antimongo

@antimongo@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any good tools for learning blind typing?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to be a hunt-and-peck typist. For me, first you have to build muscle memory for key fingerings, which key is pressed by what finger. Then you can start to get faster. Building a strong foundation first.

  I would have this site open on one window: www.keybr.com

  And this image on another for reference: Image

  KeyBR has “levels” where you work on a specific set of letters first, until you’re fast enough and they give you then next set of letters, adding on to what you’ve already done.

  Once you’ve completed all letters, you stop professing and just type words with all letters.

  For me, after my first completion of keyBR, I spent a day or so practicing at the “endgame.” After that, I’d restart the entire module from scratch, back to the individual letters. Rinse and repeat.

  After about a month or two, I was already touch-typing.

  Then I got really into monkeytype.com, and started typing faster and faster.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Improve your Wi-Fi with this one trick⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I watched the same video!

  I was right about to disagree and type “wait this only applies to light” but then I remembered: radio is light.

  Crazy to think about that!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am a very liberal person and I have very liberal children, except for one. I'm pretty sure my Gen Z son has been taken in by fascist doctrine. What can I get him for Christmas?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to be heading down this path as a teenager. For me, college was the eye opener. When I broke away from my normal bubble of people, I would have my opinions and biases challenged.

  I like the travel suggestion as well. Also I went to some music festivals around that time that were pretty significant to my beliefs. I guess it depends on the type of music they prefer though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nuclear fear-mongering is a ploy by Big oil⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  I like nuclear and all, but I don’t think nuclear can fill the same spot as peaker plants. Nuclear usually fills the base load needs on the grid. I don’t believe there’s nuclear with ramp rates capable of competing with a peaking gas turbine.