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For "fleeting notes," I have a set of files for them in my Obsidian Vault. They started out as simple text files where I wrote in small insights, but converted them to Markdown and a little bit more of a standard format.

When you have more information on a concept and can go more in depth, then upgrade the note "fleeting note" to "literature note."

When you have fully developed the concept of the note, and want it to be a permanent part of your second brain, then upgrade the note from "literature" to "permanent" note.

You might see references to notes being "atomic." This is an important aspect to rigorously develop in your notes. It means any note should be focused and convey knowledge of a single concept. It doesn't repeat things in other notes. It may refer to other notes for what they contain, but it stands on its own for the concept it conveys.

Overcoming My Industrial-Age Education

Before I learned how to study and take tests, school was a struggle. Teachers put information up on the chalkboards, then later on screens, and we students tried to drink it all in, as from a fire hose.

We were basically showered in facts and figures, then told to just remember it. Then, if we could spew it back out on the test, we could pass and get more credits toward a diploma.

Some people, like myself, could write quickly, and took a lot of notes. Others, who were not so quick-handed, took fewer notes or brought a recorder to class.

None of our parents had much advice for handling tough subjects, except "read more" or "work harder at memorization."

It was all bullshit. No one I knew, NONE, had any understanding of human performance factors. No one had a clue as to how we learn or what we should do in order to learn more efficiently.

My big break came early in my career, when "the smart guys" gave up some secrets for success. My break got better yet, when I started reading about note-taking and how experts prepare for certification tests and practical exams.

All of the smart ones, who never broke a sweat during practicals and simulations, were studying with "Pomodoro, Zettelkasten, and Feynman" methods!

Get your copy: Light Up Your Grades

They didn't purely follow any study method purely, but leaned mostly into a method and borrowed techniques from the others. Here is a basic breakdown which works:

Use multiple primary sources: lectures, textbooks, videos, and note collections. Put recorded tutorials or lectures on your smart phone and listen while exercising or doing other tasks.

Take notes and revise notes as you learn more. These are not mere copies of the books or lectures, but your own words about the important concepts, facts, and methods of problem solving.

Instead of paper notes, take electronic notes in markdown format. That's right. Create text files, because text will never become obsolete.

Use a note-taking app which allows interlinking notes and images. You can more easily learn the relationships between different items of knowledge.

Learn the basics first, then build your knowledge in steps; never try to "skip to the end" or "eat the whole elephant."

Break study sessions into a few 45 to 60 minute runs, with breaks to stretch, have a coffee, or just chill for a few minutes. Work toward achieving some kind of progress in a session: a new understanding or skill, to recognize when you have made progress.

Switch to another subject after you achieve progress in one. You want to move around among your subjects, not spending too much time in any.

Don't be afraid of weakness in any topic. Recognize it and work to build your knowledge and skills in areas where you are not strong.

Studying for important subjects and taking tests is never easy. Keep some kind of symbol for your goals, to help you keep your "eyes on the prize."

Do a lot of practice exercises, to develop your problem solving skills.

Study with a classmate or two, and take turns teaching the material to each other. You don't really know the material until you are familiar enough to put it into words, or to exercise the skill and explain what you're doing.

Memorization is for things you need to recall immediately, without time to look them up in the books or get from a web search. For other things, know where to find them, so you can go straight to them and see the information.

Always be ready to jot down fleeting notes. When you get little insights, or the first trace of an idea relating to something you are studying, get it into your fleeting notes. Later, build it up and create more substantial notes in the concept.

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This Book Shows You How to Study - It Can Change Your Life

If you are like me, you probably went through school without actually being taught how to study. You probably believe that what works is to pay attention to the teacher in class, read the book, maybe take some notes, and hope for the best when you face testing. That is not efficient or effective in this era. There is a much better way.

Light Up Your Grades guides you through unlocking your potential for learning, with real-world techniques for success:

readiness before taking classes

organized note taking methods

efficiency: knowing what is important and what is not

avoiding burnout

managing focus

dealing with anxiety about testing

test taking strategy

multiple choice vs essays vs practical tests

online resources

software for building your own second brain

People, young and old, are using these methods for smashing their school exams, earning college degrees, and boosting their career advancement. Read "Light Up Your Grades" today and never worry again about being smart enough to pass a course.

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There's an example of perseverance. It is a long semester, but learning and passing with good grades can be accomplished with smart mastery of time and of oneself.

only a week and a half left !!

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PTE Success Unleashed | Essential Prep Tips

Prepare for PTE success with vital tips and must-know factors before embarking on your exam journey. This guide ensures a strategic and confident start to your PTE preparation.

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There is a lot of information warfare happening, with rhetoric that VPNs and proxies are bad. The truth is we are in a battle for freedom of thought, freedom of expression, and freedom of association. It is a battle for modernity and enlightenment. Enlightenment has its enemies, and they don't want women to become educated or to have careers. Enemies of enlightenment want their patriarchies back.

This struggle is such that every barrier the patriarchy sets up against enlightenment is met with a way to circumvent it. We already know that CENSORSHIP IS DEAD. What is still uncertain is when (not if) patriarchy will be defeated too. Educated women are an essential part of the coming future.

It’s a privilege to study, many women around the world are barred from this human right: to read, write and learn. Be grateful anytime your pen touches paper, or you are learning theorems developed by intelligent, hardworking men and women from ages ago.

It’s a pleasure and a privilege to learn. Not only is it a privilege to study, but you should be aiming and striving to take science, medicine, law, philosophy, art further than the marker we have reached. It’s a comforting thought to think, from your work generations of humanity down the line will benefit.

How many brilliant women were in the shadows of amazing feats of science and technology and life changing patents? Contribute while you can. If you pour into knowledge - it will pour back into you.

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Listen to 20 Meters and Run a 10K

KiwiSDR - easy enough to go for a run and stream some shortwave radio on a smartphone.

KiwiSDR is modern radio; anyone with a PC, tablet computer, or smartphone can use KiwiSDR radio servers to tune real signals all over the world. It is the real deal: AM talk radio, shortwave, or longwave broadcasters. You don't need your own radio or antenna - just internet access.

But read the handbook, as KiwiSDR is a real radio and skills can help you operate it better and enjoy clearer reception!

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Tempest in a Peach Tree Dish

Sometimes you just have to shake your head and wonder how human beings got so screwed up that they would vote for someone as obtuse as Marjorie Taylor Greene. Space lasers, peach tree dishes, false flags, and QAnon disinformation...

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Icy fan blades on a General Electric CFM-56 engine. The engine ice buildup happened during an hour long taxi to the gate in dense ice fog and very cold temperatures with engine anti-ice turned off (wtf!). One of a big batch of pictures, taken over years flying airliners, featured in the picture book, "Skies of the Garden." So many sorts of scenery for your coffee table: beautiful, wild, frightening, and serene.

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Buckle up, America, and read the leaked Supreme Court opinion which, for the first time, takes away your rights. The document is pages and pages of wild, reaching, and plainly wrong reasoning to support an intention to allow states to criminalize abortion.

After they criminalize the exercise of choice, they are coming for contraception and your right to marry or live with with whomever you choose. If you are LGBTQ, they want you gone...

Tamper with justice; tamper with peace.

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How Can I Unblock Reddit?

Reddit is blocked in some countries due to those countries' restrictions on expression. No problem - you can easily circumvent the barrier. What you need is a way of thinking about censorship and a set of tools to beat it.

Start by knowing that no censorship is leak proof. Small flaws in the blocking system will let you out. You can set up your own VPN, proxy server, or even a simple SSH tunnel to unblock Reddit.

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What is the best Linux with a lot tools for unblocking the web? MOFO Linux, of course! It is up to version "MOFO Linux 8.0.1" right now, with the i3 window manager and a stable Ubuntu base system.It has apps for getting blocked media, encrypting your files and folders, and apps for coding your own scripts. Yeah, if you are serious about breaking censorship then you need to learn some coding.

I just like the way I can listen to a BBC radio stream with no bullshit from my local internet provider, who blocks a lot of the web.

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Did Trump lose the 2020 election?

Trump lost, you red had idiots. You want to throw away our votes? See you in hell.

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GTFO their walled in brainwashing internet.

Things you find on the shithole censored internet instead of the New York Times or BBC World Service.

A woman, too much in a hurry to use a proper crossing, is struck by a bus rushing to be first at a red light. NO ONE bothers to help the severely injured woman. Then the light turns green and a car rolls over her as though she’s worthless roadkill.

After 5000 years of civilization, note the moment that it peaked. Buy popcorn and watch the ride down.

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MOFO Linux 5.1

MOFO Linux 5.1, bringing bug fixes and software updates, is uploading. For an unknown reason, connectivity to SourceForge is extraordinarily bad, so getting the iso file onto their servers may not be completed until January 2nd, 2017.

For a faster download, use the bit torrent link at Linuxtracker: http://linuxtracker.org/index.php?page=torrent-details&id=fe8f99c13b1139c1987be72fa1745d61638479a6

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Version 5.1 will be even better. Get it when it appears and enjoy a free and open internet.

Rendering the official release iso file for MOFO Linux 5.0, with updated circumention apps that facilitate freedom of expression and full internet access anywhere in the world.

MOFO Linux.com