious space/time and physics aspect, it's also a good example of a fact-based show that shows scientific method and critical thinking in action, without unnecessary drama or exaggerated sensationalist style; it strikes a perfect balance between science and narrative, serious and not-so-serious, in-depth and manageable chunk size. The graphics he…
Why not watch on PBS, rather than subjected to the drawbacks of youtube?
I've never seen it on my local PBS station. Is it actually aired anywhere?
It is streamable on the PBS website, and via the PBS apps on iOS, Android, Roku, Samsung TVs, Amazon Fire TV and others, but YouTube is still better.
As far as I've seen the PBS streams just include the episode itself, compared to the YouTube version which included the episode itself plus replies to points raised in the comments to the previous episode or two.
Also the PBS apps on some of those devices are buggy or have serious interface annoyances.
If you watch on the web on a platform where your browser can run an ad blocker, YouTube beats the PBS website because of the comment replies.
If you watch on the YouTube apps on a device such as a FireTV where you cannot block ads, I'd say YouTube still beats using the PBS on the device. The PBS apps often have 30 to 60 second promos for other PBS series. These aren't as annoying as YouTube ads, but can get pretty annoying after a while because there is a much more limited set. The Space Time episodes are short enough that most of the time you will only get YouTube ads up front, and those tend to be shorter than the promos in the PBS app, and often let you skip after 5 seconds.
Even if the ads in the YouTube ad are more annoying than the promos in the PBS app, I think for most people they won't be more annoying enough to counter the YouTube app being less buggy and having a better interface and including the comment reply segments.
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#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why not watch on PBS, rather than subjected to the drawbacks of youtube?
I've never seen it on my local PBS station. Is it actually aired anywhere? It is streamable on the PBS website, and via the PBS apps on iOS, Android, Roku, Samsung TVs, Amazon Fire TV and others, but YouTube is still better. As far as I've seen the PBS streams just include the episode itself, compared to the YouTube version which included the episode itself plus replies to points raised in the comments to the previou…
Hmm, have rarely found youtube comments to be worthwhile, and on average terrible. However use of yt-dl or similar might be the best of both worlds. Newpipe can make that easier.
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#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is this a jab at dang?
dang was not a thought in my mind when I replied, so if there's any inference to dang by you in my comment, it is solely within your reading of the comment. however, out of curiosity, what in my comment makes you think that?
You were criticising the moderation of this site
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#127It's really sad that PBS ended their sister series on math, Infinite Series[1]. Those videos were just as deep, informative, and accessible as PBS Spacetime. Some of my favorites are the one on the mathematical "hydra"[2] and the ones on voting systems [3][4] [1]: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs4aHmggTfFrpkPcWSaBN9g [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWwUpEY4c8o [3]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoAnYQZrNrQ…
I watch an _absurd_ amount of PBS content on YouTube and other science channels. Not as many math channels but certainly a few. I am so angry this was never recommended to me earlier, and full of joy that my weekend is set!
It is astounding that so many people (me included) have this complain. I also watch numberphile, computerphile, 3B1B and the likes and yet I had never heard of the channel before.
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#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
dang was not a thought in my mind when I replied, so if there's any inference to dang by you in my comment, it is solely within your reading of the comment. however, out of curiosity, what in my comment makes you think that?
You were criticising the moderation of this site
I see. No, that was more so of the swarming vs staff management, but I can see how it wasn't so out of left field now.
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#129While we're all advocating for our favorite science related YT channels, let me add a plug for "Physics Girl" (aka Dianna Cowern). Note that her channel isn't so much cosmology and deep theoretical stuff, but has a lot of focus on exploring "real world" aspects of science, including lots of field trips to see neat places and things, but explored from a physics perspective. https://www.youtube.com/c/physicsgirl Anothe…
Dr. Becky is stellar for astrophysics.
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#130For physics and science history, https://www.youtube.com/c/KathyLovesPhysicsHistory
Many of Kathy's videos, especially those on quantum physics and Einstein, I've watched a few times.
Here's a good one, "Joseph Fraunhofer Biography: The Father of Modern Astronomy" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0cjG1UdqKo