Karpathy on Learning

18 pointsposted 11 hours ago
by sonabinu
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7 Comments

u1hcw9nx

11 hours ago

Excellent point. The workout analogy is good. When I'm really studying something, I eventually get a 'heavy' or 'warm' feeling in my body from the effort of concentration. You can feel how metabolism increases from the sustained effort.

I think those light videos can work as an introduction, but then you have to start to dig in. Watch something for 20 minutes and make notes. Then study 2 hours with 1 to 2 breaks. I can't keep studying more than 2 hours a day because it's exhausting, but I may do a 30-minute refresh and recap later in the same day.

Havoc

7 hours ago

> Learning is not supposed to be fun.

I don’t see why it can’t be - at least some of the time. I’ve certainly had fun learning difficult things.

Rest of post seem solid - that part just stood out a bit

dominotw

10 hours ago

ive been debating buying an ipad to improve my learning ergonomics. Anyone use ipad as main learning device?

also i can rarely allocate 4 hrs of time to anything with two young kids at home

karthikeyankc

8 hours ago

I just bought an android tablet for myself yesterday and I'm reading and replying on it. It really helps me for reading longform content. I was mostly a mobile and paperback person, but when I started reading on my wife's ipad, it was a game changer. I read more books and comics in the past years.

It was hard to get back to reading after she passed, but getting a tablet for me is a fresh air and it now encourages me to read more. Mine is a 13 inch S10 Fe Plus, a bit large sometimes, so pick the right size that you like. Screen type might matters (if you're reading at night), but amoled ones are way costly right now.

microflash

10 hours ago

I’ve found that increasing the number of screens is not helpful at all for learning.

What worked for me was building a system that lets me think consistently everyday. And by system, I mean sitting in a library with paper books and if really necessary, with my existing laptop.

dominotw

9 hours ago

i've been mainly using chatgpt to learn. i can drill it endlessly for concept i dont understand. Previously i was forced to move on with holes in understanding.

also the new ui that is more visual is making a huge difference. only think i dont like is that i take a lot of detours but chat is linear instead of a tree.