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What is this, humblebrag? Advert for typeracer? You type at 100WPM. Unless you're transcribing can you really think at 100WPM? I haven't measured it, but I th

What is this, humblebrag? Advert for typeracer? You type at 100WPM. Unless you're transcribing can you really think at 100WPM? I haven't measured it, but I think I type around 40 wpm (although adjusted much slower, I have poor typing accuracy) and I certainly don't feel like my typing slows me down, my typing more than keeps up with the speed of thought. Maybe I just think really slowly. But honestly, "Oh no I only type at <ludicrously fast speed>, what can I do to improve?" sounds a bit silly.

throwawaymsft 10y ago
The average talking speed is above 100 wpm. Why not learn to transcribe your thoughts (internal speech) in real time?
- douche 10y ago
  Really? That seems very high. I think I shoot for 10-15... Ideally, I can measure my speech in wph.
  - forthefuture 10y ago
    I'm not sure I understand. 15 words per minute means you say one word every 4 seconds.
    - douche 10y ago
      On reconsideration, I think I'm still estimating too high on the average. I might be a little laconic.
- telotortium 10y ago
  Well at that point, typing faster on a regular keyboard won't help you very much. You need to learn stenography system, such as Plover which is a much more involved task.
adrianm 10y ago
He explicitly says that he has no need to type this fast. He simply wants to. It's okay for different people to want to do different things in life.
sixhobbits 10y ago
I didn't say 'only'. But no, I'm not bragging -- I Googled quite a bit, and found a few forums where people were asking similar questions, and no good solution, so I thought it would be interesting to get HN's input. No, I have no relation to typeracer -- I was merely mentioning what I'd tried so that other people didn't need to point me to it. I hesitated before posting this question because I thought many people might take it like you did. I'm happy to see that it's only 'throwawayReply', while others are being friendly and constructive :) As I mentioned, I have no direct need to improve my typing speed. I find the fact that billions of humans sit in front of keyboards for many hours every day quite interesting. We've seen huge changes and improvements in text-entry over the last century, and it's one of history's little quirks that most of us still use a keyboard that was invented for typewriters. I'm interested in hearing other people's experiences, so I posted here to ask. If you're not interested in the topic, why did you take the time to click on the title (which is pretty self explanatory) and leave the disparaging comment? If you don't like this kind of content on HN (and think it "sounds a bit silly", downvote and move along :) I have occasionally found that after having a sudden idea, sometimes in the heat of debate, that my fingers can't keep up with my brain. But yes, of course most of the time is still spent with my fingers poised while my brain works out what to type, and my primary motivation here is curiosity rather than desire for further efficiency.
- throwawaymsft 10y ago
  Don't worry about justifying your interests to people who don't get it.
beachstartup 10y ago
honestly i'm a little surprised to hear this sentiment on hn, of all places. i and nearly everyone i know in this industry that started typing as children type 100+, some closer to 150. maybe your brain just works slower, throwawayReply?

throwawaymsft 10y ago

The average talking speed is above 100 wpm. Why not learn to transcribe your thoughts (internal speech) in real time?

douche 10y ago
Really? That seems very high. I think I shoot for 10-15... Ideally, I can measure my speech in wph.
- forthefuture 10y ago
  I'm not sure I understand. 15 words per minute means you say one word every 4 seconds.
  - douche 10y ago
    On reconsideration, I think I'm still estimating too high on the average. I might be a little laconic.
telotortium 10y ago
Well at that point, typing faster on a regular keyboard won't help you very much. You need to learn stenography system, such as Plover which is a much more involved task.

adrianm 10y ago

He explicitly says that he has no need to type this fast. He simply wants to. It's okay for different people to want to do different things in life.

sixhobbits 10y ago

I didn't say 'only'. But no, I'm not bragging -- I Googled quite a bit, and found a few forums where people were asking similar questions, and no good solution, so I thought it would be interesting to get HN's input. No, I have no relation to typeracer -- I was merely mentioning what I'd tried so that other people didn't need to point me to it. I hesitated before posting this question because I thought many people might take it like you did. I'm happy to see that it's only 'throwawayReply', while others are being friendly and constructive :) As I mentioned, I have no direct need to improve my typing speed. I find the fact that billions of humans sit in front of keyboards for many hours every day quite interesting. We've seen huge changes and improvements in text-entry over the last century, and it's one of history's little quirks that most of us still use a keyboard that was invented for typewriters. I'm interested in hearing other people's experiences, so I posted here to ask. If you're not interested in the topic, why did you take the time to click on the title (which is pretty self explanatory) and leave the disparaging comment? If you don't like this kind of content on HN (and think it "sounds a bit silly", downvote and move along :) I have occasionally found that after having a sudden idea, sometimes in the heat of debate, that my fingers can't keep up with my brain. But yes, of course most of the time is still spent with my fingers poised while my brain works out what to type, and my primary motivation here is curiosity rather than desire for further efficiency.

throwawaymsft 10y ago
Don't worry about justifying your interests to people who don't get it.

beachstartup 10y ago

honestly i'm a little surprised to hear this sentiment on hn, of all places. i and nearly everyone i know in this industry that started typing as children type 100+, some closer to 150. maybe your brain just works slower, throwawayReply?