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Re: Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2025?

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Post by rramadass »

jezzabeel wrote: post #181
rramadass wrote: post #177

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice! This is the most important life skill to develop and maintain as you get older; Needs daily practice and struggle. Subjects to study are General Philosophy(Hinduism/Buddhism/Stoics/Cynics etc.) and Martial Arts Philosophy (all works translated by William Scott Wilson).

Agreed. Also, I found The Courage to be Disliked an interesting paradigm shifter.

The book looks pretty interesting and not what i thought it was based on its title; need to check it out.

In case you didn't know of it; you might also like Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie%27s_World

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Post by randcraw »

bilsbie wrote: post #200
randcraw wrote: post #112

As someone about to retire, I'm looking to develop passions that involve more physical activity than computerdom allows, like: - Fix up a 30 year old motorcycle that's been just sitting far too long. Maybe resurrect a classic bike or two thereafter. - Tour by bicycle and motorbike and write about the journey, both physical and mental. - Hike and backpack, day hikes and longer. - Develop musically, maybe even play the…

Awesome! Would you hike by yourself? That’s what’s holding me back. Even if I get past the loneliness aspect I start freaking myself out about bears and moose.

I'll play that by ear, begin with some solo long afternoon hikes and overnights, then take stock. The lack of others on off-season weekdays may require a plan B. It'll probably depend on the location. I think I'll also look into a satellite phone, which also might be handy when biking in the boonies.

Re: Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2025?

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Post by randcraw »

randcraw wrote: post #152
friedtofu wrote: post #117

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Nice. How old is the bike and how long has it been sitting? I recently tried to restore a old 92 Honda CBR600F2 that had also been sitting "far too long". Ended up spending almost as much as I paid for it due to my dumb butt leaving gas in it, ended up needing way more than its carbs cleaned out(surprise :p). Called it quits at that point unfortunately although I am looking to get another bike for similar reasons, do…

Shame about the F2. I'm a big fan of the 600Fs. Mine's a 1986 Ninja 900. My first step: make sure the crank turns. :-( I drained the tank before storing it so the carbs shouldn't have gummed. But I'm sure that after 25 years of immobility its road to resurrection will be full of potholes, irregardless.

It's been sitting for 25 years... during which I bought two more bikes, a 2004 Yamaha FZ1 and a 2015 Ducati Diavel. Don't ask me why. Apparently owning an excess of bikes is my penance for... some past sin.

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Post by randcraw »

nthingtohide wrote: post #187
randcraw wrote: post #112

As someone about to retire, I'm looking to develop passions that involve more physical activity than computerdom allows, like: - Fix up a 30 year old motorcycle that's been just sitting far too long. Maybe resurrect a classic bike or two thereafter. - Tour by bicycle and motorbike and write about the journey, both physical and mental. - Hike and backpack, day hikes and longer. - Develop musically, maybe even play the…

> Tour by bicycle and motorbike and write about the journey, both physical and mental. I have two perfect videos for this topic. TWO YEARS ON A BIKE (four part video series) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0i2wUmIak&list=PL32DhVYS_c... One Year on a Bike https://vimeo.com/ondemand/oneyearonabike One Year on a Bike "A thousand hellos" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtF92Rq36GI

Very cool! Thanks!

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Post by mfro »

bilsbie wrote: post #200
randcraw wrote: post #112

As someone about to retire, I'm looking to develop passions that involve more physical activity than computerdom allows, like: - Fix up a 30 year old motorcycle that's been just sitting far too long. Maybe resurrect a classic bike or two thereafter. - Tour by bicycle and motorbike and write about the journey, both physical and mental. - Hike and backpack, day hikes and longer. - Develop musically, maybe even play the…

Awesome! Would you hike by yourself? That’s what’s holding me back. Even if I get past the loneliness aspect I start freaking myself out about bears and moose.

I would, if legal, carry a revolver hiking anywhere with dangerous wildlife :)

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Post by rorra »

itsmemattchung wrote: post #17

Non-technical skills * (Continue) Dancing - Beginning of 2023, I got into street style dance and movement (including stretching which I've done now for the past 223 days) helped me get through one of the most challenging periods of my life (i.e. divorced with a child, moved from U.S. to London to single raise my daughter). Dance has now taken its life of its own and I'm finding myself competing in dance "battles" as…

I got into Dancing after a breakup as well.

I would advise to learn couple dancing as: * Zouk (and if you are already doing street style dance, you will love black zouk) * Bachata (there are so many Bachata dancers around the world, that any country or trip you do, you can go into Bachata socials and make local friends all over the world) * Tango (it is the hardest dance to learn, but it has the best connection of all)

And definetly go into dance congresses. There are multiple dance congresses on Europe, but if you can go to some of the best dance congresses like zoukmx or into brazilian zouk congresses during January in Rio de Janeiro, it will be a life experience.

Check on youtube "zoukmx social" and "black zouk"

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Post by mnky9800n »

Based on my current job, something related to global water monitoring and modelling, rock water reactions, and geophysical inversion methods.

Based on my interests, music theory, acoustic wave modelling, bicycle maintenance.

Based on the job interviews I been on, Rust.

Re: Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2025?

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Post by rorra »

Certifications

  - Last month, I purchased the CKA, CKAD, and CKS certifications for approximately USD 400 during a discount. I plan to take the exams in April.  
  - I might also attempt the AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification to deepen my knowledge of AWS.
University

  - I am currently pursuing a degree in AI Engineering at Universidad de Palermo. I need 16 more credits to graduate. In 2025, I plan to earn 11 credits (compared to the 14 credits I completed per year over the past two years), as I’ll have a bit more free time this year.
AI Research

  - My Neural Network professor is involved in research papers, and a few other students and I will be assisting him with his current projects.
Local Business in Maceió

  - I’m currently living in Maceió, Brazil. My fiancée recently earned her university degree and plans to open a local business next year to gain experience and generate income. I’ll support her by providing funding and helping with any IT systems she may need.
Improving Dancing Skills

  - Now that my fiancée has graduated and we no longer need to stay in Maceió as in recent years, I plan to spend some time in São Paulo improving my Zouk skills and in Buenos Aires refining my Tango.

Re: Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2025?

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Post by randcraw »

whamlastxmas wrote: post #160
friedtofu wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice. How old is the bike and how long has it been sitting? I recently tried to restore a old 92 Honda CBR600F2 that had also been sitting "far too long". Ended up spending almost as much as I paid for it due to my dumb butt leaving gas in it, ended up needing way more than its carbs cleaned out(surprise :p). Called it quits at that point unfortunately although I am looking to get another bike for similar reasons, do…

I’ve learned the same hard lesson. Restoring always cost so so much more than buying something already in that condition

So true. But I'm hoping that the need to resurrect the dead will propel me into discovering a whole other side to living with mechanized transport. Riding is certainly rewarding (and challenging) but wrenching is another dimension entirely. I'm hoping that, by letting my steed devolve into a basket case that needs emergency surgery to survive, I'll finally get motivated enough to learn the surgical techniques needed to bring it back to life, and that will reveal the secrets of life itself. Or at least some insights into what makes a bike tick.

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Post by gspencley »

vunderba wrote: post #148
gspencley wrote: post #91

I'm learning to tailor and fabricate clothing right now. My wife and I are part time magicians and I want to be able to make our costumes ourselevs. At the moment I'm making a longline underbust corset for my wife's costume and will work up to a woman's tailcoat and eventually the goal is to make my own bespoke 3-piece late Victorian / Edwardian inspired men's suit. It has been such a rabbit hole because, much like s…

I was literally just practicing a faro when I came across this post. Nice to meet another magician on HN! Are you more into stage-level magic or more parlor magic (card manipulations, etc.)?

Nice!

I would say that we mostly perform parlour with high ambitions of performing in 500+ seat theatres. It's not that we love box illusions and want to do a ton of them or anything. It's more that we like being in control of the entire experience, even down to what the audience experiences when they show up to the theatre before the show and leave at the end. This type of attention to detail is something that you can only achieve in a theatre setting. It doesn't have to be a traditional theatre with a stage... but it has to be a venue that you are entirely in control of.

What we're doing right now is trying to have the most of where we see ourselves in a few years, while working within our limitations. And we'll take a strolling gig or say yes to pretty much anything. But where we try to position ourselves right now is parlour because that's where we can do the type of material that lets us really showcase our characters and what we try to be about. We do a lot of material that plays just as well for a room of 20 people as it does a theatre with 1500.

How about yourself? Tell me your magic story.

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