self
18:08Why You Should Want Driverless Cars On Roads Now
3.5M views • 5 years ago
Veritasium
A Veritasium video, sponsored by Waymo, that rides in a fully driverless car in Chandler, Arizona and argues for putting autonomous vehicles on roads based on safety data.
Topic match · Self-driving & autonomous vehicles
9:34Dick Proenneke in Alone in the Wilderness
14M views • 17 years ago
swererbob
A condensed film of Dick Proenneke's footage of building a cabin and living alone in the Alaskan wilderness, using hand tools and local materials. It draws on the 8mm films he shot himself.
5:28Inside a Google data center
22.6M views • 11 years ago
Google Workspace
Joe Kava, VP of Google's Data Center Operations, gives a short tour of a Google data center. He covers security, sustainability and the core infrastructure architecture.
Topic match · Cloud, DevOps & reliability
8:39Urban Agroecoloy: 6,000 lbs of food on 1/10th acre - Urban Homestead - Urban Permaculture
3.3M views • 14 years ago
FoodAbundance
A short film about the Dervaes family, who grow over 6,000 pounds of food a year on a tenth of an acre near downtown Los Angeles. They grow more than 400 plant species, keep chickens and ducks, and get most of their food from the plot.
18:17Nebraska retiree uses earths's heat to grow oranges in snow
3.4M views • 8 years ago
Kirsten Dirksen
Kirsten Dirksen visits retired mailman Russ Finch in Alliance, Nebraska, who grows oranges, figs and pomegranates in a backyard greenhouse without paying for heat. The greenhouse uses the stable temperature of the earth, with underground earth tubes, to heat and cool itself.
11:31Tractor Hacking: The Farmers Breaking Big Tech's Repair Monopoly
3.4M views • 8 years ago
Motherboard
A Motherboard documentary episode from Nebraska about farmers and mechanics fighting manufacturers like John Deere over access to the diagnostic software needed to repair modern tractors. It shows how software locks have taken away farmers' traditional self-reliance.