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Join the club. What I do: - Take lots of notes with code examples and thorough basic explanations to self. - Reduce inputs (news, social media, knowledge tha

Join the club. What I do: - Take lots of notes with code examples and thorough basic explanations to self. - Reduce inputs (news, social media, knowledge that doesn't matter) - Exercise (moving meditation. walk, run, whatever. time to self. no listening to podcasts/music/etc.)

dijksterhuis 8y ago
I live without internet at home now. It's amazing how much more space there is in my brain after reducing that single input.
- thrax 8y ago
  Are you a programmer? Because that doesn't sound helpful. If I didn't have internet at home, I basically wouldn't learn.
  - dijksterhuis 8y ago
    PhD researcher for cybersec/ml. So yes... ish. Not doing commits/builds every day. It's actually fine for that. I have 24 hour access to my uni building so I just go in when no-one else is around to write my code. I print off research papers to read them at home/coffee shops. I prefer reading from paper anyway. Got my phone if I really need to read something. But limited data allowance, so have to ration it...
  - chessturk 8y ago
    I used to be in this boat for financial reasons. I downloaded tons of documentation and learned to love specifications. Of course, nothing beats Google, but if the docs are good (big if) you tend get a deeper understanding of your tools.
  - mbrock 8y ago
    I know that feeling but people were not entirely unlearned before widespread home broadband. Consider the possibility that you could even learn more than you do now, without using the internet at home. It’s likely possible!
chessturk 8y ago
> - Take lots of notes with code examples and thorough basic explanations to self. I gained a ton of productivity when I started creating a set of helper functions, examples, and gotchas for each language / domain I work in. I used to use a network call helper in JS for ages to remember all the different ways errors can bubble out of fetch. I also have a file with a bunch of ML algorithms, cause there's no way I can keep it all in my head, but I don't want to forget the right tool for a job. I'm still self depricating, but my 'babys_first_elixir.exs' has been invaluable resource for me to dump interesting funtional patterns into while reading other folks code, then referencing when it's time for me to write.
GoToRO 8y ago
Reduce inputs. Thanks.

dijksterhuis 8y ago

I live without internet at home now. It's amazing how much more space there is in my brain after reducing that single input.

thrax 8y ago
Are you a programmer? Because that doesn't sound helpful. If I didn't have internet at home, I basically wouldn't learn.
- dijksterhuis 8y ago
  PhD researcher for cybersec/ml. So yes... ish. Not doing commits/builds every day. It's actually fine for that. I have 24 hour access to my uni building so I just go in when no-one else is around to write my code. I print off research papers to read them at home/coffee shops. I prefer reading from paper anyway. Got my phone if I really need to read something. But limited data allowance, so have to ration it...
- chessturk 8y ago
  I used to be in this boat for financial reasons. I downloaded tons of documentation and learned to love specifications. Of course, nothing beats Google, but if the docs are good (big if) you tend get a deeper understanding of your tools.
- mbrock 8y ago
  I know that feeling but people were not entirely unlearned before widespread home broadband. Consider the possibility that you could even learn more than you do now, without using the internet at home. It’s likely possible!

chessturk 8y ago

> - Take lots of notes with code examples and thorough basic explanations to self. I gained a ton of productivity when I started creating a set of helper functions, examples, and gotchas for each language / domain I work in. I used to use a network call helper in JS for ages to remember all the different ways errors can bubble out of fetch. I also have a file with a bunch of ML algorithms, cause there's no way I can keep it all in my head, but I don't want to forget the right tool for a job. I'm still self depricating, but my 'babys_first_elixir.exs' has been invaluable resource for me to dump interesting funtional patterns into while reading other folks code, then referencing when it's time for me to write.

GoToRO 8y ago

Reduce inputs. Thanks.