If you want a deep dive on how fridges, christmas lights, or oldschool pinball machines operate, you need Alec at https://www.youtube.com/@TechnologyConnections
You will never get your hours back, and you'll still be happy about it.
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If you mention the word "heat pump" in the suburbs of Chicago too loudly you may be stopped for a brief hour-long explainer.
You can find Alec on Mastodon, too.
I hear the summoning words are "latent heat"
Don't forget dishwashers!
Yup, multiple hours of dishwashers and detergent.
I saw Alec at OpenSauce and the first question he got was "Which detergent type is actually the best?"
Use powdered, apparently!
He is indeed a great find. His Dubai lights was one I was just thinking about due to another post.
- Not just bikes a channel on bikes, biking, traffic and street design to accommodate bikes and biking.. plus fawning over how good everyone's favorite country has set this up.
- Mega projects: channel on some of the worlds largest projects in engineering and beyond.
- The B1M: Construction!
- Kurzgesagt : fun animated explanations of large difficult concepts.
- Wendover productions: Cool explanations om random subjects. Also has a sister channel Half as interesting with even more random subjects.
- Good times, Bad times: Geopolitics old and new.
- William spaniel: Game theory and Geopolitics.
Some other fun channels:
- How to ADHD: hints tips and tricks for people with adhd.
- Lock picking lawyer: Never trust any lock anymore.
- Primitive technology: A guy using primitive technology to survive in his own piece of jungle.
Primitive technology: A guy using primitive technology to survive in his own piece of jungle
I've always wanted to make a meal entirely from scratch in memory of our ancestors. That means either growing or catching it with tools that I made myself. I'd have to prepare and cook it from scratch too Everything as if I was living 50k years ago. Just haven't found a tribe to do it with yet.
There's that guy that did that. He said it wasn't a very good sandwich.
*as this is a youtuber thread, he has a channel. It's okay. https://youtube.com/@htme?si=qfrFo68rA3Wi4cTL
Hah checked out the B1M mega construction videos and immediately stumbled onto the Fehmarn tunnel project which brings up a memory from when I took the train from Germany to Denmark some 10 years ago. In the middle of the journey, the train suddenly went into a hangar and maybe fifteen minutes later we were asked to A) leave all of our stuff in the train and B) descend.
Which we begrudgingly did.
We all followed the person giving the orders up through some staircases and ... the weirdest thing I have ever experienced I think, through a door out on the deck of a large boat in the middle of the sea 🌀🌌🐵
Didn't expect that 😁
Cool. That's pretty unique.
I had the pleasure of experiencing the train transfer from Mongolia to China. All train wagons are moves into a hangar in batches and lifted off their undercarriage. The undercarriages are removed, then the rail width is changed, new undercarriages are rolled in and the cabins lowered onto them... It was one hell of a sight.
I wouldn't call B1M in depth....
I think that's kinda fair. They go further than a lot of info you see on the news though, so I think it will scratch OP's itch.
Lots of good ones in there. Thanks!
B1M is great, Mega Projects and others of Simon's channels are good (some better then others). Wendover is amazing, I just wish he out more out, but the production quality is probably to high to increase the rate.
I'll have to check the rest out. :)
Technology Connections. I now know an absurd amount about home AC, pinball machines, and refrigerators.
Lets talk about latent heat and the refrigeration cycle!
when the latent heat of vaporization is critical to the functionality of refrigeration
Behind The Bastards... Tells you about history's greatest bastards.
I really like what they do but mostly find them unlistenable. If you don’t enjoy listening to people just chatting and making lots of—often bad—jokes in the middle of the narrative, this podcast is not for you.
If you don’t mind that, they do a great job of deep diving into the history of despicable people.
"And, of course, this podcast is sponsored by the Claymore Corporation! Remember folks, Claymore Landmines: fuck the person directly in front of you!"
Folding Ideas is basically must-watch content. Dan's thoughtfulness and thoroughness are unmatched.
Angela Collier goes into detail on physics topics, especially astrophysics. Don't miss her video on crackpots.
If you're into 3D printing you should be watching CNC Kitchen. Stefan does a lot of stress-test comparisons between different filaments and printing settings.
Moon Channel has some of the best sociocultural documentaries I've seen on YouTube. I particularly recommend Kawaii: Anime, Propaganda, and Soft Power Politics.
Practical Engineering is excellent. Grady is a civil engineer who discusses infrastructure and makes excellent demonstration models like this one on Why Engineers Can't Control Rivers.
The 8-Bit Guy will teach you things about the early days of digital computers that you didn't know enough to ask.
Jenny Nicholson does some great reviews of pop culture topics. Her video about Evermore: the theme park that wasn't is fantastic, as is her review of Disney's Galactic Cruiser (the Star Wars hotel).
Another great list.
Practical Engineering is beloved. I used to like Smarter Everyday about the same, but Grady is just so much more consistent and interesting on the infrastructure world.
And Jenny is a geek I can get along with. The Starwars hotel failure was fascinating. Wish there was a bit more economic context, but she's great.
Looking forward to some binges here.
I just watched the entire star wars hotel video. I think they could have probably made it 10x shorter, and yet I wasn't bored watching the entire thing.
LEMMiNO - doesn't post videos often but it's good stuff when he does
Some More News is excellent!
Coffezilla does awesome journalism.
ExtraHistory has also really stepped up it's game.
Animagraffs makes 3d explainers of how machines/vehicles work. The one on the “Big Boy” steam engine is amazing.
Ancient Americas talks about pre-columbian America
If you’re into cooking, history, or both, Tasting History with Max Miller is great. Lots of wonderful history, from the common to the obscure. He works hard to find primary sources for every story he shares, as well as calling out fake stories. He also corrects himself when he gets something wrong. And the recipes are fascinating!
Been getting into Bonsai Mirai lately. Very educational, in-depth videos about how to do Bonsai, with tips for everyone from a beginner to an expert. Also very relaxing to watch.
Love Tasting History. one of the best channels. he does great research.
stoked for Bonsai channel, thank you
I'll throw in my two cents; Whitelight.
His bio describes his channel perfectly, "the dark souls of game media."
Goes super in depth reviewing games, such as how they're structured, and somehow keeps me entertained throughout
Real Life Lore sucks. he's algorithm bait. he isn't necessarily factually wrong, but he's just shallow. it plays better to the algorithm. he is pretty much the antithesis of "in-depth". so I'm not really sure what you're looking for if that's the benchmark
So what benchmarks would you define as in-depth? In-depth this decade is not what is was 2 or 3 ago, due to content consumption, but your comment made me realize how cultural the concept is. On the spectrum between a 5 bounce video to a PhD leaves a lot of room.
I can't remember which YouTuber called Real Life Lore the store brand Wendover, but it fits.
Oh yeah, I could see that. I've only seen a couple Wendover videos but they seemed decent
Friendlyjordies - Australian news and politics (plus Warhammer 40k and some other random stuff, not sure if he'll go back to politics now)
Adam Conover - usually talks about tech, politics, etc, has long-form videos talking to experts or shorter videos talking about topics
Punter's Politics - Aussie politics
Joe Scott - talks about tech etc
Doctor Elliott - psychology and LGBT stuff in TV shows
Matt Baume - history of LGBT in cinema and Hollywood
Tale Foundry - literature tropes etc
Belief it or Not - atheist breaking down Christianity (for ex-Christians who are struggling and need help breaking away from the mental hold it has)
Jill Bearup - movie fight scenes from a trained actor combatant PoV
(Hope these were what you're looking for, apologies for lack of links, I'm on mobile)
The granddaddy of science fiction and futurism channels is Science Fiction and Futurism with Isaac Arthur. The channel has content for days about all kinds of shenanigans humans could be getting up to in space and beyond.
A close second is futurist and science fiction author John Michael Godier. His voice will either weigh your soul down to the core of the earth or you'll find it grating... there's really no in-between.
mehhhh... he's a bit corporate now. he started as an excellent channel for teaching concepts in physics to layfolk using engaging questions. and he does great research. but i think more bias has crept into his content since he got big