Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks
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@Klaus said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:
Yeah, it looked cool, but I kind of hate these talks where math is presented as a kind of beautiful mystery, where the focus is only on the "visuals" and not even an attempt is made to explain what is going on. It presents a very inaccurate picture of what math is about.
YEs and no I agree. I have seen presentations like this that focus on nature and math in nature, and how math concepts show up in nature where it cannot be "manipulated". For me, this is kind of the same talk.
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One of the world’s most famous classical concert pianists plays one of the world’s most famous piano repertoire by one of the world’s most famous composers on one of the world’s most famous acoustic piano. What’s not to like?
Link to videoLame or cool? You be the judge.
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Quarternions!
Link to videoWhat do you “multiplication is rotation”?
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I believe this one was sponsored/commissioned by a food company, but a very good, very funny video nonetheless:
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From the same people who made the Bakwa video:
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Education is extremely important.
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@Horace said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:
What accent is that? And why are they speaking English?
Think people of Chinese descent in former British colonies like Singapore/Malaysia; this explains the English speaking. Most likely they grew up in Cantonese speaking communities that also influenced their accent.
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Kevin Costner spy thriller movie:
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@Axtremus said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:
@Horace said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:
What accent is that? And why are they speaking English?
Think people of Chinese descent in former British colonies like Singapore/Malaysia; this explains the English speaking.
When they try to order street food using the Queen’s English:
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This one is about teenagers participating in a program that’s supposed to “cure” their homosexual tendencies:
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Epic Korean period action dramedy; this one is one lame at all, a very good movie:
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Vietnamese martial arts period action movie.
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In terms of martial arts choreography and wire act, it’s a lot like watching Hong Kong kungfu serial from 30~40 years ago.
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Animated “Hulk” feature film:
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Non-combative competitive Tai-Chi:
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Review of Banerjee, Duflo, and Kramer’s 2019 Nobel-winning work on the study of poverty:
Link to videoNot sure if there is an English version of such a succinct, high quality review. Please share if you find one. Otherwise I suppose you’d have to rely on English closed caption (it’s an option that you can turn on in YouTube).
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Not sure if this is affiliated with “TED Talk,” but stylistically this looks very much like a “TED Talk”.
This one is from a sociologist who did 20 years of research on mainland China’s sex service industry.
Given mainland China’s censorship regime, not sure how much she had to censor herself before she’s allowed to speak publicly on this topic. Regardless, she shows much compassion with her presentation.
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Excellent parody of Bruce Lee’s kungfu choreography:
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