Watching videos faster? YES you can!

 

It's been a while that I have been trying to learn how to watch videos faster. I was told about reading faster and I think I can read faster that I used to.

When I started adjusting the speed of videos that I watch, I was cautioned that I may not be able to enjoy watching normal-speed ones. My reasoning? I'd like to keep my brain busy and keep it awake while keeping the momentum of being interested. Further, I can control the depth and versions of imaginations, at which at times, takes away from the video itself. In short, I'd like to absorb the content faster. The only way is to be faster.

Curious? Take a look at readings and opinions about watching faster by starting here: https://www.google.com/search?q=watching+faster

Don't you think you should?

Even faster though is to try the following:

1. Open a video (or on Youtube) you want and play it at normal speed as you used to.

2. After 2 minutes, adjust it to 1.25x and try to keep up with understanding the content. 

3. After 3 or 5 minutes or when you are comfortable, adjust to faster speeds

The rule is: only adjust to faster speed when you are able to comprehend/understand the content. Start with your normal speed and adjust incrementally while still comprehending the content. This, like all skills, takes practice.

Good luck!

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Session 1: Basics

 What is Infrastructure as  Code?

Prepare Workspace

1. Install
1. Terraform: (https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/terraform/install-cli?in=terraform/azure-get-started)
2. Azure CLI: open PowerShell as administrator
   $ Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/installazurecliwindows -OutFile .\AzureCLI.msi; Start-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -ArgumentList '/I AzureCLI.msi /quiet'; rm .\AzureCLI.msi
3. Visual Studio Code
1. Terraform by HashiCorp
2. Azure Terraform by Microsoft
3. Azure Cloudshell (Powershell)
4. Azure CLI tools
2. Activate Azure Account

Create or open a project folder. Open the folder in VSCode. Create a file named main.tf.

Open a powershell terminal and issue:

$ az login

Paste the following to the main.tf file:

provider "azurerm" {

  features {}

}

resource "azurerm_resource_group" "aingelrg1" {

  name     = "Session1"

  location = "southeastasia"

}

On the terminal, follow through each of the commands

$ terraform init

Initialize terraform and check dependencies

$ terraform plan

Simulate what needs to happen in Azure

$ terraform apply

Execute the instruction in Azure. You need to type "yes" to confirm the execution.

$ terraform show

$ terraform destroy

Delete from Azure

You can checkout some samples at the following Git Repos:

https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-azurerm/tree/main/examples

https://github.com/aingelc12ell/jaira-terraform-azure/