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Ask HN: What livestream do you keep open in a tab?

58 points by missmoss ↗ HN
I recently found the Brooks Falls bear cam (Katmai, Alaska). It's become the calmest thing on my screen.

It's peak salmon run right now, so it's basically bears and their all-you-can-eat salmon feast.

But there's a bear that only fishes by belly-flopping at the salmon, and as far as I can tell has never once caught anything. I have no idea how it's still eating.

A few others just sit in the water doing nothing at all.

Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ZrIDvqlic

What's yours?

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saaaaaam
I don’t use YouTube much so I had no idea anything like this existed! Thank you.
wormpilled
I have a few fireplace/campfire videos downloaded locally that I put on while reading.
wcchandler
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.
tetris11
My doorbell camera. It's like sitting on the stoop watching the world go by
dd-sharma
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.
conductr
Same for me, I have no multitask mode
danshipt
If I find a nice (YT) video, I download it and play it locally.
zenith605
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.

sixthDot
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.
kentich
I keep ProductTrailers.xyz open when I'm eating my breakfast. It's a TV channel for Product Hunt launches.
daemon_9009
back in college i used to stream family guy on my ipad, but now i just play some piano