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drivebyacct2 on Nov 27, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Poll: Do you select text while reading?

I don't understand how people do this unless they just read really slowly. It's maddening to try to do and have it actually be where you're reading.

It also kills me that HN seems to embrace this practice, yet is also so incredibly skeptical of SSS and dyslexia.

mturmon on Nov 28, 2012 [–]

If you have a trackpad, a triple tap can select a whole paragraph.

Unless you write one-sentence paragraphs, this turns out not to slow things down at all. (I read at a "normal" pace and sometimes do this.)

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