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going over book multiple times could be a good practice and helps with memorizing the content. But when you read for the first time, do you think brain still stores the content?

I mean, brain is just a set of chemical reactions based on inputs. Reading has 3 parts. (1) Eye running through text and sending it to the brain. (2) Brain is trying to connect the content with other neurons. (3) Storing data, probably in the form of neuron connection, after step (2), which found correct place to store.

Now assuming process never ends and human anyway can't control 100% of that chemical reaction. While your brain is trying to figure out other thing, can it still execute steps (2) and (3)? Because (1) didn't stop

> 200 pages per 5h

This is not my reading speed, this is what OReilly is suggesting me about how long it takes to finish reading this book. Also available in many blogging platforms, where time to finish is calculated based on number of words.

Ask HN: Value of reading a book without comprehension?

I wonder if reading a book or listening to audio book without comprehending it at the time of reading/listening is still valuable?Case 1. Imagine you are reading (your eyes going through text) and brain got distracted while trying to comprehend and compare what you are reading with your experience from the past. You realize it after 1 page is done. Do you think your brain still can store chunks...

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Ask HN: What is your engineering heavy blogs?

I would love to read tech heavy engineering blogs which focuses at least 70% on engineering/hard skills and other 30% anything author wants to communicate.Can you please share your list?Here is some which I am enjoying so far:* http://antirez.com/* https://lemire.me/blog/* http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/* https://www.brendangregg.com/* https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/ - not tech heavy, but...

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Re:Self hosted uptime robot alternative written in go on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @01:08PM (#25060952)
part of the reason could be to emphasize that single binary would be easy to operate
> Things like substack attempt to use alternative models, but that is limited imho, their market size is not that big.

Not every businesses need to generate billions or even more than double digit millions, I think lots of people/teams will be happy to find market which can make them 1-100k/month.

Problem with unbundling groups might be convenience of interaction inside FB, if unbundled not many people may want to sign up and interact.

Re:How Satya Nadella turned Microsoft around on Friday October 23, 2020 @10:39AM (#24869957)
they might be intentionally blocking multiple windows for settings page because of difficulty in synchronizing settings across windows.

P.S. Linux user

Re:GitHub Certifications (Beta) on Thursday October 22, 2020 @03:53AM (#24855811)
what value I get for having this certification?
Remarkable Tablet and noise cancelling headphones. best for writing and calming down a little from news fatigue.

Kinesis advantage keyboard, now feeling a lot more comfortable while typing whole day.