[bityard]

Heh, well yes and no.

I feel like if you are the kind of person who builds or fixes things, there are certain topics that could be worth watching in your free time because they let you look over the shoulders of experts to grain some general understanding that you might not otherwise get exposed to.

For example, I watch a channel run by a guy who repairs cars for a living because he's entertaining to watch, not because I want to be a mechanic. Watching his channel is MOSTLY entertainment for me but after years of watching, I have learned enough about car maintenance that I'd would feel comfortable at least attempting a wide variety of repairs on my own cars that I would have never even considered attempting otherwise.

Often these videos lead ideas or projects that I have implemented in real life. I build a bandsaw out of wood, for example. https://blog.bityard.net/articles/2019/January/i-built-a-ban...