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China Was Ahead for 700 Years. So Why Did Britain Industrialize First?
Gribnax

Iowa Man sent me this excellent video. Previous China post.

Round Butte Dam Shut-off Valve

Power for Tomorrow: The Round Butte Dam Modernization Story
Portland General Electric

Round Butte dam is on the Deschutes River about ten miles west of Madras.

Round Butte Dam, 1965, Looking South

Deschutes River
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Helium & Quantum Mechanics

I finally saw quantum mechanics with my own eyes... (It's spookier than I expected)
Veritasium

Pretty great video, as are most of the videos Veritasium produces. He lays out the ground work clearly, talking about where we get helium and the early research into trying to reach absolute zero. At the end he throws in a bit of philosophy about scientific research.:

"So perhaps sometimes making the breakthrough doesn't require any extra intelligence, hard work or even luck. Maybe all it takes is for us to let go of the way we believe the world to be and instead, just for a moment, try to see it as it really is."

And then we have this short video I came across that gives us a very clear and short explanation of quantum entanglement.

Quantum Entanglement Explained 🤯
RootedWisconsin

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10 Short Videos #6310

10 Short Videos #6310

1. Earth from the stratosphere
2. THE DIAL REWRITES ITSELF - Wristwatch
3. How a Machine Threads Nut After Nut Without Backing the Cutter Out Each Time
4. How We Replace Those ORANGE Balls on Power Lines! 🚁⚡
5. today's mushroom finds 🍄
6. Elizabeth Holmes at her next interview...
7. 30 seconds. That’s all it takes to learn how to deploy the R7. - Anti-drone drone
8. China’s $44B Impossible Railway The Hardest Project Ever
9. October 21, 2026 - Ben & Jerry's dog treats
10. And That's Why Picard Was the Best Starfleet Captain - USB connecters are 4 dimensional

10 Short Videos #6309

10 Short Videos #6309

1. con viento 🛬👨🏼‍✈️🌲 - with wind - small plane lands on dirt strip
2. The gazelle played those dogs 🤣🤣
3. Anduril's New Bolt M kamikaze drone!
4. Giant harvester
5. Captain, crew and engine. All me 😂🇫🇮🔥 - Self service ferry
6. Heaven's IT Guy - When Your Faith Keeps Crashing
7. PART 7 READING EMAILS - Electrician reading customer fantasy
8. Cost in Units of 2012 Chevrolet Camaro - Military munitions
9. If they made comedy like this 😂 we would have less stress - Trunk monkey
10. My life is a lie pal 🐒 - Sam Alkhatib

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