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It is nice to get a good gist without committing to a video sometimes.
by jimmaswell 2y ago
It is nice to get a good gist without committing to a video sometimes.
- lisper 2y agoUnless is a Tom Scott video. Those are almost always worth the investment.
- serf 2y agosome people just don't watch youtube. someone that's a quarter-of-the-way proficient at speed reading can read a short article like this in seconds -- without the time investment or the need to buffer video data to read the transcript. every media has a place, generally speaking the trivia and background included in a YT video is interesting -- but in the end it's Jeopardy answers and brain-candy for me 90% of the time.
- poincaredisk 2y agoI never watch videos. I don't like it, and overall I consider that a waste of time that could be better spent reading.
- omoikane 2y agoI use the "show transcript"[1] function for that. [1] In the web (desktop) version of youtube, if you expand the description, there is a "show transcript" button near the bottom. Not sure about mobile or other versions.