alt Hacker NewsThis whole thread is kind of infuriating.
The gist you took away is not quite right because of course you didn’t watch it.
Why does everything have to be summarized? If you want to see the content watch the content. Technology Connections videos are interesting, entertaining (to nerds at least) and a lot of effort goes into them.
Watch them at 1.5 speed if you’d like.
Or don’t watch them at all.
But the “give me a transcript because I want to watch but don’t want to watch” thing is so annoying.
YouTube also provides a transcript on the desktop version of the site, by the way. So this entire thread is pointless.
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Wanting a summary that includes the results of the research of the 45 minute video doesn't seem pointless...
ah but you forget this is from the no-effort november collection.
Are you really infuriated by a complete stranger writing a script you don't like and then mentioning it in a message thread? Just curious.
I want my whole life to be optimized, so that I can consume far more but get nothing out of any of my consumption. Anything that requires art, ingenuity, and human effort can be compressed to a simple bullet point summary.
I don't care that Technology Connections is the perfect blend of campy midwestern technical pedantry, substantive detail, great editing, understated humor. It must undergo machine digestion, its humanity stripped, before being fed to me as a flat slurry. This way, I can optimize my consumption of slurry without ever encountering any of that pesky 'human spirit.'
Because that is optimal.