Ask HN: Do you remember what you read on HN? (And if so, why/how?)

Re:Ask HN: Do you remember what you read on HN? (And if so, ... by pbateman on Tuesday December 25, 2012 @11:48AM (#4966358)

I remember what I learn more if it's relevant to work I'm actually doing.

So if, for example, I'm thinking about landing pages and I read some links on HN about building better landing pages then it gets lodged in my brain and I learn something worthwhile.

If on the other hand I'm just procrastinating I don't remember much or extract much value from being here.

One of the best uses I've found for HN is searching for past links related to what I'm working on; there's a lot of value in the old comment threads.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you remember what you read on HN? (And if so, ... by msohcw on Tuesday December 25, 2012 @11:56AM (#4966378)

A lot of the time I read interesting stuff that's perhaps tangentially relevant, but not directly relevant to what I'm doing at the moment. And then I get stuck with this annoying problem of not really remembering what was there when I actually do need that article/advice/news/knowledge. Your tip on searching past links is useful. Thanks :)

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