commit a64051dd741185acbb9be948288fed3a04d571b2 parent a49a06e8239818c35dbe66899c8ee950fa067f75 Author: pyratebeard <root@pyratebeard.net> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2022 13:34:27 +0000 podcastracing Diffstat:
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diff --git a/entry/podcastracing.draft b/entry/podcastracing.draft @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Over the last year I have started listening to podcasts on a more regular basis. Most of the time I have about 20 to 30 minutes while I am doing a chore or some other task. For a long time I was listening to [Cory Doctorow's reading](https://craphound.com/hackercrackdown.xml) of [The Hacker Crackdown](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/101) by Bruce Sterling, but felt like it was taking me a long time to get through the episodes 20 minutes at a time. +Over the last year I have started listening to podcasts on a more regular basis. Most of the time I have about 20 to 30 minutes while I am doing a chore or some other task. For a long time I was listening to [Cory Doctorow's reading](https://craphound.com/hackercrackdown.xml) of [The Hacker Crackdown](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/101) by Bruce Sterling, but felt like it was taking me too long to get through the episodes 20 minutes at a time. I decided to start speeding up the podcast so I could get through more. First I sped up 1.10x to see what it was like but very quickly moved to 1.25x. I got so accustomed to listening at 1.25x that when I put an episode on a different device I thought Cory was talking really slow. @@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ As I grew use to the speed I started listening to all my podcasts at 1.25x. Aft On occasion the speed has to be dropped down again if somebody is talking quite fast at normal speed but I am surprised at how quickly I have become use to it. -I have started trying this for videos as well. Some vlogs I subscribe to can be sped up to about 1.35x at the moment. I think visual at speed is harder than audio but I have been able to watch a few movies at 1.25x. +I have started trying this for videos as well. Some vlogs I subscribe to can be sped up to about 1.35x at the moment. I think visual at speed is harder than audio. I have even managed to watch a few movies at 1.25x. Now I need to work on improving my speed reading...