The worst thing about online learning is that everything has become a video. Every code tutorial. Every design tutorial. Nobody actually writes out a guide anymore. It's just "hey guys welcome to my tutorial" and watching 10 minutes of content that isn't remotely relevant...
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@Daojoan Most people would rather die than write. Fake“professionals” prefer to ramble the same inane bs many times over writing it down once.
@Daojoan Absolutely correct
Food bloggers used to write things down. That is, they used to teach you how to cook. Nowadays, that still write, but it's like every article starts with, "I was born on a farm in Nebraska..."
For me it has been a blessing. I've always struggled to keep focused when reading walls of text, but now I can get a visual guide.
For quick "was it Y?" I've never failed to find a brief written answer (usually in SO, reddit or the rare forum post).
For long tutorials, I've managed to find stuff that gets to the point very fast. SponsorBlock for YouTube is also pretty good for skipping meanderings.
We have choices now. What works for you is good, what works for others is also good.
@Daojoan makes me want to make a tutorial video that's just the text of the tutorial slowly scrolling past
@Daojoan My brain can very easily retain information I have read in text. I have a very hard time remembering what somebody said in spoken words.
@Daojoan German #music #education for #free in written form:
Have fun, people. 👍
@Daojoan if it's a video 9 times out of 10 I will not view it. If I must view it, I will not play it, but skip through it as fast as I can.
If it's on YouTube? Forget it.
@Daojoan Roots feed the branches, and during any 'leap' change, as has been the computer age, there requires a countermeasure to fill the gap/deficit that's left in said "leap".
And as a byproduct of millions of years, of harder physical differentials, placing too much weight on software, and far less on hardware, results in the inevitable asymmetry we're seeing now.
May as well be a brain in a vat, while cockroaches inherit your past potential.
@Daojoan “Could this 10 minute video have been a 2 minute read?”
Are you setting up your AI skills.md file so that it only gives you the advertisements and weekly drama you're interested in instead of random ones after you ask it to write out a guide for you?
@Daojoan
once upon a time I lamented about this,
explaining the time and energy lost (to make and consult this), the inability to search for keywords.
nowadays I getvthe answer 'shitGpt can sum up for you, then search in it'.
I quit.
Creators profit from YouTube's garbage business model to the detriment of those looking to actually learn anything.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NewTubers/comments/drqk8f/10_minute_videos_for_monetization_still_a_thing/
And if they do, it's AI slob which starts explaining how to turn on a PC, the history of computers in general, why <your problem> matters. Then there's the solution: click on <menu => option that doesn't exist>.
@Daojoan what might help is to try different search engines that focus on blogs and lower the ranking based on ads and tracking.
The big two trackers (google & bing) actively give big tech and ads supported websites higher ratings, leaving independent blogs in the dust, at page 8.
