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Anyone else have to watch recorded lectures at 2-3x speed? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 7 months ago by jabathekek@sopuli.xyz to c/academia@mander.xyz

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Currently studying for an exam tomorrow, and I now realize why I'm always so sleepy in class: the prof. speaks sooo sloowllyy with pauses - in-between - most words. I can't keep focused because of that; thankfully, he has narrated powerpoints that I can download and watch... at 3x normal speed. Which is nice because a 37 minute video is now 12 minutes, but goddamn it makes classes so rough.

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[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

If I can, I'll use the "advance ten seconds" button or tap the right arrow key to skip 5-30 seconds depending on the client, until I find what I'm interested in and scrub backwards until I find the natural start point.

I can count on one hand the number of tutorials or lectures that I've been genuinely enthralled by from start to finish.

I had one tutor that every time they said "oh sorry that's wrong, I've been coding in python today, not Java" I just used to log out and check out someone else's material on a video streaming site. Fuck you for pissing my time up the wall - if I wanted to do that for £1300 a year, I'd ask my local barman about his opinion on the taxation structure of the United Kingdom for those straddling tax brackets.

edit: and/or barperson - if they can pour a decent pint, they're all awesome to me.