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Re:Ask HN: Why do you keep a personal knowledge base? by flashgordon on Saturday July 14, 2018 @02:10PM (#17531508)
I don't know about others but I actually don't. I found that I am wired to remember search terms exactly as is (not saying photographically) or at least sequences of searches and I let Google do the rest. I have been able to go back to topics I had researched years ago and almost retrace my search and find what I found earlier after many years. Must be why I am a "breadth" kind of person.
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Re:Ask HN: Why do you keep a personal knowledge base? by dynamic99 on Saturday July 14, 2018 @02:41PM (#17531677)
Very interesting... what about more tacit knowledge (ideas, advice, etc)?
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Re:Ask HN: Why do you keep a personal knowledge base? by flashgordon on Saturday July 14, 2018 @05:29PM (#17532487)
Same. Especially with ideas I have a mental map. For instance I find myself revisiting the topic of type systems every 3-4 years (don't me ask me why - I just am a sucker that way) and each time I find it a lot easier to revisit my last mental breadcrumbs rather falling back on books or notes I may have taken. I think laziness has honed me this way.
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