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If you have to watch a video though, try increasing the playback speed (it's in the little settings gear on the YouTube player). I normally listen for a few minutes at double speed, then drop down to 1.5 if necessary.
Did you try that with this video? I had enough trouble with the speaker rushing words in a thick accent at normal speed (not even meant as a criticism...just one of those things you come across at these conferences). Sometimes speeding up just isn't a viable option. I'm glad I had the time to watch the whole video last night, but I too am looking forward to blog posts, documentation, and code releases. Way easier for…
I watched it at 1.5x and it's perfectly understandable, although it's probably because, like @pluma, I'm also a non native english speaker living in Europe.