>>21874
That Shitty Robots woman. She is clever and funny.

>exurb1a
Dry, witty videos about philosophy and psychology.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mheHbVev1CU

>Wendover Productions
Basically a slightly longer version of Things You Might Not Know, with a mild bias towards transport-related topics. See also the sister channel Half as Interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/user/Wendoverproductions/videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuCkxoKLYO_EQ2GeFtbM_bw/videos

>School of Life
Pretentious but useful videos by Alain de Botton about emotional intelligence and applied psychology.
https://www.youtube.com/user/schooloflifechannel/videos

>Nerdwriter1
Mainly deep dives into screenwriting and film directing, occasionally other topics.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Nerdwriter1/videos

>FR Hamilton
A massive archive of old British documentaries and OU programmes.

https://www.youtube.com/user/9santarosa/videos

>Nuclear Vault
Old military training films, newsreels and other ephemera of interest to war nerds.

https://www.youtube.com/user/nuclearvault/videos

>>21877
>Pretentious but useful videos by Alain de Botton about emotional intelligence and applied psychology.
They did an interesting "Porn as therapy" thing which I was going to link here but it seems to have been scrubbed from the Art as therapy website.

>Binging with Babish
Great for those of you wanting to know how to cook or get the most out of your kitchen equipment for his new "Basics with Babish" series and frequent livestreams. He's self taught and his camerawork makes the whole experience feel a lot clearer and more interactive than most cooking shows.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJHA_jMfCvEnv-3kRjTCQXw

>Big Clive
YouTube's resident Scotch tinkerer. Teardowns of rudimentary electronics that are somehow engaging and informative with just the right amount of funny.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtM5z2gkrGRuWd0JQMx76qA

>Mark Brown
Last of the greats from the heyday of gaming journalism. Mark's busying himself with a great informative series called Game Maker's Toolkit that really gets to grips with the nuanced design choices and player experience in hit titles. Particularly interesting is his rundown of the Legend of Zelda series' dungeon levels. Even if you're not much of a gamer, it's still worth watching for his captivating understanding of the interactive design experience.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqJ-Xo29CKyLTjn6z2XwYAw

>No Small Parts
Fan-made documentary series about C-list / bit-part character actors and their careers. Some interesting guest pieces and just a great insight into the recesses of Hollywood most are quick to brush under the rug. I recommend Brandon Hardesty's old impressions and improv videos too if you're looking for a laugh.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7sg9FpMWMamzWE2lJPY-Dg

>Townsends
17th century cooking channel. The host's a genuinely interesting and humble chap and his videos are great for learning about history while you relax. All there is to it really.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxr2d4As312LulcajAkKJYw

>>21879
Isn't Bigclive from the IoMan?

>>21880

He's Scottish, but he lives on the island of three-legged gay-birchers.

>Lindybeige

British guy mostly talking about history, a lot of WWI, WWII, and medieval, with a focus on tactics. He's also quite funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLtfJ0ekqVE&ab_channel=Lindybeige

>Techmoan
This guy used to do a lot of (very good) reviews of dashcams and action cams. Now he is mostly focused on hi-fi equipment, with a lot of interesting videos about obscure and obsolete formats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4K1QKKPX_g&ab_channel=Techmoan

>AvE
Mad Canadian Engineer.
Destructive tool testing. Swearing. Always something to learn from him if you have any sort of interest in mechanics and engineering (in particular he hates shill reviews of things and will tell you exactly how much something is worth). Always highly entertaining.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8ggDQnQN3E&ab_channel=AvE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydwaz2oPWY0&ab_channel=AvE

>>21882

>Techmoan

That guy is pretty much a blueprint for the regular customers back when I worked at Maplin. I bet he's one of those who traps you in a half hour long conversation about the merits of gold versus nickel plated phono plugs.

>>21883
Gold plated optical cable, anyone?

>>21883

I've seen him wandering around the Arndale centre a couple of times, usually clutching a chinese GoPro knockoff of some sort. I'd have talked to him if I didn't suspect the same as you. I really don't have the time to discuss my home cinema setup, as much as I'd like to.

I posted this here a while ago, but I think he deserves a mention in this thread.

>Apetor
Norweigan guy drinking Vodka and camping. A lot of jumping into frozen water involved.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX4gwvw-9eI&ab_channel=apetor

>>21886
I love him.

>>21884
The gold plating is stupid, but the cable is less than a tenner on Amazon. Anyone got $7,200 for an audio interconnect cable? They're dead good. You'll hear a soundstage and warmth unlike any other cable you've ever used, I promise. Comes with a free bridge.
http://www.pearcable.com/sub_products_anjou_sc.htm

Just came across these channels

> LockPickingLawyer
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm9K6rby98W8JigLoZOh6FQ

> BosnianBill
https://www.youtube.com/user/bosnianbill

For a nice lock-autist diversion.

>>21874
>Tom Scott
I always presumed I liked him I really liked I remember being amused by his welcome to life video years ago, but I keep on finding videos of him explaining that there are exceptions to a rule that he presents really badly.

They all go the exact same way

"This is a thing that is understood by this quite simple concept but there is an exception to the rule, but then there is another exception to the rule, but then there is THIS exception to the rule, but then all that is fine, but there is an exception to the rule, and once you've understood all that there is an exception to the rule, so in conclusion it is this but then there is an exception to the rule."
None of the exceptions seemed that hard to wrap my head around, in fact he has done it for fields I've worked in, but his presentation is as if he were revealing some daunting truth that you should never even bother trying to understand in the first place like niche knowledge were some sort of elder god that must not be disturbed from it's slumber at any cost. This is a prime example

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY

I think my problem is I don't like it when authors repeatedly produce video essays that follows the same structure, it feels like he went out of his way to try make the thing sound more complicated and dramatic just because that is the way he puts on a performance. I think his style actually discourages learning, as he makes things sound like these things are too intimidating to even try.

>>21920

As a software developer, I can tell you that he understated the difficulty and complexity of handling time zones. They're one of the trickiest problems in distributed database systems and have caused horrendously expensive bugs. The weirdness of how humans keep track of time has some really nasty interactions with the PACELC theorem. Like crypto, it's something that 99.9% of developers should never handle themselves, because it's just too easy to fuck up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PACELC_theorem

Most of Tom Scott's videos on his own channel don't fit the template that you described. He mostly talks about cool research infrastructure (Built for Science) or quirky little bits of trivia (Things You Might Not Know).

I think his overall message is really positive. Science and technology is often presented in a really dry, didactic way, but he shows that it's full of unexpected surprises. He shows that science isn't a body of knowledge guarded by an elite, but a dynamic system of exploration and discovery.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diPiSHxfGyE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvJzi0BXcGI

>Primitive Technology
Ever wondered how the ancients made tools? Very cathartic with no dialogue/bullshit.

>Computerphile
They explain computing concepts in an accessible way.

>EngineerGuy

Explains how machines work. Similar to Computerphile.

>Gamesack
Retro gaming for adults.

>CPG Grey
I know some of you don't like him because of his mistakes in videos but I think on the whole it's quite informative/interesting.

>Vsauce
Does a lot of videos on phenomena, the earlier stuff was more interesting.

>TeamFourStar

For Dragonball Z Abridged. The rest isn't my thing.

Honorable mentions:

alltime10s. Like a cracked article in video form. I haven't watched these for a while but I used to like them.

Steveo from jackass.

LAHWF - famous for his awkward "prank" videos, he's tried to move away from the persona in recent years and at least he doesn't do fake stuff and act like a douche.

>>21922
>CPG Grey
>I know some of you don't like him because of his mistakes in videos but I think on the whole it's quite informative/interesting.

It feels a lot to me like he reads a single book on a subject and then tries giving a lecture on it. Which inevitably leads to pitfalls.

Vsauce used to be great, but nowadays he's doing this youtube TV series thing that wants you to pay two quid an episode. No thanks. The whole reason his videos were good is that he explored a lot of ideas in a nice condensed, no-filler chunk.

>>21924
You can get them on TPB but I don't think they're very good.

>>21923
>It feels a lot to me like he reads a single book on a subject and then tries giving a lecture on it.
That's almost exactly what he does, as he explains in the Hello Internet podcasts.

>>21926
Indeed. I also think his podcast is shit. Especially when he thought TFA was better than Rogue 1.

If anyone is interested for some reason; I think I've found BigClives shitty American cousin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAzbxaf3mso&ab_channel=MadElectronEngineering

>>21874
What are the best language learning ones?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AySqC2kU0e8

I spend a lot of time on the NASA and SpaceX pages. Loved this one from today. I never knew they used large amounts of water to acoustically insulate the rocket from itself - unprotected, the noise is so loud on takeoff that it could destroy the rocket. Amazing.

If you're in the mood for NASA deluge systems -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKtVpvzUF1Y
is always good.

>>22017
Incredible, thank you. I always wondered how they stopped the whole tower catching fire on a launch and now I know.

>>22017
His repetition makes it all sound a bit strange.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDmWYVdN8ug

>>21883
>>21882
What the FUCK is he wearing in this latest video?

>>22033
Now that is one smooth-looking suit. Top marks.

(I can't actually believe anyone would manufacture such a thing.)

>>22033

Does he reference it at any point?

I loved the minor rant he went on about chips Vs fries in the kitchen gadget video he did years ago.

The man is a true inspiration.

>>22033

One of my favourite prostitutes has curtains in that fabric.

>>22036
Get a girlfriend.

>>22037
Maybe he can't afford one, ever consider that?

>>22038

And yet he can afford enough prostitutes to have a favorite?

>>22039

Prostitutes don't make you buy them shoes and that though.

>>22039

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcuijtauGUc

>>22040
>>/b/415075

>>22042

Smart bloke.

>>22041

RIP.

Do you see this video? I hope some of you will love this guy as much as I do.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gpBdu0XfQU

Mike Jeavons?

>>22301

I find him very endearing because he's ultimately a bit crap but still manages to be quite entertaining.

>>22302

I wonder what fork in the road separates the life stories of Jeavons and Beno. Decent parenting? Two notches on the autism spectrum? Therapy? There but for the grace of god.

>>22303

Jeavons seems to bear the haunted look of a man whose parents had enough money to send him to boarding/private school, but not enough money for him to fit in at all.

I'm very tired and on my phone so can't quote the post but I vaguely remember people talking about Edd China and car shows in general.

https://youtu.be/IaW9Sg5NPyE

>>22305
Seems youtu.be links don't get picked up.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaW9Sg5NPyE

I just started watching Cool World, an astronomy professor who is uncomfortably handsome talks through new discoveries by his research team and covers some more general concepts - sometimes backed by actual papers he writes.

I liked this one as an intro:

If we live in a Möbius strip universe and you took some FTL spaceships in a circuit you would arrive home to find things would be off. You'd notice everyone's faces look slightly odd, clocks would tick backwards and when doctors examine you your heart will be on the wrong side. Everyone would claim that their left and right are correct and that you must be an alien but really it's because you've mirrored.

>>23935
That’s untrue, he’s made that up. If we lived in a universe shaped like a cone full of snakes and you traveled through the tip FTL you’d know this.

>>23935

I get some weird vibes from that guy. Not sure what it is about his channel but something about it feels a bit... Inauthentic? I don't know.

I suppose it's not a bad place to turn if you can't tolerate Isaac Arthur's speech impediment though.

>>23937
He doesn't seem very professory. I wouldn't have him supervise my thesis because I don't think we could understand each other. The odd thing is he's probably the most qualified person to talk about topics like Exomoons seeing as how he may have discovered our first.

>I suppose it's not a bad place to turn if you can't tolerate Isaac Arthur's speech impediment though.

He's had that fixed by this point, surely?

>>23938

If anything it's worse, he's gone from Wascally Wabbit Elmer Fudd to something approaching the text-to-speech with a Chinese accent on a knock-off smartphone.

>>23935

My favourite science channel is PBS spacetime. Also currently hosted by a professor:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msVuCEs8Ydo

Different focus and more physics than astronomy, but of course there's a lot of crossover in parts.

This is absolutely brilliant - he is a very knowldgeable spear fisherman who catches and then cuts up fish.

I don't even eat fish, but am hooked on this channel.

>>23942

>slicing up a threatened species

Yeah nice. Fucking prick.

>>23943
He's a drop in the ocean. Blaming individuals for problems caused by industrial scale operations is just what they want you to do to. Wake up, sheeple.

>>23944

It's not like we'#re talking about driving to wrok versus getting the bus, or not sorting your recycling thoroughly enough. You have to go to some pretty fucking intentional lengths to get a hold of a whole fucking lemon shark.

I'm not even a vego-cunt or anything, I'll happily eat animals. I just think some things are in poor taste. Like, you really don't have to, do you.

>>23945

Well, no. Moaning about a global thing is FAR more cathartic than moaning about a local thing. Pat yourself on the back, because you have made SUCH a difference!

>>23945
How about cutting up and eating an alligator?

>>23947

They farm alligators in a lot of places, so while it looks weird it's not nicking endagered things out of the wild.

>>23946

Who said I was bothered about making a difference, I was just calling the guy a prick. Anyone who makes entertainment out of cutting up an endangered species is a bit of a prick in my book.

Youtube is a pile of wank. I spent two tedious afternoons going through the youtube bookmarks I'd accrued over the past few months, and 90% of them were pointless. They mostly fell into these categories: 1) things that are momentarily interesting that I'll forget after I've watched the video with the clickbaity title, 2) genuinely interesting topics that are glossed over because of the shallow nature of the medium or because the 'content creator' is trying to sell you something. The 10% of videos that were actually worth watching were from youtubers who weren't really trying to make a living from it.

The old adage of 90% of everything being shit still holds true, but youtube is a particularly sinister pile of wank because it tricks you into thinking that you're spending your most valuable resource wisely. Sinister infotainment!

The internet is only good for complaining about the internet. And porn.

>>23955
>The 10% of videos that were actually worth watching were from youtubers who weren't really trying to make a living from it.

I've said it before but it's worth repeating: Patreon was a mistake. Making money from using the internet as a commodity is a sin.

Heard about Soft White Underbelly the other day. Basically a guy interviews people on the other side of the tracks so to speak. It's soft of interesting, but a bit dark and depressing too.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCvcd0FYi58LwyTQP9LITpA

I like to have a spooky channel to watch but they all seem to devolve into true crime which I find dull. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Stuff like:

Be. Busta is also okay if you just want reddit larps told in a spooky narration:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-ir6MfYIuyvVJS_DhOhcJw

>>24468

Weird World is kind of spooky, although some of their content is a bit laughable. They focus a lot on reincarnation, ghosts, time travel and hauntings.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQwT19wQm23dVTOHiap-u7w


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qanViwv5Itk

>>24468
Barely Sociable (and his 2nd channel Slightly Sociable) are good for long form documentaries on spooky mystery type stuff.
Nexpo occasionally veers into true crime but it's mainly spooky stuff, ARGs and internet mysteries
blameitonjorge is a mixture of spooky stuff, mysteries and lost media.

> Technology Connection
Ridiculously in-depth videos about mostly domestic appliances. If you ever wondered about the history gas lamps, or think you could use a few hours of video about air conditioning and heat pumps, this is for you.
https://www.youtube.com/c/TechnologyConnections

> Practical Engineering
Breaks down large scale infrastructure projects, both how they work and how they sometimes fail. Not a prolific poster but just in depth enough that someone like me who knows nothing about civil engineering can still follow along.
https://www.youtube.com/c/PracticalEngineeringChannel

> Unreported World
Well produced foreign affairs programs (as seen on Channel 4) about often overelooked issues.
https://www.youtube.com/c/unreportedworld

> 12tone
Serious music theory breakdowns of (usually) modern songs, delightfully illustrated. I find it soothing to listen to, even though I have no musical background.
https://www.youtube.com/c/12tonevideos

>>24473

> Technology Connection

Bit camp, but he's good fun. Although he tends to lose me on his more elaborate technological explanations. He probably has a solid engineering degree of some description, but he can be hard to follow here and there.


If you're into obsolete technology, especially obscure audio formats and similar things, then Technoman Techmoan is your guy. His is a more hands-on approach, he often likes to take things apart to see how they work and fix them. Usually very entertaining.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5I2hjZYiW9gZPVkvzM8_Cw

I've been enjoying Budget Museum, a channel done in the style of old youtube videos of a nerd talking about stuff to a slideshow. It has the humour of a guy you'd meet on an RTS or fantasy MMO in the early 00s:

And then there's Rational Animations which is kind of stupid as you'd expect by the name but it covers things that have fallen into vogue like grabby aliens:

>Tank man
https://www.youtube.com/user/thechieftainwot

I can't stop watching these ones about diving accidents and deadly cave expeditions.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6BotqF2pfM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbdCioTOXHc

There's loads of them and all the channels that do it are much of the same. But for some reason it's a mesmerising subject to me.

>>24690
The Rational Animations thing bugs me; it's full of mathematical shit and calls itself "rational" but they're all based on guessing. The Grabby Alien hypothesis won't hold true if the Dark Forest universe hypothesis is true or all sorts of other possibilities. I don't see it as very rational to be spending hours working out the precise equations of probability relating to "grabby aliens" when we know that we don't have all the relevant information and there can be all sorts of other factors involved. It's putting a huge amount of effort on top of what's basically just a guess, pretending that's rational then patting themselves on the back for being so intelligent. I notice the most recent video is based on something by Yudkowsky which really confirms it; these "Rationalist" types are a sort of pseudointellectual cargo cult.

>>24692

Have you seen this documentary about David Shaw? Absolutely crazy story.

>>24694

That was a good watch, cheers. Tucked myself in and watched it before bed last night.

Can't help feeling it was a bit of a case of the guy's own ego getting him killed though. He wasn't retrieving the body for the family, he wanted to be a hero. Good on the other bloke for staying level headed and getting everyone else out safe though, even with decompression sickness, top lad.

>>24692

I really enjoy the channel Dive Talk, with its two hosts Gus and Woody, who are seasoned experienced diving instructors and certified cave divers. They have great reaction videos as well as videos of their own dives, which they discuss in an always very entertaining way.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tuR5ZkuVT0

I'm only a hobbying diver who has gone on scuba dives on holiday a few times, but they really have loads of great info and advice for anybody who's either a diver or just interested.

>>24693
>I don't see it as very rational to be spending hours working out the precise equations of probability relating to "grabby aliens" when we know that we don't have all the relevant information and there can be all sorts of other factors involved.

It's fun though. And the idea is that you're using the limited data to rationally draw conclusions on questions that have immense significance.

>>24697
I'm sure it's fun to think about but it's not rational to make predictions based on information you know to be flawed. Speculate away but dressing it up as serious sensible intellectual work is delusional.

>>24698

> it's not rational to make predictions based on information you know to be flawed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_inference

>>24699

I can sit around making Bayesian predictions about all sorts of nonsense, that doesn't make it a rational use of time.

>>24700

I think you are quite irrationally over-thinking the use of the term "rational", mate.

>>24701

I'm sure it seems that way if you think I'm talking in the abstract and you've never encountered the diasporas of "Rationalists" from the LessWrong community.

>>21877
>exurb1a

Fucking hell he does some amazing storytelling.

>>24702
You're barking at shadows, lad.

>>24703

There's definitely a real community of people who consider themselves "rationalists" and take it all very seriously. If you've never knowingly encountered them I don't know what to tell you.

>>24703

>exurb1a

Aha, I've been trying to remember what he was called for ages.

Is he still uploading? I thought he was on the run for like, sexual assault via brainwashing.

>>24704

And? Not every use of the word "rational" is referring to them, you're just starting to sound mental.

I'd just like to cast my vote in support of the anti-rational poster here. Anyone who actively describes themselves as "rational" is by definition implying that others are not rational; nobody ever describes themselves as having two legs. Obviously it is possible for normal people to be rational, but the look-how-rational-I-am squad are almost universally fedora-tipping atheists of the absolute worst sort.

>>24704
And are the "rationalists" in the room with us now?

>>24705
I wasn't aware of it but from what I can tell there's been some internet drama where two youtubers did the irresponsible thing and shacked up only for it to inevitably go horribly wrong. Made worse by the Dutch police then being criminally incompetent in 2016 when his ex accused him of being a rapist.

Given it's 2023 and he last did a video a couple months ago I imagine it's fine, I guess?

>>24706

>And? Not every use of the word "rational" is referring to them
That's right, which is why I was explicitly referring to them from my very first post in this thread of conversation. You're barking at your own shitty reading comprehension.

>>24709

It's not poor reading comprehension to wonder why the fuck you're going on about some group of fringe loonies just because someone posted something with "rational" in the name.

longstanding rationality issues

>>24710

The person who made the video is one of those fringe loonies.

>>24711

Then perhaps you should have said so at first, because nothing about the video itself really suggests that, and I very much doubt the lad who posted it is one of them either.

>>24712
>I notice the most recent video is based on something by Yudkowsky which really confirms it; these "Rationalist" types are a sort of pseudointellectual cargo cult.

Not heard of this lad before but the sort of sardonic public prank comedy has always tickled me. A little bit Brass Eye except not as high-brow.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4gG40yOOJU

Voices of the Past is great. The concept is simple enough, someone's read the interesting written accounts of people in the past who witnesses events or go on adventures.

The Chinese Perspective on 1950s American Life is pretty funny, especially hearing him discover love, women's fashion and how democracy works:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjnmzljtREk

>Stefan Milo
Focuses on the evolution of humanity and prehistory. Its a fascinating look at archaeology and anthropology - particularly how he struggles to make videos because there's always a ground-breaking new paper coming out.

>The Rest Is Politics
Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart agree on things such as 'fuck Boris Johnson', 'Brexit = bad' and 'we need to stop populism by bringing in ID cards and compulsory voting'. They put out videos twice a week discussing current events for your commute.
https://www.youtube.com/@therestispolitics7503/

>The Rest is History
Similar premise to the above but Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. I'm still working my way through their World Cup special and learning a lot.

>Jay Foreman
Infrequent videos that covers things in a silly way. If you'd like to learn about London then you're in for a treat.

>>24468
Bedtime stories is great for spooky tales. It has a nice combination of narration and art that it brings together.

>Moth Light Media
He makes nice videos on the evolution of animals that answer questions I never knew I had. For example why birds don't have teeth:

>Natural World Facts
Covers life in the deep sea - here is a 10 minute multichapter documentary on the decomposition of a whale at the bottom of the ocean over decades:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdxFdubzvjw

I haven't been able to work out whether I like these or not.