browser-hist.el VS youtube-sub-extractor.el

Next, I needed to open a related project, which I didn't have locally. So, finally, I had actually to open my browser. Note that everything I described to this point, all, was done solely in Emacs. But wait, we're not ready to switch just yet. Now, I remembered that I already had to open that repo last week, so I searched through my browser history and found the link to it. , and now I'm in the browser. I searched, and I found the document I needed, and I decided - that still didn't warrant cloning the entire project. "I'm just gonna copy the link and put it in my note...". The inserted link would've been something like https://github.com/booga/wooga/pulls/4110. But not in Emacs, no. Since I'm using Org-mode, I customized org-link-make-description-function. What it lets you do, is to write your custom function, and that's what I did. My function goes to GitHub and pulls the description of the PR #4110. And now my link looks like this: Fixes migration in the Orchestration Module booga/wooga#4110.

I am also finding many great videos on YouTube. I found that I learn the material better if I read through the transcripts. I usually pull the subtitles and use them to make more notes.

I like eww because it allows me to focus on the text. I love text; text is awesome, it lets me slash through the forest of information without having my mind wander around, overstimulating my brain neurons with fonts, colors, background images, icons, side banners, ads, etc. If you've never read Graydon's "Always bet on text" post, definitely give it a gander. I agree with it almost entirely. Lately, I even stopped watching YouTube videos to learn anything, at least, not without speeding them up to 1.5x. But first, I would extract subtitles and quickly read through them, and then proceed to the watching. That lets me learn things and retain information much better. Yes, text is not perfect and interactive, visual data has incredible value and very often text just cannot replace it. But my initial instinct is to scout the text first, and then, if needed get to rest.