YouTube
How to train your algorithm
I watch a lot of YouTube. Actually, I watch too much YouTube. Way too much. But I try to spend my time watching YouTube learning new things. So, these are the best videos I've watched. If you want to train your algorithm or are just looking for some suggestions for science/computer videos, here you are:
Computers
Why The Web Is Such A Mess
Tom Scott
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Tom Scott
The Art of Code
Dylan Beattie
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Dylan Beattie
The Web That Never Was
Dylan Beattie
Computational Creativity
Dylan Beattie
Lambda? You Keep Using that Letter
Kevlin Henney
Characters, Symbols and the Unicode Miracle
Computerphile
Exploring How Computers Work
Sebastian Lague
Floating Point Numbers
Computerphile
The Worst Typo I Ever Made
Tom Scott
Ctrl-Alt-Del: Learning to Love Legacy Code
Dylan Beattie
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Tom Scott
The Problem with Time & Timezones
Computerphile
Single Point of Failure: The (Fictional) Day Google
Forgot To Check Passwords
Tom Scott
History
Why so many distros? The Weird History of Linux
Fireship
The Weird History of JavaScript
Fireship
Mouse Cursor History (and why I made my own)
Posy
Science
Why Gravity is NOT a Force
Veritasium
The Science of Thinking
Veritasium
This equation will change how you see the world (the
logistic map)
Veritasium
Chaos: The Science of the Butterfly Effect
Veritasium
The Simplest Math Problem No One Can Solve - Collatz
Conjecture
Veritasium
The Golden Ratio (why it is so irrational)
Numberphile
How An Infinite Hotel Ran Out Of Room
Veritasium
Math’s Fundamental Flaw
Veritasium
The Universe is Hostile to Computers
Veritasium
How Imaginary Numbers Were Invented
Veritasium
VFX Artist Reveals the True Scale of Atoms
Wren Weichman
Politics & society
The Rules for Rulers
CGP Grey
Let’s Ban Cars! (Seriously)
BritMonkey
YouTube’s Copyright System Isn’t Broken.
The World’s Is.
Tom Scott
This is Cuba's Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify – all without
the internet
Vox
Post-Truth: Why Facts Don't Matter Anymore
Veritasium
Economy & Commercial web
Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs
Folding Ideas
Own your content on Social Media using the IndieWeb
JAMstack
The Struggle of Building the Original iPhone - The
Untold Story
ColdFusion
GameStop: Reddit vs Wallstreet
ColdFusion
Sketches
Danger: Humans
Tom Scott
Unlimited Ricepudding
exurb1a
Letter to Marble 3
exurb1a
The Artificial Intelligence That Deleted A Century
Tom Scott
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exurb1a
Stories
And then everything will be alright
exurb1a
And nothing can ever ruin this
exurb1a
The Lantern
exurb2a
Philosophy
Meaning is a Jumper That You Have to Knit Yourself
exurb1a
the five kinds of paradox
jan Misali
Other nice stuff
Ə: The Most Common Vowel in English
Tom Scott
You (probably) do not exist
exurb1a
I promise this story about microwaves is
interesting.
Tom Scott
Most People Don't Know How Bikes Work
Veritasium
Junk Mail, Explained
Johnny Harris
Why Americans Eat Dessert for Breakfast
Johnny Harris
Using VFX to Explain Why COVID-19 Surprised Everyone
Wren Weichman