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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on this year?

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Post by kinow »

bambax wrote: post #417

I'm working on my second novel. I published one in French on Amazon last year which was well received. This one I'm trying to write in English -- but the writing isn't the hard part; the hard part is finding out what to write. I have a general idea that I think is pretty good, original and relevant for our times. But the division into chapters and scenes is proving quite difficult. I may have found a system though...…

Writing a novel in my native language already sounds challenging for me. I think writing it in a foreign language is a lot harder, and I wouldn't know where to start. Looks like you found a system, hope you can keep the pace and publish it soon. Good luck!

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on this year?

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Post by kinow »

shriphani wrote: post #235

Besides day job (which I am excited about), I've been working on honing my zen buddhist woodworking skills this past year and taking on more complex projects. This is a torii gate that has been in progress for a while: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm7LNGRP8-r/?hl=en and I plan to finish it this year (painting + gilding + carving)

>This is a torii gate that has been in progress for a while: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm7LNGRP8-r/?hl=en and I plan to finish it this year (painting + gilding + carving)

Looks awesome! Where you find the patterns for your carvings? From existing patterns, or did you write some sort of generative art algorithms to create them?

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on this year?

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Post by dinkleberg »

modernerd wrote: post #377

Get good at rapidly prototyping games and software in general. Last year I learned Rust deeply in the hope that it would be my “everything” language to build games, web servers, and CLI/TUI apps. I like Rust but using it for personal projects taught me that I value higher-level tools as well as very fast prototyping and feedback loops much more than I realised, particularly for games. So I'm planning to go back to Go…

Do you have any suggestions on hackathons to join? I'm aware of the many game jams out there, but I haven't paid much attention to hackathons. That sounds like a fun time.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on this year?

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Post by domh »

jventura wrote: post #387
domh wrote: post #341

I just bought my first house, so I am hoping to sink my teeth into some home improvement tasks (drilling, basic plumbing, changing light fixtures etc) - definitely a challenge for someone who's only lived in rentals before. Also interested in making the home as energy efficient as possible (LED bulbs, better insulation, smart thermostatic valves on the radiators etc). If anyone has any resources to read on this pleas…

Just a suggestion for you, based on my own home improvements: break bigger things in smaller tasks and try to finish them in the same day or the day after. Sometimes life gets in the way, or you lose steam, and an incomplete repair or unfinished task starts to become a psychological drag or even make a section of your house unusable. Another one: buy the basic tools (screwdrivers, hammer, pliers, saw, sets of screws…

Thank you! I will absolutely bear that in mind, and I'm definitely conscious of taking on too much with work and family commitments.

Your English is perfect!

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on this year?

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Post by dinkleberg »

jongjong wrote: post #256

I'll be working on refining my pitch about how bad everything is and why the system needs to change... And posting that into the void where nobody will ever read it due to big tech algorithm censorship... While working a day job which allows me to profit from the root of all system flaws which I keep complaining about because it's the only one I could find which pays the bills... A kind of forced hypocrisy. Happy new…

If you post proposals for change, rather than why everything sucks, you may have better reception. The internet is full of armchair cynics who like to talk about how everything sucks. But few people are actually out there trying to impact a change, even if just in the form of ideas.

This is not a criticism of you by the way, just an observation of what I've found actually works. By my nature I'm pretty cynical but I try and hold it back, it is rarely productive.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on this year?

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Post by dinkleberg »

ahstilde wrote: post #130

I'm planning on transforming allergy care. There's no reason for you to be allergic to things. The way we treat allergies today, with antihistamines and nasal spray doesn't solve the underlying problem; it just tries to cover it up. Accessible allergy immunotherapy is the future. And in the future, taking antihistamines for allergies is going to seem like taking a painkiller for an ear infection. Why would you treat…

Wow this is very interesting. I suffer every spring due to pollen and I grew allergic to cats in adulthood which has been a shame. I've been contemplating the allergy shots for years, but it seemed like an annoying process for something with seemingly mixed results. I'll have to take a serious look at this, it could be actually life changing.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on this year?

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Post by modernerd »

dinkleberg wrote: post #453
modernerd wrote: post #377

Get good at rapidly prototyping games and software in general. Last year I learned Rust deeply in the hope that it would be my “everything” language to build games, web servers, and CLI/TUI apps. I like Rust but using it for personal projects taught me that I value higher-level tools as well as very fast prototyping and feedback loops much more than I realised, particularly for games. So I'm planning to go back to Go…

Do you have any suggestions on hackathons to join? I'm aware of the many game jams out there, but I haven't paid much attention to hackathons. That sounds like a fun time.

Depends what you're into and where you are, but these are the ones I'm keeping an eye on:

https://devpost.com/hackathons

https://www.eventbrite.com/d/online/hackathon/

https://mlh.io/seasons/2023/events

https://www.iquise.mit.edu/iQuHACK/2023-01-27

Itch.io is where I'd start for game jams:

https://itch.io/jams

If you happen to be near Germany/Europe and into games then I had fun at the Berlin Mini Jam when I went pre-pandemic:

https://www.meetup.com/game-developers-berlin/

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on this year?

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Post by dinkleberg »

modernerd wrote: post #457
dinkleberg wrote: post #453

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have any suggestions on hackathons to join? I'm aware of the many game jams out there, but I haven't paid much attention to hackathons. That sounds like a fun time.

Depends what you're into and where you are, but these are the ones I'm keeping an eye on: https://devpost.com/hackathons https://www.eventbrite.com/d/online/hackathon/ https://mlh.io/seasons/2023/events https://www.iquise.mit.edu/iQuHACK/2023-01-27 Itch.io is where I'd start for game jams: https://itch.io/jams If you happen to be near Germany/Europe and into games then I had fun at the Berlin Mini Jam when I went pre…

Thanks! I'll have to give some of these a go.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on this year?

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Post by jongjong »

dinkleberg wrote: post #455
jongjong wrote: post #256

I'll be working on refining my pitch about how bad everything is and why the system needs to change... And posting that into the void where nobody will ever read it due to big tech algorithm censorship... While working a day job which allows me to profit from the root of all system flaws which I keep complaining about because it's the only one I could find which pays the bills... A kind of forced hypocrisy. Happy new…

If you post proposals for change, rather than why everything sucks, you may have better reception. The internet is full of armchair cynics who like to talk about how everything sucks. But few people are actually out there trying to impact a change, even if just in the form of ideas. This is not a criticism of you by the way, just an observation of what I've found actually works. By my nature I'm pretty cynical but I…

The problem is that there are solutions available (e.g. blockchain and the decentralize movement) but those which managed to get attention in the early days were soon corrupted by the current system to serve the current system. Then the movement proceeded to discredit itself through intentional, repeated scamming of customer funds.

I think there is a chance that SBF of FTX will not go to jail because he is working for the system.

I guess the solution now is a legal and political one. Expose the crimes and lock people up. The scale of it will be of epic proportions. Probably won't be enough room in existing jails. We'll have to seize assets and send the criminals to some new penal colony.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on this year?

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Post by shriphani »

kinow wrote: post #452
shriphani wrote: post #235

Besides day job (which I am excited about), I've been working on honing my zen buddhist woodworking skills this past year and taking on more complex projects. This is a torii gate that has been in progress for a while: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm7LNGRP8-r/?hl=en and I plan to finish it this year (painting + gilding + carving)

>This is a torii gate that has been in progress for a while: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm7LNGRP8-r/?hl=en and I plan to finish it this year (painting + gilding + carving) Looks awesome! Where you find the patterns for your carvings? From existing patterns, or did you write some sort of generative art algorithms to create them?

I draw and carve by hand - I don't like to use power tools (except drills).
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