I've given up on taking notes, I'm bad at it and I've never looked at my notes a single time. I can absorb the information more readily if I just read with 100% of my attention on reading. Some people seem to benefit from the way notes help them solidify their own mental models, but for me the context switching makes it very difficult. My handwriting is also absolutely atrocious.

Reading long form content on the computer is not feasible for me either. I've converged to printing everything (if it's a paper), and going outside somewhere with my phone.

Out of sight out of mind applies universally (sometimes good, sometimes bad) - I have the most success when I engineer my environments to put the things I need to focus on in front of me.

If you care about keeping your notes electronically, maybe have a look at rocket book or something.