Looking for some hidden gems

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    7 months ago

    Great suggestions here, but no mention of SuperfastMatt. Speaks to the engineer in me by collecting projects and overcomplicating them all.

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    The Post Apocalyptic Inventor. The guys about self sufficiency in machinery and workshop stuff. Pretty fun and relaxing. One of the more genuine and down to earth YouTubers I know for the moment.

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    7 months ago
    • Project Farm
    • Lock Picking Lawyer
    • History Matters
    • GeologyHub
    • Corridor Crew
    • B1M
    • Kurzgesagt
    • Dave’s Garage
    • Mattias Wandel

    … and many others that are a lot more hobby specific…

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        It’s actually a cool story. The dude was a technician and was shunned by the phd’s and had to repair equipment which gave him the skills to modify the machines to eventually succeed… and he later got a phd like he always wanted…. If the story is to be believed…. Either way pretty sure that dudes family is loaded unless there’s a weird thing from his country where they don’t allow hereditary stuff but maybe not…. Dum dum dum…. Does he get rich I can’t remember but he seemed happy I think and proud rightfully so

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    Climate Town - Looks at fossil fuel propaganda with humour

    Everday Astronaut - This guy loves space. Contagious joy but also in depth. He also got a ticket to space. Where I go for space news, docs, and live streams.

    Half as interesting - Short interesting videos

    Kurzgestagt - what if or how science questions

    Minute Earth - very short biology videos

    Minute Physics - very short physics videos

    Not Just Bikes - urbanism and will help you see how cities can be better and what’s stopping it

    Practical Engineering - Engineering explained

    Primative Technology - Guy build stone age shit in the forest

    The B1M - Short docs about buildings

    Tomorrow’s build - Short docs about future building.

    Just started to get into land restoration and binge watched: Shaun Overton Dustups

    [email protected] going to plug a community I’m going to try get off the ground in the next few weeks.

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    7 months ago

    YouTube, for me, what MTV used to be. Music videos and live concerts. That’s all I use it for.

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    Synthesizer news and reviews, Dark Souls streams (Lobosjr is the only streamer I can tolerate), 80s and 90s music videos, cute cat videos, Rush covers, gadget teardowns, soldering videos.

    Edit: Almost forgot robot sumo.

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    I watch all sorts of urbex and abandoned exploration videos. The Proper People are great.

    Rust to running videos about restoration of old cars and heavy machinery. vice Grip Garage is great, that guys a hoot.

    Lately I’ve been into the guy’s channel who bought the old Cerro Gordo mine and had been doing cool videos where he explores the old mines like 900 feet underground.

    I’ve been into Heavy D Sparks rescue and recovery videos too.

    If you asked me a few years ago, I would have not even said I’m interested in any of these, but with the flood of useless “creator” content, I think they’re pretty interesting.

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    Lock Picking Lawyer - You’ll quickly realize that locks only keep honest people honest. I even got my own set of practice picks to play around with.
    Deviant Ollam - A professional penetration tester. His job is to infiltrate secure facilities then tell them how he did it, so they can improve their security. He takes LPL’s expertise, and puts it into practice. Start with his “I’ll let myself in” talk.
    Veritasium - Dude talks at a camera about some niche science and tech concepts.
    *Tom Scott - Now retired, so no new videos. Same idea as Veritasium, with a different host.
    Technology Connections - Charmingly dorky dude in an t-shirt and blazer explains how everyday items work. Everything from air conditioners to jukeboxes and coffee makers. He’s a big part of why I’m not afraid to troubleshoot my own appliances.
    Primitive Technology - Dude goes out into the middle of a forest and builds stuff with nothing but handmade tools. Turn on closed captioning!
    Macho Nacho Productions - Retro console modding and emulation, featuring installs and reviews for some of the most popular mods and emulation tools.
    Pirate Software - Former Blizzard/Amazon game dev is making his own indie game. There’s also a healthy dose of offensive digital security sprinkled throughout, because he’s also a greyhat hacker.
    Practical Engineering - An engineer explains and demonstrates all kinds of engineering concepts, in a simple and easy to follow format. You’ll start seeing examples of his concepts all around you.
    Adam Savage’s Tested - Adam Savage (of Mythbusters fame) builds and shows off all kinds of fun stuff. He also has great insight into how to best utilize a bunch of different tools and equipment.
    The Modern Rogue - Two professional idiots try not to injure themselves (and often fail) while stumbling through learning everything from simple bar tricks to knife throwing and Mongolian archery. One of the hosts is a magician of some repute, so there are occasional bits of illusion and sleight of hand thrown in too. It’s basically “what would happen if a couple of dads tried to teach themselves how to make ninja stars in a garage?”
    William Osman - Dude with programming and electrical engineering experience uses it to create a musical bidet, and other equally dumb things.
    Michael Reeves - See above. He’s friends with William Osman, and they often collab.
    Dropout - The old CollegeHumor production crew. They have a variety of content. Game Changer is my personal favorite; Contestants compete on a game show where the rules change with every episode, and the contestants aren’t told what the new rules are.

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    7 months ago

    Mostly cooking videos. Some channels I enjoy are

    • J Kenji Lopez Alt
    • Ethan Chlebowski
    • Adam Ragusea
    • Imamu Room

    The other half of the time, I’d probably be listening to a Lex Fridman interview.