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Is it just me or would other people vastly prefer a blog post instead of a video? I mean there is 0 chance that I’d watch this in the office. This is basicall

Is it just me or would other people vastly prefer a blog post instead of a video? I mean there is 0 chance that I’d watch this in the office. This is basically NSFW. But I like gcc and would probably take that minute to scan the article

dividedbyzero 4y ago
Definitely prefer text to video for content like this, but I don't get the nsfw part. Seems perfectly acceptable to me.
- hoistbypetard 4y ago
  > I don't get the nsfw part I interpreted that to mean that in the poster's workplace, they can't just put headphones on or play sound through their PC's speakers, but they could read through a blog post in the downtime between tasks. I've worked in environments like that, anyway, and think they're pretty common.
  - yjftsjthsd-h 4y ago
    What environment doesn't allow headphones? (I guess if it's an availability indicator?)
    - hoistbypetard 4y ago
      Usually one where you're expected to answer the phone.
throwaway9870 4y ago
Sometimes it is done as part of a talk and hence it is natural to be a video. But that being said, I normally skip over videos when looking for information on a technical topic. I find, for me at least, my learning to time ratio is far better with a text document than a video. Not sure why you are being down voted, it seems to be an interesting conversation of video vs written material for highly technical content.
CohenArthur 4y ago
This is a recording of a talk Philip and I gave during the Live Embedded Event. We didn't really plan on it being posted here :) If you are interested in our work, we regularly publish reports (weekly and monthly which would be a better starting point and contain more fun info) on our GitHub organization and on thephilbert.io Additionally, we wrote a blogpost on the compiler which should get released soon! I wouldn't watch that video in my office either :D
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jeroenhd 4y ago
While I personally prefer articles over videos, I wouldn't expect a talk to be transcribed entirely into a blog, that's a few hours of work there. Every job and every office is different, but thankfully in my experience it's far from standard to forbid any kind of headphone use during work. I don't know how anyone can get any focus if they weren't allowed to cut themselves off from their surroundings occasionally. I think labeling all audio NSFW goes too far. Just because it's not safe for your work doesn't mean it's not safe for work in general.
tester756 4y ago
>I mean there is 0 chance that I’d watch this in the office. This is basically NSFW What do you mean?
- krylon 4y ago
  At some companies, some people equate watching video with slacking off / not working. And even if that's not the case, unless you have headphones, in a multi-person office, playing a video with sound can be perceived as kind of rude, especially if other people are talking on the phone.
oittaa 4y ago
It depends. An article is faster to read and has some other benefits, but sometimes I just want to relax while listening a talk without focusing 100%.

dividedbyzero 4y ago

Definitely prefer text to video for content like this, but I don't get the nsfw part. Seems perfectly acceptable to me.

hoistbypetard 4y ago
> I don't get the nsfw part I interpreted that to mean that in the poster's workplace, they can't just put headphones on or play sound through their PC's speakers, but they could read through a blog post in the downtime between tasks. I've worked in environments like that, anyway, and think they're pretty common.
- yjftsjthsd-h 4y ago
  What environment doesn't allow headphones? (I guess if it's an availability indicator?)
  - hoistbypetard 4y ago
    Usually one where you're expected to answer the phone.

throwaway9870 4y ago

Sometimes it is done as part of a talk and hence it is natural to be a video. But that being said, I normally skip over videos when looking for information on a technical topic. I find, for me at least, my learning to time ratio is far better with a text document than a video. Not sure why you are being down voted, it seems to be an interesting conversation of video vs written material for highly technical content.

CohenArthur 4y ago

This is a recording of a talk Philip and I gave during the Live Embedded Event. We didn't really plan on it being posted here :) If you are interested in our work, we regularly publish reports (weekly and monthly which would be a better starting point and contain more fun info) on our GitHub organization and on thephilbert.io Additionally, we wrote a blogpost on the compiler which should get released soon! I wouldn't watch that video in my office either :D

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jeroenhd 4y ago

While I personally prefer articles over videos, I wouldn't expect a talk to be transcribed entirely into a blog, that's a few hours of work there. Every job and every office is different, but thankfully in my experience it's far from standard to forbid any kind of headphone use during work. I don't know how anyone can get any focus if they weren't allowed to cut themselves off from their surroundings occasionally. I think labeling all audio NSFW goes too far. Just because it's not safe for your work doesn't mean it's not safe for work in general.

tester756 4y ago

>I mean there is 0 chance that I’d watch this in the office. This is basically NSFW What do you mean?

krylon 4y ago
At some companies, some people equate watching video with slacking off / not working. And even if that's not the case, unless you have headphones, in a multi-person office, playing a video with sound can be perceived as kind of rude, especially if other people are talking on the phone.

oittaa 4y ago

It depends. An article is faster to read and has some other benefits, but sometimes I just want to relax while listening a talk without focusing 100%.