A return to hand-written notes by learning to read and write

Re:A return to hand-written notes by learning to read and write by anonzzzies on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @04:02AM (#41980658)

I learned 10 finger typing when I was 8 in school (42 years ago), and have been glued to computer since then ; if I write something, or even sign something, it is complete gibberish, even to myself. To me it looks like those last stages of dementia scribbling, but I know that's not it because it was like this since I was 12 or so; my teachers couldn't read my writing and it affected my grades.

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Re:A return to hand-written notes by learning to read and write by sneak on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @04:28AM (#41980892)

I’m the same way, and between that and the fact that I can type 120+wpm, makes me angry every time someone expects me to write something. Making dirt smudges on dried tree pulp is as archaic and outmoded as carving marks into bones, and in my view has no place in modern society outside of art.

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Re:A return to hand-written notes by learning to read and write by markisus on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @07:27AM (#41982761)

I’m pretty sure most modern mathematics research takes place on pencil and paper or chalkboard. It’s too tedious to typeset everything in the research phase. It’s also way harder to draw little diagrams or new invented notations on the computer.

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Re:A return to hand-written notes by learning to read and write by cubefox on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @07:40AM (#41982844)

If mathematics was as young as programming, it wouldn't use any fancy symbols and make everything ASCII compatible. Though that wouldn't solve diagrams...

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Re:A return to hand-written notes by learning to read and write by Woeps on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @04:55AM (#41981044)

> in my view has no place in modern society outside of art.

For a lot of use cases I agree, but no place is to ... abrupt in my opinion. Computers for sure have a multiplier affect in many cases. But when you really want to think something trough it's advised to slow down. For those cases paper and pen is the perfect medium.

And I have a personal preference when making notes with pen and paper about hikes and climbs I'm working on/doing. But that's just me

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Re:A return to hand-written notes by learning to read and write by JadeNB on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @06:44AM (#41982331)

> But when you really want to think something trough it's advised to slow down. For those cases paper and pen is the perfect medium.

Or chalk on blackboard/marker on whiteboard. A marvelous way to get thoughts flowing that just don't seem to otherwise.

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Re:A return to hand-written notes by learning to read and write by eleveriven on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @06:09AM (#41981927)

Funny how it almost becomes its own language, legible only to the subconscious

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Re:A return to hand-written notes by learning to read and write by blensor on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @07:26AM (#41982745)

Same goes for my signature, I almost get anxious when I have to sign something on paper.

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Re:A return to hand-written notes by learning to read and write by cubefox on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @07:33AM (#41982798)

No worries, signatures are expected to illegible scribbles.

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