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Compression: Crash Course Computer Science #21

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Get your first two months of CuriosityStream free by going to http://curiositystream.com/crashcourse and using the promo code “crashcourse”. So last episode we talked about some basic file formats, but what we didn’t talk about is compression. Often files
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Death-defying Cockroaches Help Build Better Bots

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Ever wonder why it’s so hard to kill a cockroach? It turns out, cockroaches’ bodies are built to squish. Researchers took a close look at how these guys can survive extreme compression and used what they learned to build crushable robots. Learn more: http
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Animated Sheet Music: "Confirmation" by Charlie Parker

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Once again Youtube's basic compression can't handle Bird's 16th notes. Watch it at 720p for a better experience. Charlie hits some hilariously good phrases in this solo, and the melody is great. Transcription is from the Omnibook, as usual. http://www.ama
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Supersonic ping pong balls...vacuum and compression cannon combination. PART TWO

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If supersonic ping pong balls can't do enough damage alone, filling the balls with water first and then firing them will give them a bit more destructive punch. Ideally a vacuum cannon can expel a ping pong ball to exit velocities somewhere between 400-60
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Why Hold Music Sounds Worse Now

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It's not your imagination; hold music on phones really did sound better in the old days. Here's why, as we talk about old telephone exchanges and audio compression. Thanks to the Milton Keynes Museum, and their Connected Earth gallery: http://www.mkmuseum
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The Unseen Incredibleness of Mealworms

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Watch the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor, transform through its many life stages.Video by Adrian SmithTwitter: https://twitter.com/DrAdrianSmithFilming assistance by Omar Halawani: https://twitter.com/HalawanidaeScore by http://www.soundofpicture.com/[
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Fire Syringe

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When air is compressed very quickly, it can reach high temperatures. In this demonstration we show how cotton wool can reach the point of auto-ignition by quick compression of air in the fire syringe.
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How Does your Smartphone Compress and Save Pictures? A Very Detailed Dive into JPEG Compression

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Go to http://brilliant.org/BranchEducation/ to sign up for free, and expand your knowledge. The first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium membership.You've probably saved 1000s of JPEG images, but do you know what exactly JPEG does? Our smart
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Man Born in 1846 Talks About the 1860s and Fighting in the Civil War - Enhanced Audio

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Julius Franklin Howell (January 17, 1846 - June 19, 1948) joined the Confederate Army when he was 16. After surviving a few battles, he eventually found himself in a Union prison camp at Point Lookout, Maryland. In 1947, at the age of 101, Howell made thi

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