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I saw this a while ago so it might not be totally related, but Sebastian Lague did a video on atmospheres for his planet generation experiment which was also very entertaining to watch [1].

There's something particularly entertaining on developing visuals and watching them come a reality — I hope at some point be able to experiment in this field.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxfEbulyFcY

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For me the most amazing thing about Sebastian Lague is how the youtube algorithm can screw you up. He used to do millions of view on his videos, and now he barely makes half a million. Well it might also be because of covid, and everyone at home getting interesting in random stuff.

I think this is just a matter of visuals. His videos that are doing well show many beautiful things. Just looking at the thumbnails and the view counts gives that away already.

Literally my only complaint about Sebastian Lague is that he doesn't have enough videos. I usually put them on to fall asleep. I've thought about making my own just to include more content like that out there. The fairly deep technical topics explored in a calm but thorough way.

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