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Re:What to write down when you’re reading to learn by pessimizer on Thursday June 11, 2020 @07:54PM (#23494477)
It may seem weird, but I think I've always dealt with this by not bookmarking the page I've ended on when I stop reading. I find it next time by skipping the stuff I understand, and stopping when things are unfamiliar and/or confusing. I find a night of sleep (or some significant time away) to be a good way to passively consolidate what I've read so far.

This has devolved to reading the same section over and over again a few times, but I think that's usually because the author made a logical leap that I had a problem with, or simply that I wasn't as interested in the subject as I thought I was.

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Re:What to write down when you’re reading to learn by lvncelot on Saturday June 13, 2020 @04:34AM (#23507893)
That's a really smart trick, it reminds me of trying to learn a musical piece and getting really proficient at the parts that come just before a section I struggle with because I play them the most often.
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