I mean an HD webcam is not that expensive, and you don't need to record everything, just the interesting actions, any video surveillance software would do....

Typically, video footage is not archived 24/7. Instead, it is common to retain footage for a set number of hours or days before deleting it. If you want to preserve specific segments of the footage, you can "lock" them to prevent deletion.

This process works similarly to a recording buffer, and it is similar to how dash cams operate if you are familiar with those.

Doing this is not actually that complicated -- check out https://globalmeteornetwork.org/ for more information.

I have a camera pointing due south in Massachusetts and I didn't record it -- I think it was too far west from my position.

This was my meteor stack for that night: http://server.istrastream.com/rms/US001N/stack/1678618383.jp... Yes, some of these tracks are planes, and there are a bunch of planes (see http://server.istrastream.com/rms/US001N/captured_stack/1678... for the unfiltered set!)

Total cost is certainly under $150 for the camera, housing etc. The bigger challenge is finding a good place to install the camera that has a good view of the sky.

Because it causes most engagement? Even you engaged with it in some form. You commented about it here.

Suggestions are personalised for what it thinks you’ll engage with (depending on how much it has profiled you - if you’re logged in, have watch history). The top suggestion for that video when I’m logged in is a video about architecture…

I don’t think a video of a meteor is a science video. It’s simply a phenomenon.

The scientific method or institutions are helpful for understanding it but it’s not inherently scientific.

Youtube has a general problem that angry and hateful and infuriating content is naturally more engaging to the human brain even if you don't believe it. That's why Youtube will still recommend right wing hate content even if you actively watch straight up socialist propaganda. It's just a more effective strategy that any ML or AI recommendation system will inevitability fall to.

It's similar to how casino slots aren't actually any fun because you don't need any fun to trigger a gambling addict, so they are optimized for that outcome rather than optimized for fun. Except it's even worse because nearly everyone is susceptible to the effects of anger inducing content, it's just how our brain works.

Try uBlock oirign my friend.

One of many possible solutions. This one no Javascript, no browser extensions, no Python, no libcurl, no "subscriptions", no BS.

      #!/bin/sh
      x(){ bssl client -connect www.youtube.com:443;};
      x(){ openssl s_client -connect www.youtube.com:443 -ign_eof;}; 
      read x;
      printf "%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\n" \
      "POST /youtubei/v1/player?key=AIzaSyA8eiZmM1FaDVjRy-df2KTyQ_vz_yYM39w HTTP/1.1" \
      "Host: www.youtube.com" \
      "Content-Type: x-www-form-urlencoded" \
      "Content-Length: 121" \
      "Connection: close" \
      "" \
      '{"videoId":"'$x'","context":{"client":{"clientName":"ANDROID","clientVersion":"17.10.35","androidSdkVersion":30}}}' \
      |x|sed -n "/itag=22&/{s/.*: ./<a href=/;s/\",/>$x<\/a>/p;}" 

Usage:

      echo RfNdaYqVxR0|1.sh > 1.htm
      chrome ./1.htm