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• technohacker@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Technology Connections is a nice breath of fresh air in the YouTube space if you want something tech related

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  • Agrivar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    He’s GREAT! I just wish he had more content… but then it probably wouldn’t be as good. I guess I really wish I hadn’t already binged his whole channel!

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    • el_bhm@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Cathod Ray Dude.

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      • nomous@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I love Cathode Ray Dude and found him through TC. I absolutely love that kind of fact-based educational video that’s just deep diving a single specific facet of technology.

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    • ch00f@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Just wait for Low Effort November

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    • _apokalipto_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Have a look at Bobby Fingers.

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      • Phunter@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Seconded. Incredible videos. True unfiltered art.

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      • JayDee@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Bobby Duke’s good too. Fairly talented, but also just a dad making sculptures while fuckin with cinematography.

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    • Disregard3145@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I also like Tech ingredients, thought emporium. Though more on the practical here’s what I did rather than informational/educational

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      • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        This Old Tony (amazingly creative machining and engineering videos), look mum no computer, big Clive (quite technical electronics tho), hand tool rescue, and diresta are all good work/texhnical/engineering/craft based channels. Aging Wheels has evolved to much EV content, and has worked with technology connections. Our Own Devices has some interesting content too, but I’ve only seen a few of his videos.

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    • z00s@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      His videos are so well researched and shot, if he’s doing it all himself he’s doing well to put out as much as he does

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    • Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Same honestly 😂

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  • HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I love how subtly unhinged he is.

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    • Eldritch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Image

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    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Dead link

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      • HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Open in browser instead

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  • NewNewAccount@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Did you hear about Technology Connection’s beef with xQc?

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    • Crackhappy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lol I would love that.

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    • WldFyre@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lol is that a real thing? Why does anyone who’s not 12 care what xQc thinks

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• Donkter@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Tom Scott was a good YouTuber because his ego was able to handle him voluntarily stepping down.

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• pwnicholson@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Destin at Smarter Every Day and Steven Mould seem like solid guys, and content similar to Tom Scott if you haven’t seen them.

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  • zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Destin’s religion is a turnoff for me along with the inclusion of children. His reactions are way too over the top, too. Used to watch it a bunch but have slowly drifted away.

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    • lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Same with Mark Rober

      His content is good but why does he HAVE TO SHOUT ALL THE TIME. Just talk like a normal person ffs.

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    • scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I definitely hate religion but I haven’t noticed any on Smarter Every Day. Does he talk about god? Recently I watched him talking to a researcher about the proton motors that power bacterial flagella and he kept saying he was getting emotional from noticing design features he’s had to implement himself on machines. But he didn’t say a word about god while doing that. It makes me emotional too just in wonder at the complexity of life.

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      • SPAUZPiMP@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Actually, that was the video that really gave me a bad feeling about him after watching his videos for a long time. The way he ends the video saying “there is an active discussion on how something so complex could have developed because of its irreducible complexity” just seem like religious, creationist dog whistling and sowing doubt about evolution. He seems to be implying that such a structure could not have been produced by evolution and that there must be an intelligent designer. The book he recommends is also written by an religious, creationist philosopher.

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      • zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Every single video ends on a black screen with a silhouette of a mouse wielding a sword with a Bible verse (just the book and number, not the actual text) on it.

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  • Lupus@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Destin at Smarter Every Day

    I enjoy his content and like him and his style but I still have a bitter taste in my mouth from him being a former missile guidance engineer at Redstone and making this low-key military ad series. I mean he has been pretty upfront about his past career and such but he also knows that his channel is probably watched by a lot of children.

    I don’t know, something feels off about it.

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  • jerkface@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Dustin is so American and military power it creeps me out.

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  • Eldritch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mould is great. Matt Parker too.

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    • jerkface@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Matt Parker has the best theme music on YouTube.

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• paddirn@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Primitive Technology: Just a guy out in the forest making stuff by hand, absolutely no talking, no drama. It’s somehow relaxing to watch. He may have even built the camera itself out of sticks and stones.

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  • IzzyScissor@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think it’s awesome that the silent vibes were an accident. He just didn’t want to have to explain everything while he was doing it and found it easier to summarize in the closed captions afterward. People fell in love with the vibe, so he kept it up.

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    • Angry_Autist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Honestly he got a ton of people into ASMR that didn’t even know such a thing existed.

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• Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Channels with absolutely zero drama that are still active and I would describe as " interesting content made by someone who cares about it" :

  • cracking the cryptic: solving sudoku puzzles twice daily

  • chessnetwork: explaining famous chess matches and occasionally playing online chess, but with none of the bro culture that has grown up around chess recently

  -Folding ideas: great video essays about film or modern phenomena like NFTs

  • Technology connections: already reccommended, but in depth explanations about how electronics work

  • Language Jones: videos about linguistics and learning new languages

  • Numberphile/Matt Parker - interesting math videos

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  • Zahille7@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you like gaming YouTubers, there are plenty who try their best to stay drama-free.

    RTGame, Spiffing Brit, AmbiguousAmphibian, Dunkey, Game Grumps, General Sam just to name a few.

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    • braxy29@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      i would add tomatoanus for speedruns. really appreciate that he makes a point to remind people to be kind to themselves.

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      • Zahille7@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I prefer EazySpeezy for speedruns, personally. He’s no-nonsense, straight to the point.

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  • p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How Dare you not mention dougdoug!

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    • RandomVideos@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Doesnt he(technically, as a joke) have drama?

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      • p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        We don’t speak ill of the master…

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  • AstralPath@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Add Computerphile to the list too! Great stuff.

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  • Cowbob12@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’d like to add to the list a few entries on history and physics channels:

    -The Histocrat: in depth video essays regarding the history of many neolithic to bronze age cultures around the world as well as the history of several mythological creatures.

    -Fall of Civilizations: podcast describing a detailed picture of many ancient cultures around the world, from their beginings to their golden ages to their fall.

    -North02: EXTREMELY detailed videos (sometimes bordering on documentaries) about many stone age cultures and topics, I loved his essay on neanderthals and just how long it was.

    -Trey the Explainer: great YouTube channel talking about many topics that often dive into history. I recommend watching his video on the first joke in history.

    -Angela Collier: AMAZING channel regarding physics with the great Angela Collier, if I remember correctly she has a PhD and has explained many physics topics history of physics and physics as an academic field.

    -PBS SpaceTime: I think this one is WAY more recognized but in case it is not, this channel is physics oriented and also provided very detailed explanations of many topics of the field.

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  • VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Vsauce2 has some amazing ones, the videos about problems with the justice system are well worth a watch

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  • sparkle@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve seen a lot more chessnetwork drama than you’d believe

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    • Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Really! That does surprise me

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      • sparkle@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Actually I mixed them up with a different channel. Hard to differentiate them by name when half of them are “Chess” plus some other word lol

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• funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  you can just make up two stupid names in your head and get all the benefit of youtube drama - here:

  did you hear than Zzzamboney copied a video from Mr457? Turns out that the latest in ZB’s “I’m a chicken” series is actually 457’s “Birdalike” vid but with the turkeys swapped for chickens.

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  • Guntrigger@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    10/10 would be outraged again

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• teft@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You might like Anton Petrov. He’s a science youtuber that does a different video every day. He mostly focuses on space science but he’s pretty uncontroversial. I like his videos a lot.

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  • very_well_lost@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Anton is the GOAT if you’re into space. He basically spends all his time reading recent scientific papers and then summarizes them for a general audience without exaggerating or editorializing like you see with most other science reporting.

    He’s perfect for anyone with a deep love of science who wants to keep up with the very latest developments but doesn’t have the time to keep up with the ‘literature’.

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    • teft@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If you’re into space youtubers i also recommend Dr Becky. She’s an astrophysicist who specializes in black hole research.

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      • very_well_lost@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Doctor Becky is awesome as well!

        Also PBS Spacetime if you’re looking for something with a higher production value and that dips more into the theoretical side of things.

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  • Eldritch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I liked Anton’s content. The forced smile at the end always kind of weirds me out a bit. I’m sure there’s a story behind it or something. But that’s not a comment on the content he produces. It’s definitely watchable

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• MissJinx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I keep thinking I should look into this MrBeast drama, then I remember I just do not give a single fuck.

  You represent me

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• macrocarpa@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Check out Camping with Steve. It’s the antithesis of drama. Dude just wants to sleep weird places and have a quiet beer, as far as I can tell.

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  • nomous@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Steve is a good man and he deserves all the success he finds. Him losing people close to him so close together must’ve been incredibly tough and I’m happy he hasn’t hung it up yet.

    RIP Beautiful Wife and Crazy Neighbor. They’ll be waiting for him in the hereafter with a trusty Step 2

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• mediOchre@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think Atomic Frontier is the closest channel we have to Tom right now, though I would never say that on his comment section. He might get too pressured lol

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  • NostraDavid@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    SmarterEveryDay is nice too, though that’s more focused on engineering stuff.

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    • kurap1ka@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I like his enthusiasm and energy, but he also gives me weird vibes. Might be normal for redneck Americans, but I find it strange that his kids address him with “Sir”.

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• Nougat@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If you like "car stuff," Sleeperdude is top of the charts, and I've got a list of other channels too many to list here. Language? RobWords. Math? Numberphile and Stand-up Maths. General interesting stuff? Joe Scott (unrelated).

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  • llii@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I like Aging Wheels.

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    • smort@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And SuperfastMatt

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  • Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m desperate for drama-free car stuff. I was excited that Pumphrey stepped away from everything to start his own channel, then his first video was him emotionally talking into the camera for 45 minutes.

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    • Nougat@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Some of the old Donut crew, espsially including Jeremy, have formed BigTime which is so far very good.

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    • Nougat@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And since you're desperate, I'll throw down a bunch for you here:

      Aging Wheels
      bart
      Bart's Car Stories
      driving 4 answers
      Ed's Auto Reviews
      FortNine
      Junkyard Digs
      Mortske Repair
      Moto Control (motorcycle riding advice)
      Robot Cantina (doesn't get nearly enough love)
      SuperfastMatt
      The Bearded Mechanic

      I'm working on starting up my own channel for motorcycle revivals, I think there's room for one more, but I am not ready to advertise it yet.

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      • Snowpix@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Vice Grip Garage is also a good vintage car rescue channel like Digs.

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    • lemonmelon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Have you tried Driving 4 Answers? He goes more into the engineering side of things, but he’s got a great presentation style. He’s kind of like the Technology Connections of automotive information.

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• Angry_Autist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  haha wait till you see the generation of fuckups that growing up on youtube will produce. The Elsagate generation will be a special and wholly new kind of damaged.

  You can feel free to not give a fuck but you will still have to deal with the consequences as they age into society with all the moral framework of a spiky haired n-bomb dropping shock streamer.

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  • NostraDavid@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The older generation survived 4chan and worse. We’ll be fine.

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    • Facebones@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Right lmao.

      Younger folk, all the content you think about being on the “darkweb?” That was just the web. 🤣

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      • Angry_Autist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I remember a time when seeing a gif of someone getting their head blown off was basically restricted to sites like rotten.com and the more edgy forums.

        Now they’re used on 9gag like punctuation to a joke…

        And people tell me not to take it so seriously, it’s only a gif…

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    • Angry_Autist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      When 4channers came of age they started live streaming shooting up churches, I wonder what gen alpha will choose to do with their careless meme violence.

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• yamanii@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You are so cool for not caring about exploitation of vulnerable people by one of their peers.

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  • tux7350@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You’re not going to win over people with condescension. You do see the irony of being a dick while trying to defend people, right?

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