Louis Rossman
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl2mFZoRqjw_ELax4Yisf6w
Routinely shows bench scope detail of him doing circuit troubleshooting and replace of "no user serviceable parts" modern surface mount Apple stuff, but in the process shows good heart and entertaining moxie.
EEVBlog (David L. Jones)
https://www.youtube.com/user/EEVblog
Likes to take things apart and people send him things, but he is a great teacher and gives an amazing does of theory and design practice, and (very rare!) his electronics design knowledge spans part and practice back to the early 1970s.
bigclivedotcom
https://www.youtube.com/user/bigclivedotcom/videos
Famous for his teardowns of the most ludircous and trashy designs, he's a maverick experimenter who plods along and pokes and prods and touches things he shouldn't, just like you would.
I do not recommend Louis Rossman. Instead of learning, you’ll listen to endless hateful anti-Apple rants, deceitful personal attacks and unsubstantiated speculations of how terrible Apple engineers are - the whole community is cultish and they love listening to LR just about anything. I despise his channel and his popularity.
Rossman has earned his grumpy and acerbic attitude in an old fashioned and honest way: routinely repairing expensive devices that were not meant to be repaired. Having to salvage working components from salvaged boards because the manufacturer decided not to supply them. His board working technique is first rate and he goes to great lengths to show you every step of the process. You learn things even if you were to mute the audio and play "Endless Sax Man" instead! How many other Youtube channels would survive that treatment?
Apple engineers are first rate also, but they've been dis-incentivized to do anything that would make affordable component level repair part of the life cycle, its parts distributed widely enough to be accessible, and technicians (factory trained or otherwise) capable, Unless this corporate approach FAILS spectacularly in the end, the human race is heading into a cul de sac of evolution by having its most essential technologies hanging by tiny threads. Some day Apple will decline and their newer technology will all be in the landfill... and Rossman will still be repairing last-generation boards.
But... by failing to make things repairable and removing whole customer care layers from their business plan, Apple has managed to bring prices down! That's a joke BTW
Among others that have already been mentioned (Applied Science, Bon Appetit, Food Wishes, etc.):
* Game Maker's Toolkit -- in depth analysis of game mechanics and game design (from a journalist / player perspective, not so much a technical one -- though he does host yearly game jams -- my point-and-type entry last year was https://vgel.itch.io/themengi </shameless plug>)
* Historia Civilis -- very in-depth takes on (mostly ancient) history, military, & politics
* Clickspring -- professional clockmaker, has a series of him building a mechanical clock, and is currently working on a series of him recreating the Antikythera Mechanism with investigations into the original construction methods
* This Old Tony -- videos on hobby machine shop projects
* Steve1989MREInfo -- showcases old military MREs, talks about their design / development, and eats & reviews them... including 40+ year old ones. It sounds weird, but it's strangely interesting and calming.
I really love the conciseness and accessibility of 'Two Minute Papers' - "Awesome research for everyone. Two new science videos every week. You'll love it!"
NileRed is far better (in content, video/lighting quality and Editing). His newer channel NileBlue shows him safely cleaning up and what not.
And he's not currently going through what appears to be a mental breakdown. Cody had the feds come out to his property after he posted several questionable videos (like rushing through an airport talking about blowing himself up, showing all of the radioactive ore and yellow cake he has just laying around, showing videos of jars of poison next to his canned food at home etc) and had his girlfriend leave him around which time he started being super mopey on his channel and wearing chainmail everywhere and using mercury as mouthwash.
> girlfriend leave him around which time he started being super mopey
That tends to happen.
I often wonder what enables people to leave such scathing reviews of someone else's work. Reviewers like you had nothing to do with the production or promotion of videos and often don't pay anything to watch them. If a user feels a channel is going awry, they have no resistance to belittling the creator and doing so with a total lack of empathy.
Sure the anonymity is a huge factor that doesn't make someone care enough to write about it. It's as if you felt a sense of ownership in Cody'sLab and he let you down when he began to display the negative affects of his real live in the videos he created.
Your feeling of ownership over something you have done nothing to earn is entitlement. YT creators are just people and they don't get paid a lot. They are constantly chasing an algorithm created within a labyrinth for which they have they have no control over. They feel they need to create and post weekly or they will be penalized. Once they achieve Internet influencer status they find it is a very lonely depressing place to be and everyone watching has demands yet provides no money and no help to create. It's frankly disgusting to see people behave this way.
In this video Cody'sLab clearly spells out that he's going through a hard time in his life. He's allowed to be human. If you don't like it just move on and shut your mouth. Have some dignity and allow others around you to reclaim or maintain their dignity and self-respect.
"I often wonder what enables people to leave such scathing reviews of someone else's work."
Possibly some sort of internet-enabled device running a web browser?
"Reviewers like you had nothing to do with the production or promotion of videos and often don't pay anything to watch them."
That's true of practically all reviewers of every product/service ever. In fact, if they were involved in any way it would deserve some sort of "vested interest" warning. It's also true of much of the content on youtube.
"It's as if you felt a sense of ownership in Cody'sLab and he let you down when he began to display the negative affects of his real live in the videos he created....Your feeling of ownership over something you have done nothing to earn is entitlement."
I don't see that in the original comment at all. They just seem to prefer channel 1 over channel 2, and gave a reason ("..shows him safely cleaning up and what not.."). What's wrong with that?
If one is producing youtube videos for fun, and finds it no fun, they should stop. Likewise, if they're doing it for money and not making enough money, stop. No-one's forcing them to do it. Nobody owes them anything. There are a million other channels out there, and i'm grateful to the OP and everyone else in this thread for pointing them out.
It isn't mean spirited at all. It's observations based on his videos the past 1-2 years. He also has pretty blah production quality with rough edits, often terrible lighting, lots of rambling, more oft than not questionable (at best) safety practices, when he's doing chemistry he never has proper safety equipment etc. Unlike NileRed that has fantastic lighting, proper ventilation, obviously at least partially scripts what he's going to say, doesn't get sidetracked with unrelated rants...
Cody literally had federal agents come to his house and search it after some of his highly questionable videos involving radioactive materials, commercial explosives and homemade (highly unstable) explosives.
He literally power-walked through a busy airport recording himself talking about blowing himself up in one video (referencing his 'prank' video where he 'blew himself up', not that all the people he was rushing past were likely to know that).
He literally used liquid mercury as mouthwash in a recent video.
He literally showed his shelf of canned food with his row of home made poisons and toxic substances.
He's had several videos lately where he's showing textbook signs of clinical depression after his breakup and has ramped up his eccentric behavior even more since, like wearing chainmail in public and ranting about the government and YouTube being against him.
While I agree your original post was maybe harsh, but not "mean-spirited", it drives me crazy when people use truth or objectivity as a catch-all justification for behavior or attitude. He wasn't accusing you of lying - e.g. "you're a fatass" would, in most contexts even where it is true, also be mean-spirited. Things can be both, and frequently are.
If I remember right, he staged some of the "glitter bomb" footage. Something like half the footage was of actual thieves. The other half was of people he knows. He didn’t disclose this until the video went viral.
I’m not aware of any other staged footage, but I’d be interested to hear if there is any.
Rick Beato
3blue1brown
Smarter Every Day
Bon Appetit
Monty McKinnon
Strange Parts
Half as Interesting
Produce Like A Pro
Cinematography Database
J M Archer
Mix With The Masters
Nerdwriter1
Pensado's Place
Peter Hurley
Robert Scovill
This Guy Edits
Rick Beato's channel is pure gold. Probably my favorite channel of all time (so far). The only other recommendation you've made that I recognize is Smarter Every Day, that one's great too.
At first I got taken in by Rick Beato. He is terrifically knowledgeable about music theory and plays a number of instruments well.
But it didn't take long to notice that his presentations of music theory are not done to help the listener understand music theory. They are done to show how terrifically smart Rick Beato is. I suspect a lot of his fans know enough music theory that they nod their heads at the parts they understand and it makes them feel good that they can follow. But it is terrible if you actually want to learn.
There are much better youtubers that present music theory that is conducive to learning.
Polymatter - mostly about company / nation scale economics. Possibly too high-level for the average HNer.
Mustard - great videos about the history of notable vehicles - mostly planes, with a couple of trains. Mixture of historical footage and great animation.
Journey to the Microcosmos - very new channel, basically little nature documentaries about microorganisms.
Robert Miles - really great videos about AI safety - why it's important, what the cutting edge of research is etc.
Captain Disillusion - VFX breakdowns of hoax videos and some explanations of video technology. His channel also hosts videos of a couple of his talks, which are excellent.
Tom Scott - five minute videos from interesting places, plus some layman level programming topics.
Jay Foreman - mostly maps and politics combined with British humour.
TechAltar - Tech company strategy discussion - some normie topics, but some interesting insights as well.
Internet Historian - very well made videos about significant events in 'Internet Culture'. Famous/signifant 4chan raids, cons that went badly and other misc stuff like Fyre festival and the launch of Fallout 76 that spawned a lot of discussion and memes. Definitely not for everyone.
I'm not sure whether you'd consider review channels educational but if you do then I like:
AvE Electronics is a hilarious, foul-mouthed Canadian who dismantles power tools and appliances and gives a thorough guided tour and quality assessment. His show is great fun.
NurdRage - incredibly interesting high level chemistry (to me at least). Has a really great series where he finds a new way to make Sodium Metal.
https://www.youtube.com/user/NurdRage
Numberphile is great, but Computerphile to me feels like a kinda lame rip-off with computer related topics really. It's mostly about the depth and presentation I think. Compared to Numberphile their videos are (at least for me) sort of superficial. The original problem most likely lies in topics being much more complex: It's easier to show and explain an OEIS or describe an interesting conjecture with a hand full formulas and proofs than to explain the entire concept behind e.g. machine learning or computer graphics in a ~15 minute video.
Example: There was a video about dithering not so long ago which basically boils down to "Well, if 2 of 2 pixels are black you perceive it as black, and if there is 0 of 2 black, it's white, and in between it's gray ..." The actual methods used (e.g. Floyd, Stucki etc.) and how they work? Not really.
A very general question there because stuff can be so many things!
Try:
Boris (search: boris kvass) this guy cooks Russian food, and is quite funny.
Except TypeError:
Then I suggest Herbert Gross teaching Linear Algebra at MIT (they dont have such teachers anymore).
I also like the charming Python lady at Socratica.
And if you want to learn about Islam (and not the fake narrative imposed by MSM) Mufti Menk is a good source. You can learn about who Moslems really are, as opposed to the propaganda that is going on now with the "terrorism" circus.
Finally, Talos Principle game walkthrough by Derek Banas is good fun if you are into logic and games.
Lindsay Ellis. While she does mostly film movies, she's also done some great documentaries about YouTube, fair use, etc. It's very long form, with not a lot of clickbait or CTAs. I think she's heading more that way these days, and she is entertaining, insightful, and wicked smart.
Though mostly satirical rather than actually educational lessons, I've recently found it to be an amazing channel.
Some of his videos are almost poetic.
They give an insight into Japanese culture and quirks.
He also offers actual classes via Patreon.
It is a channel devoted to historical events(mostly wars) and it is very on point and entertaining. With only 10+ videos out, it has already gotten 2 millions + subscribers.
Philosophy Tube is pretty good for exactly what you'd expect. The recent stuff is mostly political, but the old stuff is a really good starting point for general philosophy.
And if you're into political stuff and want to actually have your views challenged instead of reinforced, on top of Philosophy Tube I'd also recommend: ContraPoints, Some More News, Shaun, Innuendo Studios, Three Arrows.
Some More News is very much "Here's an opinion you already have, let's be sardonic at the possibility others don't share it". I'd recommend Riley J. Dennis instead, for her excellent discussion of gender and sexuality.
Fair enough. I've used that term because I wanted to represent them as left-leaning "saviors" (as in, opposition to PragerU, Shapiro, JBP, Crowder, and the rest of the shit on YouTube that only reinforces bigotry) without my comment getting flagged.
Ands lot's that people have already talked about like PolyMatter, Louis Rossman, Tom Scott, Brady Haran's Channels (Numberphile, Periodic Table...), and much more...
Electroboom is very entertaining and knowledgable, but it bugs me that he purposely shocks himself almost every episode. His safety practices are terrible. I get that that's part of the joke, and as long as you know it's a joke, fine. But somebody who doesn't get the joke and tries to copy him could get hurt.
Of course this is Youtube, so anybody who blindly copies anything there is asking for trouble.
My perception of Electroboom is that he makes it blindingly obvious why you shouldn't blindly copy him: as you say, he shocks himself in almost every episode. To me, at least, the message is that if you try to do what he does, you'll get shocked, and if you don't know exactly what you're doing, those shocks can kill you (surely he very carefully calculates how much he's going to injure himself?). I find that message makes me much more careful than the generic "don't try this at home unless you know what you're doing", where I don't really have a good way to assess whether I know what I'm doing.
I just found this channel and I'm amazed at how technical and well researched everything is: Tech Ingredients
The best thing is that he repeats experiments to verify the concepts he is exploring. It seems to still be in its infancy, it could benefit from practical improvements, such as including links to parts, as well as professional video editing, but the content is really strong.
I love exploring different fields that I really know little about. One of my favorite channels is NileRed (and alternative channel NileBlue) which is a chemistry channel that really acts like a proper science channel. NileBlue has recently been showing the clean-up process of projects featured on the main channel, which are just as interesting.
I really like Bucky Roberts. His channel name is "TheNewBoston." He has a fun way of teaching and gets to the point. I started programming 6 years ago watching his intro to java videos. 6 years later he has millions of subscribers and has videos on a ton of topics including how to make beer lol.
I still remember back in 2010 when I was in 5th grade watching his HTML/CSS videos, as a child no other tutorial series stuck as his did. really great work
Lots of great material here to check out after work!
My contribution is a vintage stuff restoration channel called My Mechanics. No verbal explanations of what he's doing, just some subtitles where necessary, and I find this really helps me focus on what he's doing with his hands while restoring these bits.
Eastory - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCElybFZ60Hk1NSjgCf7I2sg - History channel focused on Easter Europe and WW2 (for now); very similar with Historia Civilis, which has already been mentioned here; their animated maps of WW2 or mind-blowing; highly recommended
High Pressure Aviation Films - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCopOnltjd_os9EhR0nE_tSA - cockpit video recordings of takeoffs/landings from various planes and airports; they include airport maps, radio traffic and subtitles (the guys are French)
Very niche, but good: Eli Fieldsteel’s YouTube channel for learning Supercollider, the programming language attached to a powerful audio synthesis engine. He also goes into building custom interfaces for experimental music with arduino.
Any channel which gives a high level view on various software tools i.e what was used before, what problem they were trying to solve, practical usecases, pros and cons , any new tools in that space.
It's mostly run by Andy Pavlo, a professor at CMU. Full recordings with slides+notes of class lectures, and lots of talks by visiting lecturers. It's far and away the best resource I've found for learning about DB internals.
I'm a typical European with only basic training in the armed forces, no other gun relation, I believe in strict gun control, and yet — those videos are fascinating. All those different guns (he's an expert in black powder guns, muzzle-loaded), the monotonous readings from the chronograph, anecdotes and a really down-to-earth and a bit awkward presenter. It's a time sink I've been sucked into lately.
Check out forgotten weapons. It has all sorts of history of the development of certain firearms and inspects them as artifacts and engineering marvels.
A channel I don't see in this thread is "The Thought Emporium", and I think he deserves at least an honorable mention with all the recommendations for Nile Red, Applied Science and Tech ingredients. Its very much in the same vein.
IppSec. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa6eh7gCkpPo5XXUDfygQQA He does offline HackTheBox boxes, very detailed clear explanation. Excellent resource for anyone interested in hacking and exploits. It's also very fun to spin up the box yourself and follow along.
I really like Ashton Gleckman’s YT channel. He goes over the process of making and composing movie scores. Check out the video on the Dark Knight. It’s fantastic. Unsurprisingly he got hired by Hans Zimmer’s studio.
YouTube is so good and so unfortunate at the same time. YouTube has revolutionized educational content. And I’m not talking about cookie cutter wendover productions, thanks-to-our-sponsor-nord-vpn kind of educational channels. I’m talking about ave, thunderfoot, mikeselectricstuff, and etc. videos coming from engineers who are on the ground and who provide the most clear, unbiased and complete information on whatever they find that is relevant to their field. Thunderfoots busted videos for have been so amazingly enlightening. That’s the definition of education: sweeping away all the hearsay bullshit and throwing a light of facts and science on the topic. It’s something I couldn’t live without.
However, this changes life in a negative way. It’s not just that YouTube is pumping out more videos that you would enjoy, it’s that YouTube is now pumping out more video content than you can watch which is vitally important. You have no choice but to be watching YouTube in your free time. It makes you a slave to the video feed. Not because you’re addicted, but because it’s the most effective way to build your information web. The economics demand that you be watching all the time. It’s another step in the direction of people being hacked into the matrix hive mind all the time because without the matrix hive mind one will only be left behind.
Accursed Farms is the best gaming related channel I'm subscribed to. For whatever reason I think his series, Game Dungeon, is the best thing on the internet.
For engineering/machining - This Old Tony, AvE, Micheal Cthulhu
Will throw a shout out to bps.space, a channel about one guys quest to make a business out of model rockets. I don't think I've actually learned that much about rocketry but the videos are awesome.
Jayz2cents - lots of info and tutorials on custom PC water cooling. Last year I heavily binged his videos and built a custom rig with a custom loop. It's great fun.
His Pwnie Island series is super fun and accessible for just about everyone about how to apply hacking concepts to a networked video game, with more in-depth other vids on smashing the stack, overflows, and lately, hacking JS engine.
He repairs broken consoles, especially modern eg. Switch / PS4 / XBone. If you're interested in repairability / how these things work inside it's pretty interesting.
Stories on the stuff that goes on behind the games. How Neopets was owned by Scientologists. The history of a particular title. Shutdowns / layoffs at Blizzard / Telltale.
He works for a AAA game developer. Focus on how to create engaging sound design, with a lean towards gaming, but also dipping into TV and movie audio design
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* Modern Vintage Gamer (emulation/DRM/anti-piracy)
Vids go into detail on how different consoles, arcade boards etc. implement(ed) DRM and anti-piracy measures. Also works on his own homebrew stuff, so some vids on that like getting Diablo running on Switch.
Pick a game and run through the history of speedrunning a particular category in that game. How the record has progressed over time, major breakthroughs, glitches and the stories behind the records.
EEVBlog (David L. Jones) https://www.youtube.com/user/EEVblog Likes to take things apart and people send him things, but he is a great teacher and gives an amazing does of theory and design practice, and (very rare!) his electronics design knowledge spans part and practice back to the early 1970s.
bigclivedotcom https://www.youtube.com/user/bigclivedotcom/videos Famous for his teardowns of the most ludircous and trashy designs, he's a maverick experimenter who plods along and pokes and prods and touches things he shouldn't, just like you would.