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

Posted by missmoss 2 days ago

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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?

Comments

Comment by zenith605 1 day 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.

Comment by sixthDot 18 hours 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.

Comment by NalNezumi 1 day 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

Comment by missmoss 1 day ago

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

Comment by dd-sharma 1 day 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.

Comment by UltimateEdge 21 hours ago

Corfe Castle Station Webcam: https://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/webcams

Comment by fullstick 2 days ago

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

They have babies in August

Comment by missmoss 2 days ago

Weirdly soothing to watch it slowly reposition itself

Comment by mtmail 2 days ago

Namibia water hole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydYDqZQpim8

Comment by vermarish 2 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

Comment by wcchandler 1 day 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.

Comment by wj 1 day ago

Brooks bears are wonderful. The sound is calming. I also like Surfline:

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

Comment by missmoss 1 day ago

Love that sound. I could sit at the beach all day

Comment by danshipt 1 day ago

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

Comment by wormpilled 2 days ago

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

Comment by tetris11 1 day ago

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

Comment by missmoss 1 day ago

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

Comment by saaaaaam 2 days ago

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