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YouTube has some of the best, highest quality free content available on the internet today. Stay away from the crap, remove it from your recommendations, subsc

YouTube has some of the best, highest quality free content available on the internet today. Stay away from the crap, remove it from your recommendations, subscribe to some good channels. It’s that simple. Don’t if that’s not your thing but you’re missing out. If you change your mind here are a few exceptional channels to get you started, they should cater well to a HN style audience: Technology Connections (misc tech) Wendover Productions (Logistics) DefunctLand (Documentaries on old defunct stuff) Not Just Bikes (Cycling, public transport, urban design, walkability) Practical Engineering (civil engineering) 3Blue1Brown (Math)

krallja 5y ago
Some of my highly recommended uncommon subscriptions: Cathode Ray Dude (really obscure 90s tech nostalgia) Techmoan (obscure old tech nostalgia) Jeremy Fielding (engineering) Hand Tool Rescue (antique restoration) Machine Thinking (history of technology/industry, especially pre-1900) Usagi Electric (vacuum tubes, minicomputers, etc.)
- SenHeng 5y ago
  Jeremy Fielding has a video series showing how he built an 6 motor Industrial Robot Arm from scratch. Includes welding and machining aluminum, electrical wiring and programming the controls for the motors. Definitely worth a watch. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4njCTv7IRbyf3XfhUcp_jnkRrAu1UP3I https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4njCTv7IRbyf3XfhUcp_...
- MrGilbert 5y ago
  +1 on Techmoan and Hand Tool Rescue I'd also like to throw - My Mate Vince (Tries to fix electronics, older toys etc) - Wristwatch Revival (Very long, very well narrated watch repair videos) in the ring.
mkaic 5y ago
I'd also add: Tom Scott (basically the human version of Atlas Obscura) SmarterEveryDay (Former missile flight test engineer who does deep dives into science topics he's curious about) ThinMatrix (indie game developer who's building a custom game engine and game from the ground up) Adam Neely (music theory) Jan Misali (linguistics and obscura) Numberphile (math) PBS SpaceTime (physics) Simone Giertz (engineering) Journey to the Microcosmos (microbiology) Cody's Lab (all sorts of stuff, but he's currently in the multi-year process of building his own freaking Mars habitat) Ian Hubert (indie filmmaker who creates better work than most of hollywood, including absolutely massive CGI projects)
cwkoss 5y ago
Kirsten Dirksen (tiny houses and alternative architecture) https://www.youtube.com/user/kirstendirksen/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/kirstendirksen/videos Matthias Wandel (wookworking) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCckETVOT59aYw80B36aP9vw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCckETVOT59aYw80B36aP9vw
xondono 5y ago
Sabine Hossenfelder (physics and science) is now publishing quite regularly on youtube. Patrick Boyle (markets) is criminally undersubscribed IMO.
TheRealNGenius 5y ago
I personally disagree with the Wendover rec. Sure, they talk about logistics, but I find that they offer little to no new information that you couldn't glean from a cursory Google search. Sure it might not be something I knew about, and I might be interested in it every so often, but they clearly prioritize quantity of quality. Since they often cover random topics, I find myself questioning why I should even care.
- systemvoltage 5y ago
  It's narrative porn - shallow but engaging. How do you test that? Just replace the narrator and the entire value of Wendover productions disappears. Other channels are pretty good though.
  - scrollaway 5y ago
    I watch Wendover on mute with subtitles sometimes so clearly you're wrong. That the narration is good quality is a bonus. Calling it shallow and "one google search away" (parent) is absurd, his videos take weeks of research. It's okay not to like the channel but know your criticisms.
    - TheRealNGenius 5y ago
      Speaks volumes that you think it takes weeks of research.
      - scrollaway 5y ago
        It speaks volumes that you don't. The guy has a whole team dedicated to this. He released a behind the scenes about his process on Nebula. Oh let me guess, he's making this up for clicks too? And i could reimplement Dropbox in a weekend with curl and SFTP.
        loloquwowndueo 5y ago
        You can’t watch videos on nebula without signing up - which makes you the product, just as you are on YouTube.
seoulmetro 5y ago
Sad to see 'Not Just Bikes' lumped in with these great informative videos. Not Just Bikes is extremely opinionated and is frequently swept up in emotional arguments and comparing apples to oranges. Shame really. But it definitely gives people the ammunition to pretend to fight for change (where in reality they are fighting for unrealistic expectations and to get their oranges into apples) and this leads to a feel-good feeling. The rest of the list are extremely informative and interesting to many with next to no bias.
- scrollaway 5y ago
  NJB quality is extremely high, that is a fairly objective fact. That you don't like the fact it gives cyclists "ammunition" sounds like a You problem :-) Yes it is opinionated though. I don't think it's possible to talk about what he talks about without being opinionated, because there is such a large section of the population that blindly loves cars to the point that it's become a religion, so everyone talking about improving things for bikes and public transportation looks like... Ammunition for attacks, right? But he doesn't compare apples to oranges. He compares how different cities function. He showcases how things can work. The potential every city and country has with some better planning. It's a shame (and a little telling) you don't like him. If you want less opinionated channels about urban planning there is City Beautiful for example. I don't think the production quality is as high, even if the guy is an actual city planner.
  - seoulmetro 5y ago
    I never said the quality was bad. MKB is the best quality on YouTube (usually) and he's entirely about subjectivity. You can have high quality whilst also realising that the video is not made to be purely informative or educational. >That you don't like the fact it gives cyclists "ammunition" sounds like a You problem :-) ??? Why are you talking about cyclists? I never mentioned cyclists. >I don't think it's possible to talk about what he talks about without being opinionated It is, and that's the crux. Though it's a lot more boring and harder. >But he doesn't compare apples to oranges. He very much does. I don't even need to argue on this point, it's that visible. It's a shame indeed, but I have good reasons.
systemvoltage 5y ago
> YouTube has some of the best, highest quality free content available on the internet today. OP's argument hinges on "vast majority of content" and then you rebute it with the narrowest possible list of examples. You just made a strawman of OP's claim.
- scrollaway 5y ago
  It's a discovery problem. The vast majority of content on the internet is crap, so better have a talk to your ISP and get rid of your useless line, right? Once you do subscribe and watch good channels and subscribe to them, you will find that the recommendation engine is extremely high quality and will do the rest of the work. There is basically zero crap on my YouTube homepage. It's all high quality now. I often get recommended videos and immediately subscribe to their channel. It's nice not to be afraid of clicking on videos on my homepage because I know all of it is great!

krallja 5y ago

Some of my highly recommended uncommon subscriptions: Cathode Ray Dude (really obscure 90s tech nostalgia) Techmoan (obscure old tech nostalgia) Jeremy Fielding (engineering) Hand Tool Rescue (antique restoration) Machine Thinking (history of technology/industry, especially pre-1900) Usagi Electric (vacuum tubes, minicomputers, etc.)

SenHeng 5y ago
Jeremy Fielding has a video series showing how he built an 6 motor Industrial Robot Arm from scratch. Includes welding and machining aluminum, electrical wiring and programming the controls for the motors. Definitely worth a watch. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4njCTv7IRbyf3XfhUcp_jnkRrAu1UP3I https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4njCTv7IRbyf3XfhUcp_...
MrGilbert 5y ago
+1 on Techmoan and Hand Tool Rescue I'd also like to throw - My Mate Vince (Tries to fix electronics, older toys etc) - Wristwatch Revival (Very long, very well narrated watch repair videos) in the ring.

mkaic 5y ago

I'd also add: Tom Scott (basically the human version of Atlas Obscura) SmarterEveryDay (Former missile flight test engineer who does deep dives into science topics he's curious about) ThinMatrix (indie game developer who's building a custom game engine and game from the ground up) Adam Neely (music theory) Jan Misali (linguistics and obscura) Numberphile (math) PBS SpaceTime (physics) Simone Giertz (engineering) Journey to the Microcosmos (microbiology) Cody's Lab (all sorts of stuff, but he's currently in the multi-year process of building his own freaking Mars habitat) Ian Hubert (indie filmmaker who creates better work than most of hollywood, including absolutely massive CGI projects)

cwkoss 5y ago

Kirsten Dirksen (tiny houses and alternative architecture) https://www.youtube.com/user/kirstendirksen/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/kirstendirksen/videos Matthias Wandel (wookworking) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCckETVOT59aYw80B36aP9vw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCckETVOT59aYw80B36aP9vw

xondono 5y ago

Sabine Hossenfelder (physics and science) is now publishing quite regularly on youtube. Patrick Boyle (markets) is criminally undersubscribed IMO.

TheRealNGenius 5y ago

I personally disagree with the Wendover rec. Sure, they talk about logistics, but I find that they offer little to no new information that you couldn't glean from a cursory Google search. Sure it might not be something I knew about, and I might be interested in it every so often, but they clearly prioritize quantity of quality. Since they often cover random topics, I find myself questioning why I should even care.

systemvoltage 5y ago
It's narrative porn - shallow but engaging. How do you test that? Just replace the narrator and the entire value of Wendover productions disappears. Other channels are pretty good though.
- scrollaway 5y ago
  I watch Wendover on mute with subtitles sometimes so clearly you're wrong. That the narration is good quality is a bonus. Calling it shallow and "one google search away" (parent) is absurd, his videos take weeks of research. It's okay not to like the channel but know your criticisms.
  - TheRealNGenius 5y ago
    Speaks volumes that you think it takes weeks of research.
    - scrollaway 5y ago
      It speaks volumes that you don't. The guy has a whole team dedicated to this. He released a behind the scenes about his process on Nebula. Oh let me guess, he's making this up for clicks too? And i could reimplement Dropbox in a weekend with curl and SFTP.
      - loloquwowndueo 5y ago
        You can’t watch videos on nebula without signing up - which makes you the product, just as you are on YouTube.

seoulmetro 5y ago

Sad to see 'Not Just Bikes' lumped in with these great informative videos. Not Just Bikes is extremely opinionated and is frequently swept up in emotional arguments and comparing apples to oranges. Shame really. But it definitely gives people the ammunition to pretend to fight for change (where in reality they are fighting for unrealistic expectations and to get their oranges into apples) and this leads to a feel-good feeling. The rest of the list are extremely informative and interesting to many with next to no bias.

scrollaway 5y ago
NJB quality is extremely high, that is a fairly objective fact. That you don't like the fact it gives cyclists "ammunition" sounds like a You problem :-) Yes it is opinionated though. I don't think it's possible to talk about what he talks about without being opinionated, because there is such a large section of the population that blindly loves cars to the point that it's become a religion, so everyone talking about improving things for bikes and public transportation looks like... Ammunition for attacks, right? But he doesn't compare apples to oranges. He compares how different cities function. He showcases how things can work. The potential every city and country has with some better planning. It's a shame (and a little telling) you don't like him. If you want less opinionated channels about urban planning there is City Beautiful for example. I don't think the production quality is as high, even if the guy is an actual city planner.
- seoulmetro 5y ago
  I never said the quality was bad. MKB is the best quality on YouTube (usually) and he's entirely about subjectivity. You can have high quality whilst also realising that the video is not made to be purely informative or educational. >That you don't like the fact it gives cyclists "ammunition" sounds like a You problem :-) ??? Why are you talking about cyclists? I never mentioned cyclists. >I don't think it's possible to talk about what he talks about without being opinionated It is, and that's the crux. Though it's a lot more boring and harder. >But he doesn't compare apples to oranges. He very much does. I don't even need to argue on this point, it's that visible. It's a shame indeed, but I have good reasons.

systemvoltage 5y ago

> YouTube has some of the best, highest quality free content available on the internet today. OP's argument hinges on "vast majority of content" and then you rebute it with the narrowest possible list of examples. You just made a strawman of OP's claim.

scrollaway 5y ago
It's a discovery problem. The vast majority of content on the internet is crap, so better have a talk to your ISP and get rid of your useless line, right? Once you do subscribe and watch good channels and subscribe to them, you will find that the recommendation engine is extremely high quality and will do the rest of the work. There is basically zero crap on my YouTube homepage. It's all high quality now. I often get recommended videos and immediately subscribe to their channel. It's nice not to be afraid of clicking on videos on my homepage because I know all of it is great!