Ask HN: What's your process for learning?

Re:Ask HN: What's your process for learning? by adamnemecek on Monday June 26, 2017 @01:31PM (#14638654)

Not it's not. It's not like each pass takes as long as if you were doing it in one pass. I would actually say that this approach is faster as it lets you focus better and on the things you want to get.

> it is like throwing mud to the wall hoping that it sticks

I must have not explained it well because that's the exact opposite of what I'm talking about. It's not about what sticks, it's about creating the connect-the-dots

> It's much more effective to focus on each topic and try to remember and repeat the informations just read.

Effective for what? Assuming that a neural net is a good approximation of the human learning model, why do nns tend to be be trained over multiple epochs?

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Re:Ask HN: What's your process for learning? by tigershark on Monday June 26, 2017 @05:33PM (#14640575)

To create the connections you have to consciously think and recall not only the topics, but also understand how they are connected and practice them. Seriously, I thought this was the last place on earth were I would have found people saying that to learn something the best way is to read a book 5 times. Because if you want to learn Java obviously the best way is to read a Java book 5 times, instead of reading one concept at a time, understanding it, recalling it, putting it in practice with exercises without looking at the book and connecting all the concepts. I will continue learning in my way that for you is for some reason so alien, good luck in learning reading 5 times.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your process for learning? by adamnemecek on Monday June 26, 2017 @05:47PM (#14640656)

You are misunderstanding what I'm saying.

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