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reading comprehension is a very useful day to day skill.
I think zoomies just want to watch a video. I'm not trying to just insult them but I've had so many times people linking and recommending guide videos that are 15 minute long and full of dumb filler shit when an article would've been much better and quicker.
Yeah, I can't stand technical videos for that reason. I just want the content and nothing more.
I really dislike video tutorials. Just let me read a manual or the readme of a git repository.
"You want to actually read documentation? Hokay."
*links to Discord*
you sunova.... :D
This is why nerds who don't like literature class are missing out. If you can figure out the meaning of some inscrutable poem most documentation should be a breeze.
IME the skills needed to parse the poetry class stuff and the documentation wiki are distinct because I found that math, eng and software materials were always literal in what they were saying but I didn’t pick up on that because I was looking for a hidden meaning or secondary property or subtext. I had to rewire my brain for switching between different types of texts.
I get that, and I thought the same until I started writing documentation myself and found people misinterpreting what I thought were very clear instructions. Every piece of writing has subtext and secondary meaning, even technical docs.
Even understanding that the person writing the docs didn’t speak English as a first language helps me find clues to fill in the gaps that exist in all documentation. And that’s a skill I first picked up in literature class.
But that’s just me.