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The worst thing about online learning is that everything has become a video.

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  • elricofmelnibone@mastodon.socialE elricofmelnibone@mastodon.social

    @Daojoan I blame the platforms (Coursera, Udemy, etc). They all enable mediocre quality video peddlers to make a fair amount of money.

    A course-creation/monetization platform that didn't rely on video would probably be beneficial.

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    @elricofmelnibone @Daojoan and now you can't even audit the courses without paying, so good luck deciding from the bot comments if the course is actually legit or just an over-stretched, poorly-explained mess encouraging the use of the outdated tools!

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    • fenixmaster@mastodon.socialF fenixmaster@mastodon.social

      @Daojoan We should just return to minimal text pages. No beautiful design, just straight to the point information.

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      @fenixmaster @Daojoan you know it's bad when browsing documentation feels refreshing

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      • daojoan@mastodon.socialD daojoan@mastodon.social

        The worst thing about online learning is that everything has become a video. Every code tutorial. Every design tutorial. Nobody actually writes out a guide anymore. It's just "hey guys welcome to my tutorial" and watching 10 minutes of content that isn't remotely relevant...

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        #51

        @Daojoan I agree. I usually put extra time into searching for text-based alternatives to these videos

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        • stevefenton@mastodon.socialS stevefenton@mastodon.social

          @Daojoan

          "How to save your Google Doc"

          00:00 Why digital files need to be saved
          07:24 A history of save icons
          23:32 Formats used by different office tools
          31:56 Famous errors caused by not saving files
          58:45 Saving files in Google Docs

          And all to say "they save automatically".

          Like and subscribe!

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          @stevefenton

          accurate, except for missing the multiple unskippable advertising breaks 😆

          @Daojoan

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          • daojoan@mastodon.socialD daojoan@mastodon.social

            The worst thing about online learning is that everything has become a video. Every code tutorial. Every design tutorial. Nobody actually writes out a guide anymore. It's just "hey guys welcome to my tutorial" and watching 10 minutes of content that isn't remotely relevant...

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            @Daojoan this!! #annoying

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            • gumnos@mastodon.bsd.cafeG gumnos@mastodon.bsd.cafe

              @stevefenton

              accurate, except for missing the multiple unskippable advertising breaks 😆

              @Daojoan

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              #54

              @gumnos @Daojoan hahaha!

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              • daojoan@mastodon.socialD daojoan@mastodon.social

                The worst thing about online learning is that everything has become a video. Every code tutorial. Every design tutorial. Nobody actually writes out a guide anymore. It's just "hey guys welcome to my tutorial" and watching 10 minutes of content that isn't remotely relevant...

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                #55

                @Daojoan what might help is to try different search engines that focus on blogs and lower the ranking based on ads and tracking.

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                Better search results with no ads. Welcome to Kagi (pronounced kah-gee), a paid search engine that gives power back to the user.

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                Mojeek is a web search engine that provides unbiased, fast, and relevant search results combined with a no tracking privacy policy.

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                The free, open-source and non-profit search engine.

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                The big two trackers (google & bing) actively give big tech and ads supported websites higher ratings, leaving independent blogs in the dust, at page 8.

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                • daojoan@mastodon.socialD daojoan@mastodon.social

                  The worst thing about online learning is that everything has become a video. Every code tutorial. Every design tutorial. Nobody actually writes out a guide anymore. It's just "hey guys welcome to my tutorial" and watching 10 minutes of content that isn't remotely relevant...

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                  @Daojoan

                  And if they do, it's AI slob which starts explaining how to turn on a PC, the history of computers in general, why <your problem> matters. Then there's the solution: click on <menu => option that doesn't exist>.

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                  • daojoan@mastodon.socialD daojoan@mastodon.social

                    The worst thing about online learning is that everything has become a video. Every code tutorial. Every design tutorial. Nobody actually writes out a guide anymore. It's just "hey guys welcome to my tutorial" and watching 10 minutes of content that isn't remotely relevant...

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                    @Daojoan

                    Creators profit from YouTube's garbage business model to the detriment of those looking to actually learn anything.

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                    • daojoan@mastodon.socialD daojoan@mastodon.social

                      The worst thing about online learning is that everything has become a video. Every code tutorial. Every design tutorial. Nobody actually writes out a guide anymore. It's just "hey guys welcome to my tutorial" and watching 10 minutes of content that isn't remotely relevant...

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                      #58

                      @Daojoan
                      once upon a time I lamented about this,
                      explaining the time and energy lost (to make and consult this), the inability to search for keywords.

                      nowadays I getvthe answer 'shitGpt can sum up for you, then search in it'.

                      I quit.

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                      • geospaz@mastodon.socialG geospaz@mastodon.social

                        @GentlemanTech @Daojoan so much this. I still refuse to listen anyone waffling about when trying to find a simple tech trick, i mute & put cc's on and jump about in a video (if no text-only help available) and when i hit the right keywords start listening.

                        I thought turning video tutorials to text would be the killer app for "ai" but meh. Maybe I should watch a video on how to vibecode a utube2txt .

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                        @GentlemanTech @Daojoan @geospaz that's something :)) at least one could find the most relevant video based on the actual content not the title, hashtag, most viewed, taste of "similar" users, etc.

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                        • aoe@berlin.socialA aoe@berlin.social

                          @Daojoan @sashabilton True. But there are exceptions.

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                          @aoe @Daojoan always! And I really love watching making & tuition videos but as entertainment. And some are sometimes to the point but that's not how advertising based platforms work unfortunately.

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                          • daojoan@mastodon.socialD daojoan@mastodon.social

                            The worst thing about online learning is that everything has become a video. Every code tutorial. Every design tutorial. Nobody actually writes out a guide anymore. It's just "hey guys welcome to my tutorial" and watching 10 minutes of content that isn't remotely relevant...

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                            @Daojoan

                            Are you setting up your AI skills.md file so that it only gives you the advertisements and weekly drama you're interested in instead of random ones after you ask it to write out a guide for you?

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                            • daojoan@mastodon.socialD daojoan@mastodon.social

                              The worst thing about online learning is that everything has become a video. Every code tutorial. Every design tutorial. Nobody actually writes out a guide anymore. It's just "hey guys welcome to my tutorial" and watching 10 minutes of content that isn't remotely relevant...

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                              @Daojoan “Could this 10 minute video have been a 2 minute read?”

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                              • daojoan@mastodon.socialD daojoan@mastodon.social

                                The worst thing about online learning is that everything has become a video. Every code tutorial. Every design tutorial. Nobody actually writes out a guide anymore. It's just "hey guys welcome to my tutorial" and watching 10 minutes of content that isn't remotely relevant...

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                                @Daojoan Roots feed the branches, and during any 'leap' change, as has been the computer age, there requires a countermeasure to fill the gap/deficit that's left in said "leap".

                                And as a byproduct of millions of years, of harder physical differentials, placing too much weight on software, and far less on hardware, results in the inevitable asymmetry we're seeing now.

                                May as well be a brain in a vat, while cockroaches inherit your past potential.

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                                • daojoan@mastodon.socialD daojoan@mastodon.social

                                  The worst thing about online learning is that everything has become a video. Every code tutorial. Every design tutorial. Nobody actually writes out a guide anymore. It's just "hey guys welcome to my tutorial" and watching 10 minutes of content that isn't remotely relevant...

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                                  @Daojoan if it's a video 9 times out of 10 I will not view it. If I must view it, I will not play it, but skip through it as fast as I can.

                                  If it's on YouTube? Forget it.

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                                  • daojoan@mastodon.socialD daojoan@mastodon.social

                                    The worst thing about online learning is that everything has become a video. Every code tutorial. Every design tutorial. Nobody actually writes out a guide anymore. It's just "hey guys welcome to my tutorial" and watching 10 minutes of content that isn't remotely relevant...

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                                    @Daojoan German #music #education for #free in written form:

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                                    Have fun, people. 👍

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                                    • countholdem@mastodon.socialC countholdem@mastodon.social

                                      @Daojoan Roots feed the branches, and during any 'leap' change, as has been the computer age, there requires a countermeasure to fill the gap/deficit that's left in said "leap".

                                      And as a byproduct of millions of years, of harder physical differentials, placing too much weight on software, and far less on hardware, results in the inevitable asymmetry we're seeing now.

                                      May as well be a brain in a vat, while cockroaches inherit your past potential.

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                                      @CountHoldem @Daojoan What's so wrong with empowering the cockroaches? They should be given every tool to succeed, lol.

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                                      • snowblind2005@social.vivaldi.netS snowblind2005@social.vivaldi.net

                                        @Daojoan

                                        Are you setting up your AI skills.md file so that it only gives you the advertisements and weekly drama you're interested in instead of random ones after you ask it to write out a guide for you?

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                                        #67

                                        @SnowBlind2005 is this a serious message or a joke, I can't tell.

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                                        • thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioT thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io

                                          @Daojoan No worries, we now have VibeMaster 2000™ to transform video tutorials into badly written and half-wrong written guides!

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                                          #68

                                          @thomasfuchs point me to it, oh wise one.

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