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by ubercow13 2650 days ago
>A textbook is an infinitely better reference than any notes one could take in class.

but...

>Ask all the small, nuanced questions that you can think of in the moment, which you can’t find answers to easily online or in the book.

and then what, forget them by the time you go back to the book? Why was the book so good again if it doesn't answer all the questions? It makes more sense to record the answer to those useful questions you ask, maybe in the form of some notes.