Any Austin is pretty great, he talks about videogames but more like checking the unemployment levels in skyrim or following powerlines in GTA to see if the infrastructure makes sense
VideoGameDunkey is a certified classic
MiniMinuteMan does some cool paleontology videos, as well as some good conspiracy debunking
Explosions&Fire is a chaotic Australian chemistry channel (along with the sister channel Extractions&Ire).
Rybonator makes custom dice from resin and is a great choice for DnD fans and dice goblins
Natural Habitat Shorts is a hilarious animation channel that focuses on real animal facts
We need to get off YouTube’s monopolistic dick
Agreed. Check out Grayjay: https://grayjay.app/ https://gitlab.futo.org/videostreaming/grayjay
It’s a client for following creators across platforms while the user retains control. YouTube is one of the platforms Grayjay can access but you don’t have to let YouTube play adverts, track you, etc. It lets users turn the screen off and keep playing audio, bypass intros or sponsored ads, download whole videos, and other quality of life features.
You can also avoid YouTube entirely and only stream from PeerTube, NewPipe, SoundCloud, etc. You just tap the plugins you want and it respects your choices.
It’s still under active development during an ongoing arms race with YouTube but I’ve been using it for over a year and have only encountered two bugs that kept me from using it. It’s been a refreshing experience overall and I find myself watching more of the stuff I care about, more meaningfully supporting the artists I care about, and disallowing Google to abuse those interactions.
I’m not affiliated with them in any way. Just a happy convert.
In this video, we explore the mystery of spinors! What are these strange, surreal mathematical things? And what role do they play in physical reality? We’ll talk about the algebra of SO(3) and SU(2), and the profound physical implications of spinors, particularly as it relates to spin-statistics and the stability of matter!
Video notes PDFs available for download on Patreon:
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All support is highly motivating and greatly appreciated! :)
Recommended reading: “An introduction to spinors” by Andrew M. Steane: https://arxiv.org/abs/…
For a more advanced and comprehensive treatment of spinors, see “Spinors and Space-Time” by Penrose. The homotopy class animations in SO(3) were based on Section 1.5 of that book.
To learn more about the Spin-Statistics Theorem, see “Pauli and the Spin-Statistics Theorem”, by Ian Duck and E. C. G. Sudarshan.
Also, check out the wonderful YouTube series “Spinors for Beginners” by EigenChris!  / @eigenchris
Chapters:
0:00 Intro 3:08 Topology Warmup 9:22 Axis-Angle Representation of 3D Rotations 13:15 Homotopy Classes of Loops in the Axis-Angle Space 22:50 The Algebra of Rotations, SO(N) 33:48 SU(2) 39:35 SU(2) Double Covers SO(3) 49:15 Exploring the Mystery 1:01:20 Superconductivity 1:05:00 Let’s get Existential 1:07:50 Conclusion
FredrikkNudsen’s down the rabbit hole, just pick any.
I really enjoyed the one about computers beating humans in chess - Deep BlueBrick Immortar produces incredibly high-quality and detailed documentaries of naval accidents.
Badempanada produces really well-written video essays on all sorts of political-adjacent stuff, usually with the intent to tear down the western world’s propaganda wall.
Gtrippin is a super small channel but they do incredible psychedelics simulators. Link due to small size
How To Say Your Favourite Colour And Not Embarrass Yourself This is the funniest and most relatable rant I’ve come across in a while, it probably won’t hit as hard if you’re not a neurotic overthinker though.
Adventures In State Space This is an incredibly well edited video talking about a very interesting maths thing. You don’t have to know why/how the math thing works to enjoy the video. He has other good ones too like where he fucks with a Mandelbrot/Julia set.
Space Station Weird is a bunch of short animations set in the distant future on a very weird space station.
WatchDust is the main page for a channel with a curated selection of independently made short scifi films. Many are really good.
Soggy Rock Facts To Dazzle Your Enemies This is Sage The Bad Naturalist’s channel and she’s a very smart and interesting person who talks about science.
I find that deleting videos from my watch history in youtube does more for recommendations then brute forcing other videos.
did that, but i seem not to be entertained about the new algorithm
- Uri Tuchman
- Big Clive dot com
- Bricksane
- Hyperspace Pirate
- Hand Tool Rescue
Lately I’ve been watching Practical Engineering where the host gives some basic explanations about the engineering considerations for designing various infrastructure projects like dams or railroads. I’ve also seen some interesting videos from Wendover Productions about airline operations like how airlines design their route networks for a competitive advantage or how they assign planes to routes.
Also Animagrafs, if you’re into engineering.
Norwegian farm life
Drain cleaning Australia
Project kamp
DCA is amazing! I don’t quite understand why I watch every single one of his videos, but I do
- Everything Daven Hiskey and Simon Whistler make
- Geographics channel could use some love
- Eric Rosen chess
- Veritasium (popular but well produced and informative)
- Adam Savage’s channel of mythbusters fame
- Montemayor - rarely posts but his WW2 battle breakdowns are so good!
I’ve been watching a lot of Josh Johnson stand-up. I don’t understand how he’s so prolific that he’s putting out a completely new set every week at least, and maybe even every show he does? https://www.youtube.com/@JoshJohnsonComedy
Each show is unique, from what I see in the comments. I feel like he’s not doing the traditional ‘write a set’ thing, but he works backwards from an idea (“America feels like a Dollar General nowadays”, for example) and has the ability to conjure an hour of almost shaggy-dog-story material on the spot leading you to that endpoint.
Rare talent.
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- [email protected] - warning, includes archive and dailymotion videos too
Hints for improving the algorithm:
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From your watch history, delete videos that are too similar to the ones you don’t want to watch.
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Use the triple dot menu under the video suggestion to tell them you’re not interested. Choosing a reason is not necessary, but you can pick one if it fits.
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If you think you’re going to lose out on something by doing the above, add the video to a playlist first. Not the Watch Later list. Make a new one.
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Check your previously made playlists for content you’ve forgotten about. This might only apply if you did step 3 at some point previously.
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