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[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I like most of Veritasium's videos because they usually explain correctly – and in a simple way – some points that are incorrect in common or standard explanations, owing to over-simplification (the video about electric current is a good example).

But this particular video on entropy unfortunately suffers from that very problem. Many statements are slightly or completely incorrect, others are so hand-waving ("energy spreads"?) as to become pointless. I hope the next one will be better.

It reminds me of a limerick by the thermodynamicist M. W. Zemansky:

Teaching thermal physics

Is as easy as a song:

You think you make it simpler

When you make it slightly wrong!

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

I have to save all this good advice :)

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Wow, always something new to discover. I didn't know KDE had their own distribution! I'll check that out. Cheers.

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Cheers. Didn't know about the last keyseq!

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago
[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you, I'll check the status of that in apt.

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Didn't know about them, thank you for the heads-up.

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Ah too bad... I liked KDE.

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Does anyone know if Kubuntu does the same with snaps?

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Very happy about this initiative! It'd be cool to have a sidebar with guidelines. And if possible I'd like to ask this: users should strive to give references for their explanations.

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

That's a great idea, cheers!

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