From: garym@mcgath.com   
      
   On 2/9/25 3:51 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:   
   > Gary McGath  wrote:   
   >> A big problem with videos as opposed to text is that it's harder to   
   >> watch critically than to read critically.  When you read something,   
   >> you can slow down for key points and leave the text to check it for   
   >> something else.   
   >   
   > The same is true of video now.  My browser (Firefox on Ubuntu) lets me   
   > pause, backtrack, or vary speed.  I frequently do so.   
      
   It's still harder. With printed or displayed text, I can check a passage   
   over till I understand it. I can sort of do the equivalent by replaying   
   a section repeatedly while slowing it down and perhaps enabling   
   captions, but it's awkward. It's impossible to put two videos side by   
   side such that I can look from one to the other in a useful way. Pasting   
   quoted passages is also harder.   
      
   However, I often play German-language videos at a slowed-down rate to   
   help my comprehension.   
      
   >   
   > But I need a new ad blocker.  YouTube has suddenly become all but   
   > unwatchable, with multiple unskippable ads breaking into videos in   
   > the middle.  Any recommendations?  Thanks.   
      
   uBlock Origin works very well for me.   
      
   > Last night's movie, selected by my brother, was Zulu, a 62-year-old   
   > movie about a then 84-year-old battle.  In other words, about an event   
   > about three times longer ago than my false arrest.  (Why yes, it is   
   > all about me.)   
      
   I've never seen the movie, but I once had a board wargame of the same   
   title, about the same military actions.   
   >   
      
      
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   Gary McGath    http://www.mcgath.com   
      
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