Re: Tonight's movie

On 2/9/25 3:51 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:

Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:

A big problem with videos as opposed to text is that it's harder to
watch critically than to read critically.  When you read something,
you can slow down for key points and leave the text to check it for
something else.

 The same is true of video now.  My browser (Firefox on Ubuntu) lets me
pause, backtrack, or vary speed.  I frequently do so.

It's still harder. With printed or displayed text, I can check a passage over till I understand it. I can sort of do the equivalent by replaying a section repeatedly while slowing it down and perhaps enabling captions, but it's awkward. It's impossible to put two videos side by side such that I can look from one to the other in a useful way. Pasting quoted passages is also harder.
However, I often play German-language videos at a slowed-down rate to help my comprehension.

 But I need a new ad blocker.  YouTube has suddenly become all but
unwatchable, with multiple unskippable ads breaking into videos in
the middle.  Any recommendations?  Thanks.

uBlock Origin works very well for me.

Last night's movie, selected by my brother, was Zulu, a 62-year-old
movie about a then 84-year-old battle.  In other words, about an event
about three times longer ago than my false arrest.  (Why yes, it is
all about me.)

I've never seen the movie, but I once had a board wargame of the same title, about the same military actions.

 

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