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Ask HN: What are you learning?
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Re: Ask HN: What are you learning?
#742I've been learning a lot about options trading. (Yes, I understand the risks, being margin called, and losing all my money.) To me, it's just a fun and interesting hobby. I've also been reading and learning a lot about dirivities and the overall US financial system. It's pretty wild how things _actually_ work behind the scenes. So much "wealth" has been created coming up with such schemes. The more I learn, the more…
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Re: Ask HN: What are you learning?
#743I'm learning Motion/Animation graphics in Adobe After Effects and 3D design in Cinema 4D Lite.I'm still beginner in both. Just in case you have wonderful resources to share to get me started, please share!
For Adobe AE I'm learning on these Youtube channels:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyoKfULtJaHqSxB80Efw4w https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC64eec0UYHxflyEWgyZOvLA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP3AIk974-PeB9bg1Mc7wug
For 3D: https://www.3dfordesigners.com/blog?tag=learn+cinema+4d+lite
Re: Ask HN: What are you learning?
#744I've been learning a lot about options trading. (Yes, I understand the risks, being margin called, and losing all my money.) To me, it's just a fun and interesting hobby. I've also been reading and learning a lot about dirivities and the overall US financial system. It's pretty wild how things _actually_ work behind the scenes. So much "wealth" has been created coming up with such schemes. The more I learn, the more…
Would it be okay sharing how you are approaching options trading? What steps would you recommend someone who would like to start with the basics?
The two ways I got started were:
1) open a Robinhood account with a small amount of money ($100) ought to be enough. Buy in and out of stocks every day for a couple days until you can get approved for their level 2 trading. Then, start playing with options.
2) Open an account on ThinkOrSwim and use their tools to trade a dummy account or use real money. The learning curve of ToS is higher, but it is more powerful
The fundamentals are pretty simple, but the strategies for combining simple elements can become very complex. The fundamental questions are: will this "stock" (you can trade options on other financial instruments as well) move up, down, neither, on both? To what extent? Over what time period?
Re: Ask HN: What are you learning?
#745I'm working through Aluffi's Algebra: Chapter Zero , which covers abstract algebra (groups, fields, vector spaces, etc.) with category theoretic foundations. I took undergraduate algebra several years ago, and I'm really interested in category theory from a compositionality perspective, so this is a good opportunity to brush up on both topics. Aluffi is really well-written. It assumes some degree of mathematical matu…
IIRC in this podcast: https://player.fm/series/superdatascience-2532807/sds-345-ma... The interviewer is a researcher at Twitter Cortex applying category theory to ML. His intuition about the possible links reminds me of this kind of extending of senses you describe.
Awesome, thanks! Listening now, and shared with brother.
Re: Ask HN: What are you learning?
#746Earlier quoted context omitted.
A very cool, overlooked, and timely feature of Reaper is NinJam which is a way to “jam” with people remotely through a fixed time-delay. It’s been around for at least 15 years, but looks like the author has recently started updating the feature again. Check it out!
That's such a good idea! How are the latencies worked out?
You set a preconfigured time - I think it defaults to 1 bar.
It takes some practice and getting used to, and obviously isn’t quite the same as being in the same room, but it works well enough to stumble upon some great serendipitous moments like any good jam session :)
Re: Ask HN: What are you learning?
#747I've been learning a lot about options trading. (Yes, I understand the risks, being margin called, and losing all my money.) To me, it's just a fun and interesting hobby. I've also been reading and learning a lot about dirivities and the overall US financial system. It's pretty wild how things _actually_ work behind the scenes. So much "wealth" has been created coming up with such schemes. The more I learn, the more…
Would it be okay sharing how you are approaching options trading? What steps would you recommend someone who would like to start with the basics?
I'm also interested in this. Would be great to share some resources.
Re: Ask HN: What are you learning?
#748How to raise a good human, be a good dad and husband. Relationships take a lot of commitment and effort. It took me a while to learn how to communicate effectively with my wife so we’re fighting problems and not each other. Babies really test your patience. They are hard to reason with so I have to keep my emotions in check and always be calm even if she is throwing a massive fit. But sometimes they really get your n…
It’s been both great and terrible to be cooked up in a small flat with my wife and child. I’m always happy to see comments like this. I wonder if there’s a community for the M(o|u|a)ms/Dads of HN Any tips for communications with partners?
It's both joyful and really painful. I have a one year old and we are on 60sqm with no balcony. My wife is pretty far along on the ADHD spectrum, which has its upsides but is definitely NOT conducive to getting any kind of deep work done. We fight often these days if i'm being honest. Luckily we are good at moving past shit
My focus is on embracing our current state as the new normal and trying to be happy and calm amidst all the uncertainty. My son is blisfully unaware of everything and truly a joy to watch.
In reply to op: I'm currently studying (relational) databases.
Re: Ask HN: What are you learning?
#749I'm learning how to make tacos starting with the tortilla. I'm originally from San Diego and have always missed Mexican food whenever I moved abroad. On a recent trip back to San Diego, I went to over a dozen Mexican shops to find particular flours to create tortillas from. I also went to Mexico twice just to find a specific brand of soft wheat flour. In total I think I experimented with atleast 5-6 different flours…
One trick for those that are not as advanced as you are: For whatever wheat you are using, add boiling water instead of cool water. I've found this trick worked (a few years ago now) for a couple of trials where I wanted to use just flour and water. I think the boiling water makes the flour more elastic.
agreed with this, hot liquids def made things much easier
Re: Ask HN: What are you learning?
#750Earlier quoted context omitted.
A very cool, overlooked, and timely feature of Reaper is NinJam which is a way to “jam” with people remotely through a fixed time-delay. It’s been around for at least 15 years, but looks like the author has recently started updating the feature again. Check it out!
That's such a good idea! How are the latencies worked out?
The delay is extended to a musical unit, I think a full bar or a measure. So the latency is "musical" but really high.