Tildes Video Thread

What if NASCAR had no rules?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcXpCyPc2Xw

I didn't know that xkcd is on youtube now, I love the what if? series so it's nice to have something to actually watch

I really like this creator but it's too YouTubery to make a post for it. I'm not particularly fond of Richard Garriott as a person myself (I just don't attach much emotion to people I don't know), but I'm growing a little tired of this tone of neverending contempt some YouTubers have. This video is far from the worse about it, but that is one more reason why I put this on the video thread instead of a solo post.

Despite talking about a subject that was covered many times, I believe it contains some interesting information and presents a good selection of footage. I find the presenter funny and relatable.

The inventor of MMORPGs is a crazy person -- a video about Richard Garriot.

Two related video from Business Insider:
Why Some Sherpas Say There Won’t Be Any Guides On Everest In 10 Years | Inside Everest

Everest climbing-guide services — often provided by people of the Sherpa ethnic group — can cost $10,000 per expedition. At this price, the guide takes responsibility for climbers' lives as well as their own. They lead mountaineers to the top of the world, carrying heavy loads and providing emergency services. This is one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet. Of the 332 people who died climbing Everest between 1921 and spring 2023, over a third were mountain guides.

What Happens To Mount Everest's Over 110,000 Pounds Of Waste? | Inside Everest

Mount Everest is littered with an estimated 50 metric tons of waste, and each climber generates an average of 8 kilograms more. The Nepalese government spends $7.5 million yearly on the Mountain Clean-up Campaign, retrieving dozens of tons of waste from Mount Everest and nearby peaks. But it's still not enough to deal with the seemingly insurmountable trash problem. One organization, Sagarmatha Next, is raising awareness of the issue by making art out of trash.

I have a YouTube creator to share rather than a video. This channel, ChadCat, makes "ADHD versions" of videos from big channels to summarize them in usually 20-60 seconds.

I don't really follow any of the channels that are the subject of the videos, but it's interesting because it gives an almost meta perspective at how YouTube is currently set up. A lot of the titles are incredibly click-baity (there are three implying the original uploader is quitting just from the last two weeks), and some videos have a LOT of unnecessary talking for such short points. While some videos are 8 or 9 minutes, some are hours long. Based on comments, one of those two-plus hour videos was actually the uploader basically uploading a voice chat between two other YouTubers who were fighting?

Basically, it just highlights how much unnecessary bloat and clickbaiting there is on YouTube videos these days. So again, I find it interesting from a meta perspective. (Also, it's the quickest way to find out about ongoing drama/controversies. Even articles have a LOT of unnecessary fluff before reaching the main point to pad out the word count.)

Another good Seth Hughes one, What's the point in foraging.

Making a $50,000 Eldritch Minecraft Mod

I don't know how interested the Tildes community would be in this, but I found it very impressive

It’s February once again.

Beau Miles - Running 220km in the footsteps of a murderer | Episode 2

A BLOODY LONG RUN - EPISODE 2: Something was wrong. I was attempting to be the first person to run McMillans walking track- a route cut into the remote and rugged Australian mountains in 1864 by the men of infamous mass murderer Angus McMillan. 55km into the proposed three day run, contouring the steep flanks of the Crooked River, it occurred to me that I hadn’t leaked all day. Out of touch from the crew, slow and getting slower, daylight running out, it was the first time in a decade I wasn’t up for the job.

Video I posted last week:

Beau Miles - Running 220km in the footsteps of a murderer

A BLOODY LONG RUN - EPISODE 1: In 1864 the mass murdering pastoralist Angus McMillan cut an ambitious 220km path through the mountains between two remote gold mining towns in the heart of Victoria, Australia. 120 years later a group of bushwalkers stitched the trail back together. When I found out about the track I decided to run it, thinking ‘gee, this track has a story to tell’! Running 73 km a day for three days over steep, often unmarked terrain, and having grown up thinking McMillan was a colonial hero, there was a lot of terrain, and thinking, to be absorbed. I’d finally embarked on a running adventure that wasn’t just about running.