book How to Take Smart Notes

Reference started reading [[February 2nd, 2021]] finished [[April 3rd, 2021]] Author [[Sonke Ahrens]] These are my [[literature notes]] I suppose. Book in three sentences When (not if) you take notes, less is more and you achieve this by writing like the git diff building on what you already know; you write what you have learned You write in your own words, distilling the gist, to make retention more likely. The [[slip box]] can make writing easier by replacing planning with the execution of small incremental well defined tasks, “Read with a pen and make fleeting notes”, “write literature notes from fleeting notes”, “create permanent notes around topics that tug at your interests as you go along”, “have interactive discussions with your slip box, making connections between your permanent notes as you go along”, “dump your permanent notes as outlines for manuscripts you can work on and edit until you are satisfied....

April 10, 2021 · (updated March 12, 2023) · 8 min · 1578 words · Michal Piekarczyk

Pumpkin Pie Note

Quick reference for that keto pie Almond flour crust 350 F 2 (1/2) cup almond flour 3 tbspn erithrytol 1/4 tsp sea salt 1/4 cup melted butter Mix dry ingredients with butter first Then add 1 large egg 1/2 tsp vanilla extract Mix again Bake 10-12 min Coconut flour crust 400 F oven 1/2 cup coconut oil (melted) 3/4 cup coconut flour 1/4 tsp sea salt 2 tbspn erithrytol Combine those dry ingredients with oil using a mixer first Then add 2 eggs And mix again Bake around 10 min Filling 325 F oven One 15oz can pumpkin puree 1/2 cup heavy cream or coconut cream 2 large eggs, room temperature 1 (1/2) tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp ginger 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1/8 tsp cloves 3 tbsp erithrytol 1/4 tsp sea salt 1 tspn vanilla extract Bake for about 50-60 min or until jiggly (jello like) Cool using a fan ....

April 10, 2021 · (updated February 26, 2023) · 1 min · 151 words · Michal Piekarczyk

Some Better Desk Research

2021-04-10 Tust trawling image search for some inspiration Clamped From here, like the clamp since it doesn’t take over your entire desk. But I’m only seeing enough space for a laptop and hmm not a whole monitor. Bracket for big screens This one though , wow looks like an extension for your screen too nice. Hmm permanant tall desk Actually, reading that home Edit site more, I like the concept of just having a tall desk to begin with....

April 10, 2021 · (updated February 26, 2023) · 2 min · 257 words · Michal Piekarczyk

Troubleshooting Vimeo video upload freeze

2021-03-28 Tried uploading around 2021-03-13 oops.. Asked Vimeo support and answering some questions What version of the app am I running? Version 8.4.1 Any error messages after starting the upload? An error I see when I go to look my videos on https://vimeo.com/manage/videos “Optimization pending…” , “This is taking a while. Try refreshing the page, or come back later.” when I click on any of the videos there. How much free space is available on my mobile device and how large is the file?...

March 28, 2021 · (updated February 26, 2023) · 1 min · 146 words · Michal Piekarczyk

Trying Databricks

https://databricks.com/try-databricks 2021-03-21 Running A quick start notebook Based on the notes here, it is pretty easy to create an auto-scaling cluster. Not sure yet what events prompt the cluster to get more workers. But I would be curious to try a job that uses fewer workers and more workers, to see how the outcomes compare. I also like ethat this notebook supports SQL and also python , using what looks like first line as %python to indicate the language....

March 21, 2021 · (updated February 26, 2023) · 7 min · 1435 words · Michal Piekarczyk