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You can try to learn about topics that can help you with your role, but aren't directly related to your specialized field. Examples of skills to develop include writing, public speaking, and negotiation. Outside of business, you can co
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>"However, it may be that you just don't like your usual weekend activities. Try seeking a more rewarding and less passive kind of leisure." I agree, as the original poster could try watching movies they would enjoy. From
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I used to own a Galaxy Tab S3, and it became horribly slow (a Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus released just the next year in 2018 was faster) after barely more than two years of use. This isn't an isolated case, as there are threads on Reddit d
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I submitted the article after discovering it via a newsletter, but unfortunately didn't know it was plagiarized (benefitting the copycat author without properly crediting or compensating the original writer) until checking the comments
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Why do we round corners?(uxdesign.cc)
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Thanks for sharing! It’s likely I never would have learned about it otherwise.
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This is fascinating. From a web search, the American Chestnut Foundation has a formal process for submitting a sample. On their request for samples, and why [0]: "Please let us know if you think you have found an American chestnut by s
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>Does anyone here actually feel personal goal setting as beneficial anyhow? Personal goal setting has helped me a lot, though I haven't developed many personal goals at the request of a supervisor (they're created just for myse
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If you wanted to get back into it, maybe consider a full-sized notebook with high-quality paper (e.g. Seven Seas, Leuchtturm, or equivalent). It's harder to lose due to the size (and you could add a Tile/AirTag if you get a notebo
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A relevant HN discussion exploring effective learning strategies was posted ~7 hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30321632 The universals about learning, which I've taken away from the discussion, is that
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Location and culture plays a factor. If the average stranger in New York City or Miami, Florida offered me a free sandwich, I would be skeptical. If I were visiting a small town that wasn't known for a negative reputation, I wouldn&#x2
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Violence has different definitions, according to the Oxford English Dictionary [0]. One is: "1. a. The deliberate exercise of physical force against a person, property, etc.; physically violent behaviour or treatment; (Law) the unlawfu
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The regular journalling with a notebook was really interesting, as it's a habit I've been trying to implement. I've been trying to do interstitial journaling [0] by writing down the time, noting energy levels, and listing out
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The comedic term is "punching up" [0]. It's generally more acceptable to make jokes about the (presumably) wealthy owners of BMWs and Audis, versus "punching down" by making fun of people who comparatively face more
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>- If it was fun they'd charge money at the door. I'm not sure if 'fun' is the right descriptor, but certain fields of work with relatively high prestige and supply of applicants but relatively low credential requirem
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>I like to use the phrase "practice makes permanent" - not "practice make perfect", cause every instructor disagrees, and not "perfect practice makes perfect" because perfection is subjective and a fool&#x27
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A research paper called "Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology," which is backed up by experimental studies, can serve as a great introducti
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>"Taking notes while consuming material should be avoided, focus on the material and try to really understand it." This is a good habit. A technique I have been using in previous weeks is to initially do a superficial read (ins
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This sounds comparable to the Feynman technique. From the Farnam Street blog [0]: "There are four key steps to the Feynman Technique: "-Choose a concept you want to learn about -Explain it to a 12 year old -Reflect, Refine, and Si
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This is accurate and interesting. I initially thought this was incorrect from strong association with it as a flashcard system, though your technique is consistent with the definition provided on this wiki created by community members [0].
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> - spaced repetition is for memorization; I'm not trying to memorize I strongly agree. In the learning blogs (e.g. SuperMemo wiki) and forums I’ve read (r/Anki), there is a bias to solve every learning problem with space repet
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It’s really not. I’ve managed Facebook and Instagram ads for a non-profit educational group, sending Meta thousands of dollars for ad campaigns, and the UI for purchasing ads is poor, by the metric of whether the software “just works.” Ther
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Special Inquiry into Counterfeit Items in Operating Nuclear Power Plants [pdf](nrc.gov)
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It looks like Benadryl and other sedating antihistamines count as sleeping pills. The interviewee Walker appears to be referring to a passage from the book he wrote (mentioned in another comment I wrote in this thread), which references a s
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It looks like the interview excerpt refers to the following passage in the book "Why We Sleep" by the interviewee Matthew Walker: "The irony is that many individuals experience only a slight increase in “sleep” from these med
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Internet browsing on the phone is also less of a pleasant experience, versus with a desktop web browser. Reddit for mobile is deliberately designed to make you use the app that I wish not to use (you often can't expand threads without
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From the perspective of academic psychologists, this is true: "Substance use disorders (SUDs), as described in DSM-IV, are part of a class of disorders (substance-related disorders) that are “related to the taking of a drug of abuse (i
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Sleeping pills may be better than getting no sleep at all, but cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBTi) may be a better treatment approach than medication [0]. A problem with sleeping pills is that they reduce sleep quality, so you
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There are important caveats: sudden withdrawal from alcohol (high doses, long-term use), benzodiazepines (benzos), and methadone can cause death [0]. [0] https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/all-about-addiction&
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Sounds like the inclusive or [0] from the context. [0] https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/63998/inclusive-...

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