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gus_massa on Feb 15, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: TL;DW: Too Long; Didn't Watch Distill YouTube Vide...

I tried with a few Thunderf00t videos. He has good analysis, but the guys repeats everything too many times. Many are about silly impossible "inventions" / scams, but this is an experiment that he published in Nature Chemistry:

https://tldw.tube/?v=LmlAYnFF_s8 "High speed camera reveals why sodium explodes! --> "Coulombic explosion. (Sodium and water reaction)"

trainsarebetter on Feb 15, 2025 | [–]

I used to enjoy watching his stuff, but he became hyperbolic, and now has too much rage bait for the algorithm.

dvh on Feb 15, 2025 | | [–]

That was the first thing that came to my mind, all his 20 minutes videos contains at best 2 minutes of information.

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