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Don't know if you'll see this Tom, but it's Max from the British Library here. Your video about us resulted an absolute tidal wave of new submissions to our web archive, SMASHING previous records. The good you did for the UK's web archiving vastly outweighs a tiny mistake, which was my fault too for not picking up on it when we filmed! Best of luck with whatever you're up to 🙌
I’ve spent nearly 9 years since the toaster video was made thinking about the bimetallic strips in my toaster doing their thing each time it pops. Gutted.
@@rosethompson5511 And now I will be thinking about you thinking about what they will be thinking about instead of bimetallic strips when I use my toaster 😮
I never, EVER get ads on Tom Scott videos. What’s up with that? I’m not using an ad blocker and I get ads for any other video. I assumed he had ads disabled
There actually is a mistake in this video: at 8:31 the on-screen graphics attribute the error to the previous video rather than to "Britain once forgot how long an inch is". Especially ironically, this is immediately after you say that errors in on-screen graphics don't count, during the clip which has an error in its onscreen graphics.
@@Not_Tails definitely feels like a genuine error since he doesn't actually mention the video in specific in the script specifically so it would've been harder to catch
Tom is one of the most honest, down-to-earth RUclipsrs out there man. Not everyone puts in the effort to correct their mistakes in research and set the record straight. Thanks, Tom!
Exactly! Off the top of my head, I can think of Technology Connections' dishwasher video and Overly Sarcastic Productions' bad history playlist, but not many more
I met him in Phantasialand in september of this year. My friend and I had seen him walking by and we weren't sure it was him, but when we exited a rollercoaster we saw him eating something. We mustered up the courage and said hi and thank you for all his videos. He gave me an elbow since his hands were dirty from eating a taco or something. We clearly startled him a bit (kinda felt bad for it afterwards) but he remained really nice and friendly, such a great human being
While he recommends a Vpn that handles all your data and claims privacy! Like how does he know that they are safe. Just so you know they give away that data when the government knocks . Responsible 0%
I think it is because he is a scienc-esque guy. But yes, its rare to watch a journalist who is just facts an no conscious bias, and im also very happy about that
Every newspaper and journal has a corrections section. Maybe you should check on that before you spout nonsense. Nobody is free of mistakes. And getting into monopolisation of media & news is an entire different and lengthy topic. If you said Tiktok it'd been closer to something that makes sense.
This video was filmed in Warsaw near the Poniatowski bridge, meaning either this was filmed when tom was filming the clams video, or this is where the next video will take place
Poniatowski Bridge is very recognizable if you've been in Warsaw for at least several days, it's a major transport artery of the polish capital. But also - came here to say just that, as a pole who studied in Warsaw :)
I love the way Tom serves the internet by doing what it was created for, exchanging information. Tom has always collected as much information (and fact checked it)as he could just for us to devour in a weekly video. And to come clean after ten years to correct yourself with a final factcheck just shows how seriously he takes this. Tom , thankyou for 10 years of entertainment!!!
@@Blue-Maned_Hawk They said "They love", expressing their appreciation for it. They never made a comparison to other potential uses. Your interpretation was a strawman. My interpretation is that they're saying it's "poetic" or otherwise satisfying to see Tom embodying the same spirit as the Internet's pioneers.
Tom, you're nothing short of an international treasure. Your integrity, professionalism, and honesty vastly outweighs the comically small list of errors included in your series. The Internet will be a dumber place without your regular scheduled videos, but you have more than earned the right to rest.
@@RacingSlow You need to listen more carefully. He said that he was talking about *thermal* turbines - (as a comparison to wind turbines). And yes, thermal turbines rotate thousands of times per minute.
@@OmniGundam777 That makes a lot of sense. Don't let anyone gaslight you into thinking that you're just misremembering. There are countless timeline changes that have left not only memories but tangible artifacts of having originally been what they are remembered as being. Ed McMahon delivering big checks for Publishers Clearing House is one of the most blatant changes. But now it no longer ever happened.
@@johnnydiez2549 Provide evidence for how timeline changes could possibly happen, or show why on earth it would be more sensible to believe that over the known fallibility of human memory.
Congrats Tom. It isn't easy to carry on a show for 10 years, let alone critiquing every piece of work you make. Awesome commitment for going over your mistakes and correcting them!
Tom, I’m a teenager in India, and your videos have played an immense role in my childhood. They helped cultivate an interest in science and learning in me at a young age, and even recently series like Tom’s Language Files have been extremely beneficial. I watched your videos almost religiously until this year, and when I heard you were taking a break, it left me shook for a couple of days. But nevertheless, you’re an incredible person and I will forever be grateful for the role you played in my childhood.
If every notable mistake you made in 10 years fits in 12 minutes of video including the original footage, that’s a hell of a track record. It might be closure for you, but it’s a very entertaining recap of Tom Scott for the rest of us.
Worth noting that the Gandhi thing does exist, just not as a bug but an intended feature in Civ 5 in 2010. The claim of a bug in the original game started around 2 years later in 2012 when it appeared on fact sites and TV Tropes. It wasn't till 2020 that the game's creator, Sid Meir, said it wasn't even possible for the bug to occur due to how aggression was programmed.
I now need to wonder if this might still be true.. consider the original CIV 1 was on so many system and I bet at least one had that cook up. we just copy paste translate the code and fix what the complile yells at (I knew games whoes porting quality was that bad).
@@Zack_Wester , according to the ones that wrote the programming for the game, the code wasn't even set up in such a way that the bug could have existed. The explanation for how the bug worked came from a random person on the internet and didn't even accurately represent how the game was coded. So it only could have existed in a complete knock off and not in any version of the actual game.
Honestly, I have immense respect for the creators who go back and are willing to admit their mistakes and do good by correcting them. There are those who willingly spread false statements by refusing to admit when they're wrong or knowingly make false statements and they simply can't be trusted. When someone is willing to say "I was wrong and here's the correction," I know that they can be trusted... At least as far as one can trust a personality on RUclips. Thank you for this, Tom.
Tom Scott not only owns up to his mistakes but makes an entire video to highlight that they even happened. And to top it off it's entertaining to watch! This man is an absolute legend 👌
I love Tom. That’s all I think whenever he posts. No one else is so committed to this combination of truth, details, humor and topic diversity. He’s just so cool.
5:45 Mistake in the correction, too. *Turbines do not spin thousands of times per minute.* That, too, would be incredibly fast. The correct time frame to reach thousands is a full hour.
The turbines in a thermal power plant (like coal) for spin thousands of times per minute. A wind turbine does not, but he was talking about thermal ones.
In a steam or gas turbine driven alternator in a modern power station the rotor runs at precisely 3000 rpm in a grid providing 50 Hz power, or 3600 rpm in 60 Hz systems. The rotational speed is derived from the number of poles in the alternator and the power frequency. So yes, it does rotate a thousands of revolutions per minute.
It will be a sad day when Tom posts his last regular Monday video. But he's earned a hell of a break plus it's not like he doesn't have several other (thankfully metaphorical) plates spinning. Do as he says and watch/listen to Lateral. It's one of my favorite podcasts and it's always a welcome sight to see a new episode in my list. Thanks for all the videos Tom and I look forward to any little bits that you release in whatever forms they may take!
Massive props to you Tom, not a lot of people are willing to correct their mistakes, and fewer are willing to make a video reflecting on all the ones they've made. Great work as always!
Tom Scott has a bio that says "These are some of the things I've made and done. They'll probably come back to haunt me in a few years' time." I guess now is the time they're back to haunt him. What a nice closing arc for the series.
9:29 I know you aren't counting mispronunciations but I just had to be that guy. Geelong is pronounced juh-long, as Australians love to reduce the amount of effort used to articulate their sentences as much as physically possible for some reason. (possibly the most miniscule error ever but I was searching for one for irony's sake and Tom is really good at this)
Just a reminder: never ever feel bad for making a mistake. I know we all learn this in school, but it's a human thing, just be honest about it. Without any mistakes, you won't learn as much.
Wether it's school or work: you learn by making mistakes./ Just recently I made a somewhat huge mistake with very little impact (thankfully). I owned up to it and I learned from it big time. By all means, make (non-lethal, supervised) mistakes.
Thanks for teaching everyone that mistakes are ok so long as we acknowledge them and try to improve. It's scary walking up to the board when you think you have to be perfect...less so when being human is allowed. And thanks for sharing your time with us all these years.
This is definitely going to be one of those things where the end version has multiple iterations still, correcting over itself again and again. - Final - Final V2 - Final Last - Final Final - Last Final v2 - Last Final v3 - Maybe not the last final version.
I am going to miss the guarantee of a Tom video every Monday but I am still grateful for everything you have made and everything to come; enjoy being able to take a proper break Tom!
Tom, you have been more integral and honest than even some of the role models I have had growing up. Integrity like yours is increasingly valuable in this world. Your fan base appreciates you!
Awesome video, but just as awesome were the people digging up muck behind Tom. I loved their dialogue (in my head) about "great muck over here" and "a watery tart lobbing swords about is no basis for a system of government!"
As a German I thought "Schutzwaffen" would mean weapons Swiss people use for self-defense or defending their country, seeing that many Swiss people have guns at home.
@@Pfooh I am wondering if this has something to do with where Tom's Germans are actually from and what type of accent they are used to hearing. I am from Austria and I definitley heard the man say 'Schusswaffen' and not 'Schutzwaffen'. I would also like to note that 'Schutzwaffen' usually refers to passive weapons like armour rather than active weaponry like firearms used for defensive purposes.
A man like this, who spreads colossal amounts of knowledge but still has the ability to admit when he is wrong and keep learning deserves absolute respect and should serve as an example to all future generations.
@@wawacat6568 I'm sure there's a city somewhere that is pronounced the way he said it and so he messed up the truth by referring to a different city instead :P
Haha I was like ‘oh no, poor Geelong’ :-P that being said across the universe of RUclipsrs talking about Australia, I feel like Melbourne and Brisbane seem to have the most unique pronunciations. That being said, someone from Sydney once asked me where Mordialloc was, and they pronounced it More-die-allock, and I was like… sorry where?
I have played Civilization 1 when it originally came out. When playing the version which came on floppy disks and had "copy protection" that required you to answer questions from the manual to keep playing; Gandhi would threaten you with nuclear weapons. When playing later versions of the same game, such as from the Sid Meier's collection on CD, he didn't. Rather than a collective, international false memory; I think we are talking about a simple post-release bug fix.
See, this is why you're awesome and trustworthy! Everyone makes mistakes and gets things wrong, but you never intentionally mislead and when you do make mistakes you own up to them with openness and humility which is the best anyone can do.
Tom, did you intentionally mark the break for ads at the exact time he said "And now, it's time for a break"? That was very funny! If in 9 years of dozens and dozens of videos you only made this much mistakes, then you've done an excellent job!
Mistakes make perfect, i'm glad that Tom has always been going strong in many years of doing RUclips, even with mistakes his work and effort are just about perfect.
Hey! No idea why you are standing by the Vistula river in Warsaw for this video, but it's great to see you in my city. Thanks a lot for the last 10 years and all the best for the next decade from your Polish audience.
One of my favorite things about Tom Scott videos is the whole “one take” lecture mantra. Much appreciate the higher attention span aspect of the videos.
Great video, Tom! And, yes, there's a mistake in this one too, related to the toasters: Resistors aren't charged by capacitors, capaciors are charged by resistors.
Resistors are meant to limit current, right? I'd say capacitors are charged by an electrical power source and the resistor is there to make sure the capacitor can't charge past its limit?
The irony in that you've made a mistake in the video title at 8:30! It's still the video title from Fetch-Execute Cycle! In seriousness: Great work, Tom, I don't think *anyone* else on the platform would put quite this much effort into correcting themselves.
This was really super cool and helpful. I wish more RUclips educators did yearly or monthly videos to update information because I feel like I’d forever go on knowing the wrong things to be facts and I’d rather know the right things.
I got to say, Tom, I'm very proud of you for taking responsibility for information others have said on your programmes. You're such a humble and pure human, I hope we all can achieve the type of humility you are happy to publish to the World!
Lots of love Tom. Your videos have been a real staple to me and to many others I’m sure. It’s been an honor to partake in this portion of your human experience. I wish you only joy in whichever endeavor you take on next.
Anybody else got an advert at the exact moment Clarkson finished saying "Time for a break"? Perfect timing... And Tom, don't beat yourself up too much over a couple of silly errors. Your videos are awesome. Thanks for them =)
I liked the video before I even finished because I was glad to see someone own up to their mistakes. It can be beneficial to pretend we're perfect, but I believe your brand is built on honesty and I really appreciate that. Also, I can't believe this series is almost over, but I'm glad that I have been here along the ride. I look forward to seeing what you do in the future
I'd disagree slightly. Correctly pronounced it's Jee-LONG. Still a "long e", but the stress placed on the second syllable. Of course, in common speech the 'e' is eventually abbreviated to non-existence, hence 'j-LONG', or 'juh-LONG' if you then slow it back down.
Tom you have brought me so much knowledge and joy over the years, it must weigh on you knowing how many millions of people will miss your regular uploads. Try not to worry too much, you earned this! Go out there and absolutely crush the next chapter of your life, whatever it is!
It's ok. One always has to remember that what you think others are thinking of you is not as harsh as what you think of yourself. Some people on the internet are prone to correct, but it is a drop of water in an ocean. All in all, your videos are great! Enjoy what's left of the year, cheers!
The sign of a truly good man, admitting his mistakes and working to admit and correct it! Your awesome, don’t forget it! You’ve impacted more than you know, don’t forget it! I hope you the best! Don’t forget it!! Much love
I feel honored that Tom is filming this just to the side of the beach where my friend yeeted my flip flops into the river. I would’ve thought that he’d record it back in England instead of sticking around Warsaw. Also, is that video recorded during Tom’s last visit in Warsaw (clams checking water purity)?
@@TregMediaHDthose are trams, and busses, not trains. And with their yellow, and red livery they look exactly like those we have in Warsaw. So unless Nijmegen uses exactly the same color schame for their public transport, and has exactly the same looking bridge, it is Warsaw.
Mad respect, Tom. All these years and videos is a lot of work for entertaining us. Not only that, you're a man that embraces admitting mistakes rather than gloss over or hide them. You are the man.
I love your work Tom, it was the translation/transcription mistake in a video (the one about the Swiss shooting range over a road) that led to me working with you as a translator in another video. So I for one, am happy that some slip-ups happen :)
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- Yes, I messed up a video title caption
- No, thermal turbines DO spin thousands of times per minute. Wind turbines don't, but I wasn't talking about wind turbines in that sentence!
- I might have butchered the toaster explanation again but honestly at this point just go look at Alec's video, it's better
Its hit youtuber tom scott
awesomesauce
It's always a good idea to look at Alec's videos, tbh.
*smooth jazz intensifies*
No one seems more harsh on you than you. Please give yourself a break. Your videos are great and I'm going to miss them when you stop.
you really need to stop being so harsh on yourself. you're doing your best and your best has entertained millions
Don't know if you'll see this Tom, but it's Max from the British Library here. Your video about us resulted an absolute tidal wave of new submissions to our web archive, SMASHING previous records. The good you did for the UK's web archiving vastly outweighs a tiny mistake, which was my fault too for not picking up on it when we filmed! Best of luck with whatever you're up to 🙌
that is great news!!
This is such a lovely message! I hope that the rate of new submissions continues to increase
awesome!
such a sweet message, that's good, I hope it's still going well.
Actually, I am from only a stones throw away from the British Library.
That's amazing!
When Tom can fit every mistake he made over 10 years in a short 12-minute video, you know he's an extremely powerful entity.
Most youtube videos would requre a video 3 times longer to just list all the mistakes in them
Especially considering he spends time explaining the mistakes and correcting them as well.
More powerful than Shaggy?
the mistake that are "significant enough" and that are recognized enough for Tom to know it by now
Except the mistakes he missed
The fact this video is only 12 minutes long means you've made a hell of a lot less mistakes than me.
What are some of your major mistakes then be it financial career wise relationships anything you mind sharing on here
*fewer
*fewer mistakes ;-)
*fewer :)
*fewer
Tom's humility is an example for us all. What a brilliant human being
He honestly is a paragon of excellence and I wish him nothing but success in his future.
I’ve spent nearly 9 years since the toaster video was made thinking about the bimetallic strips in my toaster doing their thing each time it pops. Gutted.
🤣
Im so sorry 😔
At least you now get the joy of watching the technology connections video on toasters!
And now I will be thinking about what you will be thinking about instead of bimetallic strips when I use my toaster 😮
@@rosethompson5511 And now I will be thinking about you thinking about what they will be thinking about instead of bimetallic strips when I use my toaster 😮
Putting the ads in right as Jeremy says "Time for a break" is the most Tom Scott thing ever
He did the same thing in the original video as well.
I personally exclaimed "you bastard, not again"
Nice try, tom, I'm still not disabling adblock.
Adblock on chrome or RUclips Vanced, ever heard of it? Unless you are on a CrApple.
I was watching while eating lunch, and part of my tuna sandwich ended up flying from mouth to screen at that moment. Perfect timing.
This man has only made 12 minutes worth of mistakes across almost 10 years. Incredible
Right? I could do a 12 minute video of this week... 😂
(He did skip a bunch of mistakes though)
hi nuclearpikachu
This is just a flex and im here for it
@@hightalenttraining7546 this week? You meant 'today' right? :P
I love that you still put a RUclips ad right when he says “time for a break” like you did in the original video. That got a good laugh out of me.
I dont think he chooses where the ads go, I think it's just pure coincidence.
@@missdonutaltaccount1380 No they do can have the choice where to insert an ad. In the original video he did exactly the same
same lmao
I never, EVER get ads on Tom Scott videos. What’s up with that? I’m not using an ad blocker and I get ads for any other video. I assumed he had ads disabled
Depends on your location, demographics etc@@salamander405
I love the attention to detail in these videos - placing the ad break immediately after the "time for a break" quote is just brilliant.
That was absolutely perfect 🤣
He did it in the original as well, if I recall correctly. Yet I still didn't see it coming. Hilarious.
I laughed out loud when that happened. Good stuff.
There's an ad?
Oh, so that wasn't just me. I was a bit taken aback by the coincidence. Then I cursed, naturally.
There actually is a mistake in this video: at 8:31 the on-screen graphics attribute the error to the previous video rather than to "Britain once forgot how long an inch is". Especially ironically, this is immediately after you say that errors in on-screen graphics don't count, during the clip which has an error in its onscreen graphics.
I would like to imagine that this was an artistic choice, but I can see this being a genuine error
@@Not_Tails definitely feels like a genuine error since he doesn't actually mention the video in specific in the script specifically so it would've been harder to catch
Also at 1:59 he says "variable resistors charged by capacitors". You can't charge a resistor! He meant capacitors charged through variable resistors.
And so he was correct 😂 And also apologised for it in advance..
Gotta love this man
and a lot of toasters sold today still use bimetallic strips
Your humbleness and integrity is going to be sorely missed when this series ends.
I mean it's not like it's his only series.
"You should never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity" - this is probably one of the best lines I've ever heard!
That's why it's a famous quote
unoriginal
@@awp-erator4525most stuff in the universe is unoriginal
@@amsyarzero special ed take
@@awp-erator4525 unoriginal
Tom is one of the most honest, down-to-earth RUclipsrs out there man. Not everyone puts in the effort to correct their mistakes in research and set the record straight. Thanks, Tom!
Exactly! Off the top of my head, I can think of Technology Connections' dishwasher video and Overly Sarcastic Productions' bad history playlist, but not many more
Only because he knows what gets the most views. Don't be fooled.......Well, you already have .
I met him in Phantasialand in september of this year. My friend and I had seen him walking by and we weren't sure it was him, but when we exited a rollercoaster we saw him eating something. We mustered up the courage and said hi and thank you for all his videos. He gave me an elbow since his hands were dirty from eating a taco or something. We clearly startled him a bit (kinda felt bad for it afterwards) but he remained really nice and friendly, such a great human being
@@Coolcarting You know that until then, he had a /errors page and painstakingly annotated corrections to his past videos?
While he recommends a Vpn that handles all your data and claims privacy! Like how does he know that they are safe. Just so you know they give away that data when the government knocks . Responsible 0%
Like a bloopers video, except actually reflecting on what went wrong and why? Love it!
It'll be Alright on the Night
@@J4hk3 One of my favorite Tom Scott videos!
I just wanna say thank you for being so honest and having so much transparency
I think it is because he is a scienc-esque guy. But yes, its rare to watch a journalist who is just facts an no conscious bias, and im also very happy about that
Most journalists are great! Just not many of them that are on American cable-“news” programs, which are mostly editorial.
Fox News did this and the end video was 60000000 years long.
Every newspaper and journal has a corrections section. Maybe you should check on that before you spout nonsense. Nobody is free of mistakes. And getting into monopolisation of media & news is an entire different and lengthy topic. If you said Tiktok it'd been closer to something that makes sense.
@@kleinerprinz99 Yes, hidden in some back section you have to go looking for, while the original completely false story remains on the front page.
This video was filmed in Warsaw near the Poniatowski bridge, meaning either this was filmed when tom was filming the clams video, or this is where the next video will take place
You called it
Are you from there? Or are you just adept at Geoguessr?
Or maybe Tom simply moved to Warsaw?
Poniatowski Bridge is very recognizable if you've been in Warsaw for at least several days, it's a major transport artery of the polish capital. But also - came here to say just that, as a pole who studied in Warsaw :)
POLSKA GUROM !!1!
I love the way Tom serves the internet by doing what it was created for, exchanging information. Tom has always collected as much information (and fact checked it)as he could just for us to devour in a weekly video. And to come clean after ten years to correct yourself with a final factcheck just shows how seriously he takes this. Tom , thankyou for 10 years of entertainment!!!
I don't like your implication that the original purpose of a thing is the only thing that thing should be used for even into the future.
@Blue-Maned_Hawk that isnt necessarily the implication. And it seems like an unnecessary guard to take up.
@@Blue-Maned_Hawk They said "They love", expressing their appreciation for it. They never made a comparison to other potential uses. Your interpretation was a strawman. My interpretation is that they're saying it's "poetic" or otherwise satisfying to see Tom embodying the same spirit as the Internet's pioneers.
Wow, I wish I could fit every mistake I've made into a 12 minute video!
Same
I mean...these are only his public mistakes, that made it into a video ;)
Ive learned a lot from my mistakes so i decided to make more to learn more.
To be fair, Tom's leaving out editing errors, mistakes in his other series, and mistakes that were only recorded for blackmail purposes.
_gestures to all of me_
PERFECT youtube ad placement at 8:43. I can’t even be mad
Tom, you're nothing short of an international treasure. Your integrity, professionalism, and honesty vastly outweighs the comically small list of errors included in your series.
The Internet will be a dumber place without your regular scheduled videos, but you have more than earned the right to rest.
1:59 Correction: That would be capacitors charged via variable resistors. A resistor does not hold a charge.
well he was not wrong when he said there will probably be an error in this video lmao
next video: “every mistake i’ve made since november 13 2023”
Another one at 5:40 too, wind turbines don't spin and thousands of times per minute :)
@@RacingSlowAnd I'm not sure they're made of steel. Isn't it glass fiber?
@@RacingSlow
You need to listen more carefully. He said that he was talking about *thermal* turbines - (as a comparison to wind turbines). And yes, thermal turbines rotate thousands of times per minute.
The fact that the civ ghandi bug never happened and yet it's such a big part of the civilization franchise's history blows my mind.
Technically it did exist, as an intentional feature in Civilization V.
@@sugar_700 well they made that feature as a reference to the bug. Which apparently didn't exist.
@@OmniGundam777 That makes a lot of sense.
Don't let anyone gaslight you into thinking that you're just misremembering. There are countless timeline changes that have left not only memories but tangible artifacts of having originally been what they are remembered as being.
Ed McMahon delivering big checks for Publishers Clearing House is one of the most blatant changes. But now it no longer ever happened.
@@johnnydiez2549No need for conspiracy theories like timeline changes when human memory is so incredibly unreliable.
@@johnnydiez2549 Provide evidence for how timeline changes could possibly happen, or show why on earth it would be more sensible to believe that over the known fallibility of human memory.
Congrats Tom. It isn't easy to carry on a show for 10 years, let alone critiquing every piece of work you make. Awesome commitment for going over your mistakes and correcting them!
Tom, I’m a teenager in India, and your videos have played an immense role in my childhood. They helped cultivate an interest in science and learning in me at a young age, and even recently series like Tom’s Language Files have been extremely beneficial. I watched your videos almost religiously until this year, and when I heard you were taking a break, it left me shook for a couple of days. But nevertheless, you’re an incredible person and I will forever be grateful for the role you played in my childhood.
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If every notable mistake you made in 10 years fits in 12 minutes of video including the original footage, that’s a hell of a track record. It might be closure for you, but it’s a very entertaining recap of Tom Scott for the rest of us.
You're one of the great presenters on YT and will be missed. I enjoy that you don't splice 20 cuts for 40 seconds of talking.
don't worry. he's not going away entirely. he's just making any uploads whenever he feels like an upload is truly necessary, not on a schedule.
@@SageArdortrue but a schedule provides consistency that I think we’ll all miss
Worth noting that the Gandhi thing does exist, just not as a bug but an intended feature in Civ 5 in 2010.
The claim of a bug in the original game started around 2 years later in 2012 when it appeared on fact sites and TV Tropes.
It wasn't till 2020 that the game's creator, Sid Meir, said it wasn't even possible for the bug to occur due to how aggression was programmed.
That’s wild. Why was it an intended feature then?
@@DeathnoteBB It was put in as a reference to the story about the "bug", because it was so popular
@@Will-fl3hj, except the story about the bug being in the earlier games didn't seem to exist (let alone be popular) until after the fifth game.
I now need to wonder if this might still be true.. consider the original CIV 1 was on so many system and I bet at least one had that cook up.
we just copy paste translate the code and fix what the complile yells at (I knew games whoes porting quality was that bad).
@@Zack_Wester , according to the ones that wrote the programming for the game, the code wasn't even set up in such a way that the bug could have existed. The explanation for how the bug worked came from a random person on the internet and didn't even accurately represent how the game was coded. So it only could have existed in a complete knock off and not in any version of the actual game.
the fact that this video is only 12 minutes long is just a testament to how much care Tom has in his research
Honestly, I have immense respect for the creators who go back and are willing to admit their mistakes and do good by correcting them. There are those who willingly spread false statements by refusing to admit when they're wrong or knowingly make false statements and they simply can't be trusted. When someone is willing to say "I was wrong and here's the correction," I know that they can be trusted... At least as far as one can trust a personality on RUclips. Thank you for this, Tom.
Tom Scott not only owns up to his mistakes but makes an entire video to highlight that they even happened. And to top it off it's entertaining to watch! This man is an absolute legend 👌
So glad to see that intellectual honesty isn't dead on youtube! Thank you for striving to be factually correct, if only more youtubers were like this!
I love Tom. That’s all I think whenever he posts. No one else is so committed to this combination of truth, details, humor and topic diversity. He’s just so cool.
5:45 Mistake in the correction, too. *Turbines do not spin thousands of times per minute.* That, too, would be incredibly fast. The correct time frame to reach thousands is a full hour.
I also puzzled over this statement. 😅
The turbines in a thermal power plant (like coal) for spin thousands of times per minute. A wind turbine does not, but he was talking about thermal ones.
Also the blades aren't made of steel heh
I think Tom intentially left it here as a home exercise!
In a steam or gas turbine driven alternator in a modern power station the rotor runs at precisely 3000 rpm in a grid providing 50 Hz power, or 3600 rpm in 60 Hz systems. The rotational speed is derived from the number of poles in the alternator and the power frequency. So yes, it does rotate a thousands of revolutions per minute.
Totally love that the ad break for youtube ads kicks at 08:42 just after Clarkson says, "time for a break". Perfect timing 😂
Same for me 😅
recommend revanced and uBlock Origin
Creators can insert ad breaks so they land somewhere convenient btw
@@NazuikoThey still can? I thought RUclips ads rules has many changes
@@Nazuiko Which is why I was complimenting Tom on his timing...
It will be a sad day when Tom posts his last regular Monday video. But he's earned a hell of a break plus it's not like he doesn't have several other (thankfully metaphorical) plates spinning. Do as he says and watch/listen to Lateral. It's one of my favorite podcasts and it's always a welcome sight to see a new episode in my list.
Thanks for all the videos Tom and I look forward to any little bits that you release in whatever forms they may take!
Lateral is what I listen to on Saturdays as I cook lunch :)
Very enjoyable!
I’m hoping for more technical difficulties videos
@@philash824 Totally! I hope there's more Tech Diff. I really like the "two of us are lying" format.
Agreed! Lateral is my favourite podcast. I'm so glad Tom said it's not stopping at the moment.
Massive props to you Tom, not a lot of people are willing to correct their mistakes, and fewer are willing to make a video reflecting on all the ones they've made. Great work as always!
Tom Scott has a bio that says "These are some of the things I've made and done. They'll probably come back to haunt me in a few years' time." I guess now is the time they're back to haunt him. What a nice closing arc for the series.
Let’s just hope Tom didn’t mistakenly forget to include every single mistake he’s made since 2014.
I was about to say, this video surely introduced a new mistake if it assumes that all mistakes have been caught. There's always something!
that’s why toms the best, he does his research and when he’s wrong he admits it
9:29 I know you aren't counting mispronunciations but I just had to be that guy. Geelong is pronounced juh-long, as Australians love to reduce the amount of effort used to articulate their sentences as much as physically possible for some reason. (possibly the most miniscule error ever but I was searching for one for irony's sake and Tom is really good at this)
I think we reduce the amount of effort in articulation to keep the flies out of our mouths.... just a theory. ;)
I read this comment close to when this was in the video. Huh.
Don’t worry Tom. Lots of things in the world went horribly wrong in 2016
I know right?? People forget 2016, it was a hell of a year
You're talking about Leicester City winning the Premier League right?
Oh so it really wasn't just my life that went downhill back then
Chicago Cubs won the World Series.
Ireland beat the All Blacks in Rugby (in Chicago, no less).
Wait ... what went so horribly wrong in 2016?
Just a reminder: never ever feel bad for making a mistake. I know we all learn this in school, but it's a human thing, just be honest about it. Without any mistakes, you won't learn as much.
Jein. Be honest about it for sure. But for some mistakes one should feel bad.
We used to learn that in school but these days they seem to reward failure with praise in schools, so I'm not so sure.
Yes but to express the mistakes you made and the associated feelings is a healthy way to self reflect
@@Thurgosh_OG hang around schools a lot still, do you?
Wether it's school or work: you learn by making mistakes./ Just recently I made a somewhat huge mistake with very little impact (thankfully). I owned up to it and I learned from it big time. By all means, make (non-lethal, supervised) mistakes.
You may have hated to write this script, but I admired your honesty and humbleness! This video is truly inspiring!
Thanks for teaching everyone that mistakes are ok so long as we acknowledge them and try to improve. It's scary walking up to the board when you think you have to be perfect...less so when being human is allowed.
And thanks for sharing your time with us all these years.
Your dedication to accuracy and humility and public learning is a model for us all. Thank you!
"you should never attribute to malice, what can be adequately explained by stupidity" 10:52 🙂 Nice one!
I agree. Great quote.
This is definitely going to be one of those things where the end version has multiple iterations still, correcting over itself again and again.
- Final
- Final V2
- Final Last
- Final Final
- Last Final v2
- Last Final v3
- Maybe not the last final version.
It is incredible Tom's ongoing maintenance of integrity. He even has his fact checkers looking for mistakes during this very video at @9:02.
I am going to miss the guarantee of a Tom video every Monday but I am still grateful for everything you have made and everything to come; enjoy being able to take a proper break Tom!
Tom, you have been more integral and honest than even some of the role models I have had growing up. Integrity like yours is increasingly valuable in this world. Your fan base appreciates you!
Funny thing: watching this, I thought I recognized the trams and the bridge in the background- turns out this was filmed in Warsaw!!
Came to see if anyone else has noticed that as well!
I recognized it too
Awesome video, but just as awesome were the people digging up muck behind Tom. I loved their dialogue (in my head) about "great muck over here" and "a watery tart lobbing swords about is no basis for a system of government!"
As a German I thought "Schutzwaffen" would mean weapons Swiss people use for self-defense or defending their country, seeing that many Swiss people have guns at home.
It would, that's what the translator thought as well. But he said 'Schusswaffen'.
@@Pfooh Oh, I see. Sorry.
@@Pfooh I am wondering if this has something to do with where Tom's Germans are actually from and what type of accent they are used to hearing. I am from Austria and I definitley heard the man say 'Schusswaffen' and not 'Schutzwaffen'.
I would also like to note that 'Schutzwaffen' usually refers to passive weapons like armour rather than active weaponry like firearms used for defensive purposes.
Swiss German has to be the weirdest European language/dialect. It sound like a Dutchie speaking German.
@@rogink Didn't know Dutchie has another meaning also. I always thought it only refers to... umm... something recreational.
As an Aussie, hearing Tom say GEE-long rather than Gee-LONG just makes me laugh and i have no idea why
Thanks I wanted to tag that too
Oh same😂 I even live near there! It's more like g-long 😅 (with a soft g like in Geordie)
@@darqebri2887 I'd write pronunciation as "Je-long"
This unforgivable error requires a separate video! 😂
It's not far from "Mel-born."
A man like this, who spreads colossal amounts of knowledge but still has the ability to admit when he is wrong and keep learning deserves absolute respect and should serve as an example to all future generations.
The way he said Geelong made me physically shudder.
(For anyone wondering, it's usually pronounced, at least by people who live there, as "juh-long".)
Guess we found this video's mistake
@@PoleTooke well that's a pronounciation-mistake tho, it's technically still true
@@wawacat6568 I'm sure there's a city somewhere that is pronounced the way he said it and so he messed up the truth by referring to a different city instead :P
I felt exactly the same way 🤢 Geeeeeelong
Haha I was like ‘oh no, poor Geelong’ :-P that being said across the universe of RUclipsrs talking about Australia, I feel like Melbourne and Brisbane seem to have the most unique pronunciations.
That being said, someone from Sydney once asked me where Mordialloc was, and they pronounced it More-die-allock, and I was like… sorry where?
Putting the RUclips ads at 8:43 actually made me laugh.
I have played Civilization 1 when it originally came out. When playing the version which came on floppy disks and had "copy protection" that required you to answer questions from the manual to keep playing; Gandhi would threaten you with nuclear weapons. When playing later versions of the same game, such as from the Sid Meier's collection on CD, he didn't. Rather than a collective, international false memory; I think we are talking about a simple post-release bug fix.
I seem to recall it being a thing too and I used to play on Macs (at least I think it was Macs) from some pirated copy probably.
People Make Games have a video about Nuclear Gandhi. Worth checking out.
See, this is why you're awesome and trustworthy!
Everyone makes mistakes and gets things wrong, but you never intentionally mislead and when you do make mistakes you own up to them with openness and humility which is the best anyone can do.
Tom you are the epitome of RUclips. Thank you for these years. Thank you for this. Thank you for feeding my curiosity for years.
Truly, thank you
Not long until the end. Well deserved break, but will be missed in our feeds 😢
Tom, did you intentionally mark the break for ads at the exact time he said "And now, it's time for a break"? That was very funny!
If in 9 years of dozens and dozens of videos you only made this much mistakes, then you've done an excellent job!
There's also the *same* ad break in the referenced video, iirc
I also received an ad at this point too haha
Thats amazing ahah
i got an ad too
It could be that RUclips scans every video for people saying things like that…? Or Tom designated the ad space when he uploaded it. Not sure.
I both love and hate that an ad was played right after the "Time for a break". Well played sir.
Once a week Tom brings me a little happiness. Often I learn something, sometimes I laugh, but I always smile.
I'm not ready for these videos to end ☹
Mistakes make perfect, i'm glad that Tom has always been going strong in many years of doing RUclips, even with mistakes his work and effort are just about perfect.
Hey! No idea why you are standing by the Vistula river in Warsaw for this video, but it's great to see you in my city. Thanks a lot for the last 10 years and all the best for the next decade from your Polish audience.
I noticed as well, lovely warszawa
Huh, I wouldn't have guessed. Wonder what he's doing there.
I can't express how much I wish more people had a similar approach to learning and making mistakes as you do.
One of my favorite things about Tom Scott videos is the whole “one take” lecture mantra. Much appreciate the higher attention span aspect of the videos.
It's always hard to look back on the oldest stuff you've done, but that's honestly the best way to grow. Good on you!
Great video, Tom! And, yes, there's a mistake in this one too, related to the toasters: Resistors aren't charged by capacitors, capaciors are charged by resistors.
Resistors are meant to limit current, right? I'd say capacitors are charged by an electrical power source and the resistor is there to make sure the capacitor can't charge past its limit?
@@ninovanhooff3926 yes, "charged via the resistor" makes even more sense, but I tried to keep the wording the same.
5:19, I 100% took that as a joke back when I watched that originally
No Tom, the biggest mistake you ever made was going to Slough
Wow, that corrections page is incredibly short (and of course this video as well) given how prolific Tom has been!
The irony in that you've made a mistake in the video title at 8:30! It's still the video title from Fetch-Execute Cycle!
In seriousness: Great work, Tom, I don't think *anyone* else on the platform would put quite this much effort into correcting themselves.
This was really super cool and helpful. I wish more RUclips educators did yearly or monthly videos to update information because I feel like I’d forever go on knowing the wrong things to be facts and I’d rather know the right things.
Half as Interesting does a yearly one.
This is why I've followed your videos for years. The humility to admit your mistakes and improve constantly is testament to what you are trying to do.
Mistakes, and their admissions and corrections are equally important as correct results. Good job!
The closest RUclips apology type video will get from Tom Scott
*we'll
With the exception of That Image, from That Video
I think that would be either the park bench "that image" apology, the coober pedy video, or the 18th century firefighter one
@@illegalcoding park bench
@@jamescoulson6610 uh.. what?
I got to say, Tom, I'm very proud of you for taking responsibility for information others have said on your programmes. You're such a humble and pure human, I hope we all can achieve the type of humility you are happy to publish to the World!
Lots of love Tom. Your videos have been a real staple to me and to many others I’m sure. It’s been an honor to partake in this portion of your human experience. I wish you only joy in whichever endeavor you take on next.
So few errors over such a length of time. You've done well, Tom! Thank you for your terrific videos.
We should celebrate mistakes that we make and learn from them so we can avoid them in the future.
You've done an amazing job over the past decade!
No way he lined up the mid roll with time for a break that's amazing
Anybody else got an advert at the exact moment Clarkson finished saying "Time for a break"? Perfect timing...
And Tom, don't beat yourself up too much over a couple of silly errors. Your videos are awesome. Thanks for them =)
They say we learn from our mistakes. It's take a truly great individual to extend and share that learning with others. Many thanks for everything Tom!
I liked the video before I even finished because I was glad to see someone own up to their mistakes. It can be beneficial to pretend we're perfect, but I believe your brand is built on honesty and I really appreciate that.
Also, I can't believe this series is almost over, but I'm glad that I have been here along the ride. I look forward to seeing what you do in the future
Your honesty is so refreshing. Thanks for being honest.
Your thoroughness and accountability speaks volumes of care and integrity. It’s not the mistake, it’s what you do with it 😉
I love the irony of pronouncing Geelong wrong in a video about mistakes
(Juh-LONG vs JEE-long)
G-Town also works 😆
I'd disagree slightly. Correctly pronounced it's Jee-LONG. Still a "long e", but the stress placed on the second syllable. Of course, in common speech the 'e' is eventually abbreviated to non-existence, hence 'j-LONG', or 'juh-LONG' if you then slow it back down.
Tom you have brought me so much knowledge and joy over the years, it must weigh on you knowing how many millions of people will miss your regular uploads. Try not to worry too much, you earned this! Go out there and absolutely crush the next chapter of your life, whatever it is!
Putting an ad at 8:42, right when you’re talking about programmes stopping for ad breaks, was brilliant
It's ok. One always has to remember that what you think others are thinking of you is not as harsh as what you think of yourself. Some people on the internet are prone to correct, but it is a drop of water in an ocean. All in all, your videos are great! Enjoy what's left of the year, cheers!
The sign of a truly good man, admitting his mistakes and working to admit and correct it! Your awesome, don’t forget it! You’ve impacted more than you know, don’t forget it! I hope you the best! Don’t forget it!! Much love
I feel honored that Tom is filming this just to the side of the beach where my friend yeeted my flip flops into the river. I would’ve thought that he’d record it back in England instead of sticking around Warsaw.
Also, is that video recorded during Tom’s last visit in Warsaw (clams checking water purity)?
I claim that is Nijmegen in the Netherlands... before watching till the end
that bridge and that wild green area with beach under it is only one in the world, and that's poniatowski bridge in Warsaw eh
Yes . But the distinctive colour of the trains . Going over give their own argument
@@TregMediaHDthose are trams, and busses, not trains. And with their yellow, and red livery they look exactly like those we have in Warsaw. So unless Nijmegen uses exactly the same color schame for their public transport, and has exactly the same looking bridge, it is Warsaw.
@@witekborowski1410 It is Warsaw, you can clearly see the Centrum in the video's last frame.
Mad respect, Tom. All these years and videos is a lot of work for entertaining us. Not only that, you're a man that embraces admitting mistakes rather than gloss over or hide them. You are the man.
I love your work Tom, it was the translation/transcription mistake in a video (the one about the Swiss shooting range over a road) that led to me working with you as a translator in another video. So I for one, am happy that some slip-ups happen :)
Love the fact that Tom kept his mistakes to a minimum all this time, and the NordVPN ad shorter than other RUclipsrs.
Mistake @2:04 regarding modern toasters. It would be the capacitor that is charged, not the variable resistor.
8:39
> "and the host says 'time for a break'"
> *midroll ad immediately starts*
this is the one time iv noticed genius advert placement being done