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March 9, 2023: 1.25x

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I have a watch that connects to my phone, and every so often it causes a podcast I'm listening to to accidently bump up in speed. I know we've talked about this(/I brought it up) before, but I still don't get how people can casually listen to speech at anything more than a normal speed. I mean, I get why some people do it, but I just can't. I'm aurally sensitive in a way than anything more than 1x (or also less than, I suppose) is just too distracting for me to listen to.

27 thoughts on “March 9, 2023: 1.25x”

  3. Most of what I listen to are comedy podcasts, so speeding it up ruins the timing. When my students turn in video assignments I usually speed those up, but that’s because they, understandably as non-experts, tend to talk very slowly, with numerous pauses.

    My kids both listen to audiobooks a lot, and crank the speeds way up. My 12 year old goes at 1.75x, and my 9 year old goes all the way up to 2.2x. I can’t process quickly enough to even understand the words at that speed.

  4. I listen to most podcasts at 1.25 speed, but can't go any faster than that. My wife and kids can both watch youtube at faster speeds (1.5 and 2.0) and I just can't do that. I'm like Mike, I can't process that quick

    1. This is interesting to me, because it is only lately that I've found myself starting to speed up some videos, etc. Mostly in the work context. So I had a recorded witness interview that I was listening to the other day and it was way longer than it needed to be, so I sped up to 1.5 for the second half (almost everything relevant was in the 1st half). I was still able to catch what I needed, paused, went back, and listened at regular speed/made notes, and then resumed the faster pace.

      That all said, literally listening to the interview was the only thing I was focused on at the time. I can't imagine doing this effectively when I'm trying to do anything else, and there my processing would probably also be too low.

  5. Nervously watching the forecast for Saturday... how much snow is enough to ground the planes at MSP? We've got an early afternoon flight, and snow is looking certain for the timeframe right now...

    1. My forecast is showing only 1-3 inches expected during the day Saturday. That's not even a hiccup at MSP. But a lot depends on how fast the snow falls and accumulates.

    1. [S]aid James Triboldt while wearing two They Might Be Giants shirts because he couldn’t decide on just one.

      lol

  7. Take the over on stolen base counts this year. Tango looked at stolen base attempts and success rates in spring training for the previous 18 years. In general, they are inversely correlated: more attempts leads to a lower overall success rate. Teams had attempted fewer attempts each successive year for the prior five years and success has subsequently also increased. This year has not only the highest attempt rate but also the highest success rate in 20 years. That means teams will try even more.

    Spring training SB attempts of 2B from 2005 through 2023

    1. I was wondering if that would happen. Most are close plays and the bigger bases cut the distance down.

      1. Tango credits the pitch clock because now runners can better time the pitcher's delivery.

            2. I am mostly with HJ. The combination of larger bases and pitch clock probably matter at the margin for SB attempts, which will add fun.

              But I hate the shift rule.

              1. I've kind of come around on the shift ban. I was against it originally, but I don't think it's a bad thing. It's not too restrictive and still allows for some creativity in positioning, and it could bump offense up a statistically significant amount. As a whole, I kind of feel the rule changes = more fun/less time.

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