6 ms·
It'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. So
by woojoo666 4y ago
It'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 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs4aHmggTfFrpkPcWSaBN9g
[2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWwUpEY4c8o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWwUpEY4c8o
[3]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoAnYQZrNrQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoAnYQZrNrQ
[4]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhVR7gFMKNg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhVR7gFMKNg
- joadha 4y agoI had never even heard of this, and I've watched dozens and dozens of episodes of Spacetime! I'm shocked YouTube didn't steer me to this sister channel. Thank you!
- dylan604 4y agoAre you suggesting that the YT recommendation algorithm is some how flawed? I hope you're doing that on a throwaway account ;P
- frogpelt 4y agoIs it possible that it doesn’t serve YTs interests to have a recommendation engine that works best for the end user? I honestly think they just experiment with it a lot. The variety of videos that are recommended for me don’t seem to follow a pattern. Maybe they know my brain better than I do.
- dylan604 4y ago>Is it possible that it doesn’t serve YTs interests to have a recommendation engine that works best for the end user? 100% absolutely it is similar to Goog's search >I honestly think they just experiment with it a lot. The variety of videos that are recommended for me don’t seem to follow a pattern. Possibly, but I'd posit that it's not a good system if the experiment is causing a lack of consistency. I'm sure there's a lot of people that would opt-in for a exeperimental reco system if just asked. > Maybe they know my brain better than I do. Now you're just being silly.
- bowsamic 4y agoIs this a jab at dang?
- dylan604 4y agodang 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?
- shepardrtc 4y agoThey said YT, not YC.
- dylan604 4y agoThis makes even more sense at the confusion.
- joshbaptiste 4y agoIt's not recommended because it hasn't been updated in years.. the algorithm promotes channels with updated content higher
- dskloet 4y agoIt was good with Kelsey, but after she had to leave and was replaced, it somehow became really bad.
- jjcon 4y agoI'll second that, it died only because the new host couldn't fill her shoes. Conversely Matt on SpaceTime has done a great job taking over from Gabe.
- TheDesolate0 4y agoNumberphile fills the void.
- system2 4y agoGets too mainstream though.
- gorkish 4y agoTry Mathologer instead
- lvncelot 4y ago3blue1brown is also excellent
- thawaya3113 4y agoNumberphile lost me with their doubling down on their “sum of natural numbers is -1/12” video.
- ugh123 4y agoThey did some great vids with Cliff Stoll, including this one about his Klein Bottles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k3mVnRlQLU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k3mVnRlQLU
- TechSquidTV 4y agoI 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!
- PartiallyTyped 4y agoIt 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.
- wrycoder 4y agoSame for me. I find the YouTube algorithm pretty useless. I have lots of subscriptions, but it only links narrowly to channels I’ve recently watched. It also keeps stupidly linking to particular vids I’ve already watched.