Duh
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I had this realization over 10 years ago when I was tasked with building a system that would retrieve news articles from news websites, parse them, and do keyword analysis to track for pathogenic and other biological and medical trends. There is very very little journalism in news. Most is AP reference and written for grade school. Back then, outlets like Xinhau were really bad at making believable propaganda but they also werent promoting AP rubbish, and as such could still produce useful signal. News24 was one of the most objective sources. The only thing worth reading news wise in the US is local level small town papers. The cities are just left opinion pieces, AP shit, or filler of old topical non-news based articles.
Thanks for the detailed reply to my one word post lol .
Remind me again what Xinhau is , although it is probably Chinese state news .
I have to ask man , what is your typing speed ?
You are correct on your guess regarding Xinhau.
My typing speed varies. On mobile Id guess around 7-10 wpm. On a PC I top out around 110 for text statements when going for speed, but typically stay in the range of 85-90.
110 Gadzooks! Do you use a special keyboard or something ?
No. Simple QWERTY and I havent splurged on a mechanical with the keys I like. I also think the belief that Dvorak layouts are faster than QWERTY is a myth. Maybe Workman layout as it seeks balance, but not worth it for me to spend time training for comparison.
I can't break 60 , I can't imagine 90 even . I suppose the muscle memory is the biggest thing. Do you have any tips ?
I guess some is muscle memory of patterns for word parts to flow faster.
Im lucky that I started over a summer when I was in school fearing I wouldnt be able to type and managed to be the fastest typist in my school at the time as a result.
Three tips...
- practice practice and never look at the keys
- mix it up with typing games. Theres actually fun ones now.
- relax and flow like the weave