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Orthancon Ask HN: What are some of the most interesting YouTube channels to follow?

Internet Historian is doing the best work on the site right now.

Unfortunately his most recent video got a copyright claim, but in the meantime you should start here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh9KBwqGxTI

Orthancon Ask HN: Share Your YouTube Channel

It not an easy answer -- if I can cheat a bit and post a second channel that hosts a podcast where I talk about work a lot: https://www.youtube.com/@cortexfm

Some projects end up taking many months unexpectedly, like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEV9qoup2mQ

Some years are a lot of bad luck, like they one that just passed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEFP_taZxo0

Orthancon Ask HN: Share Your YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/@cgpgrey

I never know quite how to explain it: I guess it's best to say I make animated explainer videos about topic that catch my attention.

Orthancon The maddening mess of airport codes [video]

Adorable! I wish I had found this _before_ starting that project!

Orthancon The maddening mess of airport codes [video]

>It is just that story is being told backwards and in a snarky voice for dramatic effect, otherwise it would become clear that IATA codes are pretty much the most natural and logical thing in the world, which would rob author of a passable video topic.

I think most travelers, including myself until I started working on this project, have never heard of IATA and only know the ICAO codes -- which do seem like a real mess. It's weird to find out then when you look into them that a much better system exists, but it's not the one branded on the outside of all the airports!

Orthancon Ask HN: What is the best income stream you have created till date?

I (mostly) like it better than reddit, but _shhhhh_ don't tell reddit.

Orthancon Ask HN: What is the best income stream you have created till date?

Thanks!

Orthancon Ask HN: What is the best income stream you have created till date?

My YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/cgpgrey. Started it with the idea that it could bring attention to some other professional projects, but it turned out that YouTube was actually the career.

Orthancon Science says we could “cure” ageing. But should we?

For the record, I suspect most Hacker News readers would get a lot more out of the text version. There was a lot of detail trimming to make it work as a video.

Orthancon Diffusion Bee: Stable Diffusion GUI App for M1 Mac

What do the advanced options mean?

Orthancon Ask HN: Is there any beautiful Markdown editor?

Neon 80s theme FTW.

Orthancon Queen Elizabeth II has died

So say we all.

Orthancon Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size

Yes it's really me -- I don't often comment on hacker news, but it was just funny to come across my own video here.

Orthancon Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size

Glad you liked it!

Orthancon Evernote is moving all its data, machine learning to Google Cloud

Nice until you have to actually use them.

Orthancon Ask HN: How Did You Escape 9 to 5?

It's about a video every six weeks, but I am not a typical YouTuber in this regard.

Orthancon Ask HN: How Did You Escape 9 to 5?

I don't remember the number of videos, but my goal was 200,000 subscribers before leaving my day job. Subscribers aren't views (and they mean less now than they did when I started) but that was my estimate on how big of a base I needed to be confident it would work. 200,000 subscribers wasn't paying me as much as I earned as a full-time teacher but I knew the lines would cross.

Orthancon Ask HN: How Did You Escape 9 to 5?

Yup it's me. Not a frequent poster on HN, mostly a lurker.

Orthancon Ask HN: How Did You Escape 9 to 5?

Yes: the ads you see on YouTube are split between the creator and YouTube. Now that I'm a larger channel there is patronage and sponsorships as well, but it all got started with building an archive of popular videos.

Orthancon Ask HN: How Did You Escape 9 to 5?

A viral video (https://youtu.be/rNu8XDBSn10) that turned into a whole career.

Orthancon Aphantasia: How It Feels to Be Blind in Your Mind

I can imagine an image in my head (sort of) but I can't not think in words. It's hard for me to even understand what people mean when they say they are thinking but they don't have an internal monologue going on in their head. Brains are weird.

Orthancon Driverless lorries to be trialled in UK

Autos! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU

Orthancon Ask HN: Which podcasts do you listen to/watch?

Thank you for listening.

Orthancon The Lack of Major Wars May Be Hurting Economic Growth

"Lack of smashing and fixing windows may be hurting the economy"

Orthancon FCC approves plan to consider paid priority on Internet

This doesn't sound good:

"6. Enhance competition. The Commission will look for opportunities to enhance Internet access competition. One obvious candidate for close examination was raised in Judge Silberman’s separate opinion, namely legal restrictions on the ability of cities and towns to offer broadband services to consumers in their communities."

http://www.fcc.gov/document/statement-fcc-chairman-tom-wheel...

Orthancon Ask HN: Your favorite YouTube channels?

Thank you for the recommendation though, to be clear, I never became a professor. Just a guy with an Internet connection.

Orthancon Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?

Not sure if this is what Hacker News would normally consider a business but I run a YouTube channel as my one-person business: http://www.youtube.com/cgpgrey