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History, particularly ancient Roman & Byzantine, by Thersites
History's Empire, containing a wealth of lectures and documentaries on all manner of historical subjects. Kenneth Harl's are particularly good (e.g. to recognize voice), though the lecturers aren't attributed. It seems the channel is all about scraping together as many history videos and audios from all around, and uploading them as fast as possible, and it seems some kind of dealings with owners of some videos has at least taken place. More importantly than credit given and legalities, however, is the concentration of good stuff to watch and listen to!
Anyone has got natural science channels to recommend?
As to 40k, this video on humanity in that grimdark setting by Luetin is good. His channel is a good source for 40k material to listen to.
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Alex steele is a blacksmithing channel and suprising intresting.
He makes some great stuff and is not what you'd expect. Not a bearded old guy but alot younger with alot of energy for thr camera.
His work is very good too.
Tools, blades, swords, knives, and more.
Sgt. Vanden - OOC Hey, that was your doing. I didn't choose to fly in the "Dongerprise'.
"May the odds be ever in your favour"
Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
I have no clue how Dakka's moderation work. I expect it involves throwing a lot of d100 and looking at many random tables.
FudgeDumper - It could be that you are just so uncomfortable with the idea of your chapters primarch having his way with a docile tyranid spore cyst, that you must deny they have any feelings at all.
This is currently my favourite channel - a DM advice channel by Matt Colville. Probably the most popular one on the internet, so I'm sure lots of people here are aware of it. I often put this on while painting.
Ouze wrote: How can you guys get anything done when there is video playing?
I listen to music, obviously, but video seems like it would be an impossible distracting backgrounder.
On the contrary, only listening to music (I do that, too) or nothing at all would be boring for many. Got more than enough focus to both paint or sculpt and learn things at the same time. If you cut away the learning half, it's not stimulating enough. Gets stale without it.
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Scottish guy (I think) who breaks down dodgy electronic / industrial things, explaining how they work, how they could be improved, and will sometimes have a beer or two and then zap himself with something in the process.
It's the best combination of informative and entertaining. I think it's the only youtube channel I've actually found that I'm willing to subscribe to.
Ouze wrote: How can you guys get anything done when there is video playing?
I listen to music, obviously, but video seems like it would be an impossible distracting backgrounder.
I usually pop in movies or TV shows that I've already seen many times over (and the longer they are, the better), stuff like The Godfather, Twin Peaks, Sergio Leone westerns, etc. Having seen them many times, the audio is all I need at that point to fill my mind.
Specifically stuff from YouTube? I'd pull up some old time radio shows like Dragnet, Richard Diamond, Johnny Dollar, etc. Not the comedies, though, or I'd waste too much time laughing at Jack Benny and get nothing done.
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"Through the darkness of future past, the magician longs to see.
One chants out between two worlds: Fire, walk with me." - Twin Peaks
"You listen to me. While I will admit to a certain cynicism, the fact is that I am a naysayer and hatchetman in the fight against violence. I pride myself in taking a punch and I'll gladly take another because I choose to live my life in the company of Gandhi and King. My concerns are global. I reject absolutely revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method... is love. I love you Sheriff Truman." - Twin Peaks
Ouze wrote: How can you guys get anything done when there is video playing?
I listen to music, obviously, but video seems like it would be an impossible distracting backgrounder.
I listen to music basically constantly while I'm working. I can listen to audiobooks or podcasts (usually Tim Ferris) too and manage to focus on work and the audio at the same time. I feel like I can focus better if I've got two things going on at once, because that helps keep other random thoughts from popping up into my head. Otherwise I'll start thinking about what I'm going to do tonight, a book I might have been reading, minmaxing whatever game I've been playing lately, hiking, stuff I need to get done, cooking, etc. And thinking my own thoughts is actually more distracting for work than listening to someone else's for some reason.
I can do video in the background, but I can't actually watch it and work at the same time.
EDIT: Links now! Here are a bunch of channels I like to watch/listen to when doing gaming/homework/painting/reading/etc.
Forgotten Weapons - this channel examines firearms throughout history, discussed in historical context, their engineering examined, and shot if possible. Everything from wheellocks to gold damascened presentation pistols to heavy machineguns and experimental trials guns from all over the world.
NewRetroWave - amazing Synth music, great for painting, gaming, etc.
Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur - a really cool channel that explore things like what would the first human off world colony look like, how would you actually explore other solar systems, what space colonies would likely look like and how theyll be governed, digital immortality and Fermi Paradox questions.
TheCGBros - over a thousand CG animated & VFX short films, hundreds more CG related vids.
C&Rsenal - extremely in depth historical research on firearms, currently all WW1 stuff, everything from Lebels and Carcanos and G98's to Winchester 95's and Lewis Guns. Hour long videos are the norm. Done by a husband/wife team, cannot recomment this channel enough.
The Great War - nearing its end, they follow WW1 week by week as it happened 100 years ago.
Smarter Every Day An Alabaman host goes through a huge array of random science topics and experiments, everything from slow motion cat physics to omnidirectional treadmills, meeting Obama to talk science stuff, to shooting a Kalashnikov underwater in his backyard pool to study the effect on the rate of fire, and charity projects.
Feature History- great animated overviews of stuff like thr Balkan Wars, Thiry Years War, The Troubles, etc.
PBS Spacetime - Really good videos on modern space science.
SciShow - really cool channel delivering well researched information on modern sciencr topics delivered in usually relatively short tidbits.
CrashCourse - hosted by the brother of the guy that does SciShow, this channel explores multiple historical, philisophical, scientific, and political topics in nicely packaged series.
InRangeTV - a partner channel to Forgotten Weapons that goes into practical usage of firearms, doing competitiins with everything from bolt action rifles to the modern SCAR, they also examine things like cybersecurity, old west history and historical sites, historical examinations of stuff like British food rationing in WW2 and what its like to eat that for a week and more.
Numberphile - cool math channel, most of it is beyond me. From the University of Nottingham
Sixty Symbols - cool Chemistry/Physics science from the University of Nottingham.
Bloke On The Range - another cool historical firearms channel by a British dude living in Switzerland.
ThePrimeThanatos Another excellent synth channel for painting, gaming, work, etc.
CapAndBall - more cool historical firearms stuff made by a Hungarian gentleman, lots of muzzleloaders, early cartridge guns, some other random stuff.
British Muzzle Loaders - pretty self explanatory, but also delves into SMLE's. Lots of period era drill, dress, etc.
Frasier Cain - canadian astrophysicist who examines space topics and does lots of stuff with other channels too, like Science and Furturism above.
Emperor Tigerstar - videos of cool historical maps like how the battlefronts shifted every day of WW2.
Jerry Miculek - if you want to see an old dude run around being a top end competitive shooter and doing cool trick shots and whatnot, he's the guy.
David Butler/How Far Away Is It? - detailed explanations of astrophysics and stellar phenomena. Very dry, but still super cool and informative
Military History Visualized - great channel by an Austrian dude going over everything from modern Russian military doctrine to WW2 German infantry squad tactics and 1700's infantry organization in animated/infographic format.
The Chieftan World of Tanks basically sends a former tanker around to museums and collections to get inside, drive, inspect, and talk about tanks.
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Ouze wrote: How can you guys get anything done when there is video playing?
I listen to music, obviously, but video seems like it would be an impossible distracting backgrounder.
I mostly just use videos which would work nearly as well as a podcast. If the video is one dude or dudette speaking to camera with only sparse visual aids, it's not much more distracting than having the radio on in the background. I agree, video series that rely on visuals like lets plays and so on are not suitable for that sort of thing.
Frog Leap Studios Come for the ultra HQ metal covers, stay for the interesting tech stuff. From Norway.
Banger TV The guy who inadvertently gave us the "*sips wine* Satan" meme has a whole channel of interesting metal music discussion, interviews, reviews and rankings. It's a metal nerd's mecca. From the True North Strong and Free (Canada).
We were once so close to heaven, St. Peter came out and gave us medals; declaring us "The nicest of the damned".
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
He’s a fairly liberal dude and I’m a fairly conservative fella, but he always has good conversations with his guests that covers a wide variety of topics.
He tends to get repetitive though.
"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
For those of you who like to see various sci-fi factions and units compared and discussed, have a look at Eckhart's Ladder. He mostly focuses on Star Wars, but has also included things from Star Trek, Halo, Warhammer 40k, Mass Effect, and others.
I also like to watch some 40k content like battle reports, and this is my go-to guy on YouTube for it: The Glacial Geek. He does battle reports as well as discussions of various 40k related topics like how to build lists, etc. in his "Deep Thoughts, Thin Coats" series.
My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 12 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
Mr_Rose wrote: Who doesn’t love crazy mutant squawk-puppies? Eh? Nobody, that’s who.
ph34r's Forgeworld Phobos blog, current WIP: Iron Warriors and Skaven Tau +From Iron Cometh Strength+ +From Strength Cometh Will+ +From Will Cometh Faith+ +From Faith Cometh Honor+ +From Honor Cometh Iron+
The Polito form is dead, insect. Are you afraid? What is it you fear? The end of your trivial existence?
When the history of my glory is written, your species shall only be a footnote to my magnificence.
Guy does Lets Plays but does them in-character. Really impressive effort. I love his Seeking Sovngarde series for Skyrim. It is not as "produced" as some of his stuff but I just love watching him co struct characters and playing them from their POVs.
Kurzgestat is my current favourite channel, they cover a range of topics, mostly space based and every video is beautifully animated and informative. Plus the narrator sounds like the guidebook from Hitchhikers Guide the the Galaxy!
This is a pretty good example of the kind of stuff they do, most of their content will give you an existential crisis by the way...
Forgotten Weapons.
Yale lecture series on ancient Greece
The Chieftain and his tank reviews
Emmamadeinjapan (reviews of MREs and food from around the world)
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Their main videos (Extra Credits) cover loads of different aspects of game design. Then there is their Extra History videos which cover loads of cool historical events (personal favourite is the South Seas Bubble for the sheer scale of the scheme) and Extra Sci Fi which covers the evolution of the science fiction genre in media.
The Laws of Thermodynamics:
1) You cannot win. 2) You cannot break even. 3) You cannot stop playing the game.
Colonel Flagg wrote:You think you're real smart. But you're not smart; you're dumb. Very dumb. But you've met your match in me.
Numberphile is a good watch albeit maybe not while day dreaming painting.
For chess fans I really like matojelics channel and agadmators stuff.
Alientheory has some great vids for Alien universe buffs.
Dman137 wrote:
goobs is all you guys will ever be
By 1-irt: Still as long as Hissy keeps showing up this is one of the most entertaining threads ever.
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