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Podcasts are nice but too often I'm already familiar with the basics of the subject and don't need the 5-10 minutes of introductory framing. I find it more effi
by uoaei 7y ago
Podcasts are nice but too often I'm already familiar with the basics of the subject and don't need the 5-10 minutes of introductory framing. I find it more efficient to skim a webpage where I can focus in on the stuff I haven't internalized yet.
The exception is stuff I have no idea about. Then all that coverage is useful. But for (I assume) some on HN, who are naturally curious and have a surface-level understanding of most topics, that 5-10 minutes of time out of a 25-minute podcast (with 2 minutes of ads each at the front and back) means you only get to scratch at the next level deeper without actually getting into any details, which doesn't seem worth the time when there are still Wikipedia articles about it.
- seph-reed 7y agoIt'd be cool if there was something like Q&A mixed with mini-podcasts. You could be listening, then have a question, ask the computer, have it start up a mini-podcast at the segment that answers, then say "go back" and keep running the original.
- warranty 7y agoYou can pause & google (which is akin to ‘ask the computer’) & resume listening.
- uoaei 7y agoThis still relies on content curation rather than on-demand generation, which means you will encounter the same issues as if you were Googling about it. Principally, you won't find what you're looking for if no one has mentioned it or someone used a different concept to describe it. But it does sound promising as an exploratory tool if you understand that the Qs will be basic and the As straightforward.