Bibiano Wenceslao

How to study based on how memory works

Remember GOAT ME:

G is generate and test. Quiz yourself and teach others.
O is organize. Organize with outlines, pictures, color coding, related material, etc.
A is avoid illusions of learning. Avoid study methods that rely on recognition. If you can’t remember it at any given time, you don’t know it. Learn, not memorize or familiarize.
T is take breaks. Make sure you take breaks and get enough sleep. You can’t remember large chunks on information in one sitting. Stand up and come back to it at a later time.
M is match learning and testing conditions. Learn in similar conditions as when you will take the test. One tip is to chew gum when studying a certain subject, and then chew the same flavor of gum later during the test. It will help you remember.
E is elaborate. Think deeply about the material and make other associations with it.

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My answer to the question “what’s your favorite music?”

Sometimes I would write something really, really long and well-thought-out, but at the end of it decide that it might not be worth reading for others, and just scrap it completely. Oh, the cons of hyperfocus!

Apology != Excuse

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

– Benjamin Franklin

The worst thing in life

I used to think the worst thing in life is to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone.

– Robin Williams

The kind of people one should avoid

Avoid people who:
1.) Mess your head.
2.) Intentionally and repeatedly do and say things that they know would upset you.
3.) Expect you to prioritize them but refuse to prioritize you.
4.) Can’t and won’t apologize sincerely.
5.) Act like the victim when confronted with their abusive behavior.

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They know what it’s like to be

They say the people who exhibit the most kindness have experienced a lot of pain. The ones who act like they don’t need love are the ones who need it most. The ones who take care of everyone else’s needs are the ones who are broken and need the most help. And the people who smile a lot may be the ones who cry when there is no one around.

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Each of us is our own world

The man, who kills a man, kills a man. The man, who kills himself, kills all men; as far as he is concerned he wipes out the world. His act is worse (symbolically considered) than any rape or dynamite outrage. For it destroys all buildings: it insults all women.
The thief is satisfied with diamonds; but the suicide is not: that is his crime. He cannot be bribed, even by the blazing stones of the Celestial City. The thief compliments the things he steals, if not the owner of them. But the suicide insults everything on earth by not stealing it. He defiles every flower by refusing to live for its sake. There is not a tiny creature in the cosmos at whom his death is not a sneer.
When a man hangs himself on a tree, the leaves might fall off in anger and the birds fly away in fury: for each has received a personal affront. […] The man’s crime is different from other crimes — for it makes even crimes impossible.

– G. K. Chesterton

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RIP UX

If Satan was a web developer

Author: Bibiano Wenceslao