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hackers.town: 2024-07-22 Mon 06:09
@Flaky okay I’ll warn you right off the bat this is another rabbit hole that can be as distracting as it is helpful, but: set up a note system.
You can do simple paper notebooks, but I needed something I could search cross-link, so I use a PKM (Personal Knowledge Manager). There are many PKMs (I use Logseq, but I recommend Obsidian due to its large community) and many overarching systems (PARA is popular and close enough to how I do things), but the important starting point is just to get things down so you can go “oh yeah I remember learning that.”
The bit most helpful to me long term is the daily journal, where I jot down anything notable during my day. Over time something recurs or jumps out at me enough to deserve its own topic note.
And if you go down this path, you’ll start over many times as you get carried away in one direction or another. Just breathe and be patient with yourself.
hackers.town: 2024-07-22 Mon 06:16
@Remittancegirl I called her a cop yesterday and my brain caught the inconsistency, made me go look up her actual track record, and I take it all back.
Just so folks know it’s never too late to get a clue.
hackers.town: 2024-07-22 Mon 06:18
On calling Kamala Harris a “cop” which I’ve done — recently — but stopped after I looked up her track record as public prosecutor.
#QT @Remittancegirl
https://mstdn.social/@Remittancegirl/112829257815841233
hackers.town: 2024-07-22 Mon 06:23
@NexCarter @Flaky oh yes on that last bit: never ignore how happy a neurospicy brain can be making a physical connection to a brain thing, increasing the strength of the associated memory.
I’m 90% digital, but I still keep a sketchbook handy for study doodles and small task lists.
hackers.town: 2024-07-22 Mon 06:25
@Remittancegirl I first heard it in 2020 from that particular Twitter crowd that basically boiled any kind of government work to “a cop.”
Same mindset that firmly believes it’s better to do nothing wrong than to do something right. I stopped listening to them on everything else, but some stuff lingers on apparently.
hackers.town: 2024-07-22 Mon 06:37
@Remittancegirl I don’t think the right was the first to call her a cop, but I think as with all things it’s an opportunistic crowd that knows a catchy phrase when it sees one.
I know we’ll see the accusation in extremely glossy commercials and astroturfed microblogging.
hackers.town: 2024-07-22 Mon 06:39
@platypus boosted purely for curiosity of course
hackers.town: 2024-07-22 Mon 06:44
@Natanox @Flaky Yes!
There’s the knowledge graph, which visually displays the connections you’ve made between notes. It’s mainly useful for a high-level view.
There’s also a canvas feature, which lets you make your own map of cards, notes, and comments. Pretty nifty.
But if you are really into mind map / concept maps, enjoy an organic approach to those maps, and have access to $60/yr or $6/month, I can highly recommend Kinopio. Basically the only hosted note service I use.
Here’s a sample concept map I put together a while ago on PKMs:
https://kinopio.club/OdVpnfOfEEtQD-Cg4M_MT
hackers.town: 2024-07-22 Mon 07:01
@peltast @Remittancegirl I call myself an engineer all the time — well, other people call me that, I rarely do — but that doesn’t mean I have IEEE certification. It’s an analogy helpful for people outside the domain, and one that can be easily abused.
And because I know who’s most likely to abuse the cop analogy, I’ve decided to avoid it.
Just basically if you see somebody latching onto this or anything uncomfortably quippy, take a close look at who is saying it and why.
hackers.town: 2024-07-22 Mon 07:19
@ferricoxide @Remittancegirl for sure. But for me it’s less about where it started, and more about how it’ll be aimed now.
hackers.town: 2024-07-22 Mon 08:06
@futurebird
(sees video recommendation)
ooh this looks interesting!
(sees 2:14:30 or worse)
not that interesting
hackers.town: 2024-07-22 Mon 09:29
I know I’m putting them to off-label use here, but I sure wish #Logseq handled namespaces more gracefully.
Definitely better with the Page-tags and Hierarchy plugin. Because it’s working with an already-loaded page, so several seconds are spent hiding 500 or so (so far) links.
hackers.town: 2024-07-22 Mon 09:55
Gonna have to start keeping a game log for the more involved ones, especially the automation games.
Do something else for a week and my ADHD-addled brain is all “I have no memory of this place.”
hackers.town: 2024-07-22 Mon 12:14
Need to shift my brain to interview prep mode, but we’re getting real close to a minimal publishable brain. “Minimal” means there’s a whole lot I want in there that won’t be when I go live.
Got a main RSS feed in there, though. And an h-card.
Later on in the day I plan to start fussing with Netlify configuration.
hackers.town: 2024-07-22 Mon 14:26
Oh hey here comes post-interview adrenalin burnout brain stall.
hackers.town: 2024-07-22 Mon 19:29
It’s garbage night so of course the javalinas are out.
hackers.town: 2024-07-22 Mon 19:41
@cinebox garbage redistributors, more like
hackers.town: 2024-07-22 Mon 22:46
Ah the fiddly fixy boring bit of the project, where hyperfocus has wandered off and I must rely on mere focus.
But I got it working better and only a little past my bedtime.