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Ask HN: How do you use the knowledge gained in a day?

3•mdoliwa•7h ago
I'm paraphrasing yesterday's Ask HN post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43976045

Every time I see posts like this, I feel like I should take more notes. I do write some down, but I rarely use them afterward.

I'm curious, what do you actually do with your notes? How do they help you in real life?

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jjice•2h ago
It's all minor stuff. I don't bother storing things that I can web search. I store things that are relevant to my life, or would at least be a pain to find online. For example, I have the door code to my mom's house written down. I visit like twice a year and if I didn't have it written down, I'd lock myself out every time (ask me how I know...).

Other things include planning and documenting projects like travel planning. If I write it down now and have it in one place, I'll look at it at the planned time I'll use it (during the trip).

Another example is info I had to watch a YouTube video for that can be paraphrased. Cleaning and descaling my espresso machine is a good example. It's a few textual lines and I know I do it once every few months, so having it essentially cached in my notes comes in handy.

If I can't Google it (at least in a reasonable amount of time) and I suspect it may come up again, I'll jot it down. If I can't see any way I'd care about it in the future, I don't bother jotting it down.

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