• CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social
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        26 days ago

        Fun fact: the human brain can process speech considerably faster than the human vocalization systems can form it, so you can probably watch most videos on 1.25-1.75 speed wothout missing much, it just takes some adjustment.

        At this point I cant watch people talking at a camera on anything slower than 1.5, because thats just the default videos play in (changed a setting on freetube and now cant stand slow), but I have watched 6+ hour videos that way. It cuts a substantial amount of time, and the speed up helps keep me engaged.

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          26 days ago

          Yeah I know people who listen to podcasts this way. This robs me of any pleasure to consume media, so I‘d rather not.

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          26 days ago

          if you want to convey information there should be a summary up front. they somewhat did that in the first minutes so that’s ok.

  • oyzmo@piefed.social
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    27 days ago

    GDPR … this sounds like it could be very expensive for LG if a consumer agency reports it

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    27 days ago

    The thing is, it just isnt even a surprise anymore. In fact I’d be more surprised if these devices weren’t doing this. What worries me is that the industry seems to think its acceptable and more often than not there are no consequences.

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    27 days ago

    Before buying a TV we researched what you can use without giving it internet access. Turns out that is quite a few. We got a Samsung and indeed we never had to, and just use it as a dumb screen