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I am truly not trying to be snarky, but so it goes. Does anyone on HN actually still have YouTube videos playable on their machines? Why? Text is so much fast
by Xorakios 5y ago
I am truly not trying to be snarky, but so it goes.
Does anyone on HN actually still have YouTube videos playable on their machines?
Why? Text is so much faster to learn from and without sound and video baggage that gets added.
I understand people raised on MTV and Snapchat caring about video for fun and not caring about the wasted time. But isn't this a community focused on productivity and knowledge? YouTube is the opposite of that. Might as well watch sports or hanging out in bars. ;)
- shaftway 5y agoI'm unlikely to learn a new coding pattern on YouTube. But I have learned a ton of woodworking techniques from watching build videos. There are a ton of little techniques along the way that are innate to people who have been in the industry for years and thus wouldn't be in written instructions, but I can see them and pick them up from a video. It's really hard to describe the technique for some of the resin work out there too, like getting realistic looking waterlines. Or when I'm stuck at a certain point in a game it's a lot easier to see a video of someone doing it than read a half-assed description.
- minimoose 5y agofor me yt does podcast & music well. just download w/e for a jog. (really i would prefer to read a book but i need the exercise) as for tutorials sometimes it helps to see what's going on (like with painting or audio design), sometimes if I'm limiting to reading a book I can easily fool myself about what I know. solving pre-made problems help but is still limiting.