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Re: Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?

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Post by yla92 »

I recently learned about the (Linux) sockets. Wrote two simple "echo client" and "echo server". Then monitored the traffic over Wireshark and witness the 3 way TCP handshake. Then make the server to use "selectors" and learned a bit more about the names I have been hearing for a while: 'select', 'poll', 'epoll'.

This is when things start to "click" for me.

Nothing astounding but these little things got me excited!

PS: Too excited that I even made a presentation to share with people from work. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LAdJ4iK-RJVxuIo61RLU...

Re: Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?

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Post by lostlogin »

kunwon1 wrote: post #6
Taikonerd wrote: post #4

OK, my "most exciting thing" is pretty boring, which says something about me ;-) But I discovered how easy it is to make oven fries: [0] Easy, customizable, and healthier than regular French fries. I love them! [0]: https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/oven-fries/

On that same theme, I've learned the basics of bread making recently, and it's been exciting to me to realize how easily I can make bread that's far better than anything at the grocery store. When I realized that I could 'win' by just using flour, water, and salt, it felt like I had unlocked one of life's cheat codes.

I have too - It’s pretty great.

I’m have recently discovered proofing in a cold environment, the kitchen in winter or even the fridge. It looks like nothing has happened, but shape the dough and cook it and you get spectacular oven rise.

Re: Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?

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Post by adamredwoods »

solarmist wrote: post #20
Gasp0de wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait until you come to Germany and buy a bread at a bakery ;)

This annoys me to no end! There _IS_ good bread in the US too. You just need to ignore the bread aisle of supermarkets!

In the US, good bread must be actively sought out. It is not available everywhere.

Re: Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?

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Post by neontomo »

That I'm a slow and careful thinker who needs peaceful days and a slow life. Little things like looking at the sky, drinking coffee, writing in my journal, taking analog photos, these bring me a sense of self and calmness that I need in order to process life properly, and I shouldn't try to be anything else in order to fit in.

Re: Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?

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Post by nicbou »

mabbo wrote: post #12

That I can survive being laid off. That emotionally, it won't crush me to find out my company decided I was in the 20% that wasn't needed anymore. That financially, my family can get by if I spend 11 weeks unemployed. That I can accept a job that pays significantly less than I used to make. I really did think that the entire experience was going to leave me the empty shell of my former self, that the mental toll woul…

Related: that it won't get you kicked out of the country (in Germany). It's a common fear for immigrants, and it turns out that it's unfounded. You get a few months to find something else.

Re: Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?

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Post by yayitswei »

I discovered Electric Clojure and built a few toy apps with it. Turns out unifying frontend and backend code simplifies web app development greatly! Exciting to me because it drastically lowers my activation energy for building new projects.

Re: Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?

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Post by neontomo »

SteveNuts wrote: post #22

That I in fact, DO have ADHD, and that's at least part of the reason I failed so miserably in high school, couldn't finish college, and struggle to finish tasks at work despite feeling highly motivated. Not only that, treatment is working for me.

I don't have much to add other than that I'm proud of you for realising this and finding a solution that works for you. Kudos

Re: Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?

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Post by nicbou »

neontomo wrote: post #35

That I'm a slow and careful thinker who needs peaceful days and a slow life. Little things like looking at the sky, drinking coffee, writing in my journal, taking analog photos, these bring me a sense of self and calmness that I need in order to process life properly, and I shouldn't try to be anything else in order to fit in.

How do you manage to create this sort of time?
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