Ask HN: YouTube Channels for the Intellectually Curious

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  • youtube

    YouTube channel repo. Stuff that doesn't fit elsewhere. (by geerlingguy)

  • COFFEE

    James Hoffman: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMb0O2CdPBNi-QqPk5T3gsQ

    Deep dives into coffee machines, grinders, techniques, beans, roasting, etcetera with a healthy dose of scientific discipline to each.

    Lance Hendrick: https://www.youtube.com/c/LanceHedrick

    As above, only WAY more detail. Sometimes more than you need. I found his reviews of low-priced (yet high quality) coffee grinders to have almost too much detail, but when I slogged through it I eventually worked out the perfect grinder for my needs and only ended up spending around $300-400, which frankly is amazing.

    FOOD

    ThatDudeCanCook: https://www.youtube.com/c/CookingwithSonny

    High end chef techniques that are explained in impressively accessible detail. My only problem with this channel is I now am always disappointed when I order steak out anywhere because I know I can cook it SO MUCH BETTER MYSELF. If you take nothing else from this list, watch his video on cooking filet mignon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDrkI9_EEe8 If you follow the technique your mind will be blown.

    How to Cook That: https://www.youtube.com/c/HowToCookThat

    Food scientist esoteric cooking techniques, ingredients, weird stuff, and quite mind-blowing investigations into the Russian content factories that pump out fake "5 minute life-hack" media.

    Chinese Cooking Demystified: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChineseCookingDemystified

    American + Chinese couple living in Guangdong exploring authentic Chinese regional specialties. They do a great job of explaining the techniques and testing realistic alternatives for the more obscure ingredients that are simply unavailable outside of China.

    Blondie in China: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlondieinChina

    Aussie girl fluent in Mandarin, living in and exploring China's regions, cuisines and discovering all the things about day-to-day life that we just don't see from outside. Always entertaining, informative and interesting.

    Tasting History: https://www.youtube.com/c/TastingHistory

    Recreating famous dishes from history and taste-testing them, with detailed backgrounds of the why, where, how, when and who for each.

    Xiao Ying Cuisine: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJDD-Hy76jvUMRG-dpFkcw/fea...

    New recipes almost every day. Dunno who she is, but they're always interesting dishes and mostly stuff I've never seen elsewhere.

    SCIENCE/NERDY STUFF

    Up and Atom: https://www.youtube.com/c/UpandAtom

    Physics, Quantum theory, Maths.

    Tom Scott: https://www.youtube.com/c/TomScottGo

    Really hard to categorise, but he does a great job exploring all manner of obscure things in detail.

    Julian O'Shea: https://www.youtube.com/c/JulianOShea

    Industrial design, architecture, city planning, Melbourne, obscure stuff.

    HARDWARE

    Jeff Geerling: https://www.youtube.com/c/JeffGeerling

    Great projects in and around the Raspberry Pi, Arduino, maker electronics spaces.

    MUSIC

    Dub Monitor: https://www.youtube.com/c/DubMonitor

    Far too much detail about Dub Techno, minimalist techno.

    VISUAL

    Max Cooper: https://www.youtube.com/c/MaxCoopermax

    Thought-provoking and mind-bending visuals and excellent music.

    Max Hattler: https://www.youtube.com/user/maxhattler

    Not that active any more, regrettably. But similar to above. What is it with people called Max and visuals?

  • serenity

    The Serenity Operating System 🐞

  • Acorn to Arabella https://youtube.com/c/AcornToArabella: They're building a 38' sailboat from stump to ship, then taking it around the world. Already 223 episodes in and very educational.

    Michael Penn https://youtube.com/c/MichaelPennMath: Covering calculus, number theory and more. Classic black board lectures, highly enjoyable.

    Andreas Kling https://youtube.com/c/AndreasKling: Livestreaming development on SerenityOS (https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity)

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