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by iammyIP 3753 days ago
nice work, i am interested in this kind of information, but i am no big fan of the edutainment video format, i prefer text or a university lecture. some feedback about the first video:

- why the music? should this be information or an awfully mixed guitar rap song with the worst flow ever? i can't stand the use of elevator music in these kind of videos and also regard this kind of video production as an act of disrespect towards music in general.

- why not use more descriptive variable names, e.g. hours and score instead of x and y? the mystification of these kind of things comes partially from generalised abstraction and undescriptive variable names. since you already use a real world example, why not reflect it with the variable names?

- less speed, more pauses in general do good for demystification of such a topic, the typical 10-second-attention-span youtube-edutainment-video-style might not really fit here

- the drawings and the general flow are nice and well done

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This website curates content, so you would have to go to the content creator with this sort of input (http://www.welchlabs.com/).
I think this is just a matter of learning styles. This speaks to one kind of learner, maybe not others. I personally learn by doing - no lecture, no matter how slow or fast is going to "teach" me - it may lay groundwork, but I learn in the (virtual) trenches.
Personally, I liked the music. Maybe the music could be optional. Might be a cool feature to add, if there's time.