too long even this site cannot "watch" it
TL;DW: Too Long; Didn't Watch Distill YouTube Videos to the Relevant Information
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#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
I use SponsorBlock (be sure to enable all categories of blocking such as filler content, not just sponsors), DeArrow (de-clickbaits thumbnails and titles) and a video speed changer extension to enable much of your stated functionality, though of course not all. I've saved likely years of watching due to this combination.
One of the best things in SponsorBlock is Highlight segments. If the video is 10 minutes of filler building up to a single interesting/exciting moment you can often see exactly on the timeline where to jump to.
That's also present in the regular YouTube video scrubber. Maybe less prominently?
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#113"Too long video" lol
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#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
Lol, no they don't. If you have a pdf with enough words in it, you can go from that to a published paperback on Amazon in 15 minutes.
Those aren't books. They're printed blogs you pay for. Every book can be published as a pdf. That doesn't mean that every pdf is a book.
What a textbook (sorry, printed blog) example of a No True Scotsman.
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#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
Lol, no they don't. If you have a pdf with enough words in it, you can go from that to a published paperback on Amazon in 15 minutes.
Those aren't books. They're printed blogs you pay for. Every book can be published as a pdf. That doesn't mean that every pdf is a book.
> Those aren't books. They're printed blogs you pay for.
If you are going to make an outlandish claim like this, at least try to post some criteria to defend. Not doing so has led to you not realizing that you can't without also excluding works of classical literature like Sense & Sensibility (which was self-published by Jane Austin).
There's also more direct problems with the arbitary line you are trying to draw, like best-selling book The Martian, which was originally published as a blog, then self-published as an e-book, then officially published as a book by a major publisher.
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#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
I use SponsorBlock (be sure to enable all categories of blocking such as filler content, not just sponsors), DeArrow (de-clickbaits thumbnails and titles) and a video speed changer extension to enable much of your stated functionality, though of course not all. I've saved likely years of watching due to this combination.
YouTube has a speed changer built in. I'm curious what your extension would add.
Higher speeds than 2x. I usually watch at 3x and sometimes more (sometimes with captions turned on). Keyboard shortcuts as well, as others have mentioned.
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#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
>Read a book, touch grass, etc. There's a ton of useful information that's only available in Youtube videos and not books such as DIY tutorials, repairs, etc. Unfortunately, many helpful videos also include useless fluff. E.g. a "good" 10 minute video on how to disassemble a Samsung dryer to replace the heating element also has 2 extra minutes of "click my link to Nord VPN" and "please smash that Like button and subs…
When you've saved "years of watching" by using sponsorblock and 2x speed, that's not how you use YT. Sponsorblock saves 25% at most. To be clear, I am not saying that youtube has no use, but the commenter I originally responded to is clearly in excess of whatever that reasonable level is.
How exactly does one "use YouTube," in your opinion then? You also forgot the effects of the other extensions than just SponsorBlock, even 2x speed (I watch at higher than that usually) saves 50% immediately. You presume I don't also do those things you listed, I now have more time to do them because of the time saved, not less.
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#118Does it just parse the captions like every other service or does it analyze the audio too?
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#120Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Read a book I wanted to say something flippant, but dang with the halo on my shoulder urges me otherwise. so here goes: books can also full of filler crap and useless and outright wrong material. just because it's a different medium doesn't make it any better for wasting time. in fact, a bad book can waste weeks of your life whereas a bad video on YouTube could waste about 10 minutes. ultimately I approve of any to…
Books at least go through a minimal amount of vetting before they are published, and there are meaningful differences between forms of media. As McLuhan wrote: "The medium is the message".
so if they're good, they're books. if not, they're not _really_ books.