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Ask HN: What livestream do you keep open in a tab?
NalNezumi 5 days ago [-]
Not on YouTube I think but my friend to told me about the great elk migration 24/7 stream in Sweden is her yearly favorite thing. I think one can watch it on SVT homepage

https://youtu.be/Pz35sXPjo2c?si=tEP5TlI8rDqWccb9

missmoss 5 days ago [-]
I love this already. Slow-moving large animals are an instant yes for me
zenith605 4 days ago [-]
Renesse aan Zee — a square in a Dutch seaside town. Cafes, bikes, people wandering past. Closest thing to the doorbell-cam feeling someone mentioned above.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMgVXcPwxtQ

I keep a directory of these so I ended up counting: that one has been live without a break for 8 years and 47 days, the oldest I've found. Most don't come close — median across the ~2,000 live cams I track is 193 days. Stream keys expire, power goes out, storms take the camera down.

dd-sharma 5 days ago [-]
I maybe in minority on this. I can focus only on one thing at a time. I fail miserably if I try even background music. It would play but I probably wouldn't register. And if I hear the music then my work will take at least twice as longer.
fullstick 5 days ago [-]
Colorado Rattlesnake Cam https://www.youtube.com/live/1ERXpC-Nv8o

They have babies in August

missmoss 5 days ago [-]
Weirdly soothing to watch it slowly reposition itself
mtmail 5 days ago [-]
sixthDot 4 days ago [-]
Some streams of the EarthCam channel (Temple Bar, New Orlean, etc). A bit of Virtual Railroad fans too (Revelstoke, Flagstaff, etc). Truck driving lives (esp. because of engine sounds, good for concentration). During U.S winter storms some random storm-chasers lives.
vermarish 5 days ago [-]
Not me, but my dentist always keeps one of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's livestreams in her office.

Sea otters: https://www.youtube.com/live/abbR-Ttd-cA

Jellyfish: https://www.youtube.com/live/eQ_foBERmzA

wcchandler 5 days ago [-]
Level 2 stocks, usually includes GameStop. Often the chat is the more interesting part. Lots of eyes, people watching and spotting trends and anomalies. I’ve learned a lot and it pays for my hobbies but if I wasn’t invested or already had a good idea of how markets worked, I’d likely be disinterested.
UltimateEdge 4 days ago [-]
Corfe Castle Station Webcam: https://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/webcams
wj 5 days ago [-]
Brooks bears are wonderful. The sound is calming. I also like Surfline:

https://www.youtube.com/live/hm9iAviOZ20?is=zkOMcU_8Sck0LOer

missmoss 5 days ago [-]
Love that sound. I could sit at the beach all day
wormpilled 5 days ago [-]
I have a few fireplace/campfire videos downloaded locally that I put on while reading.
tetris11 5 days ago [-]
My doorbell camera. It's like sitting on the stoop watching the world go by
missmoss 5 days ago [-]
This makes perfect sense. My friend's cat is basically into window TV too
danshipt 4 days ago [-]
If I find a nice (YT) video, I download it and play it locally.
saaaaaam 5 days ago [-]
I don’t use YouTube much so I had no idea anything like this existed! Thank you.
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