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How one little boat (and me) held up miles of London traffic at Tower Bridge
- Published_at:2021-08-09
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: Tower Bridge is a tourist attraction these days: but first and foremost, it's a working, lifting bridge. And river traffic comes first. • Thanks to the Tower Bridge team: they have details of their tours here: https://www.towerbridge.org.uk/ Produced...
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The UK's last aerial ropeway uses no power, moves 300 tonnes a day, and will be gone by 2036.
- Published_at:2021-07-12
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: In Claughton, Lancashire, the Forterra brickworks produces 50 million bricks a year, from shale that's quarried a mile and a half away. To get that shale to the brickworks: the last aerial ropeway in the country. These used to be common: but now, the...
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How many robots does it take to run a grocery store?
- Published_at:2021-07-05
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: In Ocado's grocery warehouses, thousands of mechanical boxes move on the Hive. Are they all individual robots? Or is this one giant hive mind? • Thanks to Ocado: https://www.ocadogroup.com/technology/technology-pioneers (this video is not sponsored,...
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The Shocking New Use for Red Telephone Boxes
- Published_at:2021-06-28
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: What do you do with a disused phone box? And can they help save lives? • Thanks to the Community Heartbeat Trust: https://www.communityheartbeat.org.uk/ • and the East of England Ambulance Service: https://www.eastamb.nhs.uk/ Automated external...
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I promise this story about microwaves is interesting.
- Published_at:2021-05-17
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: I found an article that said "The microwave was invented to heat hamsters humanely in 1950s experiments." And I thought, no it wasn't. ...was it? Pull down the description for thorough references and credits. Thanks to James Lovelock for his time!...
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The Beach Where Lego Keeps Washing Up
- Published_at:2021-05-10
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: Perranporth Beach, in Cornwall, is famed for being the "Lego beach". The truth is more complicated. • Thanks to Tracey Williams! 📸 Lego Lost At Sea: https://instagram.com/legolostatsea or https://twitter.com/legolostatsea 📕 Her photo book ADRIFT:...
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Taking The Emergency Exit From A Wind Turbine
- Published_at:2021-05-03
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: Wind turbines have emergency exits, but they might not be for the reason you think. • Thanks to Octopus Energy: https://octopus.energy/octopus-fan-club/ (This video isn't sponsored, but obviously they did let me go up their wind turbine.) Drone...
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What Color Is My Hoodie?
- Published_at:2021-04-12
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: Grey? Blue? Purple? It can look different, depending on the context. Let's talk about color perception, color temperature, and the history of laundry. Atmospheric opacity image from ESA/Hubble (F. Granato):...
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Why Progress Bars Don't Move Smoothly ▓▓▓░░░░░░
- Published_at:2021-03-01
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- tags: tom scott tomscott the basics computer science
- description: 4 minutes remaining. Then 15 seconds. Then 5 hours. Why can't computers just tell you how long something's going to take? • MORE BASICS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGLLeET0dOWaKHkAlPsrkcha Written with Sean Elliott...
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I asked an AI for video ideas, and they were actually good
- Published_at:2021-02-22
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: I didn't expect this to work so well. • Includes text generated by OpenAI's GPT-3 at my request: https://openai.com • Art by Chris Quay: https://www.chrisquay.com/ • Got an idea for a video? https://www.tomscott.com/contact/ Filmed safely:...
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YouTubers have to declare ads. Why doesn't anyone else?
- Published_at:2021-02-15
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- tags: tom scott tomscott advertising product placement influencer regulations influencer law communications act 2003 fcc ftc federal trade commission federal communications commision ofcom competition and markets authority advertising standard authority
- description: Around the world, there are regulations for "influencers". Those regulations make sure that if someone is paid to endorse a product, they have to declare that payment to the people watching. But why does no-one on TV, or film, or anywhere else have to...
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Hill Hill Hill Hill, debunked, debunked
- Published_at:2021-02-01
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: Torpenhow Hill, in the Lake District in the north-west of England, is the only place in the world whose name has the same word four different times. That's the story, anyway. The truth is a bit more complex. Filmed safely:...
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Trying To Fail A Drug Test On Purpose
- Published_at:2021-01-04
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- tags: tom scott tomscott guest video
- description: Check out Trace's channel! https://www.youtube.com/tracedominguez - start with brain-computer interfaces https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPJDA9t3_m8 or going to space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jndESKr4SpI • There's an urban legend that poppy...
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How Weird Is My Audience? I Polled 15,408 People To Find Out
- Published_at:2020-12-28
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: I asked my audience six questions: some sensible, some ridiculous. I compared their results to the public. And the results were... interesting. • Graphics by William Marler: https://wmad.co.uk and his Lungs Podcast: https://lungspodcast.co.uk Audio...
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The Greatest Title Sequence I've Ever Seen
- Published_at:2020-12-21
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: Or: "Tom's Cockup Trip". This is a story about a television title sequence, and about me, as a child, watching it. It’s also a warning about how YouTube won’t last forever, and it's the reason I'm climbing one particular hill in the Lake District....
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The Never-Used Road Where The BBC Crash Cars
- Published_at:2020-12-14
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: There are lots of disused and never-used roads and bridges in the world. But the Road to Nowhere in Yate, in south-west England, does still sometimes have traffic driving on it. And crashing on it. History reference:...
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Walking The Most Dangerous Path In Britain
- Published_at:2020-11-30
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- tags: tom scott tomscott amazing places broomway foulness island
- description: The Broomway is surrounded on both sides by quicksand and deep, sucking mud. It has no markers and no guideposts. And if you mistime your walk, you won't outrun the tide. Oh, and it's in the middle of a Ministry of Defence firing range. But most of...
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Why The Web Is Such A Mess
- Published_at:2020-11-23
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- tags: tom scott tomscott the basics computer science tim berners-lee w3c popups
- description: Tim Berners-Lee envisioned a "universal information system". What went wrong? • MORE BASICS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGLLeET0dOWaKHkAlPsrkcha Written with Sean Elliott https://twitter.com/SeanMElliott/ • Camera by Tomek •...
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Five Things You Can't Do On British Television
- Published_at:2020-11-09
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: Pull down this description for information on all the shows I mention, plus all my references, and some advice if you're looking to subtitle your videos! 🔤🔤 SUBTITLES 🔤🔤 15% of my viewers watch with subtitles! They're helpful for folks without...
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The Pumps That Must Run Forever, Or Part Of Germany Floods
- Published_at:2020-11-02
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: The Ruhr Valley, in north-west Germany, is an industrial coal-mining area. And because of that kilometre-deep mining, parts of it have sunk, the drainage patterns have changed: and now, if the pumps of Emschergenossenschaft ever stop, quite a few...
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It’s pronounced GIF.
- Published_at:2020-10-19
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- tags: tom scott tomscott language files linguistics psycholinguistics phonetics GIF
- description: Is there a "right" way to pronounce it? And why is it so complicated? • Written with Molly Ruhl and Gretchen McCulloch. Gretchen's podcast has an episode all about this:...
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Would You Swim In Power Plant Wastewater?
- Published_at:2020-09-14
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: Normally, the answer would be no. But in these very limited circumstances, at Iceland's Blue Lagoon, you can swim in geothermal power plant wastewater, and it's even healthy: although the marketing material doesn't usually mention it. Here's a story...
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1,204,986 Votes Decided: What Is The Best Thing?
- Published_at:2020-09-07
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: Sometimes, you regret asking a question. • Win your Ultimate Tech Bundle by entering Fasthosts’ Techie Test here: https://www.fasthosts.co.uk/tomscott Thanks to Graham Haerther for the main audio mix, and for recovering the terrible sound in my...
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Why You Can Spot Bad Green Screen
- Published_at:2020-06-29
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: Green screen looks terrible sometimes. Here's why. • Get access to CuriosityStream, including Nebula and my original series, for just $2.99/month here: https://curiositystream.com/tomscott Animated by William Marler: https://wmad.co.uk Sound mix by...
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I Asked 64,182 People About “Jingle Bells, Batman Smells”. Here's What I Found Out.
- Published_at:2020-06-22
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: Thanks to Jack from Jacksfilms on piano: https://youtube.com/jacksfilms • And thanks to everyone who answered! Sources and a data download are in the description. History sources:...
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The Worst Typo I Ever Made
- Published_at:2020-06-01
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- tags: tom scott tomscott the basics computer science undo typo onosecond
- description: When 'undo' won't do. • Sponsored by Dashlane, the password manager. Get a 30-day free trial at https://www.dashlane.com/tomscott • MORE BASICS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGLLeET0dOWaKHkAlPsrkcha Written with Sean Elliott...
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Why This British Crossroads Is So Dangerous
- Published_at:2020-04-27
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- tags: tom scott tomscott things you might not know ipley cross new forest beaulieu road safety stop sign
- description: Ipley Cross, in the middle of the New Forest, is one of the most dangerous road junctions in Britain. Why? • Thanks to Bez, whoever you are: their definitive article on this junction is here:...
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Why You Can't Name A File CON In Windows
- Published_at:2020-04-20
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- tags: tom scott tomscott the basics computer science backwards compatibility ms-dos dos lotus 1-2-3 windows 10
- description: The short answer is "backwards compatibility". The long answer is... well, it's the rest of this video. MORE BASICS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGLLeET0dOWaKHkAlPsrkcha Written by Sean M Elliott and Tom Scott Graphics by William...
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This Video Has 1,031,319 Views
- Published_at:2020-04-06
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- tags: tom scott tomscott api coding application programming interface data api
- description: The title of this video should change with the times. But nothing lasts forever: here's the story of how I made it work, why it used to be easier to make that work, and how it all ties in to the White Cliffs of Dover and the end of the universe. ...
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Why Dark Video Is A Terrible Blocky Mess
- Published_at:2020-03-30
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- tags: tom scott tomscott things you might not know video compression dark scenes bitrate bandwidth
- description: Dark scenes in television, YouTube, and streaming platforms all look pixelated and blocky. Here's why. Animation by William Marler: https://wmad.co.uk I'm at https://tomscott.com on Twitter at https://twitter.com/tomscott on Facebook at...
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