I'd say I almost always get 70%+ of the benefit just by having an answer. And th...

Herring on July 7, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why are lectures more detailed than texts?

I'd say I almost always get 70%+ of the benefit just by having an answer. And there's other techniques that help, eg checking one problem against other problems, getting a bound on your error, asking on forums/mailing lists, etc.