Everything I Know (1975) • Hacker News Board

I quite like the traingular-tiled graphic of buckminster fuller in the hero section, and that hover highlights the tiles. All very buckminster fuller-y!

Re: Everything I Know (1975)

#15

Post by amelius » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 1:44 PM UTC

detourdog wrote: post #2

I have tried to listen to the whole thing but I have barely made a third through. I used to watch it but n archive.org and the audio wasn’t great. Currently on mobile and the videos aren’t available to hear the audio quality. Just tried on a laptop and the video is not available.

Apparently there are transcriptions.

Re: Everything I Know (1975)

#16

Post by amelius » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 1:45 PM UTC

msephton wrote: post #3

Am I understanding correctly that around 1997 a single person transcribed 42 hours of recordings? Wild and impressive. I wonder how long it took them? Modern tools would likely do it in 42 minutes?

Maybe those modern tools could be used to clean up the audio and video?

Re: Everything I Know (1975)

#17

Post by thelastgallon » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 1:55 PM UTC

I remember this comic about Energy Slaves: https://www.stuartmcmillen.com/comic/energy-slaves/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_slave

Re: Everything I Know (1975)

#18

Post by jubilanti » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC

msephton wrote: post #3

Am I understanding correctly that around 1997 a single person transcribed 42 hours of recordings? Wild and impressive. I wonder how long it took them? Modern tools would likely do it in 42 minutes?

At max, two full work weeks for a lightly trained amateur to transcribe 42 hours of decent but not great quality audio. A professional could do it in near realtime.

For me, it is notable that this is notable for you. This used to be as ubiquitous of a profession in modern organizations as typists were. Many people's entire job was going to meetings and/or listening to calls, transcribing the conversation, not just taking notes.

Professional stenographers transcribe in realtime with phonetic markers and everything. Even lightly trained transcriptionists can transcribe 1 hour of audio in 1.25-1.5 hours of wall clock time. For an amateur, you could probably get to a 1:2 ratio within a few hours. It's at max two full weeks of work.

Re: Everything I Know (1975)

#19

Post by detourdog » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 2:13 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #15

detourdog wrote: post #2

I have tried to listen to the whole thing but I have barely made a third through. I used to watch it but n archive.org and the audio wasn’t great. Currently on mobile and the videos aren’t available to hear the audio quality. Just tried on a laptop and the video is not available.

Apparently there are transcriptions.

I like to listen to it. I certainly wouldn’t want to try to read it.

Re: Everything I Know (1975)

#20

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 2:30 PM UTC

jubilanti wrote: post #18

msephton wrote: post #3

Am I understanding correctly that around 1997 a single person transcribed 42 hours of recordings? Wild and impressive. I wonder how long it took them? Modern tools would likely do it in 42 minutes?

At max, two full work weeks for a lightly trained amateur to transcribe 42 hours of decent but not great quality audio. A professional could do it in near realtime. For me, it is notable that this is notable for you. This used to be as ubiquitous of a profession in modern organizations as typists were. Many people's entire job was going to meetings and/or listening to calls, transcribing the conversation, not just ta…

[deleted]