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Re:Ask HN: How do you manage self-study? on Monday May 04, 2020 @12:21AM (#23064521)
Two words: Spaced repetition, it feels like magic. You are likely going to forget most of what you learn if you don't engage with it and/or it doesn't get repeated.
Re:Ask HN: How to get good at social media? on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @06:44AM (#22933710)
I think one tweet that stood out to me not sure who it was by is that each social media platform requires a different set of skills to be good at it.

So I think the best step is to pick one social media platform and study people who have successfully gained traction on that specific platform.

Re:Reddit has become a guide to personal finance on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @08:44AM (#22483653)
r/fire - financial independence, retire early.

r/fatfire - same thing as above but for people looking to have more than "just enough" to retire (multimillion, mostly full of high earners like SWE's, agents or successful entrepreneurs where this goal is somewhat realistic).

r/personalfinance & r/ukpersonalfinance - well rounded finance forum.

r/frugal - okayish for if you are in a really tough spot. If you are doing ok I generally don't recommend them because ultimately you are trading your time/health using most of the hacks from here.

Re:Reddit has become a guide to personal finance on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @08:34AM (#22483567)
Just lost all my savings, thanks.
Re:Ask HN: What landing page do you love? on Sunday January 05, 2020 @05:34PM (#21964651)
privacy.com for sure, super simple and clear.
Re:Nine-year-old child to graduate university on Friday November 15, 2019 @01:16PM (#21547233)
Same, entered college at 14. My social skills were wack, was terrible at public speaking, very socially awkward. Was in my room playing Dota 2 for the first 2 years. I'm just finished up at 19 and I feel more mature and understand why so many universities didn't want to accept me at my age.

However, I think it all worked out, as long as parents make provisions for social adjustment things can work out okay. I don't know about 9 though, seems tough, i literally could not imagine it because college was a lot more than just studying. Especially since I was in a cognitive science not like a hard STEM, lots of social interaction and open ended questions.