Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?

Re:Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in a... by dragonsngoblins on Thursday November 21, 2019 @06:52PM (#21601089)

It isn't a system I developed to remember though, it is just... I put them somewhere sensible where they won't fall behind something or scratch anything etc.

My keys are often in different places, it is just that the list of "sensible" places isn't very large so if I have forgotten checking them all takes practically no time

EDIT: I should say not a system I developed consciously, I do have ADD so my habit of putting things in sensible places generally might be an adaption to that, though if so it happened before I even had keys to lose

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Re:Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in a... by RobertRoberts on Friday November 22, 2019 @09:59AM (#21606102)

We may be mincing words, but when I say "system" I mean "I decided to try and only place my keys in reasonable places, always... and these 4 are the most reasonable."

Where other people may have made no considerations at all where they put stuff.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in a... by dragonsngoblins on Sunday November 24, 2019 @06:14PM (#21624182)

I feel like "System" is a bit of an extreme term. "Sensible" also means natural. Like, either they go on the kitchen counter, the dining table, or my desk, or occasionally the arms of the couch usually because those are the places that have space to put things like phone/keys/etc when I empty my pockets.

The only considerations are: Is the place convenient (read nearby when I'm likely to be putting things down)? Are they a flat and stable surface?

That's it. I feel like if people don't make those sorts of considerations surely they are just dropping shit on the floor

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