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10:31The HYPERLOOP Will Never Work, Here's Why
1.9M views • 5 years ago
Adam Something
Adam Something argues that the Hyperloop is impractical, covering the costs and engineering problems of running trains in a near vacuum compared with conventional rail and metros. The description admits some wrong numbers in the original cut.
4:05Teenage engineering OP1 - Live looping [Thoj]
368K views • 11 years ago
Thoj
Musician Thoj performs a live looping session on the Teenage Engineering OP-1 synthesizer, building a deep house track layer by layer.
7:44Handmade Hero | Getting rid of the OOP mindset
167K views • 9 years ago
vexe
A short clip of Casey Muratori from Handmade Hero explaining why he rejects the object-oriented mindset and how to move away from it. It is part rant, part programming philosophy.
18:16The Alt-Right Playbook: The Card Says Moops
2.1M views • 7 years ago
Innuendo Studios
An Innuendo Studios video essay from the Alt-Right Playbook series that uses the Seinfeld 'the card says moops' scene to explain bad-faith argument tactics. It describes how reactionaries use sincerity and irony as shields in online debate.
18:09Video explains the world's most important 6-sec drum loop
7M views • 20 years ago
Landon Proctor
Nate Harrison's 2004 video history of the Amen Break, a six-second drum sample from a 1969 b-side that became the basis of hip-hop sampling, jungle and drum and bass. It is also a meditation on cultural ownership and creativity.
11:48John Rauser keynote: "Statistics Without the Agonizing Pain" -- Strata + Hadoop 2014
61K views • 12 years ago
O'Reilly
John Rauser's Strata 2014 keynote argues that programmers can learn statistics quickly by simulating random processes and shuffling data. He explains p-values through resampling rather than formulas.
5:22The Daily Show - Gun Control Whoop-de-doo (ft. John Oliver)
6.2M views • 13 years ago
Comedy Central
A Daily Show segment in which John Oliver examines the argument that gun control does not work, using Australia's experience after the Senate rejected the Manchin-Toomey amendment. It is a comedic, man-on-the-street style piece.
5:25Canada's 100-Foot Freight Railway To Nowhere
1.9M views • 4 years ago
Half as Interesting
A short, sarcastic Half as Interesting video about a tiny freight railway in Canada built to exploit a shipping regulation loophole. It explains how a track just 100 feet long counted as a railway.
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7:15A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place – Egoistic Altruism
11.4M views • 8 years ago
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
Kurzgesagt makes a selfish case for improving the world, arguing that helping people far away raises prosperity and innovation for everyone, including yourself. The animated video frames this as egoistic altruism and positive-sum cooperation.
9:44Beats That Defy Boxes | Reggie Watts | TED
10.8M views • 14 years ago
TED
Reggie Watts performs at TED 2012, blending vocal looping, beatboxing, poetry and comedy across musical genres in a larger-than-life improvised set.
4:15Kylie Minogue - Come Into My World (Official Video) [Full HD Remastered]
46.3M views • 16 years ago
Kylie Minogue
The official music video for Kylie Minogue's Come Into My World, directed by Michel Gondry, built around a looping scene with multiplying copies of Kylie.
4:57LSV Breaks MTGO
323K views • 14 years ago
TCGplayer
Pro Magic player Luis Scott-Vargas triggers a mandatory-action infinite loop on Magic Online, and the game stalls in a non-terminating state.
4:57Rich Hickey rants about HttpServletRequest in 1080p: Death By Specificity from Clojure Made Simple
43K views • 6 years ago
Fred Overflow
A five-minute excerpt of Rich Hickey's Clojure Made Simple talk, with new slides, ranting about HttpServletRequest and specificity. He argues for using generic maps instead of many specific classes and getters.
5:33The Hidden Rules of Conversation
5.8M views • 6 years ago
Tom Scott
Tom Scott explains Gricean maxims, the unwritten guidelines that shape how we understand each other. He uses examples such as why 'asbestos-free cereal' sounds suspicious.
12:27Mach-E Thermal System Part 2: A Detailed Comparison to the Model Y
225K views • 5 years ago
Munro Live
Munro Live's team breaks down the thermal management system of the Ford Mustang Mach-E and compares it with the Tesla Model Y. They look at parts count, coolant loops and heating approaches.
7:45Measure the mass of an eyelash with a DIY microbalance
141K views • 12 years ago
Applied Science
Ben Krasnow of Applied Science builds a DIY microbalance from an analog panel meter with an optical servo loop. It reaches about 5 micrograms of precision and is used to weigh a single eyelash at around 35 micrograms.
4:13Controlled Demonstration of a Tank Trailer Vacuum Collapse by Wabash National
1.4M views • 12 years ago
Wabash (NYSE: WNC)
A controlled demonstration by Wabash National of a tank trailer collapsing under vacuum, staged at an industry expo. The tank implodes as air is pulled out.
4:17Jeeesus WEPT!
1.4M views • 11 years ago
The KenMik Edit
A Community clip in which Dean Pelton explores a virtual reality environment, including a blooper moment.
18:14Stroads are Ugly, Expensive, and Dangerous (and they're everywhere) [ST05]
8.3M views • 5 years ago
Not Just Bikes
Not Just Bikes introduces the "stroad", a street-road hybrid common in the US and Canada that fails at both jobs. He contrasts it with Dutch design, where each road has a single purpose, and covers cost, danger and ugliness.
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17:03Why This Channel Exists (and why I hate Houston)
7.2M views • 5 years ago
Not Just Bikes
Not Just Bikes explains why the channel exists, through the creator's walk in suburban Houston. It shows how car-dependent design makes cities hostile to pedestrians.
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9:39Why American Cities Are Broke - The Growth Ponzi Scheme [ST03]
3.8M views • 5 years ago
Not Just Bikes
Not Just Bikes explains the Strong Towns argument that car-dependent American suburbs cost more to maintain than they generate in taxes. It describes the growth Ponzi scheme that props up municipal finances.
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11:09The Wrong Way to Set Speed Limits [ST06]
2.1M views • 5 years ago
Not Just Bikes
Not Just Bikes explains how North American speed limits are set and why posted limits matter far less than street design. It argues that drivers follow the road's cues, so safe speeds have to be built into the street.
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15:14Why Canadians Can't Bike in the Winter (but Finnish people can)
3.3M views • 5 years ago
Not Just Bikes
Not Just Bikes argues that winter is not what stops Canadians cycling, using Oulu, Finland as proof that safe, well-maintained cycling infrastructure enables year-round biking despite harsh weather.
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17:08Cities Aren't Loud: Cars Are Loud
2.3M views • 5 years ago
Not Just Bikes
Not Just Bikes argues that urban noise comes mostly from motor vehicles, drawing on the book Curbing Traffic and a visit to Delft, a city that takes noise seriously.
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6:30How the Dutch got their cycle paths
1.2M views • 15 years ago
BicycleDutch
A short BicycleDutch video on how the Netherlands got its cycling infrastructure, including the 1970s protests and the shift away from car-centric planning. The channel later published an updated version.
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14:35Why Japan Looks the Way it Does: Zoning
639K views • 5 years ago
Life Where I'm From
A video explaining why Japanese cities look the way they do, through Japan's national tiered zoning system that permits mixed use and flexible development. It compares this approach with more restrictive zoning elsewhere.
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15:48The Best Country in the World for Drivers
2.2M views • 4 years ago
Not Just Bikes
Not Just Bikes argues that the Netherlands, famed for cycling, is also the best country for drivers. It explains how prioritizing walking, cycling and transit makes driving faster and more pleasant.
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5:32The Truth about American Cities - Part 1 - Strong Towns [ST01]
858K views • 6 years ago
Not Just Bikes
The first video in Not Just Bikes' Strong Towns series explains the financial instability of North American cities, based on Strong Towns research. It argues that low-density suburban growth costs more to maintain than it brings in.
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18:31The LED Traffic Light and the Danger of "But Sometimes!"
4.2M views • 8 years ago
Technology Connections
Technology Connections explains how LED traffic lights, which do not melt snow, drew complaints and were blamed for accidents. He uses it to illustrate the 'but sometimes' fallacy against new technology.
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7:10What People Get Wrong About Dense Urban Living
76K views • 4 years ago
Oh The Urbanity!
Oh The Urbanity! argues that most city dwellers live in dense residential neighbourhoods outside downtown, which can be calm and peaceful. It draws on older, denser parts of Toronto and Montreal.
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12:14Why We Won't Raise Our Kids in Suburbia
5.2M views • 4 years ago
Not Just Bikes
Not Just Bikes argues that car-dependent suburbs rob children of independence, contrasting North American suburbia with Dutch cities where kids walk and bike on their own. It is the creator's remake of an earlier video on the topic.
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4:30Traffic Has a Perfect Solution. Humans Are the Problem.
44.6M views • 10 years ago
CGP Grey
CGP Grey explains how traffic jams come from human driving behavior such as tailgating and reaction delays, and how leaving gaps and smoothing speed would reduce congestion. It also touches on self-driving cars.
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8:25Why Trains Suck in America
6M views • 10 years ago
Wendover Productions
Wendover Productions explains why US passenger rail lags behind other countries. It covers freight companies owning most of the track, geography and population density, and the economics of competing with flying.
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6:19Why Electric Bikes are More Dangerous than Motorcycles
2.2M views • 5 years ago
FortNine
FortNine argues that e-bikes have injury rates and speeds closer to motorcycles than to pedal bikes. It argues riders should treat them with similar safety gear and caution.
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11:01How Bankrupt American Cities Stay Alive - Debt [ST04]
2M views • 5 years ago
Not Just Bikes
Not Just Bikes explains how many American suburbs, built all at once rather than incrementally, cannot cover their infrastructure costs and survive on growing debt. It draws on Strong Towns' work on the growth Ponzi scheme.
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7:02Traffic Waves
1M views • 18 years ago
wbeaty
A short video from the trafficwaves.org site showing how traffic jams and standing waves form, including the fight between cheaters and blockers at an exit-lane backup. It also touches on how individual driving behavior affects the flow.
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10:16Suburbia is Subsidized: Here's the Math [ST07]
1.5M views • 4 years ago
Not Just Bikes
Not Just Bikes explains, using Urban3's property-tax analysis, why car-dependent suburbs generate less tax revenue than they cost to maintain, so dense urban cores effectively subsidize them. It is part of a Strong Towns series.
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8:21The Grille Trend that Kills 509 People per Year
1.3M views • 2 years ago
FortNine
FortNine looks at the data on why newer pickup trucks with tall, blunt grilles kill so many pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. It argues that lowering hood height would substantially cut fatalities.
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7:19The Lively & Liveable Neighbourhoods that are Illegal in Most of North America
2M views • 6 years ago
Not Just Bikes
Not Just Bikes explains how small pockets of shops and restaurants inside residential Dutch neighbourhoods create liveliness and help reduce traffic. It argues this kind of mixed-use design has been illegal in most of the US and Canada for a century because of zoning, and should be brought back.
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13:30Cities: Skylines | Power, Politics, & Planning: Episode 1: Parking
136K views • 8 years ago
donoteat01
The first episode of a Cities: Skylines series on urban politics and planning, focused on parking. It uses the game to show how parking minimums shape cities, drawing on Donald Shoup's book The High Cost of Free Parking.
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