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AitchyB t1_izibe9i wrote

Reply to A website where you can practice typing by typing out classic literature instead of random words or passages - You improve your typing speed and read a great book at the same time ! by MagicalEloquence

When I learned touch typing in highschool many moons ago (on an electric typewriter lol) we were taught not to read the word (when copy typing) but instead break it down into letters to improve our speed, hence the practicing of random letter groups. So a site like this wouldn’t actually be any good because I wouldn’t take in the content.

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MagicalEloquence OP t1_izi504z wrote

Reply to A website where you can practice typing by typing out classic literature instead of random words or passages - You improve your typing speed and read a great book at the same time ! by MagicalEloquence

I have always loved typing. There was a time when I was fascinated by the idea of typing without looking at the keyboard. My typing speed used to be under 20 words per minutes.

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I learnt how to type a decade ago and improving my typing speed is a passion of mine.

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The book 'Grit' by Angela Duckworth talks about the importance of hobbies or learning an instrument as a child. Of persevering at something you are not actually good at to tell yourself that you can get better at something through hard work. I had not read the book as a child, but typing has come to represent that to me.

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I practice typing whenever I get free time or want to relax and not think about tensions. Getting better at typing is a reminder to myself of being able to get better at something you were not by sheer hard work - A testament to my hard work.

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I love the feeling of improving at something with sheer hard work.

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However, a lot of typing websites are mere random words or passages that are a paragraph or two and then repeat ! This is a fantastic idea !

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It's real text. It's literature so it even has a lot of words, which would not appear in everyday conversation. It teaches you new typing patterns and new memories for the muscles to build.

It's also very engaging for the mind and a very constructive website ! Thanks for making it !

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Mic_Check_One_Two t1_izi2rfh wrote

Reply to comment by fucktheDHanditsfans in The Smithsonian's open access library, containing millions of digital assets under a creative commons license (you can even use them for commercial work)! by Rishloos

Well… Kind of. Disney has a habit of pulling inspiration from public domain, then copyrighting their new version and using it to bully anyone who tries to use the original source material. Basically every Disney princess came from a story in public domain. But if you try to sell anything related to Peter Pan, Winnie the Pooh, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Snow White, etc I can almost guarantee Disney’s army of lawyers will be on your ass. Even if what you’re selling doesn’t include Disney’s material. They’ll try to bully you with lawsuits simply for using the same source and being tangentially related as a result.

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uniquepassword t1_izhpusc wrote

Reply to Nobody.Live - A website that randomly selects a streamer with 0 viewers to watch by rura_penthe924

I had a larger streamer raid me with about 100 viewers, sad he used this site to find my stream. I was playing an old game of Champions of Krynn in DOSBOx and I think I had like 1 viewer? lol it was pretty cool to see it and interact with all the people that stayed, i think at the ened i had like maybe 30 viewers actually stuck around, and probqbly 10 of them did subscriptions, one of them bought 5 gifted subs which i thought was cool....it was a nice change of pace..

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TheNotSoEvilEngineer t1_izhcms6 wrote

Reply to Site where you can learn all about electrical circuits and how they work (for free) by allaboutcircuits

I always hate how electronics and electrical engineering books organize the chapters. They never focus on the big picture, only components and how they work, but never give you an explanation of why the hell you are using them.

No one starts a circuit to just play with a bunch of resistors, capacitors, diodes, and transistors. They want the circuit to DO something, or interact with another bit of existing circuitry. The circuit you are building is often just a puzzle of how you are going to supply power at the right voltage, amperage, frequency, etc.

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