Does your mind jump around, stay on task or get stuck?

Re:Does your mind jump around, stay on task or get stuck? by infiniteparamtr on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @08:59PM (#12851505)

Whenever Elon Musk answers questions about how to learn as effectively as he has over the years, he routinely says "my process isolation isn't what it used to be."

I don't think I've ever had or ever will have any capacity to isolate a process and complete a large project.

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Re:Does your mind jump around, stay on task or get stuck? by NhanH on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @10:14PM (#12851787)

What does process mean in this context?

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Re:Does your mind jump around, stay on task or get stuck? by qznc on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @04:14AM (#12852996)

Operating system processes are isolated such that they do not mix up memory. Focus means not being distracted by unrelated thoughts/memories.

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Re:Does your mind jump around, stay on task or get stuck? by workerIbe on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @10:53PM (#12851928)

I think he is talking in computing terms, sandboxing.

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Re:Does your mind jump around, stay on task or get stuck? by simplemath on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @12:02AM (#12852148)

Some people are just more optimized for multithreading

I can hardly fathom the solar Babylon Musk has conjured up in his head

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Re:Does your mind jump around, stay on task or get stuck? by joshumax on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @12:33AM (#12852264)

Well at least I finally managed to get out of real mode and onto cooperative multitasking...

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Re:Does your mind jump around, stay on task or get stuck? by totalZero on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @07:33AM (#12853707)

I'm going to name my firstborn Babylon Musk

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