BMW's New Electric Car Is Just Like a Tesla, Only Much, Much Worse - <AUTHOR> http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/07/29/bmw_i3_review_electric_car_is_a_cheap_ugly_tesla_model_s_with_an_suv_on.html <comment><USER2> First of all, it has a shorter range, accelerates not as quickly as a car in another category and the looks don't appeal to the author. What else is "much much worse"?

Secondly:

"All I can say for now is, let's hope it drives better than it looks."

Exactly, you haven't even driven it. This article is a waste of time.

</comment><comment><USER3> What a lousy hitjob.

Offering loan backup vehicles, a backup gas tank, etc. are not necessarily "shortcomings" or "apologies", they're things to make the vehicle a little more affordable and a little more practical. They're things that're needed to soften the transition to greater EV adoption.

If these things are apologies, Tesla made a really really big apology by pricing its first vehicle (the Roadster) way, way outside even the moderately rich class's price range.

<comment><USER4> Yeah, wake me up when Tesla builds an EV that's within a affordable price range for someone like myself, making about twice the median income and still nowhere near being able to buy myself a $70K car (which would be over 70K Euro where I live).

As much as I like the Model S for its design and performance, I wouldn't bet on Tesla taking over any meaningful market share from the big manufacturers anytime soon. Tesla built something beautiful, but it's so far out of reach for such a large majority of people, I can't make more of it than a very nice curiosity.

I have a better comparison: suppose I had $70K to blow on a new car, the price of the base Tesla S, the least expensive version available, I could by myself a petrol-based car that would be miles ahead of the Tesla S in about every way imaginable except environmental impact.

<comment><USER5> If you could live with two, you could split the 70k and buy one of those ev variants of an British sports car and a modern german coupe from one of their fuel saving lines. Which would probably result in a better env. impact then going with the tesla s.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER6> Not that I want to endorse BMWs car, but the author creates the argument that BMW intends this as a Tesla S rival, then knocks it down. Not sure BMW considers this a Tesla S rival, especially with a $40k vs. $70k (nearly twice the price) price tag. So the story is more about the journalists view on the world than anything else.

<comment><USER7> Yeah, this entire article was a real groaner.

The author asks the question, "How does the i3 compare to the Tesla S?" That's the least relevant question I can think of in this context. The i3 is the furthest thing from a Model S that you can find. One is a compact "city car", while the other is a premium sports saloon.

A much more interesting question is, why did BMW choose to avoid the Model S altogether? BMW's opening salvo from their "i" program is a compact city car (i3) and an ultra-coupe (i8). Where's the i equivalent of the 5-series. Why attach the 3 moniker to their city car instead of saving it for a yuppie- accessible sedan?

The entire alignment of the i program has created a lot of questions for me as a BMW enthusiast. I appreciate what the i3 is, and there is some incredible technology therein (CFRP anyone?), but I cannot figure out why BMW chose to release a Leaf/Volt competitor (in form factor, not in price), rather than something that slides in just beneath the Model S.

Imagine the i design aesthetic applied to a car that is more along the lines of a 3-series in proportion and size; a smaller i8 with 4-doors and a little less rakish profile. Combine that with the jaw dropping interior design found in the i3, and you'd have the car that most of us who grew up drooling over early-90's concept cars would line up to buy. Instead, BMW has built a car that appears to target a very limited number of metropolitan markets. I just don't get it.

</comment></comment><comment><USER8> I think BMW and pretty much everyone else besides Tesla still sees electric cars as something "weird", and designs them accordingly, like they were some kind of "concept products", instead of products meant for the mainstream market, that also happen to be beautiful, like what Tesla is trying to achieve.

Everything about this car screams that it was designed for a niche of electric car "weirdos", and not for regular people that may prefer electric vehicles over gas-powered ones.

The fact that they're also making available a regular engine that can be installed along the electric one also shows what BMW thinks about electric cars.

<comment><USER9> What about Mercedes? The 2014 Electric SLS ([http://www.caranddriver.com/news/2014-mercedes-benz-sls- amg-...](http://www.caranddriver.com/news/2014-mercedes-benz-sls-amg-electric- drive-photos-and-info-news)) looks identical to the Petrol version.

</comment></comment><comment><USER10> When electric cars will have batteries that last 10000 charge cycles I will buy one. Right now the cost of the battery vs the car price is too high and the battery needs replacement after 10 years which will ruin the used car price.

<comment><USER11> Yeah, but try to factor in the cost of ownership too. If you drive a lot you might save the entire price of the car in just a few years. Then any used car value is pure bonus.

(At least for a cheap EV)

</comment></comment><comment><USER12> The styling, while not the best BMW have come up with, seems to be consistent with their current direction. It certainly is not as ugly as the Pontiac Aztec to which the author equates it, IMHO.

<comment><USER13> I won't hit it with the Aztek stick (nobody deserves that), but I do see a resemblance to the Scion iQ. But .. what's up with that beltline? It's got curves like the Enron stock price.

<comment><USER12> Agreed about the Scion iQ, but that design isn't _terrible_. Having watched the BMW's promo video (which shows it in its best light), the car doesn't look out of place on today's roads and appears quite practical for a "typical" suburban lifestyle.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER14> Was really hoping for an electric successor to the 3 series, so disappointed in the form factor.</comment>


Linux Foundation's Core Infrastructure Initiative Funds Three New Projects - <AUTHOR> http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2015/06/linux-foundation-s-core-infrastructure-initiative-funds-three-new

<comment><USER4> Interesting choices:

       * https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds
       * https://fuzzing-project.org/
       * http://trust-in-soft.com/tis-interpreter

Regarding the TIS Interpreter, I hope it is a useful tool in its own right, rather than acting as an advertisement for other TIS products and services.

Edit: updated TIS link per the reply.

<comment><USER5> A better link for tis-interpreter is [http://trust-in-soft.com/tis- interpreter/](http://trust-in-soft.com/tis-interpreter/)

I was going to advertise it more at some point, but I just announced it here and already we are saturated with new OpenSSL tests that the interpreter cannot digest yet: [https://www.mail-archive.com/openssl- firstname.lastname@example.com/msg3930...](https://www.mail-archive.com/openssl- email@example.com/msg39304.html)

My personal trajectory would make no sense if tis-interpreter ended up as an advertisement. It may end up helping convince the general population that it's possible to detect all practical undefined behavior in a useful C program, by giving everyone access to a piece of software that does it along one execution. Then TrustInSoft will only be asking its more dubitative prospects that its other products can do it for all possible input vectors, instead of just one. I'm not even claiming this is an unintended consequence. But tis- interpreter will be a self-contained, useful product for the largest number. You have my word.

<comment><USER4> Thanks for commenting, and congratulations on the grant. Looking forward to the release.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER6> Different membership levels: [https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/en/Corporate_Membership](https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/en/Corporate_Membership)

</comment><comment><USER7> I am new so please don't kill me. Would the dream of getting all Linux devs to work on ONE serious Linux distro (to compete with Windows/OSX) ever come true?

<comment><USER8> The question is a common one, but it's close to Not Even Wrong.

Linux has won everywhere except the desktop, and that's for many reasons - <USER2> of which is Windows holding on with a vicelike grip. The first time Windows had actual desktop competition from Linux was 2007, with netbooks - <USER3> dropped the price of an XP licence to $5 or even $0 just to keep Linux the hell off the things.

So Linux can do most of the job, and it's other factors keeping it off rather than anything that could be fixed by a concerted developer effort on a single distro.

(Some serious backing to Wine development would possibly be useful here. But again, the forces aren't susceptible to pure development.)

Furthermore:

* there are different distros because people can.

* there are different distros because there are different use cases.

* Red Hat and Ubuntu are already huge and neither is going away any time soon.

<comment><USER7> Hey david!

What main features would a Linux dev team need to create to seriously compete with Windows? Obviously being able to support Windows/OS X applications is something that would be useful so Wine is great. What other things?

The thing that comes to mind preventing Linux is gaming. It is finally making some ground but Direct X is the leader and plays nicely with Windows.

<comment><USER8> I'll note, we have a Linux distro that is in fact doing stupendously well and has end-user consumer sales into the billions. It's called Android.

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER9> Wow. Open source projects like that are less expensive to develop, it seems!</comment>


Ask HN: Best Digital Product Seller Like Gumroad or SendOwl? - <AUTHOR> I want to sell some digital products like apps. So Gumroad makes it easy but it takes a lot of money when I make a lot. I want to sell 10 products till next month & there after the products will increase from 10 to 50 to 100.
1. So I want to ask will it be worth it to use Gumroad or SendOwl. It seems Gumroad takes a large chunk of money when u make a lot.
2. When Gumroad & similar services take 3.5% of my money, do Paypal/Stripe also take a chunk out of my remaining money ?
3. Am I better off building my own custom Paypal/Stripe Checkout form ? <comment><USER2> I would say, don't build anything custom until you know you can sell how much you think you can sell. Gumroad is perfect for testing your product market fit, since you don't waste a lot of time seting up a billing system. you sign up, create a product, and get a link (or some js to embed). easy.

gumroad is 3,5% + 0,3$ vs. stripe 2,9% + 0,3$

that is not enough of a price increase to justify wasting a lot of time on setting up a custom checkout form, imo.

<comment><AUTHOR> Thank you, that clears up a lot of things. but when my product gain a lot of traction, then should i still keep using Gumroad or then move to custom ?

<comment><USER2> Personally, I wouldn't move. I value the time and hassle saved, more then the money. For my business ([https://presskithero.com](https://presskithero.com)) I use [https://paddle.com](https://paddle.com), which is even more expensive then gumroad (5% + 0,5%). But they handle VAT (value added tax) for me, which otherwise would be a huge hassle and time sink.

<comment><USER3> Doesn't Gumroad handle EU VAT? [https://help.gumroad.com/11164-payments/dealing-with- vat](https://help.gumroad.com/11164-payments/dealing-with-vat)

<comment><USER2> They do. The reason I went with Paddle is that Gumroad only pays out via Paypal (to customers in Germany). I had problems with Paypal in the past, and don't trust them. Also, they charge about 3% in hidden fees when you convert USD to EUR, which I'd have to do to get the money to my bank account.

<comment><AUTHOR> Woah. I have problems with Stripe since I am from India & it is not supported in India so I have to go PayPal way. Also, can u tell me how much hidden fees they will charge me to convert from USD to INR ?

<comment><USER2> The hidden fees come in the form of bad exchange rates. In my experience it was always around 3% less, then what Google Currency Converter told me it should be.

Edit: to be fair, Stripe also doesn't give you _excactly_ the same rate as Google Currency Converter would show you, but at least they are transparent about it:

> As currency prices constantly vary, it's not possible to know in advance the > FX rate you'll pay. The rate displayed online at various sites such as Open > Exchange Rates or Google's Currency Converter is the mid-market rate: the > average between the prices at which people are buying and selling the > currency. The actual exchange rate includes markups from financial > institutions. When Stripe performs a currency conversion, funds are usually > converted at 1% above the daily mid-market rate for users in the United > States.

[https://stripe.com/docs/currencies/conversions#calculating-f...](https://stripe.com/docs/currencies/conversions#calculating- foreign-exchange-rates)

<comment><AUTHOR> Thank you so much, you've been such a great help

</comment></comment></comment></comment></comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER4> The problem is taxes. You need to pay VAT on EU sales ("MOSS VAT"), sales taxes in many countries... even if you are not resident of those countries. Even as an American if I sell to someone in EU I need to collect VAT.

Options:

1\. Don't pay taxes. I am not comfortable with this.

2\. Pay taxes yourself. I do not want to figure this out.

3\. Have service pay taxes for you. This is what I chose.

AFAICT only two companies actually cover all tax jurisdictions, FastSpring and Paddle. Gumroad only does some.

With Paddle it's trivial for someone to download content without paying, and when I complained they said "oh yeah we should write some docs warning about that".

So if you care about taxes there's just FastSpring. FastSpring is pretty decent, so I'm OK with that.

<comment><USER5> You could potentially get around the distribution issue using a licensing service like Keygen ([https://keygen.sh/distribution](https://keygen.sh/distribution)) (disclaimer: I'm the founder). You could use it alongside a payment provider like Paddle or FastSpring to ensure only licensed users are allowed to download your product.

<comment><USER4> Or I could just use FastSpring :)

<comment><USER5> You're right, FastSpring was probably a bad example seeing as they offer their own licensed distribution system (albeit a little basic functionality-wise for software), but payment providers like Stripe, PayPal and Paddle do not (well, Paddle _kind of_ does but like you said—-not really, and you have to host your own files).

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER6> When it comes to accepting credit cards, you can do a bit better, but you will have to deal with fraud yourself.

I'd look at the cryptocurrencies with low fees. Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, etc. Building your own solution for something like this could be a lot of fun.

<comment><AUTHOR> Seriously I would love to use something like that but it feels like Rocket Science to me till now. I am going to learn & understand it when I am done with my ongoing project & thank you for telling me there is a credit card frauds too bcz I didn't knew about it. But I still don't understand how can they fraud with Stripe/Paypal? Basically I am not getting Credit Card fraud in Online Banking.

</comment></comment><comment><USER7> How does Gumroad take a lot? AFAIK they have a fixed rate (percentage + a fixed cents amount) for each sale, at least on the free tier. So how do they take larger (except proportionally) when you make a lot?

<comment><AUTHOR> Yep that's what I meant. Read it again I said "When u make a lot, it takes a lot" which is synonymous to "Proportional". Also, I can save a shit ton of money if I make my own Gumroad.</comment></comment>


What's New in Ubuntu since 2010? - <AUTHOR>

I know it seems lazy, but it's not. I've been an absolute lover of Ubuntu and gnu/linux for a lot of years. But then I switched to OSX.<p>Now, I am wondering how much and what way are Ubuntu and other open source OSes improved in the last 3 years? <comment><USER2> Well I'm not going to say "improvement", but as far as new, they are attempting to replace X11 with something call Mir - [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mir/Spec](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mir/Spec)

<comment><AUTHOR> Mir will help make a better and responsive UIs and desktop experiences. But can the user notice that?

There has been some next big thing happening?

</comment></comment><comment><USER3> Ubuntu '11 was the first to use Unity as default.

It was also the last release I used before switching to Mint.

<comment><AUTHOR> Is a real thing this Unity? I saw it and it seemed me a bit bulky.

</comment></comment><comment><USER4> Unity, amazon lens, upstart, upcoming mir.

In short, a bunch of stuff nobody really wanted.

<comment><AUTHOR> My impression with all Linux distributions is that at the end are made for developers/techies.

There's a lack of user centric focus.</comment></comment>


Ask HN: Which YouTube channels do you watch regularly? - <AUTHOR> 3blue1brown is a popular one I see referenced on here. Any others? Clips from popular TV shows are probably popular as well. <comment><USER2> 3 Blue 1 Brown, it's a mathematics channel with, as far as I'm concerned, unparalleled production quality.

He's a Stanford Mathematician who covers everything in topics from topology, number theory, calculus with nothing required beyond High School/1st year undergraduate maths.

Also, his visualisations are nothing short of beautiful.

<comment><USER3> The python programs he wrote to produce those visualizations is also hosted on GitHub[0]. The repo includes the source for all his videos.

[0] [https://github.com/3b1b/manim](https://github.com/3b1b/manim)

</comment></comment><comment><USER4> Alex French Guy Cooking (French guy cooks food): [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPzFLpOblZEaIx2lpym1l1A](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPzFLpOblZEaIx2lpym1l1A)

Look Mum No Computer (energetic young person makes synths and circuit bends): [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCafxR2HWJRmMfSdyZXvZMTw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCafxR2HWJRmMfSdyZXvZMTw)

Kris Cochrane (electronics hobbyist): [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh8JiW2G9yR2v7TwUm04m_g](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh8JiW2G9yR2v7TwUm04m_g)

The TRY Channel (Irish people try stuff): [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCabq3No3wXbs6Ut- Pux6SzA](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCabq3No3wXbs6Ut-Pux6SzA)

Steve Mould (science videos): [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEIwxahdLz7bap- VDs9h35A](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEIwxahdLz7bap-VDs9h35A)

Jenna Marbles (I enjoy the "fuck it just do it" attitude): [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9gFih9rw0zNCK3ZtoKQQyA](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9gFih9rw0zNCK3ZtoKQQyA)

Primitive Technology: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA)

<comment><USER5> Alex French Guy Cooking is one of my favourite channels. Entertaining and informative and who else builds custom noodle-drying equipment for a series about instant ramen?

The turbo-charged camping stove wok burner is a bit alarming though. Just a bit.

</comment></comment><comment><USER6> AvE is great. His humor is a bit of an acquired taste, and not in a good way, but he's definitely knowledgeable in a field I'm completely unfamiliar with. He does a lot of incredible tear downs and evaluations of power tools and other things like that with pretty stunning analysis.

[https://www.youtube.com/user/arduinoversusevil](https://www.youtube.com/user/arduinoversusevil)

I cannot stress more, though, that his humor is an acquired taste. If his content and knowledge was any less I would have dropped him in a heartbeat. Maybe it's just my culture, but the sexual overtone can go off the wall at times.

<comment><USER7> It's not an "acquired taste"

Describe it accurately- Low-brow sexual humor that anyone in a position of authority would deem unwelcoming to women

<comment><USER8> "anyone in a position of authority". Hmmm. Let's bring him up on charges before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, eh?

AvE is great, and if you watch enough of his episodes you'll see that the old- school jokes are matched by an acceptance of all, save, perhaps, the terminally censorious. I'm looking forward to seeing him teach his daughter to weld.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER9> I started with Extra Credits [https://www.youtube.com/user/ExtraCreditz/featured](https://www.youtube.com/user/ExtraCreditz/featured) for their game design videos, but I stayed for their Extra History and their new Extra Sci-Fi side projects.

The Great War - Covers World War 1 as it happened week-by-week one hundred years ago. I love it because I'm a history buff, but WW2 is covered so well in other media that this is a welcome change of topic [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcyEsEjhPEDf69RRVhRh4A](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcyEsEjhPEDf69RRVhRh4A)

minutephysics - I'm no physicist, but this guy explains the more advanced topics in a way that I feel I get the gist of it. [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHW94eEFW7hkUMVaZz4eDg](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHW94eEFW7hkUMVaZz4eDg)

Kurzgesagt - science and technology, and some philosophy.

Vox - I really like their explanations of current affair topics.

Wisecrack - lots of philosophy. Lots of their videos discuss the philosophical themes you'll find in movies.

I see some people also mentioned The 8-bit Guy and Lazy Game Reviews; Those are very nice for getting your nostalgia fix

<comment><USER10> I was the sort of person who often looked down upon history as boring and useless but The Great War is such an amazing channel and changed my outlook entirely.

10 mins a week for a wrap-up of the world exactly 100 years ago, I love it, it's so fascinating and terrifying at the same time. For such a different existence there's so many parallels with the world today.

</comment></comment><comment><USER11> Primitive Technology

[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA)

</comment><comment><USER12> Probably not what you're searching for, but youtube is full of recordings of tech talks and I watch them all the time. If I want to hear about a particular topic I'll just search for the topic or "<topic> talk", but I also have a few channels related to conferences and things like that bookmarked. They're only useful once a year, but it saves me from searching randomly when I don't have anything particular in mind: GOTO Conferences, Jane Street (they recently started uploading videos of talks they host at the company), Strange Loop, Curry On!, PapersWeLove, CppCon, InfoQ, Racket Lang, ICFP.

Other than that:

Super Bunnyhop (videogames, very interesting investigative journalism every now and then) [https://www.youtube.com/user/bunnyhopshow](https://www.youtube.com/user/bunnyhopshow)

Leonardo Da Sidci (videogames, amazing production quality and very introspective topics) [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCujjLOPLW92zVBlhaL8wxPg](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCujjLOPLW92zVBlhaL8wxPg)

Archipel (short documentaries focused on japanese creators and artsy videos) [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3zoY9LapZERsN7caDKqz0w](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3zoY9LapZERsN7caDKqz0w)

Noclip (long form documentaries about videogames, mostly made up by interviews directly with the developers) [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fDG3byEcMtbOqPMymDNbw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fDG3byEcMtbOqPMymDNbw)

byoblu (italian "videoblog" about politics featuring lots of interviews and discussions, always to be taken with a grain of salt) [https://www.youtube.com/user/byoblu](https://www.youtube.com/user/byoblu)

Then, a lot of comedy channels of dubious value which I'd rather not embarrass myself with on here.

</comment><comment><USER13> smartereveryday I love (particularly the enthusiasm), numberphile too.

Anything (not a channel name, just anything) by Tom Scott, his recent gameshow has been pretty good as it's like Only Connect but I've got a better chance of answering the questions. Huge backlog of things too and as he's got more popular he's got more access to interesting places and things. Just seems like a genuinely nice guy explaining things he finds interesting. Probably worth starting with "things you might not know" or "amazing places".

CollegeHumor - can be hit and miss but the ratio is good enough for me. They did a series of a gameshow called "Umm actually" which was great.

Gus Johnson - never quite sure where I am on things going too far on these but it keeps me laughing and coming back.

exurb1a

ClarkeAndDawe - teaching me about Australian politics, one fake interview at a time. What got me into it: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM)

Bill Wurtz - Ranging from absurd 5 second clips to, well, this: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuCn8ux2gbs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuCn8ux2gbs)

CasuallyExplained

<comment><USER14> If you like Bill Wurtz you probably would like (or already know about) Jack Stauber:

[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe_ijwgvhtHQwQ55vsXDY8w](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe_ijwgvhtHQwQ55vsXDY8w)

</comment></comment><comment><USER15> EEVBlog - electrical engineering and opinionated hardware teardowns from Australia

bigclive - teardowns of cheap ebay stuff. And lots of LEDs

Regular car reviews - Reviews of cars, but not so much the cars themselves as the sociological parts - why was this car built? For who? Who bought it? What were they trying to signal?

Doug DeMuro - The opposite. Car reviews that focus on the tiny things like weird quirks of the interior

ADVchina/laowhy86/serpentza - Life in China

Geoff Marshall - UK trains

Steve1989mreinfo - Reviews of MREs. Including unboxing and eating long-expired WW2 rations. Who knew canned peanut butter could last 70 years?

Retro Game Mechanics Explained - Very in-depth yet easy to understand explanations of quirks of nintendo hardware programming like scroll registers etc

Techmoan - Obsolete and forgotten media formats (Tefifon!)

Technology Connections - Some light technology history

The 8-bit guy/8-bit keys - 8-bit computer and keyboard history, repair, restoration

VectrexRoli - Old game consoles

TNT Amusements - Arcade game hardware

Lazy Game Reviews - Retro IBM PC, retro computer and modern gaming content

</comment><comment><USER16> I recommend

* ElectroBOOM (Electronics)

* Codys Lab (Physics/Chemistry)

* RedNile (Chemistry)

* Computerphile, Numberphile, PeriodicTable and their Astronomy/Astrophysics/Spacephysics Channel

* DeFranco (Politics and News)

* Super Eyepatch Wolf (Video Essays on Video Games, Anime, Comics, etc.)

* Ephemeral Rift (ASMR, though I mainly use it as background noise, not much of a fan of ASMR itself)

* Extra Credits (Game Design)

* AvE and BigClive (Tear Downs and shouting and China Electronics, beware Humor)

</comment><comment><USER17> Tech:

Two Minutes Papers [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbfYPyITQ-7l4upoX8nvctg](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbfYPyITQ-7l4upoX8nvctg)

Coding Tech: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtxCXg- UvSnTKPOzLH4wJaQ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtxCXg-UvSnTKPOzLH4wJaQ)

Harrison Kinsley (sentdex): [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfzlCWGWYyIQ0aLC5w48gBQ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfzlCWGWYyIQ0aLC5w48gBQ)

Traversy Media: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC29ju8bIPH5as8OGnQzwJyA](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC29ju8bIPH5as8OGnQzwJyA)

3Blue1Brown: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw)

DIY: I Like To Make Stuff: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6x7GwJxuoABSosgVXDYtTw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6x7GwJxuoABSosgVXDYtTw)

<comment><USER18> +1 on "two minute papers". It's a brief overview of interesting recent CS papers, especially in machine learning.

</comment></comment><comment><USER19> My absolute favorites:

Art of the Problem (Information Theory/Cryptograpghy) : [https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtOfTheProblem](https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtOfTheProblem)

Historia Civilis (History) : [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv_vLHiWVBh_FR9vbeuiY-A](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv_vLHiWVBh_FR9vbeuiY-A)

3 Blue 1 Brown (Maths): [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw)

Primitive Technology (Survivalism) : [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA)

PBS Space Time (Physics) : [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_gcs09iThXybpVgjHZ_7g](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_gcs09iThXybpVgjHZ_7g)

</comment><comment><USER20> Techmoan - exploring the forgotten tech of the past

LazyGameReviews - Old PCs, peripherals, and software

ForgottenWeapons - the mechanics and history of the weapons of the past

AvE - Thorough teardowns of tools, fabricobbling, enginerding, etc

Extra Credits - Game design and more

Artifexian - Worldbuilding and some linguistics

Alliterative - Chasing down word etymologies

</comment><comment><USER21> None at all - maybe the odd music video from 'my generation' (1970s-90s, love Eurythmics, later Fleetwood Mac, Spandau Ballet, Steve Winwood, Queen...). I prefer the factual written word for hobby stuff (electronics/vintage computing) as it's much easier to run through the material at your own pace and hop around articles. Maybe it's a topic/generation thing - it's not a phobia as I'm a 'Technical Delivery Manager' doing cloudy/infrastructure stuff.

<comment><USER22> Same. I'm a programmer, probably much younger than you, but I dislike the video format. It's harder to follow, more time consuming and less efficient. I might watch something occasionally from a recommendation, or watch some comedy or lectures by myself from time to time, but I don't watch anything regularly the way I check my RSS feeds with text articles regularly. Same applies to podcasts.

I do like the same music, despite of being born later. So maybe it's determined by one's music taste? ;)

</comment></comment><comment><USER23> There are a lot of good answers in this thread, I'll suggest one that most people may not of heard of.

Mark Furneaux - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRDQEDxAVuxcsyeEoOpSoRA](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRDQEDxAVuxcsyeEoOpSoRA)

He does Homelab-style networking, linux, and server management, but also does very detailed teardowns of random or eccentric electronics. For someone like me with very little EE background, he explains the circuitry and the industrial design in a very digestible and interesting way. His teardown of an old traffic controller PSU is one of my favorites ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-F7nKoNqjM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-F7nKoNqjM)).

</comment><comment><USER24> Technology Connections for pretty in-depth technology coverage that we take for granted: color TV, stop lights: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy0tKL1T7wFoYcxCe0xjN6Q](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy0tKL1T7wFoYcxCe0xjN6Q)

Joshua Bardwell's channel is fantastic for geeks who race with drones: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3eufnI7A2I7IkKHZn8KSQ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3eufnI7A2I7IkKHZn8KSQ)

Simone Giertz builds crazy robots: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3KEoMzNz8eYnwBC34RaKCQ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3KEoMzNz8eYnwBC34RaKCQ)

</comment><comment><USER25> * Big Clive (tears apart electronics, mostly lighting- and power related) [https://www.youtube.com/user/bigclivedotcom](https://www.youtube.com/user/bigclivedotcom)

* Mentour Pilot (explains the job of a pilot) [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwpHKudUkP5tNgmMdexB3ow](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwpHKudUkP5tNgmMdexB3ow)

* Wendover Productions (shows interesting facts in a simple way, aviation/geopolitics related mostly) [https://www.youtube.com/user/Wendoverproductions](https://www.youtube.com/user/Wendoverproductions)

</comment><comment><USER26> I don't watch anything particularly, although after a stressful week I sometimes like to relax by getting mildly drunk and watching all those 'FAIL' YT clips.

However a few weeks ago I remember a HN article that linked to some Canadian who milled a nut and bolt out of potato. His clips were great and I don't even have a clue about engineering. Does anyone know who this is as I am having a hard time finding it again.?

EDIT: FOUnd him - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChWv6Pn_zP0rI6lgGt3MyfA](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChWv6Pn_zP0rI6lgGt3MyfA)

Great! Now I have something to look forward to tonight! XD

</comment><comment><USER5> Alex French Guy Cooking (he's French, he cooks, he builds crazy contraptions to help, check out the video about the supposedly heavy duty pasta machine he bought from China to help him make ramen noodles faster)

Tom Scott, I think a lot of us watch Tom Scott!

Steve Mould, doing science stuff

Minute Physics, doing short and accessible Sharpie-drawing animated explanations of various interesting concepts in physics

Techmoan does some good videos on retro audio technology. And other things, but those are the ones I watch apart from the occasional interesting kitchen gadget review (yes, someone makes an appliance designed solely to cook bacon. No, you shouldn't buy one).

The Gaming Historian, well-researched videos about various bits of gaming history (the latest being an exploration of the Sega 32X).

8-bit Theory, a channel exploring game soundtracks from a musical theory perspective, including videos exploring things like why Mario's soundtrack sounds so happy, how the sax solo in a particular track in Mario Kart 8 works, or how themes evolve through multiple iterations of a particular franchise.

Retrohistories, another gaming history channel, doesn't produce a lot but I like what he does do. Although I should mention, he's a friend of mine!

Guilliame Erard has some very interesting videos about aikido, footage from various demonstrations by prominent aikidoka, interviews, etc. One recent video I found very interesting indeed was an exploration of daito-ryu aikijujitsu, the immediate ancestor of aikido.

I also watch a whole load of Minecraft players, either for building ideas and techniques, information on redstone (although someone needs to actually write this all up somewhere in a coherent fashion, I have never been able to find such a document if it exists already, it's clearly in people's heads), or just the gameplay videos from various things (mostly Minecraft Evolution or other series by the people who are involved in the Evolution SMP - I am for example watching almost everything NettyPlays is putting out at the moment).

What I don't watch regularly is anything about programming.

<comment><USER27> Techmoan is really a puppet channel that also has technology and kitchen appliance reviews. (All good!)

</comment></comment><comment><USER28> CppCon, BoostCon, MeetingCpp have enough material for you to fall asleep to for a lifetime :P

The GDC (Game Developers Conference) channel has a lot of material, but [http://gdcvault.com/](http://gdcvault.com/) recently opened up a ton more material for free viewing.

Two Minute Papers is obviously short-form, but very high quality.

NoClip has high-quality video game documentaries.

</comment><comment><USER29> Pompalomoose - Music, with weekly cover releases. Interestingly one of the members is the founder of Patreon. [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSiPjfAJBgbFlIUsxOWpK0w](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSiPjfAJBgbFlIUsxOWpK0w)

Applied Science - Fairly deep investigations into science and tech. [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCivA7_KLKWo43tFcCkFvydw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCivA7_KLKWo43tFcCkFvydw)

Clickspring - Builds things in brass. Super detail and high production quality. Currently working on making an authentic replica of The Antikythera Mechanism from raw metal stock. [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCworsKCR- Sx6R6-BnIjS2MA](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCworsKCR-Sx6R6-BnIjS2MA)

Others are either gaming related that I don't watch much anymore (use twitch for that) or things that have been mentioned several times already.

</comment><comment><USER30> Binging with Babish is great- well done cooking videos, interesting things. I also like this guy JunsKitchen who cooks relaxing meals with his cats in the background. Finally Depression era cooking taught by a lovely grandmother named Clara, titled "Depression Era Cooking."

I enjoy youtube cooking shows, they help me relax (and give me ideas for fun weekend projects).

</comment><comment><USER31> I spend a lot of time on YouTube watching what I call "educational channels" on topics ranging from science to geopolitics to philosophy. Here's a list of a bunch of them.

[https://medium.com/sunnya97/educational-youtube- channels-52d...](https://medium.com/sunnya97/educational-youtube- channels-52dca8f07ae2)

</comment><comment><USER32> Physics Girl -> [https://www.youtube.com/user/physicswoman](https://www.youtube.com/user/physicswoman)

Colin Furze (crazy inventions) -> [https://www.youtube.com/user/colinfurze](https://www.youtube.com/user/colinfurze)

</comment><comment><USER33> I'm using YT for entertainment. Once in a month I might find myself watching a LiveOverflow video.

I watch Ice poseidon et al. daily. Many of the team members were on Twitch and got banned from it. I used to follow Greek God and Sodapoppin though I no longer care as the YT equivalent is much more fun.

I also like to watch videos from FearsomeFire and Matthias.

</comment><comment><USER34> Kenji Lopez-Alt, Serious Eats, and Bon Appetite are great recipe inspirations: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqqJQ_cXSat0KIAVfIfKkVA](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqqJQ_cXSat0KIAVfIfKkVA) [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6S5a3MQtr_PSWZxysXkOCg](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6S5a3MQtr_PSWZxysXkOCg) [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbpMy0Fg74eXXkvxJrtEn3w](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbpMy0Fg74eXXkvxJrtEn3w)

apetor has goofy videos of him ice skating and swimming that can be soothing in an odd way: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHnK83dqyPvFo6GX0rCwn8A](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHnK83dqyPvFo6GX0rCwn8A)

</comment><comment><USER35> I'm in to DOS and 8-bit micro era computing, so in that category:

LGR (aka Lazy Game Reviews)

The 8-Bit Guy

Nostalgia Nerd

RetroManCave

I'm specifically in love with the techniques used by games in that era, and GameHut has some interesting explanations of how he and other developers pulled off some of the tricks they did on the Genesis and Saturn. I really wish there were more channels doing things like that.

Ben Eater has an interesting series on building a computer from ICs.

ScottManley plays a whole lot of Kerbal Space Program and talks about rocket science.

I also watch a few LPers: ChipCheezumLPs, StrawHatNo, MenDrinkinCoffee. They're just interesting and/or funny. I'd dig an informative and exclusively DOS/8-bit micro era LPer I'd think.

Is it just me, or is Youtube completely terrible about discoverability and recommendations? It only seems to recommend me things I've already watched or people who yell a lot.

</comment><comment><USER36> No one mentioned This Old Tony yet?

Great explanations and tutorials for those like me aspiring to be a machinist while learning a variety of metalworking techniques and with good humour.

[https://www.youtube.com/user/featony](https://www.youtube.com/user/featony)

</comment><comment><USER37> Tom Murphy 7 has the most original content ever: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3azLjQuz9s5qk76KEXaTvA](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3azLjQuz9s5qk76KEXaTvA)

</comment><comment><USER38> Summoning Salt - I'm hooked on his video game speed-run world record progressions. [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtUbO6rBht0daVIOGML3c8w](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtUbO6rBht0daVIOGML3c8w)

Retro Game Mechanics Explained [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwRqWnW5ZkVaP_lZF7caZ-g](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwRqWnW5ZkVaP_lZF7caZ-g)

</comment><comment><USER39> "numberphile" and "smarter every day", my children put me on to both of them.

</comment><comment><USER40> Coding Tech (Programming talks) - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtxCXg- UvSnTKPOzLH4wJaQ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtxCXg-UvSnTKPOzLH4wJaQ)

Computerphile (Computer/Math) - [https://www.youtube.com/user/Computerphile](https://www.youtube.com/user/Computerphile)

Kurzgesagt (Educational) - [https://www.youtube.com/user/Kurzgesagt](https://www.youtube.com/user/Kurzgesagt)

Night Mind (ARGs, Horror, etc) - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC58IKuPHnZkdCZ6T5mSRGCg](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC58IKuPHnZkdCZ6T5mSRGCg)

NakeyJakey (Funny gaming, video essays, etc) - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSdma21fnJzgmPodhC9SJ3g](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSdma21fnJzgmPodhC9SJ3g)

GameGrumps (Gaming) - [https://www.youtube.com/user/GameGrumps](https://www.youtube.com/user/GameGrumps)

SMTown (KPop) - [https://www.youtube.com/user/SMTOWN](https://www.youtube.com/user/SMTOWN)

<comment><USER41> How the hell do you have time to watch all that __regularly__ ?

<comment><USER42> I don't know about other people, but I have a home gym and catch up on my youtube watch later during workouts.

So that's about 4 hours of youtube a week.

<comment><USER41> That's a great strat. I run, so I only go audiobooks :)

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER43> My favorites:

* Every Frame a Painting[1] - film essays (No longer making videos)

* Good Blood[2] - game design and music

* Hodges U[3] - mini-docs on various subjects

* kaptainkristian[4] - "visual love letters" for comics, films, musics, animations and more

* Lessons From the Screenplay[5] - film's script/story

* Game Maker's Toolkit[6] - game design

* WAVEFORM[7] - sound design (focus on sound design in games)

* noclip[8] - video game documentaries

* Will Schoder[9] - philosophy and other things

1\. [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjFqcJQXGZ6T6sxyFB-5i6A](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjFqcJQXGZ6T6sxyFB-5i6A)

2\. [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC55OV4HSSKJEthG4ulsKkyw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC55OV4HSSKJEthG4ulsKkyw)

3\. [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcfU0Kuv8niOazZohyetZg](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcfU0Kuv8niOazZohyetZg)

4\. [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuPgdqQKpq4T4zeqmTelnFg](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuPgdqQKpq4T4zeqmTelnFg)

5\. [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCErSSa3CaP_GJxmFpdjG9Jw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCErSSa3CaP_GJxmFpdjG9Jw)

6\. [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqJ- Xo29CKyLTjn6z2XwYAw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqJ-Xo29CKyLTjn6z2XwYAw)

7\. [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIoNgwHpavUi2UnC68cKgbw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIoNgwHpavUi2UnC68cKgbw)

8\. [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fDG3byEcMtbOqPMymDNbw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fDG3byEcMtbOqPMymDNbw)

9\. [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcRdUHUuBqU9uCsEuG39Nmg](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcRdUHUuBqU9uCsEuG39Nmg)

</comment><comment><USER44> Most of what I regularly watch has already been mentioned except for one: Tips from a Shipwright ([https://www.youtube.com/user/TipsfromaShipWright](https://www.youtube.com/user/TipsfromaShipWright)). From their website, "Tips from a Shipwright was started ... with the purpose of creating a high quality video content resource for wooden boat builders, sailing enthusiasts and fellow lovers of wooden boats."

Louis Sauzedde's personality is great. His experience as a master shipwright is obvious, and I'm always amazed by the tips, tricks, and techniques that he employs while designing, building, and maintaining boats. He has a bunch of different videos, but a good starting point is probably "Season 1: Building the TotalBoat - How to build a work skiff" ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C22Crc7XHoI&list=PLzlN3A2DLg...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C22Crc7XHoI&list=PLzlN3A2DLgNwE2RCpQ9vKCmeOwvKCRRjF)).

</comment><comment><USER45> Binging with Babish - good cooking basics and some really entertaining dishes from tv / movies

Alex French Guy Cooking - deeper dives into the technology and chemistry of cooking

Primitive Technology - what it says on the tin

AvE - Really informative and entertaining tear downs of equipment and shop talk

SV Seeker - fascinating vlog of someone building a big steel boat with the help of the internet

</comment><comment><USER46> \- Most channels by IDW (Intelectual Dark Web) people, though when you know all the arguments, due to overwatching, it can get a bit tiring.

\- Tom Scott, igsquared, JunsKitchen, Alex French Cooking Guy, New York Times, Great Big Story, Strange Parts, TED, and a few philosophy ones from Brazil.

Some examples:

JunsKitchen (Japanese cooking), homemade tofu [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdNqWcUdm6I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdNqWcUdm6I)

Lateral (Tom Scott's new game show) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xS- BIcu4ew](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xS-BIcu4ew)

igsquared (Brave New World vs 1984) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31CcclqEiZw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31CcclqEiZw)

If anyone knows any good Italian channels I might like, based on the above, let me know please. Grazie.

</comment><comment><USER47> Red Letter Media, 3Blue1Brown, Jocko Podcast, Robbaz and The Ben Heck Show.

All entertaining fare of different genres.

</comment><comment><USER48> School of Life, Vox make some great explainer videos, PBS Space Time and NPR TinyDesk Concerts.

</comment><comment><USER49> A few of my favorites:

Mr. Sunday Movies (comic books, movies, tv shows, etc) - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkDSAQ_5-yx5hmuvUcsJL7A](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkDSAQ_5-yx5hmuvUcsJL7A)

Recording Revolution (recording, mixing, mastering music) - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjRzsiP_aDWWLHV4-2LKBtg](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjRzsiP_aDWWLHV4-2LKBtg)

Woody's Piano Shack (synthesizers) - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC27jRFKGzztB9u9T5GkPH_g](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC27jRFKGzztB9u9T5GkPH_g)

</comment><comment><USER50> Learn Quick, by Mike Boyd [https://www.youtube.com/user/microboyd](https://www.youtube.com/user/microboyd)

He makes videos of himself learning things, like wheeling a bike, throwing cards, etc...

Very charismatic youtuber

</comment><comment><USER51> Crashcourse [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6b17PVsYBQ0ip5gyeme-Q](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6b17PVsYBQ0ip5gyeme-Q). I support them on paetron.

Also James May the reassembler is great.

</comment><comment><USER52> serpentza, ADVChina - expats vlogging China the way they see it

Louis Rossmann - livestreams component-level MacBook board repairs, strangely compelling

CppCon, BoostCon - the good, bad and ugly of C++

EEVblog - electronics engineering rants and teardowns from an Aussie design engineer

</comment><comment><USER53> Four Eyes (amazing furniture builds), I like to make stuff, make something, April Wilkerson, Seth's bike hacks, single track sampler, skills with Phil, BKXC, Alan Thrall, Buff Dudes

Basically a mix of wood working, mountain biking and weight lifting

</comment><comment><USER54> Cinefx, Red Letter Media, Wisecrack, What Da Math, Kurzgesagt & Scott Manley

</comment><comment><USER55> I watch a lot, but these are consistently good:

\- You Suck at Cooking. For some reason this might be my favourite channel on YouTube. It's just incredibly funny and unique.

\- CGPgrey. Extremely interesting videos, even if he posts only once in a blue moon.

\- Half as Interesting. Consistently interesting and entertaining short videos.

\- Scishow psych. Well done videos about psychology. See also crash course psychology.

\- primitive technology. Many people have mentioned this.

\- Simone Giertz. "The queen of shitty robots"

\- Adam Neely. Interesting and unique videos about music.

</comment><comment><USER56> Here's some that I like and don't see mentioned yet:

Gopher Academy - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx9QVEApa5BKLw9r8cnOFEA/vid...](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx9QVEApa5BKLw9r8cnOFEA/videos)

The Go Programming Language - [https://www.youtube.com/user/gocoding/videos](https://www.youtube.com/user/gocoding/videos)

Jonathan Blow - [https://www.youtube.com/user/jblow888/videos](https://www.youtube.com/user/jblow888/videos)

Steve1989MREInfo - [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=steve1989mreinf...](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=steve1989mreinfo)

hickok45 - [https://www.youtube.com/user/hickok45](https://www.youtube.com/user/hickok45)

Townsends - [https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson](https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson)

Tested - [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tested](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tested)

The Great War - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcyEsEjhPEDf69RRVhRh4A](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcyEsEjhPEDf69RRVhRh4A)

The Rubin Report - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdKr0Bgd_5saZYqLCa9mng](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdKr0Bgd_5saZYqLCa9mng)

Sam Harris - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNAxrHudMfdzNi6NxruKPLw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNAxrHudMfdzNi6NxruKPLw)

Dan Carlin - [https://www.youtube.com/user/dancarlinpodcaster/videos](https://www.youtube.com/user/dancarlinpodcaster/videos)

I'm not Norm - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJNky9LM9wx0cmWfrg5eUcw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJNky9LM9wx0cmWfrg5eUcw)

Bon Appétit - [https://www.youtube.com/user/BonAppetitDotCom/videos](https://www.youtube.com/user/BonAppetitDotCom/videos)

</comment><comment><USER57> Impact Theory hosted by Tom Bilyeu - "An interview series that explores the mindsets of the world's highest achievers to learn their secrets of success."

</comment><comment><USER58> My favorites are:

\- Kurzegast in a nutshell, this is videos are incredible.

\- Coding Tech, for some tech conference

\- Infographics Show, similiar to Kurzegast.

\- Nerdwriter1, Lesson from the Screenplay, Screen Prism (All of this)

\- Crash Course

\- Ted and Ted-ed

</comment><comment><USER59> Tom Scott - [https://youtube.com/user/enyay](https://youtube.com/user/enyay)

</comment><comment><USER60> I'm a Rachel Maddow addict. They dont show it in my part of the world, so every morning (Tuesday to Sat) I jump on at 9am and watch it live on youtube... some very kind souls all hijack it and stream it live for free. The streamers change periodically as they get shut down, but its pretty reliably easy to jump on and search for LIVE "rachel maddow"

</comment><comment><USER61> For those interested in video game narrative analysis I quite recommend Errant Signal and The Game Professor

</comment><comment><USER62> Fun Fun Function

Swedish developer at Spotify (who studied film and theatre in uni) talks about (mostly) JavaScript stuff.

<comment><USER63> Fun fun function has helped me to find the joy in programming javascript. Kudos to him!

<comment><USER64> Come work on the same monstrosity that I am working with, that will help it disappear again.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER65> Binging With Babish has gotten me cooking more than at any other time in my life.

And Primitive Technology is mesmerizing.

<comment><USER66> I run across 'Binging with babish' but word 'binging' always turned me off, so I would skip it. What got my wife and I to try some different cooking was chef John with foodwishes.com

</comment></comment><comment><USER67> I'm genuinely surprised that there isn't any love for Jimmy Diresta on here yet... [https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCiEk4xHBbz0hZNIBBpowdYQ](https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCiEk4xHBbz0hZNIBBpowdYQ)

</comment><comment><USER68> Every non-gaming pewdiepie video (which is the majority for the last couple years). He is #1 and lampoons the platform daily, it's beautiful.

Sugar Pine 7 - they figured out how to take comedy vlogging to the next level.

Gus Johnson - mostly short videos, intensely funny and generally highly unexpected.

</comment><comment><USER69> * Erwin McManus – [https://www.youtube.com/user/mosaiclosangeles](https://www.youtube.com/user/mosaiclosangeles)

* The Bible Project – [https://www.youtube.com/user/jointhebibleproject](https://www.youtube.com/user/jointhebibleproject)

* The School of Life – [https://www.youtube.com/user/schooloflifechannel](https://www.youtube.com/user/schooloflifechannel)

* Dave Rubin – [https://www.youtube.com/user/RubinReport](https://www.youtube.com/user/RubinReport)

* Firing Line – [https://www.youtube.com/user/firinglinevideos](https://www.youtube.com/user/firinglinevideos)

* Larry King – [https://www.youtube.com/user/LarryKingNow](https://www.youtube.com/user/LarryKingNow)

* Timothy Keller – [https://www.youtube.com/user/gospelinlife](https://www.youtube.com/user/gospelinlife)

* Jon Gordon – [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD6t3q7u0gE&list=PLiuLy7KZRz...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD6t3q7u0gE&list=PLiuLy7KZRzVrJQd7CB_PT6JJEimJo818h)

* Every Frame a Painting – [https://www.youtube.com/user/everyframeapainting](https://www.youtube.com/user/everyframeapainting)

* Tested – [https://www.youtube.com/user/testedcom](https://www.youtube.com/user/testedcom)

* Genius: Verified – [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqhjpQxfq4Q&list=PLlBigmhynF...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqhjpQxfq4Q&list=PLlBigmhynF-U14eziDyn-hqdxrWUItay0&index=125)

* triple j: Like A Version – [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmOTsniwhVw&list=PLCC51BF0C9...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmOTsniwhVw&list=PLCC51BF0C94BE62E8)

* Talks at Google – [https://www.youtube.com/user/AtGoogleTalks](https://www.youtube.com/user/AtGoogleTalks)

</comment><comment><USER70> FilmJoy - Movies with Mikey - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEuhOxbXS90&list=PLdGl5mi0Xe...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEuhOxbXS90&list=PLdGl5mi0XeW0qeZNfIrdBA9rXgsgE61CL)

</comment><comment><USER71> Been watching this guy recently, kiwami japan: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg3qsVzHeUt5_cPpcRtoaJQ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg3qsVzHeUt5_cPpcRtoaJQ)

</comment><comment><USER72> LiveOverflow is pretty awesome. Very easy to follow after working day.

[https://youtube.com/channel/UClcE- kVhqyiHCcjYwcpfj9w](https://youtube.com/channel/UClcE-kVhqyiHCcjYwcpfj9w)

</comment><comment><USER73> The Net Ninja - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW5YeuERMmlnqo4oq8vwUpg/pla...](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW5YeuERMmlnqo4oq8vwUpg/playlists)

</comment><comment><USER74> Joe Rogan Experience (and occasionally other stand up comic podcasts like Your mom's house, Bill Burr etc) , Boxing Legends, Computer/Number-phile, umm sometimes I will watch TED and technology related talks.

</comment><comment><USER75> Marty Music for guitar lessons [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmnlTWVJysjWPFiZhQ5uudg](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmnlTWVJysjWPFiZhQ5uudg)

</comment><comment><USER76> Philosophy Tube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2PA- AKmVpU6NKCGtZq_rKQ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2PA-AKmVpU6NKCGtZq_rKQ)

</comment><comment><USER77> Level1techs for hardware, and linux content : [https://www.youtube.com/user/teksyndicate](https://www.youtube.com/user/teksyndicate)

</comment><comment><USER78> Some random ones I can remember:

DerSchmu - c64 game longplays.

Motortrend - roadkill (sadly, new stuff is now on a separate site).

Scott Manley - space, rockets, space related games.

Colin furze - a reminder not to take things too seriously.

Mighty Car Mods.

PennyArcadeTV - Acquistions Incorporated Dnd.

JustForFunc - Go.

</comment><comment><USER79> \- Be Inspired ([https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaKZDEMDdQc8t6GzFj1_TDw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaKZDEMDdQc8t6GzFj1_TDw))

\- sentdex

\- Siraj Raval

<comment><USER80> Siraj Raval is a hack. Often times, his code is incomplete, unrunnable, undocumented, in dangerously improper syntactical form, and sometimes downright stolen from others (without given proper credit.)

</comment></comment><comment><USER81> Fun Fun Function, TechLinked, Linus Tech Tips, MobileTechReview

</comment><comment><USER82> Forgotten Weapons and InRangeTV, both for firearms stuff.

<comment><USER83> Seconded for Gun Jesus' channels.

But for those unfamiliar with Forgotten Weapons, it's not a rah-rah-fight-the- Man channel. It is a history channel that specialises in firearms. The episode about the OSS Liberator pistol would be a great starter, a mix of political and military history. Is it ethical to encourage an occupied people to try to shoot their occupiers with a flimsy, unreliable, inaccurate weapon?

</comment></comment><comment><USER84> hickok45, FPSRussia

</comment><comment><USER85> Mark Brown/Game Makers Toolkit

He analyses games and specific game mechanics. It's pretty awesome if you are into gaming.

</comment><comment><USER86> Kara and Nate - Travel vloggers

Pailin's Kitchen - Breaks Down Thai Recipes into easy to follow steps

Team CoCo - Remotes are hilarious

</comment><comment><USER87> Hydraulic Press Channel is good for a laugh. CGP Grey, although he hasn't done anything for a while

</comment><comment><USER88> The Dark Den. A guy that lives in a tiny apartment and keeps pretty much every species of spider.

</comment><comment><USER89> Kurzgesagt, PBS Space Time are really good, though they are not updated super frequently

</comment><comment><USER90> Many a True Nerd The 8 bit Guy

</comment><comment><USER91> The Great War, Strange Parts and many others that have been mentioned already.

</comment><comment><USER92> Coding Train, Sentdex and prouduct school if you interest in PM

</comment><comment><USER93> Since the latest purge, very few.

Noncontroversial youtube channels that I do enjoy:

\- Lock-Picking Lawyer

\- GCN

\- Regular Car Reviews

</comment><comment><USER94> ContraPoints: [https://www.youtube.com/user/ContraPoints](https://www.youtube.com/user/ContraPoints) (left-wing politics and culture, from an north American perspective)

</comment><comment><USER95> Computerphile

</comment><comment><USER96> I used to never watch Youtube and then I got a samsung 5k smartTV with the youtube app built in and I fell in love. There are such great content creators there once you get through the mess. The first thing I do when I get home from work to decompress is load up the youtube app on my TV and check the releases on the channels I follow.

\--- Informative ---

PBS Eons [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzR- rom72PHN9Zg7RML9EbA](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzR-rom72PHN9Zg7RML9EbA)

The British Museum [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvpQ-l09fCVxJd3urZbxzHg](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvpQ-l09fCVxJd3urZbxzHg)

Simone Giertz (great female maker) [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3KEoMzNz8eYnwBC34RaKCQ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3KEoMzNz8eYnwBC34RaKCQ)

Primitive Technology [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA)

Nerdwriter1 [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJkMlOu7faDgqh4PfzbpLdg](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJkMlOu7faDgqh4PfzbpLdg)

DogumentaryTV - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpejL4mTlUJ_hfQY1PiCW6Q](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpejL4mTlUJ_hfQY1PiCW6Q)

CrashCourse [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6b17PVsYBQ0ip5gyeme-Q](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6b17PVsYBQ0ip5gyeme-Q)

Engineer Guy - crazy informative [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2bkHVIDjXS7sgrgjFtzOXQ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2bkHVIDjXS7sgrgjFtzOXQ)

\--- D&D ---

Saturday Morning D&D show [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgK09rx0qzZ8GPPFOltlFTg](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgK09rx0qzZ8GPPFOltlFTg)

Matthew Coville [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkVdb9Yr8fc05_VbAVfskCA](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkVdb9Yr8fc05_VbAVfskCA)

WebDM [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7XFmdssWgaPzGyGbKk8GaQ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7XFmdssWgaPzGyGbKk8GaQ)

Jorphdan - Lore/History [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0GmsDkaPerh1VdAfpWaaKA](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0GmsDkaPerh1VdAfpWaaKA)

Monarchs Factory [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChSBq3h26QNYGBmi2yQPHKA](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChSBq3h26QNYGBmi2yQPHKA)

\--- Food ---

The Food Ranger - Canadian Expat living in China [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiAq_SU0ED1C6vWFMnw8Ekg](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiAq_SU0ED1C6vWFMnw8Ekg)

Tasty - Wife loves this channel, quick recipe videos [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJFp8uSYCjXOMnkUyb3CQ3Q](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJFp8uSYCjXOMnkUyb3CQ3Q)

Binging with Babish [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJHA_jMfCvEnv-3kRjTCQXw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJHA_jMfCvEnv-3kRjTCQXw)

\--- Fun ---

First We Feast - Hot Ones is the best streaming interview show [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPD_bxCRGpmmeQcbe2kpPaA](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPD_bxCRGpmmeQcbe2kpPaA)

Daily Dose of Internet - He has never posted a bad video. all very short [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdC0An4ZPNr_YiFiYoVbwaw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdC0An4ZPNr_YiFiYoVbwaw)

Pet Collective - Everyone needs to follow a funny animal clip channel. I recommend this one. [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPIvT- zcQl2H0vabdXJGcpg](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPIvT-zcQl2H0vabdXJGcpg)

</comment><comment><USER97> n-o-d-e, old defcon vids, nurdrage, codyslab, nilered, kreosan english

</comment><comment><USER98> Primitive Technology

</comment><comment><USER99> vihartvihart was a lost weekend of firehosing for me.

</comment><comment><USER100> anonymoose - cleanses my techno fugues with laughter.

</comment><comment><USER101> Layout Land

</comment><comment><USER102> GMBN

</comment><comment><USER103> A long list but all channels I watch most every video that comes out.

3Blue1Brown

CGP Grey

Channel Super Fun

Cody's Lab

Computerphile

ElectroBOOM

GTLive

Half as Interesting

Jaiden Animations

Like Tesla

Linus Tech Tips

LiveOverflow

MKBHD

MinutePhysics

Numberphile

Real Engineering

Scott Manley

Smarter Every Day

The Credit Shifu

The Game/Film Theorist

The Science ELf

TheOdd1sOut

Tom Scott

Vsauce

</comment><comment><USER104> I recommend

ColdFusion

Crash Course

Minute Physics

</comment><comment><USER105> Sailor J.

</comment><comment><USER106> suckerpinch

</comment><comment><USER107> penguinz0

</comment><comment><USER108> In English :

Lots of history / battles channels * Kings and Generals : [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMmaBzfCCwZ2KqaBJjkj0fw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMmaBzfCCwZ2KqaBJjkj0fw)

* Simple history : [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC510QYlOlKNyhy_zdQxnGYw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC510QYlOlKNyhy_zdQxnGYw)

* The great war : [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcyEsEjhPEDf69RRVhRh4A](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcyEsEjhPEDf69RRVhRh4A)

* Invicta : [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwO-UgquohXwoe7f0e6lMnw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwO-UgquohXwoe7f0e6lMnw)

* Baz Battles - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx-dJoP9hFCBloY9qodykvw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx-dJoP9hFCBloY9qodykvw)

* Historia Civilis - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv_vLHiWVBh_FR9vbeuiY-A](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv_vLHiWVBh_FR9vbeuiY-A)

* Primitive Technology

* And obviously, how to basic - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR4s1DE9J4DHzZYXMltSMAg](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR4s1DE9J4DHzZYXMltSMAg) :)

I love learning about how battles are won and lost, and how history evolved and countries got to be. Normans were Vikings, English nobles come from the French, . . .

In French:

* Astronogeek - Astronomy vulgarization

* Defekator - My hero. Debunk videos on fakes, such as flat earth, vaccination doesn't work , etc [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU0FhLr6fr7U9GOn6OiQHpQ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU0FhLr6fr7U9GOn6OiQHpQ)

* Question d Histoire : [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCGRtSqLfljpX9mzCYDsQIg](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCGRtSqLfljpX9mzCYDsQIg)

* Axolot - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_OG1L8DLTzQ7UrZVOk7OA](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_OG1L8DLTzQ7UrZVOk7OA)

* Confessions d'histoire -[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzj9-ZfpJ74vYv1RZzAWTVg](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzj9-ZfpJ74vYv1RZzAWTVg) History told by the people that made it (with humor)

I can watch any topic, I just wanna hear it from passionate people !

</comment><comment><USER109> Matthias Wandel is my favourite YouTuber. Woodworking mixed with engineering.

The rest is mostly music or woodworking like bandstand, Chris Salomone.

<comment><USER110> The channel Is named wintergarten and it's fantastic.

</comment></comment><comment><USER111> A bunch now a days. One of my favorites is Siraj Raval. He does them on AI or ML specifically.

Then a bunch others in the technology space including several from Google are very good. Usually also watch most of the Google I/O videos for sessions was not able to attend.

But then I also watch Josh Lloyd during the NBA basketball season.

There is this balance between the person doing the video and then the content. I find myself more and more needing a decent person doing the video unless it is super compelling content.

</comment><comment><USER112> How It Should Have Ended

</comment><comment><USER113> This may be an unpopular opinion, but none.

Maybe it's because I haven't really used YouTube much, but there seem to be very few content producers that deliver content which is based on any form of scientific methodology or even any form of real journalism.

I can quickly find a ton of "documentaries" on Ancient Rome for instance, and I have watched quite a few. I happen to have made the rare mix of CS and history when I took my original candidate degree at the university of Aarhus, and I specialized in Ancient Rome. I've yet to see anything on YouTube on Ancient Rome, that wasn't amateurish at best unless it came from somewhere else, like the BBC.

I think that is the best way to put it. YouTube just doesn't seem like a good place for production of knowledge, and as much as I enjoy watching a guy build a clay cabin from the ground up with his bare hands, I'd frankly rather read a book.

<comment><USER64> I think that your analogy could be extended to the internet as a whole. Just because there is a lot of crap there, doesn't mean you can't find good stuff as well.</comment></comment>


The mathematics of conspiracy theories - <AUTHOR> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/01/28/the-internets-favorite-conspiracies-would-involve-too-many-people-to-stay-secret-says-science/ <comment><USER2> His conspiracy process model is wildly unlike that of actual empirical conspiracies. In particular, most of them do not require widespread, hidden knowledge of a single juicy lie that can be "exposed". Hell, a lot of objective cabals or conspiracies operate relatively openly, are fairly open about their general goals, & their actions are public records; the specific correlation between goals and actions is what is obscure.

"We further assume that a leak of information from any conspirator is sufficient to expose the conspiracy and render it redundant"

This is just stupid.

</comment><comment><USER3> I don't understand the the trend these days to disprove conspiracy theories as a category. Obviously some conspiracy theories are true and most of them are false.

That said conspiracy theories are based around areas where a complete knowledge is not available. The description of the problem maybe correct, but the motivations of the parties involved wrong. To discredit an idea simply because it is a conspiracy theory is illogical.

<comment><AUTHOR> _Conspiracies_ are often true. _Conspiracy theories_ are generally false.

Many popular conspiracy theories involve huge numbers of conspirators - thousands, or even hundreds of thousands. For anyone who has a "feel" for how math works, it seems wrong. Putting some hard statistics work around it makes the false nature of large-scale conspiracies more concrete for those of us who believe in math.

A conspiracy theory where no more than a dozen people need to be involved makes sense to me. A conspiracy theory involving every climate scientist in the world, or every doctor in the world, or every NASA employee, seems like BS.

<comment><USER3> That sounds reasonable.

There could be informal conspiracy, take the 2008 financial crisis. Everyone was working in their own self-interest, and there were thousands of them doing it. From the outside it could look like they were working together to some nefarious ends.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER4> What most people believe has little or nothing to do with mathematical estimates. I know that's not the point of the article, but I think it's worth noting -- empiricism and reason are ineffective ways to convince the average person of something that they aren't already ideologically aligned with.

</comment><comment><AUTHOR> It's nice to see someone put numbers around this. Of course, the researcher could be part of the conspiracy...

Every time I hear a conspiracy that requires large numbers of people (>1000 especially) to stay quiet - especially when there is good motivation for someone to not keep the secret - I roll my eyes. My favorite in that regard is climate change. The justification for the conspiracy is generally to get research dollars. But with oil companies and other political interests offering generous funding for anti-climate change results, there's a motivation for breaking with the conspiracy. Beyond that, scientists tend to be motivated more by glory than by money, and by knowledge more than by glory. Truth-seekers cannot be easily bribed. And a scientist who disproved climate change effectively would be turning the science world on its ear. There's nothing more glorious for a scientist than substantially changing consensus.

<comment><USER5> ... plus scientists generally get paid the same amount whether they have been awarded big research contracts or not.

</comment></comment><comment><USER6> [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11008224](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11008224)</comment>


Men in Their 30s and the Peter Pan Syndrome - <AUTHOR> https://escapingpan.wordpress.com/2015/06/27/hello-world/ <comment><USER2> Those Evil men who don't want to conform to expectations!

</comment><comment><USER3> Ah, a woman in her 30's blaming men. How unusual.

Do we need this misandrist garbage on HN?

<comment><USER4> Not any woman, a "successful, intelligent, fiercely independent, hard working, beautiful, and multifaceted" woman! The best kind of woman!

<comment><USER3> Yet she can't keep a man. Must be men's fault.</comment></comment></comment>


Ask HN: How long does it take you to code up a form? - <AUTHOR> How long does it take you to code a form with the following ..
1. Amount field 2. Comment field 3. File upload (to cloud)
I am talking full-stack. DB, api and UI for a modern browser. Including tests. <comment><USER2> Somewhere between 20 minutes and a few full working days depending on the requirements not stated in the question. Are you trying to gauge how bad developers are at estimates?

<comment><AUTHOR> Yes. I recently took a couple of days to get it working.

It is brain numbing. I feel like I am writing code that has been written a million times.

<comment><USER2> That happens from time to time, just look at the rise of stack overflow to get a feel for how common it is. As long as you don't have that feeling every single day I honestly wouldn't worry too much about it.</comment></comment></comment>


Google Analytics Shows You What Bad Web Practices Look Like [video] - <AUTHOR> http://mashable.com/2012/12/16/google-analytics-real-life/

<comment><USER2> Nicely done video.</comment>


Did trolls cost Twitter $3.5bn and its sale? - throwaway-hn123 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/18/did-trolls-cost-twitter-35bn <comment><USER2> It's interesting that these stories never consider the reverse. Perhaps Twitter is destroying itself with it's various drives to censor one side of the political debate.

<comment><USER3> No one is talking about politics.

Twitter is a cesspool of trolls, bots and trolling bots. All their signup and MAU stats are BS because of this.

Who wants to be responsible for that?

The only way forward is a real name policy ala Facebook.

</comment></comment><comment><USER4> We live in an era when a cartoon frog can bring down companies and disrupt elections.

What a time to be alive.

<comment><USER5> God kek is not amused.

<comment><USER4> Because He _is_ amuse.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER6> If twitter had more diverse early employees they would not have built a harassment platform - I read this in a HN comment once and it stuck with me. Nice to see this cost in terms the market understands.

</comment><comment><USER7> Twitter is a complete mess internally. There's no one to blame but Twitter's Board for Twitter's problems.

<comment><USER8> Which problems are your concern? Are you a user, a shareholder, or a fanboy of a different service?

<comment><USER7> Twitter's management is simply out of touch with reality. Jack is more interested in being a SJW than turning Twitter around. After Twitter's layoffs, their attrition rate has only gotten worse as good people continue to jump ship. Who's left? Rent seekers. Things will only get worse from here for Twitter. I'm a casual Twitter user, not a shareholder, and not a fan of any other social media service.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER9> Article just sounds like an attempt to prepare public for more censorship. Twitter has no problems with trolls or terrorists or inciters of violence (blm), but they are however effective on removing political opinions that don't align with their agenda. They don't have "problem" with trolls - <AUTHOR> are their facilitators and enablers.

<comment><USER8> You present an interesting perspective re: trying to force (social media) to censor trolls.

Someone could say "I think Donald Trump is spreading hate speech", and then what? Well, it contains the word "hate", so

</comment></comment><comment><USER10> Twitter's problem, as evidenced by the 3.2/5 it received on Glassdoor, is its management. Management being subpar/cookie-cutter means it's very likely not possible to get (relevant) things done, and that they'll steadily go straight into the ground.

</comment><comment><USER11> Twitter lost it's value the second they silenced their users.

</comment><comment><USER12> Twitter hasn't made much of an effort to get rid of the trolls. They're part of the package.

<comment><USER13> Well, it appears they are active in getting rid of people they don't like. If they agree with the person's agenda then they don't seem so anxious to get rid of them.

<comment><USER8> Specifically who are you speaking of, and how was their discourse within the Terms of Service?

<comment><USER13> I hate to be the "do your own research" guy but I'm fairly certain it is quite easy to search for Twitter's apparent "bad for A, fine for B" policy.

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER14> "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should". RIP Twitter.</comment>