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W∴ Balboos wrote: or is that all perhaps some conspiratorial joke you pull on westerners?
Thank you for assuming that I'm not a native English speaker. You should rethink your generalizations before posting. 
W∴ Balboos wrote: OK - honestly - can you actually understand that stuff?
I'm a Pluralsight subscriber, where most of the training videos are narrated by non-native English speakers. And those narrated by native English speakers are often spoken too rapidly for my taste. It's as if the speaker wants to come across as an authority on the subject by speaking fast. In any event, I'm able to address both issues by reducing the playback speed to 0.8 - 0.9 of the original. It makes the audio clear enough to be understood. YouTube has the same facility.
/ravi
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I should have used the joke icon.
In real life (chemistry) we generally had seminars in the international language of science: Broken English. Also - I always keep in mind that they speak English much better than I speak (pretty much anything else).
Again - sorry for the oversight. I'm very bad about picking a "Type" in replies.
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: I'm a Pluralsight subscriber...English speakers are often spoken too rapidly for my taste.
Almost everyone of the videos are so boring that I crank the speed setting to 1.7x. I'm serious.
Man, in a book I can flip past all that stuff the author says that doesn't matter. That's difficult in the videos.
There are very few trainers I have to slow down to 1.4x (because they are actually saying important words per sentence.)
Others I can't understand at 1.2x and I quit their videos after 3 minutes.
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raddevus wrote: Almost everyone of the videos are so boring that I crank the speed setting to 1.7x. I'm serious.
Man, in a book I can flip past all that stuff the author says that doesn't matter. That's difficult in the videos.
Yes!, THIS ^
Needed to do some stuff with Laravel recently. Got the project files and about 8 or 9 video tutes.
Well, I've watched the videos through just once and have absolutely no desire to do that again.
It's about 12 hours of video for stuff I could extract from a written article in about an hour or two.
Elephant.
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Among the various "training videos" I had to watch last month was one presented by a native English speaker, but obviously an unskilled developer who could only get work making videos. One of the most painful parts to watch was when he tried to explain Regular Expressions. He had no clue what the expressions he was presenting meant.
He is, of course, touted as an "expert". I mean, he even has videos.
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I hear you. I recently sent feedback to Pluralsight about an instructor who has a series of videos that are little more than PowerPoint presentations spoken verbatim. 
/ravi
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The videos I had to endure are from Skillsoft, whatever that is.
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Please remember: the true definition of the word 'expert' is a 'has been under pressure' 
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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stoneyowl2 wrote: Please remember: the true definition of the word 'expert' is a 'has been under pressure'
Hello, I'm an Expert (I have a web site) and I'd like to help you make sense of the word, Expert. 
Anyone who has a web site and tells you they are an Expert is an Expert.
Thank you for attending my little training session. For only $99.95 subscription you can get my free certificate to prove you too are an Expert. 
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I actually already have a certificate - I too have a website
I could enroll you in MY class, it is much cheaper and my certificate can printed on vellum stock paper for only 49.95 more (postage extra). 
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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Sign me up and take my money. Please!
Where do I send my money, bitcoin? paypal?
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Gold will do. Just leave it in an unmarked bag at your front door, and my minions (the green ones, not the yellow ones) will pick it up when you are not looking. Make sure the weight is less than 100 lbs please. (But more than 25 lbs).
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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I know what you mean about the heavily accented speaking. I went to GTC this past spring and one of the seminars was given by a guy from India and it was a struggle to listen to. I gave up and left midway through it and read the powerpoint slides.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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I totally agree, they spend half the video explaining every simple freakin detail that you should already know and if not you're probably watching the wrong video anyway.
I find myself constantly saying, "Get to the freakin point".
Give me coffee to change the things I can and wine to accept the things I cannot!
JaxCoder.com
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#realJSOP wrote: find a dev-centric video
Crikey, I never thought I would hear that you use youtube as an source information.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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It’s because I was tired of reading the Indian version of English in articles and blog posts.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Does "paying lip service" involve regular botox injections?
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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No; that would be ironing out the wrinkles in the presentation.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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I thought most boat oxen were employed at canals.
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hmmm, so does that mean if I get botoxed it'll help me play the bagpipes?
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Lopatir wrote: hmmm, so does that mean if I get botoxed it'll help me play the bagpipes?
Well, you'll toot, but I don't think it'll have a bagpipe sound.
Oh, wait.. nevermind. I misread your comment.
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I hair what your saying but that's a mustache trim. Botox helps with playing cards and maintaining a pucker face.
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10 cores, but only 2 are "fast" cores; and they're a 2015 model with the medium speed cores identical and only marginally higher clocked than the slow cores. Mediatek hardware elephantry at its finest. 
It's still probably an upgrade from an Amazon Kindle because they're absolute race to the bottom junk unsuited for anything but shopping from home or watching CatTube Prime Cat Video (no GApps on Amazon devices out of the box  ).
I have no experience with that model but do have a different no-name android tablet from China because of the huge hole on the market between Amazon's race to the bottom garbage and Samsung's compete with Apple on high price models. You definitely need to do your research and find some reviews before buying because quality on these devices is all over the map.
PS Thanks for linking this though, elsewhere I know a few people elsewhere who have been looking for replacements for older Android 7" tablets that don't massively suck; a year or two back and couldn't find anything with better specs than the Nexus 7's they wanted to replace. Assuming the screen isn't a train wreck this should fit the bill of better than that at least.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
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