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After watching part of the video, I believe the world would benefit from a weekly television program where you could tune in each week to watch something weird,

by xrd 2y ago

After watching part of the video, I believe the world would benefit from a weekly television program where you could tune in each week to watch something weird, brilliant and funny. This would be a great episode #1 for that television show.

pininja 2y ago
This reminds me of Posy. His channel is so fun, weird, and captivating. https://youtube.com/@posymusic https://youtube.com/@posymusic
- hawski 2y ago
  Watching his videos is often very calming for me at the same time. Visually striking beauty in simple things, calm narration and pleasing music. I also recommend his Lazy channel.
  - pininja 2y ago
    Watching “Thing on my carpet” is like witnessing curiosity in its purest form
- xrguy 2y ago
  he is like david attenborough of tech
btown 2y ago
On the esoteric software engineering side, Tom7 is the channel you're looking for! https://www.youtube.com/@tom7 https://www.youtube.com/@tom7
- nextaccountic 2y ago
  Also Paralogical https://youtube.com/@paralogical-dev https://youtube.com/@paralogical-dev
- godelski 2y ago
  This is honestly one of my favorite channels. It is one of those things where if one asks "why" the only answer that can be given is "because." Just look at the 4 most recent videos. Maybe start with "Harder Drive: Hard drives we didn't want or need" where he tries to make hard drives out of things that shouldn't be hard drives. This includes: by pinging the entire internet, tetris, and Covid-19 tests. But in truth the absurdity is a deep dive into the nature of how data can be stored and encoded. I think it should encourage people to pursue knowledge for the sake of knowledge and how there are frequently deep insights into seemingly dumb questions, as long as you dig deep enough. We do these things not because they are hard, but because they are harder drives!
  - LoganDark 2y ago
    On his website he has an acadamic paper about red i removal. Not red eye removal. Red i. As in he superimposes a big red Comic Sans letter `i` over an image and then tries different techniques to remove it again...
- vient 2y ago
  And, as expected, the very first reference in the post is to the Tom7's video. Of course it would be.
- shifto 2y ago
  His videos are like cool fever dreams.
haunter 2y ago
Adult Swim's Off the Air https://www.adultswim.com/videos/off-the-air https://www.adultswim.com/videos/off-the-air or on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQl8zBB7bPvLWfGCVicg_kVmSVTGml2y4 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQl8zBB7bPvLWfGCVicg_...
- DANmode 2y ago
  If you're into dissociative media at the moment.
  - phatskat 2y ago
    If you can identify a “moment”, then it’s the wrong moment for OTA
amelius 2y ago
Didn't Slashdot try this?
surfingdino 2y ago
So, basically TechMoan /s
fimdomeio 2y ago
Depending on your kind of weird this might interest you This Exists on youtube https://youtube.com/@thisexists/videos https://youtube.com/@thisexists/videos
jononor 2y ago
Try VSauce on YouTube? Not necessarily brilliant but generally weird and - depending on taste - occasionally funny.

by xrd 2y ago

pininja 2y ago

This reminds me of Posy. His channel is so fun, weird, and captivating. https://youtube.com/@posymusic https://youtube.com/@posymusic

hawski 2y ago
Watching his videos is often very calming for me at the same time. Visually striking beauty in simple things, calm narration and pleasing music. I also recommend his Lazy channel.
- pininja 2y ago
  Watching “Thing on my carpet” is like witnessing curiosity in its purest form
xrguy 2y ago
he is like david attenborough of tech

btown 2y ago

On the esoteric software engineering side, Tom7 is the channel you're looking for! https://www.youtube.com/@tom7 https://www.youtube.com/@tom7

nextaccountic 2y ago
Also Paralogical https://youtube.com/@paralogical-dev https://youtube.com/@paralogical-dev
godelski 2y ago
This is honestly one of my favorite channels. It is one of those things where if one asks "why" the only answer that can be given is "because." Just look at the 4 most recent videos. Maybe start with "Harder Drive: Hard drives we didn't want or need" where he tries to make hard drives out of things that shouldn't be hard drives. This includes: by pinging the entire internet, tetris, and Covid-19 tests. But in truth the absurdity is a deep dive into the nature of how data can be stored and encoded. I think it should encourage people to pursue knowledge for the sake of knowledge and how there are frequently deep insights into seemingly dumb questions, as long as you dig deep enough. We do these things not because they are hard, but because they are harder drives!
- LoganDark 2y ago
  On his website he has an acadamic paper about red i removal. Not red eye removal. Red i. As in he superimposes a big red Comic Sans letter `i` over an image and then tries different techniques to remove it again...
vient 2y ago
And, as expected, the very first reference in the post is to the Tom7's video. Of course it would be.
shifto 2y ago
His videos are like cool fever dreams.

haunter 2y ago

Adult Swim's Off the Air https://www.adultswim.com/videos/off-the-air https://www.adultswim.com/videos/off-the-air or on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQl8zBB7bPvLWfGCVicg_kVmSVTGml2y4 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQl8zBB7bPvLWfGCVicg_...

DANmode 2y ago
If you're into dissociative media at the moment.
- phatskat 2y ago
  If you can identify a “moment”, then it’s the wrong moment for OTA

amelius 2y ago

Didn't Slashdot try this?

surfingdino 2y ago

So, basically TechMoan /s

fimdomeio 2y ago

Depending on your kind of weird this might interest you This Exists on youtube https://youtube.com/@thisexists/videos https://youtube.com/@thisexists/videos

jononor 2y ago

Try VSauce on YouTube? Not necessarily brilliant but generally weird and - depending on taste - occasionally funny.