The building blocks of understanding are memorization and repetition

Re:The building blocks of understanding are memorization and... by daveguy on Thursday September 15, 2016 @04:19PM (#12509485)

I completely agree. I have found a speed reading extension to be quite valuable in getting a quick overview of an article. The speed reading time for this article was 5 minutes at 600 wpm (practiced up from 300 wpm). The speed read is good enough to get the TL;DR and a little more depth about the article.

This is the extension I use (it lets you rewind with k and pause with space -- helpful for getting more understanding out):

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/spreed-speed-read-...

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Re:The building blocks of understanding are memorization and... by ivan_ah on Friday September 16, 2016 @12:49AM (#12511908)

Have you tried text-to-speech software? The built-in one for Mac OS X is quite good (Alex, the default voice is not annoying).

I set the words per minute to a very high rate, and I get my hacker news while exercising or doing chores around the house. I've completely stopped reading long articles, except when there are intersperced code samples.

I highly recommend.

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