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Ask HN: Any nerds out there who've read a lot of research papers?

34 points · 29 comments · shriy-singh

  1. vivzkestrel · · focus · HN ↗
    - big questions to you guys

    - how do you actually go about reading one of these IEEE or arxiv papers?

    - do you read only the abstract for most?

    - do you read everything in 1 scan and what do you about references? do you follow through all the references?

    - do you ask a GPT to help explain? what does your prompt look like?

    1. kaladin-jasnah · · focus · HN ↗
      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.stanford.edu&#x2F;class&#x2F;cs114&#x2F;reading-keshav.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.stanford.edu&#x2F;class&#x2F;cs114&#x2F;reading-keshav.pdf is a way to do it. I just usually read it in one pass and then go back later and figure out the things I didn&#x27;t understand.
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