I've seen a software thingy that makes the first couple letters of words bold, which allows me to read at a normal speed. But it costs something I don't want to pay, and I'm skeptical it can apply to things I find all over the internet. I actually think being a slow reader has benefitted me. I'm forced to be more meditative with texts, which I think yields more of the meaning the author intended. Several times, I've asked people what a book they're reading is about and they've actually said they don't know, or can't remember what they just read. So weird... Seems like a waste of time, then. I checked out Go for a little while after some previous conversations with you, and I liked it. It was much easier to get into and quickly start doing things than C++, and especially Rust, which I officially hate. I ought to restart that little project... But its also hard not going into C++ for the simple fact that people doing things I like, such as electronics, overwhelmingly use C++. I don't really learn at all without direct and physical application - if I get into coding, I **_must_** focus on electronics - I would have no choice, because without the physical interaction, I simply don't learn.

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the narrow focus of Go's users towards network servers is frustrating. many applications especially games and GUIs benefit from the kind of simplifications you can do with CSP concurrency. it's one of the biggest bugbears i have, about the language. i kinda sorta almost solved it, to a reasonable degree, with a GUI toolkit i was building some time ago. i just updated its dependencies finally the day before yesterday. gonna amuse myself with that. the hard task that had blocked me from resuming it is now done. took only a few hours, breaking api's are hell when you don't have an LLM to help. regarding the text thing, that seems like such a simple thing to charge for it seems a bit disgusting considering. when i am deep in a book, ask me about it and you will regret it, if you have something you need to do. i can read a dozen pages and then talk for an hour about it, if it's interesting.