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What a great idea to have a transcription. Much faster to read it. Then, we can decide if we might want to watch, which in this case, definitely yes. Fascina

by pomian 5y ago

What a great idea to have a transcription. Much faster to read it. Then, we can decide if we might want to watch, which in this case, definitely yes. Fascinating story. Great summary of geotechnical engineering. There will be much more to the story to follow, it looks like.

davidw 5y ago
Reading is so much better for skimming, searching for interesting bits, skipping to the conclusion. Having a transcript is fantastic.
- throwawayboise 5y ago
  Yes, almost always prefer reading to video. The exceptions are for things that are best explained with a physical demonstration, i.e. how-to type stuff.
  - masklinn 5y ago
    Aside from the illustrations Brady shows during the video, he also commonly has physical demonstrations. And the videos are pretty short and content-filled. I think the channel is well worth subscribing to and watching in full, the transcripts are useful to come back to afterwards, but it’s not 30 seconds of content being stretched out to 15mn so all the ads can fit in.
s0rce 5y ago
Practical engineering videos are always worth a watch in my opinion, when I see them come up in my feed I almost certainly watch!
- singlow 5y ago
  Yes, a worthwhile YT subscription.
  - jacobolus 5y ago
    His Patreon page is https://www.patreon.com/PracticalEngineering/ https://www.patreon.com/PracticalEngineering/ – I send a couple bucks a month. There’s no special reward for supporting, but it’s nice to encourage people making excellent educational materials.
- mywittyname 5y ago
  He also does mini demonstrations that show, for example, how weirs work, why sinkholes form the way they do, or how heat affects the structural soundness of concrete. They are really simple, but help me better understand the world we live in.
blamazon 5y ago
Brady from Practical Engineering writes the script/article for every video first and then reads it word for word as narration. It’s a nice consistent format and I appreciate that he shares the script/article in concert with the video.
- blamazon 5y ago
  *Grady

by pomian 5y ago

davidw 5y ago

Reading is so much better for skimming, searching for interesting bits, skipping to the conclusion. Having a transcript is fantastic.

throwawayboise 5y ago
Yes, almost always prefer reading to video. The exceptions are for things that are best explained with a physical demonstration, i.e. how-to type stuff.
- masklinn 5y ago
  Aside from the illustrations Brady shows during the video, he also commonly has physical demonstrations. And the videos are pretty short and content-filled. I think the channel is well worth subscribing to and watching in full, the transcripts are useful to come back to afterwards, but it’s not 30 seconds of content being stretched out to 15mn so all the ads can fit in.

s0rce 5y ago

Practical engineering videos are always worth a watch in my opinion, when I see them come up in my feed I almost certainly watch!

singlow 5y ago
Yes, a worthwhile YT subscription.
- jacobolus 5y ago
  His Patreon page is https://www.patreon.com/PracticalEngineering/ https://www.patreon.com/PracticalEngineering/ – I send a couple bucks a month. There’s no special reward for supporting, but it’s nice to encourage people making excellent educational materials.
mywittyname 5y ago
He also does mini demonstrations that show, for example, how weirs work, why sinkholes form the way they do, or how heat affects the structural soundness of concrete. They are really simple, but help me better understand the world we live in.

blamazon 5y ago

Brady from Practical Engineering writes the script/article for every video first and then reads it word for word as narration. It’s a nice consistent format and I appreciate that he shares the script/article in concert with the video.

blamazon 5y ago
*Grady