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Re: Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?

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Post by solarpunk »

I am crazy about bare metal kubernetes clusters and gitops.

I'm trying to document the process of setting one up in such a way that I can do a teach in for my friends at my local hackerspace.

In the process I've determined I would like to write my own k8s enabled application (likely a daemonset for checking for a specific hardware device and configuration on each bare metal node, and storing that data in a way for k8s to use and reference later).

I've been working on this any free time I get, since September, each weekend sees a flurry of activity then I spend the week daydreaming about it.

Re: Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?

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Post by jjice »

politelemon wrote: post #18

Games. I've been forcing myself into productivity for too long because that is the thing to do. I recently built a gaming pc, picked some jrpgs, and I'm having a blast. There are entire franchises and worlds for the exploring. There are amazing rich stories and history and beautiful soundtracks that I'm living through right now. My wishlist grows by the day as I discover new tales.

What are your favorite RPGs at the moment? New or old? I feel like RPGs have been holding strong since the Super Nintendo and there so many hours of incredible gameplay to be had.

Re: Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?

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Post by denvaar »

Learning about Information Theory.

It’s pushing me out of my comfort zone. For example, leading me to improve my math skills in order to understand some of the concepts and notations that are used in research papers. Also gives me some context into learning C, a language which I consider low-level as a web developer, and it’s been fun to have to think about things like memory management, along with other things I don’t generally need to consider. It gives me an appreciation for when I’m writing high level code like Elixir or JS, etc.

Compression, which I’d say is an application of information theory is just really interesting to learn about for some reason.

Re: Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?

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Post by gwnywg »

mandmandam wrote: post #17
gwnywg wrote: post #8

I'm recently passionate about motivation. I'm on the lookout for ways to keep me motivated. I always thought burnout is not my problem, until it hit me and now I'm looking for cure.

If you're open to it, I'd recommend trying the Wim Hof technique. The combination of controlled hyperventilation followed by cold water exposure is something like a reset button. Here's a link [0] - just don't do the breathing exercises anywhere that passing out could cause problems; like when driving, in water, etc. 0 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tybOi4hjZFQ

Thanks for sharing! Controlling my breathing helps me a lot to reduce anxiety, but I found it's not getting me back into motivation mood I used to have.. To stay motivated always seemed to be such basic thing- part of my reality, until it stopped and I have to consciously build it.

Re: Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?

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Post by playing_colours »

denvaar wrote: post #25

Learning about Information Theory. It’s pushing me out of my comfort zone. For example, leading me to improve my math skills in order to understand some of the concepts and notations that are used in research papers. Also gives me some context into learning C, a language which I consider low-level as a web developer, and it’s been fun to have to think about things like memory management, along with other things I don…

What sources for learning do you use?
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