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Re:Ask HN: What are you favorite tiny tools? by superasn on Sunday October 14, 2018 @06:11PM (#18215779)
Video speed controller chrome extension. It lets you speed up videos on any site. I usually watch videos at 4x to 6x speed now (in addition to saving time I feel that I don't get distracted / daydream as much).

Sadly it's like an addiction and now I even watch Netflix at 1.5X speed too (which makes it impossible to watch with family)

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Re:Ask HN: What are you favorite tiny tools? by garyng on Monday October 15, 2018 @05:28AM (#18218432)
I have this extension too, I usually watch videos at 2x (a way to be "productive" while watching youtube videos ). But I wonder how can one watch at 4x/6x...
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Re:Ask HN: What are you favorite tiny tools? by Kagerjay on Monday October 15, 2018 @08:56AM (#18219257)
The secret is captions. You speed read through videos. I still watch most dense tutorials at 2x speed though, and TV shows at 1x speed
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Re:Ask HN: What are you favorite tiny tools? by superasn on Monday October 15, 2018 @05:34AM (#18218452)
I think it's a matter of habit and the more you do it the easier it gets (like training a muscle). 4x is very useful when watching video tutorials (lynda, udemy, etc) and generally I'm able to understand everything including the audio.

6x is when I just want to see the slides and code but can't understand the audio. It's rare but sometimes very useful.

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