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A comment on In Praise of Print: Reading Is Essential in an Era of Epistemological Collapse. Parent comment

Re:In Praise of Print: Reading Is Essential in an Era of Epi... by n4r9 on Thursday November 28, 2024 @07:37AM (#42264787)
Surely an article can cover a process end-to-end, just as a video can focus on only a critical part. Do you mean that the medium of video encourages the author to be more thorough?
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Re:In Praise of Print: Reading Is Essential in an Era of Epi... by high_na_euv on Thursday November 28, 2024 @09:50AM (#42265644)
Sometimes I like to watch how someone does something cuz you can see interesting things

E.g watching developer write software can show you things about OS usage, IDE usage, automation and other tricks and habbits

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Re:In Praise of Print: Reading Is Essential in an Era of Epi... by n4r9 on Thursday November 28, 2024 @11:45AM (#42266674)
That's fair. Someone commented in a different fork that videos are good for DIY jobs, and I totally agree. You want to see a person doing it live, so you can imitate their motions. I was thinking about learning something theoretical, like mathematics or history.
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