Re-learning C by reading K&R and operating systems by reading Tanenbaum et al in the evenings. Hoping to then read a bit deeper about operating systems and long-term dreaming of getting so deep (if I ever get there) that I can write/improve device support for an operating system. This is all with the end goal to feel less helpless when things work on one and not another, while not being best buddies with a BSD kernel hacker and almost certainly knowing that I lack the funds to hire one for the amount of hours necessary. '^^
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#12How to play guitar. I'm in my 60s, but it's never too late to learn how to shred or shoe-gaze. Similarly, 30+ years ago I learned how to ride a motorcycle, and rode for 30 years without crashing. It was great having a hobby that had absolutely nothing to do with computers. I recently sold the bikes and gear, it's just too risky at my age.
> It was great having a hobby that had absolutely nothing to do with computers.
Totally agree. I’m also learning guitar and I started with an acoustic and have continued with it because, even though I borrowed a friends electric, there is something awesome and refreshing about a practice so far from computing that it doesn’t even require a power source.
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#13I’m on maternity leave now, so I’m doing a lot of one-handed learning while nursing my newborn. Specifically:
- Pytest (With Brian Okkens book)
- CPython (with Anthony Shaws book)
- Frontend tools: Rollup, Lit Web Elements
- latest Ecmascript features
- Azure services- App Service, CDN, Translator, Storage
- Flask Blueprints, SQLAlchemy with Alembic
- PostGreSQL
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#14patience.
Pairs well with gratitude.
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#15Ukulele, singing, and Muay Thai.
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#16Python - I'm in the Sysadmin/DevOps/CloundEng space and bash/ansible/terraform isn't enough any more. Need to learn to do "real" programming. I also have a side project that requires a proper interactive website.
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#17I'm working on learning these slowly: C++/GTK/Haskell/Godot/Nix
C++ I get to use more but the others not so much yet
Haskell is brutal
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#18How to play guitar. I'm in my 60s, but it's never too late to learn how to shred or shoe-gaze. Similarly, 30+ years ago I learned how to ride a motorcycle, and rode for 30 years without crashing. It was great having a hobby that had absolutely nothing to do with computers. I recently sold the bikes and gear, it's just too risky at my age.
Piano. 43 now, played maybe 2 years in primary school. My partner got a good quality electric one with headphones.
This led me to start as I could practice at night while the kids slept, and not be embarrassed sucking and/or driving people insane doing exercises/ scales
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#19How to play guitar. I'm in my 60s, but it's never too late to learn how to shred or shoe-gaze. Similarly, 30+ years ago I learned how to ride a motorcycle, and rode for 30 years without crashing. It was great having a hobby that had absolutely nothing to do with computers. I recently sold the bikes and gear, it's just too risky at my age.
Are you self-teaching? If yes, which resource are you using since I am also thinking of learning it?
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#20Slogging my way through Data Structures and Algorithms in Java 6th Ed.