Brokkr

It’s perceptual, so when we inhale oxygen and nitrogen and the other trace compounds that are in the air (like ozone, co2, argon, etc) we don’t smell anything because those chemicals aren’t harmful or meaningful for us. Our senses are there to find food and avoid danger.

Likewise, a visitor to our planet might think the air reaks of ozone because maybe it would be harmful to their biology. Similarly, we might complain about a planet that has a high concentration of acetic acid (vinegar) in their oceans even though they might be horrified by our salty oceans.

Several of the topics that they have covered are topics that I majored in (physics, math, materials). Other than some possible oversimplifications of highly technical topics, I haven’t found any errors in the information that they’ve presented.

I can’t verify their information in all fields, but in about 10 % of their content, I haven’t seen any issues that are really worth complaining about.

I am aware that some people disagree with some of their interpretations or presentation style, but other creators (e.g. Matt Parker, 3blue1brown) have covered the same topics or extended on Veritasium’s original videos and haven’t corrected anything presented in the original video.

I disagree with the characterization that they are a source of misinformation or slop. However, I’m always interested in learning more, so if you have other content creators that you would recommend I’d be happy to have those recommendations.

If HIMYM counts, then check out The Good Place.

There’s plenty of educational stuff on YouTube that isn’t just tutorials. Veritasium is good. Primative technology (turn on subtitles).

This graph would be identical for nearly any cause of death. Yes, we should drive less, and if we must drive then it should be safer, but this is just a graph of population, which itself is highly correlated with people dieing.

Rent and lease are not opposite. They mean the same thing in both contexts and describe both sides of the relationship.

The first definition means the same thing for both words. The second definition also means the same thing for both words.

Within a region, does table ever mean both of those?

In the US, it means to set aside or ignore it, but never means to continue the discussion. In the UK it means to discuss it, does it ever mean to also set it aside?

I don’t understand what Railway is supposed to do here? If deleting a drive also deletes the backup, what’s the point of the backup?

Yes, that’s right. Which means that any specific outcome is essentially impossible to occur. But given infinite time, they all would occur.

If it is truly random, where every outcome is equally likely, then Beethoven’s 5th could be the first thing produced. It could also take an infinite amount of time to produce.

There’s also Basque style. I’ve never tried it but I’m led to believe that it is similar to NY with strong carmalization to the point where it almost looks burned on the top (it’s not actually burned).

Finally, there are further regional varieties using more local cheeses (e.g. Ricotta in Italy).

Because the 3rd panel looks better when you have dozens of physical properties to track. It also makes retrieval easier because you can get all the physical properties at once, instead of having to read every line.

For an example that small it doesn’t matter, but for something larger it could become a performance benefit.