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Re: Ask HN: What are you learning?

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Post by tluyben2 »

I am trying to understanding more about why programming is so complex (it is some kind of calling after 25+ years of programming). I am doing this learning via working on projects in a diverse range of technologies (asp.net with c# & f#, js & typescript & purescript + node, js + typescript + react(native), haskell and clojure) and by working on proofs in tla+/agda/idris.

My paid work is currently (inherited projects in) c#, so I try to mix environments by experimenting (and studying the runtimes / compilers at the same time) with little tools/libs [0] (not for production, but I keep wondering if there are ways to bring things that help me from in language A to language B).

[0] https://github.com/tluyben/PoorMansRefinementTypes

Re: Ask HN: What are you learning?

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Post by echelon »

Photogrammetry.

I'm (re)learning OpenCV and OpenGL since I haven't used them since college. Working on this is also forcing me to learn the FFI corners of Rust I was unfamiliar with.

I'm combining Kinect (k4a) depth sensor data to build real time 360 degree point clouds.

Re: Ask HN: What are you learning?

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Post by justwalt »

dorchadas wrote: post #164

Right now, I'm learning math. I met a PhD via Discord who is giving me problems to work and checking my solutions. It's been quite fun so far, working on Real Analysis and Abstract Algebra. I'm also doing baking; baked my first loaf of bread yesterday. Really interested to learn (and eat!) more. I'm tempted to pick up a cheap instrument and learn one as well, or delve back into Python some more. Or drawing. My main i…

I have a similar problem. I do what interests me in the moment and I don’t make myself feel bad when I don’t make the progress I wanted on something else. I think I’m happiest that way.

Re: Ask HN: What are you learning?

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Post by mbrameld »

I'm learning to teach people how to fly helicopters. I got my private pilot license, instrument rating, and commercial pilot license over the last couple years and now I'm knocking out the flight instructor rating.

Tech-wise I'm digging into machine learning, particularly around natural language processing and sentiment analysis.

Re: Ask HN: What are you learning?

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Post by mikro »

I am learning game development in Godot, specifically with the intention of making an Oculus Quest VR game. I just finished the initial tutorial yesterday: https://docs.godotengine.org/en/3.2/getting_started/step_by_...

Alongside that, I am also watching Disney's Imagineering-in-a-Box, which describes how they develop lands and rides for their theme parks: https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2020/03/enjoy-a-one-o...

I recently finished Stanford's CS231N Computer Vision course from 2017 (watching YouTube + 3 Jupyter Notebook assignments). Also highly recommended. http://cs231n.stanford.edu/syllabus.html

Re: Ask HN: What are you learning?

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Post by biot »

koeng wrote: post #80

Prolog. I think that genetic logic can largely be expressed in Prolog to enable doing some crazy stuff that hasn’t been explored yet. It’s crazy to me that synthetic biology hasn’t really used logical programming yet for gene design.

I’m fascinated by what this might look like. Have you written anything on this concept?

Re: Ask HN: What are you learning?

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Post by xzel »

Nim! There was thread here about its new release. I hadn't given any time to looking at the syntax so I finally did because of that thread. Looks awesome. It doesn't look like hackerrank or leetcode support nim so I'll be trying out the different compiling outputs as well.

Re: Ask HN: What are you learning?

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Post by XCSme »

I'm learning how to play the piano and also trying to learn more music theory so my guitar playing is not just randomly playing notes or just following online tabs.

I am also going to soon start marketing my project [0] so I am reading a lot about launching products, pricing and how to attract attention.

[0] https://www.usertrack.net/features.php

Re: Ask HN: What are you learning?

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Post by echelon »

ericax wrote: post #78

World-building. After reading about storytelling, I realized that I'm as fascinated to a well-crafted world as good plots and characters. There's not much to read about, as a fiction world can contain as much detail as the real world. I'm spending time looking at the fiction worlds that I like and taking them apart. As an exercise, imagining places and races is also interesting. You'll be amazed by the amount of deta…

Would you be interested in doing that as a profession? Storytelling and world building is sorely underappreciated.

I don't have much capital right now (I haven't raised - just personal savings), but I'd like to hire some folks to do this for my startup.

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