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[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 76 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

They are shovels left over from a gold rush

[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 25 points 2 days ago

Such a perfect analogy damn

[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 17 points 2 days ago

Fucking poetry

[–] userse31@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago

Couldn't have worded it better myself.

[–] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 29 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

YouTube videos guides with 10 minutes of unnecessary bullshit wrapped around a single paragraph’s worth of actual information didn’t exist yet.

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I think video tutorials can be immensely useful when you are completely new to something. It's very reassuring to see a tool in action used by someone who has at least a basic understanding how to use it.

I'm reminded of some YouTube chemist who explained his frustration that for many chemicals and processes not a single photo exists even though that would be quite useful for people who are trying to repeat a synthesis. Going by whether something looks right is actually quite useful.

[–] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I agree that photos can be very useful for visual things, but there is seldom any need for full video for absolutely everything. Video by necessity runs at its own pace, not the pace of the viewer. A reader can speed up, slow down, pause, and repeat merely by thought alone. A viewer needs to fiddle with tiny digital controls to usually quite random time stamps that feel like stabbing in the dark.

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

Good chance the instructor doesn't know ahead of time what the person learning wants/needs to see

[–] Speaker@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago

I only have 70 hours of web access, I'm not wasting them watching an ad for business management software before learning some person's top 10 favorite HTML tags.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I had the tiniest of dreams. I’m not kidding I’m a pragmatist and I have depression so I really just assumed a meager future. Egg on my face for assuming the water would be drinkable in my 80s. Fuck, bolder still to think I got 4 more decades in me.

Don’t mind me I’m just gonna go listen to that old Komsomolets song about building an unknown but hopeful future. Those kids still had hope in their voices when it was recorded.

Edit: I might as well link it Edit2 gonna link it in a reply so it gets the bot reply with the good links hang on sec

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

~~youtube~~ better links below

There we go, here’s the song

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago

Yay good job

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

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[–] CommunistCuddlefish@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

New tagline please @CARCOSA@hexbear.net

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago

Now you have to make a sick website professor-helper-wave

[–] sawne128@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

It might still work.