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music

math / science

  • Metric Paper (8m 43s) by CGP Grey
    • auto-generated subtitles (english)
    • 0 swears per minute
    • how paper can be divided in half to the same shape half its size, and the same in the reverse. diving down and down and down to cells to atoms to quantum particles and the pixels of reality, and zooming out and out and out to our planet to our galaxy to our universe and all we'll ever know.

computer science

  • how floating point works (17m 47s) by jan Misali
    • subtitles (english)
    • 0 swears per minute
    • the floating point number format, what it is, how it works, and why it's the way that it is.
  • But what are Hamming codes? The origin of error correction (20m 4s) by 3Blue1Brown
    • subtitles (english, arabic, bangla, chinese, french, german, hebrew, hindi, indoneisan, italian, japanese, korean, marathi, persian, portuguese, spanish, tamil, telugu, thai, turkish, ukranian, urdu, vietnamese)
    • 0 swears per minute
    • a simple explanation of a simple error correction algorithm using binary searching

color

bases

measurement

geometry

curves

  • The Beauty of Bézier Curves (24m 25s) by Freya Holmér
    • subtitles (english, french)
    • what bézier curves are, how they're used, how they're calculated, and how they work.
  • The Continuity of Splines (1h 13m 50s) by Freya Holmér
    • subtitles (english)
    • recommended first: The Beauty of Bézier Curves
    • what splines are, how they're used, how they're constructed, and their continuity - what continuity means, why it's important, and how to maintain it.
  • Hilbert's Curve: Is infinite math useful? (18m 17s) by 3Blue1Brown
    • subtitles (english, hungarian, polish, brazillian portuguese, thai)
    • 0 swears per minute
    • mapping 2d planes to 1d lines, infinite curves, how to draw a line through all of infinite space, and how to (theoretically) see with sound.

epidemiology

  • Simulating an epidemic (23m 11s) by 3Blue1Brown
    • subtitles (english, albanian, arabic, bulgarian, chinese, hong kong chinese, taiwanese chinese, croatian, czech, dutch, estonian, french, georgian, german, greek, hebrew, hindi, hungarian, indonesian, italian, japanese, korean, lithuanian, marathi, persian, polish, portuguese, romanian, russian, spanish, latin american spanish, united states spanish, tamil, telugu, thai, turkish, ukranian, urdu, vietnamese)
    • 0 swears per minute
    • epidemics, how infections spread, what happens if you isolate, social distance, or restrict travel, and how central hubs affect things.
  • Epidemic, Endemic, and Eradication Simulations (12m 50s) by Primer
    • subtitles (english, chinese, french, hindi, italian, japanese, korean, portuguese, russian, spanish, latin american spanish, turkish)
    • 0 swears per minute
    • epidemics, how infection duration and population size affect things, and how vaccines can help.

biology

  • Simulating the Evolution of Sacrificing for Family (20m 48s) by Primer
    • subtitles (english, chinese, french, hindi, italian, japanese, korean, portuguese, russian, spanish)
    • gambling in evolution, cowardice and altruism, hamilton's rule, and how not to get eaten by tree monsters when foraging.
  • Simulating the Evolution of Agression (13m 16s) by Primer
    • subtitles (english, chinese, french, hindi, italian, japanese, korean, portuguese, russian, spanish, german)
    • game theory, prisoner's dilemma, how natural selection doesn't necessarily act for the good of the species, and how acting in everyone's interest can be better than acting only in your own.
  • Simulating Natural Selection (10m) by Primer
    • subtitles (english, arabic, catalan, chinese, taiwanese chinese, dutch, french, german, hebrew, hindi, italian, japanese, korean, polish, portuguese russian, spanish, latin american spanish, turkish, ukranian, vietnamese)
    • natural selection, and how environment, population size, and traits affect each other.

linguistics

  • Emojis Are Weird (Linguistically Speaking) (8m 40s) by K Klein
    • subtitles (english, catalan, dutch, french, spanish)
    • emojis are pictograms. kinda. maybe? ideograms?? punctuation???? a whole other language???????
  • Why Are the English so Bad At Languages? (Statistically Speaking) (9m 3s) by K Klein
    • subtitles (english, dutch, french)
    • why native english speakers are so painfully monolingual, and how to change that
  • Why YOU Should Learn a Language, Explained in 4 Minutes (5m 2s) by K Klein
    • subtitles (english, dutch, french, indonesian, polish)
    • 0 swears per minute
    • why you should learn a language: communication, social connection, personal development, the economy, culture, and your biology
  • Chinese Isn't (Really) A Language... (6m 34s) by K Klein
    • subtitles (english, dutch, brazillian portuguese, romanian, russian, spanish, turkish)
    • chinese isn't really a language, language in china is really confusing actually
  • English is Harder Than You Think (7m 53s) by K Klein
    • subtitles (english, simplified chinese, traditional taiwanese mandarin, dutch, french, german, indonesian, italian, polish, spanish, ukranian)
    • english is really weird and difficult
  • Let's Talk About Singular They. (8m 15s) by K Klein
    • subtitles (english, arabic, basque, cantonese, simplified chinese, czech, dutch, finnish, french, hungarian, indonesian, italian, japanese, korean, brazillian portuguese, slovenian, latin american spanish, turkish)
    • english pronouns, epicenity, singular they, where it came from, what it means, its history, and why it's important
  • In Defence of Grammatical Gender (12m 44s) by K Klein
    • subtitles (english, dutch, french, italian)
    • grammatical gender, what it actually is, and the purpose it serves. also, trans people

sociology

law

  • Plagiarism and You(Tube) (3h 51m 9s) by hbomberguy
    • subtitles (english)
    • creativity, plagiarism, what it is, how often and blatantly it happens, and how people get away with it. and also james somerton.
  • Plagiarism and the Death of the Video Essay (59m 24s) by Zoe Bee
    • subtitles (english)
    • 0.02 swears per minute (1 total)
    • recommended first: Plagiarism and You(Tube)
    • plagiarism, why it happens, academic honesty, and how everything is built on trust.
  • ROBLOX_OOF.mp3 (1h 55m 4s) by hbomberguy
    • subtitles (english)
    • attribution, ownership of creativity, and how easy it is to lie. and also tommy tallarico.

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Pub: 16 Jun 2024 00:13 UTC
Edit: 29 Jul 2024 04:40 UTC
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