3D modeling in Blender3D
Ask HN: What are topics that you want to learn but haven't gotten around to?
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Re: Ask HN: What are topics that you want to learn but haven't gotten around to?
#22For anyone looking for something to learn, I'd heavily recommend Haskell. It's been an eye opener for me.
That's the first topic that came to mind for me.
Second was authentication using PostgREST.
Re: Ask HN: What are topics that you want to learn but haven't gotten around to?
#23Russian, better; I've been through the Duolingo course many times over now. I like it's teaching style, but it ends too soon, and I'm struggling to find good learning resources to advance to a higher level.
More mathematics, particularly more degree-level analysis and geometry. It's the area that interests me most, and I feel I missed out on it doing a computer science degree. I'd also like to understand elliptic curve crypto.
Not really a "topic", but I've wanted to get around to learning piano for a while now.
Re: Ask HN: What are topics that you want to learn but haven't gotten around to?
#24Control Systems, DSP, RF design
Getting into amateur radio is a good way to pursue these activities. GNURadio is popular and well-supported for software-defined-radio systems, and hardware can be a cheap as $10.
If you're talking about kinematic control systems, building a quadcopter or RC plane may be worthwhile. There are tons of self-balancing arduino-powered things out there too.
Re: Ask HN: What are topics that you want to learn but haven't gotten around to?
#253D modeling in Blender3D
Blender Guru on Youtube has a good set of video tutorials:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOKHwx1VCdgnxwbjyb9Iu1g
I came across his channel when an interesting interview he did with Blender's founding creator was linked on here a while back.
Re: Ask HN: What are topics that you want to learn but haven't gotten around to?
#26- Better theories of social interaction patterns online. I don't even know if that body of knowledge is out there outside of facebook/google, but i wish I had a better concrete understanding of how people interact online.
- Off-the-beaten-path interface design. UI design seems to have converged around a set of principles that are generally pretty sound, but seem to have been optimized for looking good in demos but lead to underwhelming user experiences.
Re: Ask HN: What are topics that you want to learn but haven't gotten around to?
#27For me all I can think of when asked this question is all the topics I wish I could learn/study that are not specifically software / programming / information technology related.
Wood frame construction, new ways to run organizations (e.g. Holocracy etc.), how to build solar power systems, how water purification systems work (e.g. Hydrolysis or reverse osmosis), cooking and baking... so many more.
And, probably Tensorflow/Keras, Kubernetes, Angular, VR and maybe a deeper dive into Apache Spark. I didn't really ever get into blockchain. But lately I don't feel as motivated about the latest technology fad. Which is surprising even to me!
Original poster, why do you ask?
Re: Ask HN: What are topics that you want to learn but haven't gotten around to?
#28A front-end JS framework. Every time I look in to it there's 328 new ones and 5,149 reasons not to use the old one.
I'm with you. I used to love web development. These days I find it exhausting unless you limit yourself to a clear set of tools and ignore the rest, at least for a while.
Re: Ask HN: What are topics that you want to learn but haven't gotten around to?
#29A front-end JS framework. Every time I look in to it there's 328 new ones and 5,149 reasons not to use the old one.
React? There seems to be a consensus forming that it's the best. You can get started really quickly with create-react-app
Re: Ask HN: What are topics that you want to learn but haven't gotten around to?
#30Maths, properly.
There is no such thing