alt Hacker NewsI listen to a lot of podcasts and YouTube videos at 3x or 4x speed now, having slowly built up the skill over a few years. It's pretty nice now and saves time, and it's remarkable how well the human brain can adapt to such input.
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Rendello • yesterday at 6:28 PM
I watch most talks at 2x speed or 1.5x if it's a really technical topic. Bryan Cantrill excepted!
a012 • yesterday at 3:15 PM
I’m the opposite, I can’t stand the fast speaking videos. But I also speed up 1.2x to 1.5x if the videos were too slow.
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brador • yesterday at 3:10 PM
You recall nothing and you know it. You're just wasting time you could use for something useful or meaningful in your life. Kids call it "Anxiety cope" but I don't agree.
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I took a course in speed reading, learning to read straight down the middle of the page, and I was able to go through War and Peace in 20 minutes. It’s about Russia.