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
Plain Text
Dylan Beattie
The Web That Never Was
Dylan Beattie
Computational Creativity
Dylan Beattie
YouTube’s Copyright System Isn’t Broken.
The World’s Is.
Tom Scott
Lambda? You Keep Using that Letter
Kevlin Henney
Characters, Symbols and the Unicode Miracle
Computerphile
Floating Point Numbers
Computerphile
The Worst Typo I Ever Made
Tom Scott
Ctrl-Alt-Del: Learning to Love Legacy Code
Dylan Beattie
This Video Is Sponsored By ███ VPN
Tom Scott
The Problem with Time & Timezones
Computerphile
Single Point of Failure: The (Fictional) Day Google
Forgot To Check Passwords
Tom Scott
Own your content on Social Media using the IndieWeb
JAMstack
Why so many distros? The Weird History of Linux
Fireship
The Weird History of JavaScript
Fireship
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
Economy
Reddit vs Wallstreet - GameStop, The Movie
ColdFusion
The Struggle of Building the Original iPhone - The
Untold Story
ColdFusion
Society
Post-Truth: Why Facts Don't Matter Anymore
Veritasium
Using VFX to Explain Why COVID-19 Surprised Everyone
Wren Weichman
Junk Mail, Explained
Johnny Harris
Why Americans Eat Dessert for Breakfast
Johnny Harris
Fracking for clean energy. Wait, what?
Cleo Abram
Politics
Let’s Ban Cars! (Seriously)
BritMonkey
The Rules for Rulers
CGP Grey
This is Cuba's Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify – all without
the internet
Vox
Other nice stuff
Ə: The Most Common Vowel in English
Tom Scott
Danger: Humans
Tom Scott
You (probably) do not exist
exurb1a
Unlimited Ricepudding
exurb1a
The Artificial Intelligence That Deleted A Century
Tom Scott
I promise this story about microwaves is
interesting.
Tom Scott
Most People Don't Know How Bikes Work
Veritasium