Ask HN: What are some channels that make you glad YouTube exists?

Ben Eater: explains and builds 8 bit computer, vga graphic card etc.

This Old Tony: machinist with great sense of humour

PBS Spacetime: space, time, and all inbetween

Tom Scott: interesting random stuff

Technology Connections: how basic tech works

Gamers Nexus: truly infomative pc news with 0 bs packed in.

Cody's Lab: a teen doing somewhat easy projects that just noone ever does.

Stuff Made Here: guy builds stuff, like a haircut robot or gun pellet powered baseball bat.

Kurgesagt: short videos explaining various topics with great animations

JohnnyQ90: machinist building motors and rc cars as a hobby, no spoken word.

TryMike4Instance: dota montages that are actually good.

Lindybeige: explains historical tppics in depth.

Two Minutes Papers: AI news

zefrank1: this guy is something else. His older videos are similarly weird in totally different style.

Barny64: World of Warcraft videos that are actually entertaining to watch.

exurb1a: your irregular dose of existential crysis

Applied Science: guy building cool stuff (like his own electron microscope) "from scratch" and explaining everything as he goes along.

Internet Historian: to not forget what once was, and laugh.

Trago: before his "podcasts" an awesome short videos about film making.

Marco Reps: dude repairs electrics stuff, or just messes with it.

My #1 is “Adam Savage’s Tested” at https://youtube.com/c/tested

Then BosnianBill’s LockLab at https://youtube.com/c/bosnianbill

Then TheLockpickingLawyer at https://youtube.com/c/lockpickinglawyer

Of course, no list is complete without Maru at https://youtube.com/user/mugumogu

The crazy guys at ModernRogue also make the cut at https://youtube.com/c/ModernRogue

I’m also enjoying ThisOldTony at https://youtube.com/c/ThisOldTony

Edit — How could I forget:

SmarterEveryDay at https://youtube.com/c/smartereveryday

The PunishedProps Academy at https://youtube.com/user/punishedprops

The incomparable Simone Giertz at https://youtube.com/c/simonegiertz

And The Slow Mo Guys at https://youtube.com/user/theslowmoguys

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Clickspring: https://youtube.com/c/Clickspring

Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't: https://youtube.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt

Essential Craftsmen: https://youtube.com/c/essentialcraftsman

RR Buildings: https://youtube.com/c/RRBuildings

Sampson Boat Co.: https://youtube.com/c/SampsonBoatCo

Tips from a Shipwright: https://youtube.com/c/TipsfromaShipwrightvideos

I have sunk many hours this year into watching Scott Brown Carpentry - a New Zealand Carpenter who is incredibly talented at video editing as well as carpentry

https://youtu.be/S1XlLrEh-mQ

I’ve also enjoyed watching Kitboga - a twitch / YouTube personality who wastes phone scammers time in intricate ways, like building fake bank websites to lure them in if they use screen sharing.

One of my favourite videos so far involved “driving to a store” to get google play codes, then redeeming them on a fake google play store while the scammer watched on screen share:

https://youtu.be/HNziOoXDBeg

Harry Mack - uses random words from people to improvise a freestyle rap. Positive energy and makes everyone smile. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC59ZRYCHev_IqjUhremZ8Tg

Because of covid, I have been cooking at home a lot. The Youtube Food channels have been amazing. Here are the ones I frequent:

* Ethan Chlebowski

* Joshua Weissman

* Adam Ragusea

* J. Kenji López-Alt

* Babish Culinary Universe (Binging with Babish). This is more of an entertainment channel than a how-to channel. But I like to see how he makes certain things.

* MATTY MATHESON

* Bon Appétit

These bring a smile to my life:

James Blackwood - Raccoon Whisperer: Canadian retiree who rescues raccoons

Seoul Walker: Videos of Seoul, South Korea

Tokyo Explorer: Videos of Tokyo by a Swedish expat

Dianxi Xiaoge: Videos of Yunnan country life & cooking

3blue1brown - Beautifully animated explanations; Inigo Quilez - Graphics, especially raymarching; Ben Felix - Investing, rational unbiased advice

Lex Friedman podcasts.

Rex Krueger and Paul sellers for woodworking.

pbs spacetime, intelligence squared, indigo traveler, patrick lancaster, advanced RV, techlead haha, bald and bankrupt, speirstheamazinghd

Aleph 0: excellent pure math

Vsauce, veritasium