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Re: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment

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Post by martopix »

jventura wrote: post #712
martopix wrote: post #453

I'm learning Swahili. Any Swahili speakers on HN? On the longer term, this year I finally accepted that I do not care about research and even though I tried loving it for the past 8 years I'm only ruining my life. I love teaching. My contract ends in 8 months and I'm looking around for all the ways I could find a job that I really care about, a teaching-oriented role in a university or school. And I'm so excited abou…

Not Swahili speaker here, but: > On the longer term, this year I finally accepted that I do not care about research and even though I tried loving it for the past 8 years I'm only ruining my life. I love teaching. Same for me! I thing that nowadays people are confusing research with writing papers. I think they are quite different, and I really hate being forced into writing papers that no one will ever read. So I st…

I'm looking into "university teacher"-like positions. There are a few, but not so many. It's more common in the UK, where I did my PhD, but I'm not keen on going back there. I have time to keep looking. Otherwise teaching in high school is a plan B, temporarily or not. In my country it would be very easy as they have a big need. But the working conditions aren't great (lots of bureaucracy, incredibly stupid systems etc).

want to tell me more about the 'adjunct' professor thing? (or can also email me at msaman () posteo.eu if you want to generally chat)

Re: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment

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Post by MrVandemar »

Starcrunch wrote: post #717
MrVandemar wrote: post #659

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We don't work with a conservation organisation; we don't have any funding; we do it all off our own backs. With my limited time, I document the biodiversity of our block here: https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=any&use... My wife throws up our photos on Flickr, which includes a great many of our efforts at sustainable farming and replanting, an album documenting our house-build, as well as our hikin…

That's so cool! There are some really nice photos on your Flickr, and quite a few species in that Flora and Fauna album that I've never seen before. I'm also active on iNaturalist, and maintain a python API client and some other open source tools for it: https://github.com/pyinat/pyinaturalist If you ever have the desire to put together some data visualizations, stats, automation, or anything else fun or useful with…

Thanks @Starcruch! That's pretty cool yourself. I don't think I'm in the market for doing much with my iNaturalist data - I'm content for it to just passively be part of the larger picture, though one day I suspect I will collate it all into some kind of PDF/ebook. I wish I had more time for it to be honest.

Re: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment

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Post by MrVandemar »

dbmnt wrote: post #725
MrVandemar wrote: post #659

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We don't work with a conservation organisation; we don't have any funding; we do it all off our own backs. With my limited time, I document the biodiversity of our block here: https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=any&use... My wife throws up our photos on Flickr, which includes a great many of our efforts at sustainable farming and replanting, an album documenting our house-build, as well as our hikin…

I am blown away and inspired by the straw bale house build. Well done! It must be very rewarding to see the end result.

It's lovely to live in, but it was a lot of hard, hard work. I have a sort of traumatic amnesia about it and don't have strong recollections of doing some of the work.

I joke that we outsourced it to a pair of gullible young people who did all the hard work so us older people can enjoy living in it. :-)

Re: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment

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Post by TheAngryCanuck »

ovebepari wrote: post #696
TheAngryCanuck wrote: post #585

I'm really passionate about learning Docker. I know it is probably super easy/familiar to a lot of you but it is phenomenal to me. I've been in technical sales for the last 10 years and while I really know my products really well I've let my actual technical skills lag. I've since switched roles and I'm now doing more hands on technical work with my products and less sales. I've had to start learning new stuff. In th…

Just making things more interesting, here's a brand new world of docker networking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKFMS5C4CG0 This is crazy. I know, networking in the Virtual Machines would be kind of similar, but check this out.

Thanks! Right now I'm feeling pretty good about docker BUT I'm still a bit nervous about how storage works and networking works. I need to get a level deeper on those 2 topics. I'll be sure to check this video out.

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Post by luizfzs »

I'm passionate about archery.

That came into my life as a way to spend time away from my computer.

Practicing it has several aspects that caught my attention:

- You get more aware of your body. Every movement matters for consistence (or lack of)

- It is you against your mind

- It is relaxing (for me at least)

- It is physical activity for my sedentary self

- You don't need anyone else to practice it (although having someone can be more fun)

That's being my passion for the past 3 years. It survived COVID. It survived injuries. It's been surviving me still being bad at it :)

It's a never-ending improvement pursuit.

Re: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment

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Post by nayzer »

A close family member has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease a while back. I've been trying to educate myself on neurodegenerative diseases since, with the hope of launching something one day to tackle treatments and potential cures.

I don't have a formal biology background, so there is a lot of things to learn. But I can't sit down on the sidelines without attempting to do something about it. That's what's driving this passion.

If you're in a similar boat, or have experience in building healthcare products/companies, please reach out! I've been wanting to meet likeminded individuals for quite some time.

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Post by HellDunkel »

daretorant wrote: post #678
HellDunkel wrote: post #427

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Great! Maybe you can help me out. Some 10 years ago i went to an exhibition in portugal showing old woodcut illustrations of fables. These were released as a book which i held in my hands once but cannot find anymore. I thought the name was montaigne but probably my mind is playing tricks on me.

Fascinating! Perhaps the woodcut illustrations of Mantegna, a renaissance Italian painter? I did not find a book of fables of Mantegna’s illustrations, but I did find a painting of a fable (The Boy and the Filberts). It is possibly credited to Aesop, but not confirmed. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_and_the_Filberts Also worth nothing: During the same period and area, another artist named Verona illustrated…

I recall seeing the goose and the golden egg. The illustrations were more 17th centuryish. The name Jean de La Fontaine has been suggested to me a couple of times and this would certainly be fitting but strangely i cannot find the book following this name anywhere. It was a very fine print, hardcover, very elegant with full page illustrations.

Thank you for the link, wonderful illustrations.

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Post by mbrodersen »

brianmorris10 wrote: post #505
oeN wrote: post #164

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Pretty much the same here, for the past months I didn’t cared too much but last week I re-discovered Rust and I’m having fun with it. Anyway my time in front of a screen is way less than it was an year ago and it feels good for now :)

Surprised I had to go this far down to find the first mention of Rust on a HN thread

Yep that must be a new record :)

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Post by mbrodersen »

MielPopssss wrote: post #450

Hello guys, it's my first time posting here ! Actually, I'm passionate about Lisp dialects, I always been fascinated by languages, when I was a kid, I used to try to learn new languages (Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, ...). When I was 15, I found out I had a leukemia, a severe form of blood cancer, I had so much free time that I decided to learn programming languages. It was really like a revival, the idea that you c…

I highly recommend writing your own Lisp from scratch. It is a fun project! I have done it more than once and in different languages.

Re: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment

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Post by mbrodersen »

Thorentis wrote: post #86

Been going to the gym for the past six weeks and trying to get in shape and learn more about good form. Done wonders for my posture and mental health. Hoping to make it long lasing habit! Thanks for posting, stranger.

For people who hate going to the gym but want to get stronger/healthier I recommend the book “Body by Science”. I have more than doubled my body strength following it. And only spending 15 min a week in the gym (!)
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