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      • andai · 2 hours ago

        Video title is How Maxwell's Equations Were Discovered, HN's regex thingy changed it to Maxwell's Equations Were Discovered. (My brain's regex changed it back :)

        • amelius · 2 hours ago

          Isn't it about time HN replaced the regex by AI?

          • wolfi1 · 1 hours ago

            oh oh

            • amelius · 1 hours ago

              :)

            • dvh · 1 hours ago

              Removing how is stupid. If the "extraneous" how is there, you can still understand it, but when the necessary how is removed, it doesn't make sense or it changes meaning. When I read the title I thought someone is trying to lower the weight of Maxwell's contribution by suggesting he merely discovered them, not "invented" them.

              • meltyness · 23 minutes ago

                I want an AMA on whoever had an army of upvoter bots on early Reddit such that every front page post would have a dictionary typo.

            • AlexeyBrin · 2 hours ago

              The original title is much better How Maxwell's Equations Were Discovered. As it is now Maxwell's Equations Were Discovered it sounds like they were just discovered or someone rediscovered the equations.

              • bee_rider · 1 hours ago

                I expected a philosophical discussion as to whether scientific models are discovered or invented.

              • bpavuk · 2 hours ago

                I can imagine the world where this post gets more visibility through a funny regex error than actual equations :)

                • ck2 · 1 hours ago

                  if you aren't afraid of difficult math breaking your brain, I highly recommend this youtube channel "PhysicsExplained" (sorry I forget his actual name but he is brilliant)

                  he has a recent two-parter on Maxwell and electro-magnetism that are EXCELLENT

                  * part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqxrlunKCaU

                  * part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt1KJtD4Qh8

                  but I am not kidding about the math, he starts off slow and gentle and hooks you in, but sometimes after 10 minutes in my brain is screaming and cannot keep up

                  • kayo_20211030 · 56 minutes ago

                    Only because it made to the HN front page.

                    A lot of stilted dialog first. Fine, fine, fine, I get it. Not everyone is a natural presenter.

                    Then I got to

                    > How copper and metal plates were combined

                    and I stopped.

                    "metal plates"? Copper's not a metal? Some details would be helpful. Zinc maybe?