alt.hn

7/25/2026 at 4:59:02 PM

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

by missmoss

7/26/2026 at 4:43:59 PM

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.

by zenith605

7/25/2026 at 10:52:59 PM

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

by NalNezumi

7/26/2026 at 2:40:50 AM

I love this already. Slow-moving large animals are an instant yes for me

by missmoss

7/25/2026 at 11:34:21 PM

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.

by dd-sharma

7/25/2026 at 5:21:19 PM

Colorado Rattlesnake Cam https://www.youtube.com/live/1ERXpC-Nv8o

They have babies in August

by fullstick

7/25/2026 at 5:37:04 PM

Weirdly soothing to watch it slowly reposition itself

by missmoss

7/26/2026 at 2:20:13 PM

If I find a nice (YT) video, I download it and play it locally.

by danshipt

7/25/2026 at 9:22:47 PM

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.

by wcchandler

7/25/2026 at 11:08:48 PM

My doorbell camera. It's like sitting on the stoop watching the world go by

by tetris11

7/26/2026 at 2:35:07 AM

This makes perfect sense. My friend's cat is basically into window TV too

by missmoss

7/25/2026 at 8:03:49 PM

I have a few fireplace/campfire videos downloaded locally that I put on while reading.

by wormpilled

7/25/2026 at 6:06:43 PM

I don’t use YouTube much so I had no idea anything like this existed! Thank you.

by saaaaaam