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That only works if you can 1) write fast and 2) decipher what you wrote earlier. I'm fortunate enough to be able to meet both of of those characteristics, but I
by quanticle 10y ago
That only works if you can 1) write fast and 2) decipher what you wrote earlier. I'm fortunate enough to be able to meet both of of those characteristics, but I know one of my colleagues specifically learned LaTeX and emacs so that he could take notes quickly in math classes. LaTeX for equations, emacs drawing mode for ASCII art diagrams.
- WalterBright 10y agoMy first semester in college I discovered that I could not read my notes. With some effort, I fixed that. 40 years later, I can still read the notes, but I no longer understand them because they have no context (the professor's words). At the time the notes served to remind me of the lectures, but not anymore. I wish I had made audio recordings, but the idea never occurred to me, nor to anyone else. The lectures are a lost treasure. What a shame.
- copperx 10y agoLecture notes a lost treasure? Which school did you went to? MIT?
- WalterBright 10y agoThe notes, no. The lectures themselves. For example, one of them was a Feynman guest lecture on potato chip worlds, which I'm sure if it was recorded it would be a classic today. I went to Caltech.
- copperx 10y agoWhoa.