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Re: Ask HN: What are you planning to learn in 2013?

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Post by ditoa » Tue, Dec 25, 2012, 7:15 PM UTC

tomku wrote: post #58

1) Math, specifically calculus and linear algebra. I studied enough of it in college to pass the classes, completely forgot about it for 10 years, and now I'm finding myself needing it for some of my coding work. I'm hoping to work through MIT's OCW Scholar class on introductory calc as a refresher, then linear algebra, then maybe something harder on the calc side. 2) Japanese. I'm trying the "kanji-first" approach a…

I am in the same boat with my math knowledge. Thanks for the heads up about the MIT courses (and Merry Christmas! :)

Re: Ask HN: What are you planning to learn in 2013?

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Post by Bootvis » Tue, Dec 25, 2012, 7:18 PM UTC

1) CFA Level 1 and start CFA Level 2

2) Skiing

3) Improve my knowledge of stochastic Calculus as used in finance

Re: Ask HN: What are you planning to learn in 2013?

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Post by DanBC » Tue, Dec 25, 2012, 7:20 PM UTC

javis wrote: post #35

wilfra wrote: post #30

Hardware and electrical engineering. I want to build an electronic cigarette with a tiny computer in it.

I really want to begin to learn this too, any ideas where to get started?

My usual response to this is to suggest that people get "The Art of Electronics" and "The Art of Electronics Student Manual", and then some cheap equipment and components, and then work through both books.

Some of the books are severely out of date, but much of it is still useful and they're great introductions for smart people to electronics.

And nowadays you don't even need real equipment, you can probably find excellent simulations and virtual equipment.

Along side that you probably want to learn to solder well. (http://www.astro.umd.edu/~harris/docs/WellerSoldering.pdf) is a guide from Weller. This is a bit old, because it doesn't cover no-clean solders, or low-lead solders.

Hopefully other people have some more up-to-date information.

Re: Ask HN: What are you planning to learn in 2013?

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Post by tpiddy » Tue, Dec 25, 2012, 7:20 PM UTC

Español - Estoy aprendiendo hace 3 meses con los websites Duolingo.com, italki.com, anki y otros. Espero que en un año puedo tener buenas conversaciónen con hablantes fluidos.

There are some really interesting emerging ways to learn a foreign language also an emerging community of language learners and polyglots on the internet.

Re: Ask HN: What are you planning to learn in 2013?

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Post by everydayaneasya » Tue, Dec 25, 2012, 7:22 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: What are you planning to learn in 2013?

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Post by everydayaneasya » Tue, Dec 25, 2012, 7:23 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: What are you planning to learn in 2013?

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Post by everydayaneasya » Tue, Dec 25, 2012, 7:24 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: What are you planning to learn in 2013?

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Post by eykanal » Tue, Dec 25, 2012, 7:24 PM UTC

tomku wrote: post #58

1) Math, specifically calculus and linear algebra. I studied enough of it in college to pass the classes, completely forgot about it for 10 years, and now I'm finding myself needing it for some of my coding work. I'm hoping to work through MIT's OCW Scholar class on introductory calc as a refresher, then linear algebra, then maybe something harder on the calc side. 2) Japanese. I'm trying the "kanji-first" approach a…

For drawing, I've been reading "Drawing on the right side of the brain" by Betty Edwards. There's a lot of text but the ideas and exercises do seem to work. I haven't gone through the whole book but so far it's OK.

Re: Ask HN: What are you planning to learn in 2013?

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Post by xiaoma » Tue, Dec 25, 2012, 7:24 PM UTC

julsonl wrote: post #12

Other than improving my programming skills and learning a bit more computer science theory in general: 1. Music. Learning to play the piano 2. Drawing and Painting 3. Cooking

For drawing, I strongly recommend Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. And you DO have all the skills you need to get started as long as you have remotely decent eye-sight and the ability to wield a pencil. The important thing is to force yourself to let go of iconic representations and look at the lines that are actually there. It will be uncomfortable, but once you do that, your progress will really begin.

Re: Ask HN: What are you planning to learn in 2013?

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Post by ditoa » Tue, Dec 25, 2012, 7:25 PM UTC

Well as I just bought IntelliJ IDEA in the JetBrains dooms day sale Java (and Android) is number 1 on my list. Along with a bit of C++11 later in the year. I think I will also learn the basics (maybe a little bit more) of Python as well as I have been putting it off for a couple of years now.

In general I want to move away from Windows and more towards Linux as my development environment as much as possible. I have no real problem with Windows but I would like to feel as comfortable in the Linux desktop world as I am on Windows.