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I tend to be a somewhat slow learner but once I've learned something, I seem to remember it forever (I only lose a little bit of detail). I remember most of th

I tend to be a somewhat slow learner but once I've learned something, I seem to remember it forever (I only lose a little bit of detail). I remember most of the stuff from university 10 years ago including the brand and model of the microcontroller I programmed (ATMEL ATMEGA8-16PU) and the names of the I/O registers on that chip, the name of the program I used to program it with (AVR Studio). I also remember most stuff I learned in Discrete Mathematics, pretty much every ADT (Abstract Data Type) I learned about in my Algorithms and Data Structures class and I remember pretty much everything I learned in Machine Learning (decision trees with minimax algorithm, alpha-beta pruning, heuristic functions, Artificial Neural Networks, step functions, sigmoid functions, backpropagation algorithm)... Time and space complexity... Except for time and space complexity and ADTs, I haven't really used the other stuff.

primeblue 4y ago
quickthrower2 4y ago
That sounds like unusually good memory, almost like Michael Ross level. Make good use of that!
- jongjong 4y ago
  My ability to learn and remember stuff seems to be related to how interesting (how valuable) I find the information. The reason why I'm a slow learner is that I find it hard to remember things when I can't see their utility value. It takes a while to understand the full utility value of something. On the flip side, sometimes I don't even notice (much less remember) certain things. When I'm visiting a new city with someone else, I never seem to be able to remember how to get back to the starting point - I recognize almost none of the streets or landmarks on the way back (aside from a few particularly interesting ones). My mind just delegates the full responsibility of finding the way back to the other person. It's not a problem if I'm visiting a city alone though.

primeblue 4y ago

quickthrower2 4y ago

That sounds like unusually good memory, almost like Michael Ross level. Make good use of that!

jongjong 4y ago
My ability to learn and remember stuff seems to be related to how interesting (how valuable) I find the information. The reason why I'm a slow learner is that I find it hard to remember things when I can't see their utility value. It takes a while to understand the full utility value of something. On the flip side, sometimes I don't even notice (much less remember) certain things. When I'm visiting a new city with someone else, I never seem to be able to remember how to get back to the starting point - I recognize almost none of the streets or landmarks on the way back (aside from a few particularly interesting ones). My mind just delegates the full responsibility of finding the way back to the other person. It's not a problem if I'm visiting a city alone though.