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		TeMPOraL on Feb 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How do you learn complex, dense technical ... Then the best part comes next: you read some more theory again, and suddenly it connects - the abstract becomes understandable in the context of pains and solutions suggested by gut. And now you have a solid piece of understanding you can reason from.

lanstin on Feb 14, 2020 [–]

I always save the big picture books for after a bit of successful hands on stuff. Often then i want to go back and redo the original learning efforts.

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