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Why is it all videos? Text is so much better for evaluating arguments. When reading you can spend variable time on different parts to skim the obvious and go d
by zby 11y ago
Why is it all videos?
Text is so much better for evaluating arguments. When reading you can spend variable time on different parts to skim the obvious and go deep into the more difficult stuff, you can random access it later to refresh your memory, you can quote it.
Videos are probably only better in persuading people - but that requires that they watch them (and maybe get some stockholm syndrome after wasting so much time :).
- spuz 11y agoIt's not all videos. See Brian's article about OO here: https://medium.com/@brianwill/object-oriented-programming-a-personal-disaster-1b044c2383ab https://medium.com/@brianwill/object-oriented-programming-a-... and the HN discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10933330 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10933330
- zby 11y agoThanks for the links. Still apparently the whole argument is only in video: >>> [Edit: I’ve greatly expanded on these ideas in a 45 min. video.]
- bitwize 11y agoBecause this is how millennials convey developer information now that they have cellphones and GoPros. Instead of essays they have videos. Instead of rationales they have footage of their talks. Instead of introductory documentation they have screencasts. Get used to it.
- Someone 11y agoI doubt I will. There are cases where videos beat textual presentations (I think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9xAKttWgP4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9xAKttWgP4, the video about programming Conway's game of life in APL is an example) but they are very rare, and even if a few more years or decades of AI research produce a search engine that can be used to find videos answering questions I have, watching a few of the top 10 videos to apply the final human filter will still be slower than opening the top 10 search results now is. Visually scanning well-written prose that is laid out correctly (easily recognized headers with good content, good paragraph layout) IMHO is way faster than finding the meat in well-written presentations that are presented and recorded properly.