Looking for some hidden gems

      • @DancingBear@midwest.social
        1•1 year ago

        It’s actually a cool story. The dude was a technician and was shunned by the phd’s and had to repair equipment which gave him the skills to modify the machines to eventually succeed… and he later got a phd like he always wanted…. If the story is to be believed…. Either way pretty sure that dudes family is loaded unless there’s a weird thing from his country where they don’t allow hereditary stuff but maybe not…. Dum dum dum…. Does he get rich I can’t remember but he seemed happy I think and proud rightfully so

  • Clay_pidginEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    Seconding (thirding, etc)

    • Adam Savage’s Tested - cosplay, engineering challenges, interviews with makers

    • Project Farm - no nonsense tool/equipment tests

    • Bad Obsession Motorsport - two guys taking WAY too long building an old mini into a rally car

    • Primitive Technology - John Plant building cabins and clay tiles and basic iron smelting in the Australian woods. No talking at all, but turn on subtitles to find out what he’s doing

    Stuff I didn’t see recommended:

    • James May’s The Reassembled - Top Gear’s Captain Slow putting things back together. Very ASMR

    • What’s Next - the new name for Drive Tribe, the Top Gear guy’s video channel. I love the series where they send their curmudgeonly producer on last minute international travel to shoot ad hoc travel shows

    • TASKMASTER - a British TV show where celebrities you’ve probably never seen before make their way creatively through challeneges

  • @gramie@lemmy.ca
    1•1 year ago
    • James O’Brien’s weekday talk show from the UK. Always intelligent, sometimes witty, and very compassionate.
    • Tim Pierce’s guitar channel. He is one of the top session musicians in LA, but also a very humble and thoughtful man.
    • Michael Popok on the Midas network. Definitely opinionated (leaning left), but he really explains the legal issues around current events (especially the Trump trials) very well
    • Space Ice movie reviews. When you can’t get enough ridicule of Steven Seagal
    • Dr Glaucomflecken: very funny and perceptive views of the American medical system. Every doctor I know loves it
  • @pixelscience@lemm.ee
    1•1 year ago

    I watch all sorts of urbex and abandoned exploration videos. The Proper People are great.

    Rust to running videos about restoration of old cars and heavy machinery. vice Grip Garage is great, that guys a hoot.

    Lately I’ve been into the guy’s channel who bought the old Cerro Gordo mine and had been doing cool videos where he explores the old mines like 900 feet underground.

    I’ve been into Heavy D Sparks rescue and recovery videos too.

    If you asked me a few years ago, I would have not even said I’m interested in any of these, but with the flood of useless “creator” content, I think they’re pretty interesting.

  • @Underwaterbob@lemm.eeEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    Synthesizer news and reviews, Dark Souls streams (Lobosjr is the only streamer I can tolerate), 80s and 90s music videos, cute cat videos, Rush covers, gadget teardowns, soldering videos.

    Edit: Almost forgot robot sumo.

  • @TedZanzibar@feddit.ukEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    A bit of an outlier but I find myself watching quite a lot of DarkViperAU. I got into his stuff from watching his very amusing series where he tries to complete GTA 5 as a pacifist, but he also does a regular “rambles” series where he just chats shit about current events, while being fully aware of his own field of knowledge and being careful not to step outside his remit. On the occasion that he does and he gets something wrong, he fully owns the mistake and admits his shortcomings. It’s very refreshing!

    You might be vaguely familiar with him if you’re aware of the ongoing drama around reaction streamers. He’s been railing against them for some time.

  • arthurpizzaEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    Videos on urbanism and transit, video essays, tutorials, and music videos. I watch more YouTube than any other streaming service.

  • @howrar@lemmy.ca
    1•1 year ago

    Mostly cooking videos. Some channels I enjoy are

    • J Kenji Lopez Alt
    • Ethan Chlebowski
    • Adam Ragusea
    • Imamu Room

    The other half of the time, I’d probably be listening to a Lex Fridman interview.

  • @KingOfTheCouch@lemmy.ca
    1•1 year ago
    • Project Farm
    • Lock Picking Lawyer
    • History Matters
    • GeologyHub
    • Corridor Crew
    • B1M
    • Kurzgesagt
    • Dave’s Garage
    • Mattias Wandel

    … and many others that are a lot more hobby specific…

  • @Wanderer@lemm.ee
    1•1 year ago

    Climate Town - Looks at fossil fuel propaganda with humour

    Everday Astronaut - This guy loves space. Contagious joy but also in depth. He also got a ticket to space. Where I go for space news, docs, and live streams.

    Half as interesting - Short interesting videos

    Kurzgestagt - what if or how science questions

    Minute Earth - very short biology videos

    Minute Physics - very short physics videos

    Not Just Bikes - urbanism and will help you see how cities can be better and what’s stopping it

    Practical Engineering - Engineering explained

    Primative Technology - Guy build stone age shit in the forest

    The B1M - Short docs about buildings

    Tomorrow’s build - Short docs about future building.

    Just started to get into land restoration and binge watched: Shaun Overton Dustups

    !landrestoration@lemm.ee going to plug a community I’m going to try get off the ground in the next few weeks.