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I've quickly become addicted to longform (10+ minute) nonfiction youtube videos, whether it be a comprehensive analysis of Neverwinter Nights or 24 minutes on t

by quxbar 8y ago

I've quickly become addicted to longform (10+ minute) nonfiction youtube videos, whether it be a comprehensive analysis of Neverwinter Nights or 24 minutes on the advanced features of the laserdisc. Most, if not all of the content creators have Patreon pages, and I even contribute to a few. The content is so niche it's unimaginable that Netflix or any other content behemoth would develop their own version of it.

jjoonathan 8y ago
"You just clicked on a video about making a mostly square block of metal into an even more square block of metal. Just saying." -ThisOldTony
- aequitas 8y ago
  Though describing ThisOldTony as nonfiction is a bit of a stretch ;)
  - jjoonathan 8y ago
    You mean I will never learn how to karate-chop stock in order to break it into a dozen perfectly-machined repeats of the prototype I just made? D:
- simongr3dal 8y ago
  Here's a link to the video being referenced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW8HNAlUXxU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW8HNAlUXxU ThisOldTony is very entertaining with his machining and dad jokes, I can highly recommend his channel. This video is not a bad starting point.
dbspin 8y ago
Techmoan is an amazingly soothing 'slow tv' channel in this regard.
s0l1dsnak3123 8y ago
I'm exactly the same. Some favourites I've collected over the years: 3Blue1Brown - math essays AlfieAesthetics - Bushcraft, botany and survival skills with some fun english humour mixed in CNLohr - fun hardware hacking livestreams Eliminator Performance - mechanical troubleshooting and maintenance vlogs Engineering Explained - Automotive engineering explainers and mini-lectures FearlessFront - Mechanical engineering, welding, and vehicle hacking How to make everything - multi-skill projects on making things from scratch as much as possible Kurzgesagt - Philosophy and science essays Lie Likes Music - Music essays Mathologer - Advanced (to me) Maths essays Matthew Cremona - Woodworking Matthias Wandel - Woodworking Nativlang - Essays on the history of spoken and written language Nerdwriter1 - Essays on Art, philosophy, and the sciences Nightmare Masterclass - Essays on fringe culture Numberphile - Mini-lectures on Maths Polyphonic - Essays on Music Primitive Technology - Vlogs on primative/ancient building techniques Rick Beato (specifically his "What makes this song great" series) - Essays on what separates iconic music from the rest Strange Parts - Hardware hacking projects, mainly based in Shenzhen, China The Drug Classroom - Scientific essays on recreational drugs This Exists - Essays on cultural oddities and internet culture specficially Uri Tuchman - Very intricate woodworking and engraving Wendover Productions - Video Essays on a variety of subjects including economics, travel, geography Wisecrack - Essays which examine pop culture through a philosophical lens.
- tshannon 8y ago
  Great list. I love when people do this, as I inevitably find new channels to follow. Thanks,
- robotnixon 8y ago
  I'd recommend adding Ishitani Furniture to your woodworking list. Very relaxing and the he makes gorgeous stuff.
  - s0l1dsnak3123 8y ago
    Brilliant, added!
- Balgair 8y ago
avar 8y ago
What's to stop Netflix from overnight coming out with "Netflix Communities" which'll just be their community-edition YouTube + Patreon and/or ads, similar to how YouTube is moving into Netflix's and Amazon's space with YouTube Originals? There's a lot of disruption potential there given how large of a percentage Google keeps for itself from YouTube ad revenue.
- nobody271 8y ago
  There doesn't seem to be the right niche. Maybe if they restricted it to fiction and documentaries but Vimeo already has that niche covered. Maybe Netflix could acquire Vimeo. btw imo Vimeo has a lot of excellent videos. They're more open to trying new things so sometimes they have something really good or deep that you would never find on YouTube or Netflix.
  - sl1ck731 8y ago
    One thing that can't be discounted is I would use the Netflix version of this over all the others for the simple fact of already having Netflix open on all my TVs or having a shortcut on my remote for it. It might not be in the consumers best interest for one app to have so much power, but I dream of a day when I can use only one for 90% of the things I want to view.
    - nobody271 8y ago
      hmm, yeah, I might too once their recommender system gets a little better. It would definitely save time.
- cenal 8y ago
  Profit. YouTube has struggled to make money. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2970777/YouTube-roughly-breaking-nine-years-purchased-Google-billion-viewers.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2970777/YouTube-rou...
- fiftyfifty 8y ago
  Amazon is already heading in this direction with Prime Video. In fact they already have different streams you can pay to subscribe to like Starz and HBO and some pretty niche ones like Curiosity Stream that I think is only $1.99/month or something like that.
gf263 8y ago
Same for me but world of warcraft lore, lol
Shorel 8y ago
But all that content is not the property of Google. If Netflix wakes up and opens up its platform and start convincing content creators to switch to Netflix, it would be huge.

by quxbar 8y ago

jjoonathan 8y ago

"You just clicked on a video about making a mostly square block of metal into an even more square block of metal. Just saying." -ThisOldTony

aequitas 8y ago
Though describing ThisOldTony as nonfiction is a bit of a stretch ;)
- jjoonathan 8y ago
  You mean I will never learn how to karate-chop stock in order to break it into a dozen perfectly-machined repeats of the prototype I just made? D:
simongr3dal 8y ago
Here's a link to the video being referenced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW8HNAlUXxU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW8HNAlUXxU ThisOldTony is very entertaining with his machining and dad jokes, I can highly recommend his channel. This video is not a bad starting point.

dbspin 8y ago

Techmoan is an amazingly soothing 'slow tv' channel in this regard.

s0l1dsnak3123 8y ago

I'm exactly the same. Some favourites I've collected over the years: 3Blue1Brown - math essays AlfieAesthetics - Bushcraft, botany and survival skills with some fun english humour mixed in CNLohr - fun hardware hacking livestreams Eliminator Performance - mechanical troubleshooting and maintenance vlogs Engineering Explained - Automotive engineering explainers and mini-lectures FearlessFront - Mechanical engineering, welding, and vehicle hacking How to make everything - multi-skill projects on making things from scratch as much as possible Kurzgesagt - Philosophy and science essays Lie Likes Music - Music essays Mathologer - Advanced (to me) Maths essays Matthew Cremona - Woodworking Matthias Wandel - Woodworking Nativlang - Essays on the history of spoken and written language Nerdwriter1 - Essays on Art, philosophy, and the sciences Nightmare Masterclass - Essays on fringe culture Numberphile - Mini-lectures on Maths Polyphonic - Essays on Music Primitive Technology - Vlogs on primative/ancient building techniques Rick Beato (specifically his "What makes this song great" series) - Essays on what separates iconic music from the rest Strange Parts - Hardware hacking projects, mainly based in Shenzhen, China The Drug Classroom - Scientific essays on recreational drugs This Exists - Essays on cultural oddities and internet culture specficially Uri Tuchman - Very intricate woodworking and engraving Wendover Productions - Video Essays on a variety of subjects including economics, travel, geography Wisecrack - Essays which examine pop culture through a philosophical lens.

tshannon 8y ago
Great list. I love when people do this, as I inevitably find new channels to follow. Thanks,
robotnixon 8y ago
I'd recommend adding Ishitani Furniture to your woodworking list. Very relaxing and the he makes gorgeous stuff.
- s0l1dsnak3123 8y ago
  Brilliant, added!
Balgair 8y ago

avar 8y ago

What's to stop Netflix from overnight coming out with "Netflix Communities" which'll just be their community-edition YouTube + Patreon and/or ads, similar to how YouTube is moving into Netflix's and Amazon's space with YouTube Originals? There's a lot of disruption potential there given how large of a percentage Google keeps for itself from YouTube ad revenue.

nobody271 8y ago
There doesn't seem to be the right niche. Maybe if they restricted it to fiction and documentaries but Vimeo already has that niche covered. Maybe Netflix could acquire Vimeo. btw imo Vimeo has a lot of excellent videos. They're more open to trying new things so sometimes they have something really good or deep that you would never find on YouTube or Netflix.
- sl1ck731 8y ago
  One thing that can't be discounted is I would use the Netflix version of this over all the others for the simple fact of already having Netflix open on all my TVs or having a shortcut on my remote for it. It might not be in the consumers best interest for one app to have so much power, but I dream of a day when I can use only one for 90% of the things I want to view.
  - nobody271 8y ago
    hmm, yeah, I might too once their recommender system gets a little better. It would definitely save time.
cenal 8y ago
Profit. YouTube has struggled to make money. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2970777/YouTube-roughly-breaking-nine-years-purchased-Google-billion-viewers.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2970777/YouTube-rou...
fiftyfifty 8y ago
Amazon is already heading in this direction with Prime Video. In fact they already have different streams you can pay to subscribe to like Starz and HBO and some pretty niche ones like Curiosity Stream that I think is only $1.99/month or something like that.

gf263 8y ago

Same for me but world of warcraft lore, lol

Shorel 8y ago

But all that content is not the property of Google. If Netflix wakes up and opens up its platform and start convincing content creators to switch to Netflix, it would be huge.