Why don't railroads need expansion joints?

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• Gloria@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  TLDW: skipped through until 25:47: the rail doesnt lengthen it just extends to the tops and sides.

  This could have been a 5 minute video. All that “Whooa”-Shots and leadup was not needed but is the American way of storytelling: Very talkative and getting amazed by every detail.

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  • zombyreagan@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    He’s so American that he’s actually Australian

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    • weker01@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I didn’t know I needed to be Dutch to use the Dutch angle perspective in my photos.

      Or a cowboy to use the cowboy shot.

      Using a method named after a place or something does not mean being from that place etc

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    • Gloria@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I bet his main viewership is American and that is why he makes the videos like this. If it were for his home turf it would contain way more slurs and accent.

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  • sik0fewl@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    It’s a shit title because the video us actually about metallurgy and thermite welding, not track expansion and contraction.

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    • Azzu@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I’m subscribed, when the video came out something along those lines was the title. They likely changed it because it performed better with viewers.

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    • pyre@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I imagine this guy watching a vsauce video going “oh god there’s so much irrelevant shit”. I like that these videos are about being curious about one thing and discovering other things for it, rather than being about learninga single fact.

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  • Peppycito@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    TLDW: skipped through until 25:47: the rail doesnt lengthen it just extends to the tops and sides.

    That isn’t really true though. He never talked about ‘sun kink’ which is a thing. Apparently mostly due to poor ties and bedding.

    There’s a neat discussion I found on some forum

    So it appears the topic wasn’t able to be covered fully in 30 minutes, let alone 5.

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    • YodaDaCoda@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Yeah in Melbourne several years back we had a heat wave that fucked up a bunch of the train tracks.

      Isn’t the thunk-thunk as you’re travelling the wheels of the carriage passing over the expansion joints?.

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• Linktank@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Do people really sit down and watch 30 minute videos on this type of crap?

  3 minutes and I MIGHT have wanted to check it out.

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  • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    ah. you’re the reason sharts are replacing good content. good to know

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    • Linktank@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      So did you watch the video? Does it take 30 minutes to answer that question?

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  • RedditWanderer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    These videos are more than one narrow, they give demonstrations, examples, visit restricted areas and get to touch reallly cool machinery. This isnt a 3 minute speedrun world record stretched to a 45 minute video.

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    • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Even those 3 minute speed runs can be 45 minutes long because they’re explaining all the glitches and tricks they’re using in the run and showing all the nuance you wouldn’t get in just the 3 minute run.

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    • delitomatoes@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      The title just doesn’t describe the content

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  • felykiosa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Do people really sat and watch hours of engineering or cultural content . Well yes autistic people exist and learning things is cool.

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  • Steve@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yes, I do.

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  • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Why would you announce to the world that your attention span is so short and your interests so shallow that you can’t possibly fathom anyone watching a 30-minute video on an interesting topic?

    Were you raised on an iPad?

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  • capital@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yep

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  • IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Lol look at the community name… 🙄

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    • Linktank@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It doesn’t say “Videosthatarewaytoolong”

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  • RubberElectrons@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I’m glad people can see in 30 minutes a lot of the metallurgical and chemistry techniques I learned in my University days.

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  • CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I think TikTok may be more up your alley, though I would not recommend it.

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  • weker01@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    If it’s entertaining and well presented I could and have watched videos like this that are multiple hours long.

    Also why do you think this is crap?

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  • Kbobabob@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yes. I watched this earlier today.

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  • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Why did you sit down and type this comment if you’re so concerned about wasting your time?

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• NerdyPopRocks@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Veritasium has made high production value drivel for years. The flashiness he insists on is deeply annoying and I kind of find his personality off putting lately. He wasn’t so smug back when he first started and I used to love him

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