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The way I use the mouse and keyboard makes this already too fast and I find myself in need to slow down how fast I take information in anyway. What makes you t

The way I use the mouse and keyboard makes this already too fast and I find myself in need to slow down how fast I take information in anyway. What makes you think people can handle it being 4 times faster? The bottleneck will eventually be your neurotransmitters no?

tomohelix 4y ago
I really doubt that. Do you type as fast as you can think? As in the moment a line of code formed in your brain it got typed out immediately into the computer? Maybe you can but I don't think the majority of people can do that.
- iforgotpassword 4y ago
  It's usually only those short bursts, usually you spend more time thinking than typing, but maybe for some languages where you write a lot of boilerplate all the time it's different.
  - chaosbolt 4y ago
    Exactly, plus all 3 comments assumed I talked about my input into the computer, while I talked about how much info I can take into my brain from the computer being already too fast, who cares if it takes me 2 seconds to write a sentence I thought about for a minute or instantly, the thinking will always be slower and the reading is fast enough as is. The issue facing us is on a genetic level, most people are too dumb to even profit from the current input/output speed, let alone making x4 faster.
melling 4y ago
We need to have this conversation every few years because developers fancy themselves as efficient code monkeys. The downside is that many develop RSI from a keyboard and mouse. https://www.slideserve.com/carrington/repetitive-strain-injury-rsi https://www.slideserve.com/carrington/repetitive-strain-inju... It’s discussed on HN from time to time: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=rsi https://hn.algolia.com/?q=rsi
nine_k 4y ago
When playing a musical instrument, humans usually transmit an order of magnitude more information through the instrument than they do when they type on the keyboard. This involves not only a higher tempo, but also the meaningful timing, key velocity / wind instrument blowing intensity, etc. Same applies to e.g. a plane pilot doing a complex maneuver, or even a player of a fast-paced game, computer or not. Humans definitely can output more than the keyboard currently allows, and likely this can be used somehow beneficially. The output need not be all verbal though.

tomohelix 4y ago

I really doubt that. Do you type as fast as you can think? As in the moment a line of code formed in your brain it got typed out immediately into the computer? Maybe you can but I don't think the majority of people can do that.

iforgotpassword 4y ago
It's usually only those short bursts, usually you spend more time thinking than typing, but maybe for some languages where you write a lot of boilerplate all the time it's different.
- chaosbolt 4y ago
  Exactly, plus all 3 comments assumed I talked about my input into the computer, while I talked about how much info I can take into my brain from the computer being already too fast, who cares if it takes me 2 seconds to write a sentence I thought about for a minute or instantly, the thinking will always be slower and the reading is fast enough as is. The issue facing us is on a genetic level, most people are too dumb to even profit from the current input/output speed, let alone making x4 faster.

melling 4y ago

We need to have this conversation every few years because developers fancy themselves as efficient code monkeys. The downside is that many develop RSI from a keyboard and mouse. https://www.slideserve.com/carrington/repetitive-strain-injury-rsi https://www.slideserve.com/carrington/repetitive-strain-inju... It’s discussed on HN from time to time: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=rsi https://hn.algolia.com/?q=rsi

nine_k 4y ago

When playing a musical instrument, humans usually transmit an order of magnitude more information through the instrument than they do when they type on the keyboard. This involves not only a higher tempo, but also the meaningful timing, key velocity / wind instrument blowing intensity, etc. Same applies to e.g. a plane pilot doing a complex maneuver, or even a player of a fast-paced game, computer or not. Humans definitely can output more than the keyboard currently allows, and likely this can be used somehow beneficially. The output need not be all verbal though.