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by jbstack 3y ago
How do you know when is the optimal time for those revisits? Is it a week later, then a month later, then 6 months later? How do you make that decision? What method will you use to revisit? Will you locate the original book, find the right
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Why learn anything?
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Some books are a complete waste of time to read without retention. For example, there is no value to me in reading and forgetting a technical book on some piece of software that I only use infrequently but need to be reasonably competent wi
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This assumes that the main purpose of reading is always enjoyment. Often that is not the case; we read because we require the knowledge contained in the book for our work. The converse of only engaging with a book on an emotional level and
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As someone who has reached a useful level of conversational ability in two languages, primarily because of Anki, I strongly disagree that using it gets you "nowhere". I don't have the luxury of language immersion (e.g. living
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"... under the logic that our ancestors ..." I generally find this logic unconvincing. Our ancestors lacked access to modern scientific knowledge and had far shorter average lifespans than us. Here are some examples of things that
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As a user, definitely not. Web apps are slow, require an internet connection, don't integrate nicely with my OS, and generally inferior to native GUIs in just about every way.
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I'll gladly take long but coherent documentation over poor or non-existent documentation. This is a strange thing to complain about in my opinion.
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A life-time membership costs 12 - 23 times more than the monthly subscription fee depending which package you choose. I'm not sure that paying a huge lump sum for a subscription I don't want is a good alternative to taking a month
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This peaked my interest until I saw: "Requires [paid] Nebula Membership". I see zero reason that I should need to pay them a subscription when all I want is a one-off product. Sure, I can see the use in being alerted when new gene
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I think what this misses is the very important motivation factor. Thinking in terms of "Improving my editor will let me write code 20% faster" is missing the point in my opinion. If your improved editor is more pleasant to use, yo
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That can be solved by reading it after reading the book instead of before.
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It's also shortsighted. You might never develop a taste for high end audio gear. But you certainly will age and die. Unlike many things it's a problem that affects every single one of us.
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The rules may be clear and well-justified, but due process exists for a reason. The state should still have to prove, beyond reasonable doubt, that you actually broke those rules, and the decision as to whether the burden of proof has been
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Twitching isn't proof of dreaming.
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This exact issue is what eventually persuaded me, over 10 years ago, to switch from Windows to Linux, having already been on the fence for some time. I've never looked back. Installing all my software and configuring it on a new machin
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"And even if the battery would be the problem you can go to a phone repair shop and get it replaced there. There's no need for me to easily be able to do it." This one is easy to counter. For the majority of low and medium en
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Of course nobody still uses devices from 20 years ago, but we aren't talking about a binary choice between "dispose of devices constantly" vs "never dispose of devices". Nor are we talking about a binary choice betw
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Nobody is arguing that you should keep a phone longer "just" because the battery can be replaced. You should keep a phone for longer because you want to keep the phone for longer. With a replaceable battery, you have that option.
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I don't think it's really fair to say that this has anything to do with Ubuntu Server at all, or that it reflects on Ubuntu's security. After all, this issue only occurs if you decide to enable a sudo command for a user and,
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by jbstack 3y ago
> They’re certainly doing themselves a disservice by being so sure of themselves I didn't find the OP to be sure of themselves. See e.g.: "Admittedly, this would slowly go away as I gained more experience with the language.&quo
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You can also make the related cards as siblings and use the bury feature so that you can only ever see one on a given day. I frequently use this to learn lists e.g.: Card 1 front: Countries in the UK: 1. [...] 2. 3. 4. Card 1 back: Countrie
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I've found a similar logic applies to language learning. There's plenty of advice out there dismissing book / flashcard learning and saying you just need to get out and practice speaking with natives. In reality, you can&#x27
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Duolingo's spaced repetition is poor to non-existent. The whole point of spaced repetition is to prompted to remember information at the right time, but Duolingo relies on you to decide what to do and when. In the new Duolingo layout t
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> I've always wondered if it should actually be the other way around It should be both ways round. This is especially true for languages (where your brain needs e.g. French -> English for reading/listening and English -&gt
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> Then, set your max cards per day setting to that. Then do those. And stop sweating it. I agree with this, but I'd argue that this alone isn't sufficient. You should also try (as best as possible) to keep the number of new car
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I've tried Clozemaster several times and always uninstalled it within a few days despite really wanting to like it. I could happily ignore the bad UI if the functionality were good, but I've found that the pacing lacks structure a
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It seems strange to blame a distribution for a problem you had with a DE. Just change the DE. Or download one of the many Ubuntu flavours which has your preferred DE preinstalled.
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To be fair, most of those are uniquely Windows problems. If you pick a halfway decent Linux distribution, you will never see advertising, telemetry, or lack of control, and updates are a mostly positive experience. I switched from Windows 7
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> Obesity rates suggest people eat far more than they need to. Obesity rates are also higher among poorer segments of society than wealthy, so it isn't necessarily a given that obese people will choose to eat less just because doing

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