Here's a small recap of what I've been watching on the ol' YouTube.

Practical Engineering

Grady Hillhouse just has the most calming presence on screen, and he explains complex engineering concepts with simple practical setups. His series’ on concrete, hydraulics, and the power grid are not only information-packed but witty …

Media coverage of ISIS tends to veer from the utilitarian (covering attacks and the daily body-counts of ongoing operations against them) to the absurd, like the story of how a "smart but naive" FBI translator fell in love with a German rapper turned ISIS leader she was supposed to be …

Deep in the jungle where the mighty tiger lies

Bill and his elephants were taken by surprise

So Captain Marvel zapped in right between the eyes, zap!

All the children sing

Hey, Bungalow Bill

What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?

Hey, Bungalow Bill

What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?

Of …

The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory is that conspiracy theorists actually believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is chaotic. The truth is, that it is not the Jewish banking conspiracy or the grey aliens or the …

Instalment 2 of the "sharing links" thingy. Shorter too.

On Software:

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Python vs R: head to head data analysis

Make pairwise scatterplots: One common way to explore a dataset is to see how different columns …