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Re: Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020?

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Post by m3kw9 »

maccard wrote: post #607
m3kw9 wrote: post #590

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Cooking plus cleaning is usually a 2 hour experience. So you really need to enjoy cooking to do it or if you have no choice. Yes I see most cookers here omit cleaning which is part of the deal

Theres two approaches to solving this. If there is more than one of you, or you have kids, then the person who cooks doesn't clean. The other (more sensible approach) is once you enter the kitchen, you don't leave it until the meal is done. If a meal takes 30 minutes from prep to plate, chances are a lot of that time is waiting. Cleaning during that time is how you minimise that cost. I cook every other night (and we…

Yeah true but a lot of time it ain’t happening, kids too young, wife too tired, or you cooking for yourself etc. So there is always a situational thing going on unless you have a military style home rules. The best is still to enjoy it. Even when cleaning I find a way infuse joy, like having a system and always find ways to improve speed, then marvel how fast and good it was done

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Post by johnmorrison »

This one's a bit niche but if you're between the ages of 13-21 and not sure what to specialize in but you care about important issues and like engineering, please consider learning and specializing in an area related to molten salt reactors, chemical separation of fission products, or anything in the intersection of chemical eng, nuclear eng, and electrical.

The world needs clean, reliable, scalable energy more now than ever before, and we have a serious shortage of talented folk who have previous experience in the skills necessary to develop liquid fueled fission reactors.

So, if you're in highschool or entering university soon, consider this. By the latter half of this decade, there's going to be a lot of demand for these skills.

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Post by kranner »

yibg wrote: post #649
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And lentils with bread -most people look down on them for some reason, unless it's a side of some sort, but I find them just beautiful as proper dinner!

I'd love to cook and eat more lentils. They taste pretty good to me, are cheap and fairly easy to cook. My problem is, they tend (for me at least) produce a lot of undesired gas.

Try soaking overnight and rinsing thoroughly before cooking (if you don't already do).

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Post by sr3d »

You should invest your time to learn how to invest and trade stocks. I spent 8 months learning trading and it has been a very challenging but rewarding process.

Learning Options trading is another thing you can do once you become more familiar with the stock markets, and hopefully you can start trading options using your profits from your wise investments.

These 2 skills, stock trading and option trading, in my opinion, are the most critical skills for someone, especially software engineers to generate more incomes and become financially independent as an alternative path to founding/working at a startup.

You can start small to learn but invest 1 good year and you'll be amazed at the knowledge and freedom you have gained.

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Post by LaGrange »

bluntfang wrote: post #525
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> Okay, this is a narrative that is occurring in your head, but it's not occurring in everyone's head, Oh, for sure, I'm not saying this approach won't work for you. I'm saying that if you're using that approach you're being using strategies designed mostly by abusers, that are inherently abusive (now, whether you are an abuser depends on whether you realise that and whether you stick to it after realising that), and…

It sounds like you have a history of abuse. I am so sorry and hope you're able to get the help you need. As I'm sure you know, not everyone trying to socialize is out to get you. Not everyone has the same social needs as you. But I can see how difficult that could be if you've been a victim of abuse. I think it's good to note that not everyone has the same hang ups as you do, and many people do actually enjoy meeting…

> As I'm sure you know, not everyone trying to socialize is out to get you

No, I mean, it might be hard to imagine to a person who believes into might makes right as strong as you apparently do, but a couple of tiny restrictions actually makes it _easier_ to make friends.

And, y'know, no, I don't have much of history of abusive. I knew a few abusive people, but they mostly focused on others. Another thing that might be hard to imagine for you, I suppose.

> DM me if you'd like someone to talk to.

LOL, no.

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Post by f0rfun »

sr3d wrote: post #714

You should invest your time to learn how to invest and trade stocks. I spent 8 months learning trading and it has been a very challenging but rewarding process. Learning Options trading is another thing you can do once you become more familiar with the stock markets, and hopefully you can start trading options using your profits from your wise investments. These 2 skills, stock trading and option trading, in my opini…

Care to share the online resources that helped you the most? I'm also trying to trade stocks but am fearful of the current market outlook esp with the possibility of an impending pandemic.

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Post by mygo »

f0rfun wrote: post #716
sr3d wrote: post #714

You should invest your time to learn how to invest and trade stocks. I spent 8 months learning trading and it has been a very challenging but rewarding process. Learning Options trading is another thing you can do once you become more familiar with the stock markets, and hopefully you can start trading options using your profits from your wise investments. These 2 skills, stock trading and option trading, in my opini…

Care to share the online resources that helped you the most? I'm also trying to trade stocks but am fearful of the current market outlook esp with the possibility of an impending pandemic.

3M sells face masks. Purnell sells hand sanitizers. Would be interesting to see how their stock does during a pandemic.

Note: I’m not saying buy 3M and Purell stock. I’m just saying, if there’s an impending pandemic, there are probably businesses who will see a rise in demand due to the pandemic. What’s going on in the parts of China right now where there are quarantines? How has that shifted demand for goods and services?

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Post by hnick »

sharadov wrote: post #509
the_gastropod wrote: post #386

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I have a suspicion this kind of living, in part, explains why so many people are miserable. I feel like removing every inconvenient thing from your life, and "having someone else do it for you" must make your ability to handle discomfort atrophy to the point where the tiniest unpleasantness feels like a catastrophe. Like muscles, your brain, your immune system, etc., we need a little discomfort / struggle once in a w…

We are becoming one trick ponies, only defined by the work that we do. There is something about cooking, doing things with your hands that is fundamental to the human experience. I cook, but I also like to order in, sometimes I just microwave stuff. It depends on your mood.

I have thought about this a lot while cooking, and I also think it comes down to the fact that cooking is both very creative but also very destructive (fire, oil, cutting, smashing, boiling, melting! such fun).

It satisfies those two core urges we all have to some degree.

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Post by Infinitesimus »

y-c-o-m-b wrote: post #683
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There is beauty to the simple goal of "I want to lift x amount one day." Instead of worrying yourself to death over whether you are "functional" or not. I've seen so many regulars at my gym over the years still doing the same stuff, still looking the same, still lifting the same, still doing kettlebell goblet squats and farmers walks and step-ups and whatever else have you. I realize what an elitist knob this makes m…

"I want to lift x amount one day" is not for everyone, it's what lead me to destroy my spine. I went years without any problems and I was in the best shape of my life, but I never thought about the level of compression my spine was taking on. I ended up having multiple bulging discs from C5-C7, a severe disc herniation in T8-T9 (which happened mid workout, very painful), L4-S1 herniations and L4-L5 breaking away chun…

That sucks. What lift did you in? Was it gradual or a sudden injury?

I hope the recovery is going smoothly now at least :/

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Post by hnick »

take_a_breath wrote: post #420
the_gastropod wrote: post #386

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I have a suspicion this kind of living, in part, explains why so many people are miserable. I feel like removing every inconvenient thing from your life, and "having someone else do it for you" must make your ability to handle discomfort atrophy to the point where the tiniest unpleasantness feels like a catastrophe. Like muscles, your brain, your immune system, etc., we need a little discomfort / struggle once in a w…

I am also skeptical of "optimizing" every part of our lives. Cell phones allow us to do so many things more efficiently than in the past. But what are people actually doing with that freed up time?

I had to wait in line at a bank a few months ago (how quaint). It made me realise how little 'off' time we have compared to my parents' generation. It was peaceful.

Sure, websites and phones save us so much time but there's always another thing to do. If we're not doing something we are wasting time aren't we? The opportunity cost gets higher every time technology becomes more efficient. Some of us aren't even safe from the constant feed in the toilet.

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