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

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Post by y-c-o-m-b »

Infinitesimus wrote: post #719
y-c-o-m-b wrote: post #683

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"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 :/

Gradual. When my T8-T9 popped, I was doing pull-ups of all things, so there was no compression which means it could have been anything preceding that, but I suspect years of military/shoulder press or squats contributed.

I did dead-lifts several years prior to the injuries and stopped those when I had a funny "clammy skin" sensation in one of my arms; it freaked me out a little and I hated deadlifts anyway so I always thought it was just my excuse not to do them, but in retrospect I think that was probably a wise decision.

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

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Post by y-c-o-m-b »

graeme wrote: post #748
y-c-o-m-b wrote: post #683

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"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…

Yikes. What sort of loads were you lifting, if I may ask? Would possibly help make the warning more concrete to those of us reading.

At the time I was about 180lbs/6' and just got done cutting. I was lifting in the 12-15 rep range so the load was relatively light-moderate enough to hit those reps without losing form. I am an ectomorph, so my skeletal structure is weak by design, really poor bone density.

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

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Post by samelawrence »

tekkk wrote: post #164

Singing, improv and performing in general. It will pay dividends in everything you do, not only just relationships and holding powerpoint presentations. Once you do it long enough your personality starts to shift more towards your "performer personality" and your manner of speech, way of making up conversations becomes a natural part of you. I recommend this especially to those who suffer from social anxiety. It is t…

+1 for improv as some of the most excellent social training of my life. Really changed a lot about how I feel in front of groups, meeting new teams, and even in 1:1 conversations.

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

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Post by Kihashi »

mywittyname wrote: post #589
colecut wrote: post #455

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Sorry you're being downvoted. I guess the instant pot isn't hacker trendy enough

The IP is pretty overrated. I have one and use it really often, but it has serious limitations that fad blogs just kind of ignore. Like, it's not really a huge time saver because it's low pressure and takes so long to come to pressure anyway. Also, pressure cooked meat is very often gross and spongy, so you should use it as a slow cooker in those situations. It's great for rice, beans, sauce & soup bases. Plus, it do…

> pressure cooked meat is very often gross and spongy

I haven't cooked much beef in it that hasn't become part of a stew, but my experience cooking chicken and turkey is that it comes out incredibly juicy and flavorful. Even better if you have the air fryer/convection add on. I've done turkey in it for the past several years for potlucks and family meals and it always gets rave reviews. For beef, part of the appeal was that I could brown it, saute aromatics, and then cook it in the same pot.

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

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Post by komali2 »

cmdshiftf4 wrote: post #820
komali2 wrote: post #725

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Lol read a crowd. If I was in a group of seventy year old white people I probably would adopt a different vernacular. > As such I refuse to believe any of your recommendations come from personally successful experiences. K, well, I'm not gonna work hard to prove anything lmao. Sounds like you just don't hang with a massively diverse group of people.

That’s quite an insecurity-laced kneejerk reaction you’ve posted there. A tip from an adult who didn’t stumble into this industry from the recruitment sidelines: Keep your “yoooo dawg swaggy swag brooo!” stuff to your non-work friends. Women cite this immature brogrammer nonsense and the “culture” it creates as one of the reasons they’re put off from joining, or as a reason for leaving, the tech industry. I’d encoura…

Where's these personal attacks coming from? Insecurity? You called me a liar. I feel my response was a perfectly acceptable way to defend myself against such an accusation.

> A tip from an adult who didn’t stumble into this industry from the recruitment sidelines:

What's the purpose of delving into my post history to find more material for personal insults?

Why have you rhetorically positioned yourself as an adult, and me as a child, in your message?

What emotion were you hoping I felt when you insinuated that my professional background makes me Less Than?

Why is it so important to you to impress upon me that You Are Smarter Than Me?

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

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Post by sharadov »

dwild wrote: post #623
sharadov wrote: post #509

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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.

> There is something about cooking, doing things with your hands that is fundamental to the human experience. I agree that doing more has plenty of avantage, but is there something specifically about cooking? Have you ever sew piece of clothes that you regularly wear? Most people never did... yet for something that will be used for hundreds of hours, we pay 20$+ for it instead of taking a few hours to do it. Why are…

Yes it does matter, because food is something that I put in my body, it has a direct correlation with my health. Clothes, not that much.

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

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Post by sharadov »

hnick wrote: post #718
sharadov wrote: post #509

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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.

True that, some might argue it is a primal urge.

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

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Post by m-p-3 »

chrissnell wrote: post #100

Some suggestions: - Build something. A new workbench for your office. Fix up an old car. Build a pull-up bar in your garage. Use your hands, cut some wood and metal, and treat yourself to a new tool or two. Do this with every project and you will have a nice tool collection before you know it. - Learn to take pictures on a manual camera. You can do this with a modern automatic camera if it has a manual mode. Learn ab…

> Listen to classical music.

It also open the doors to so many other genres as well that you might not appreciate as much than when you enjoy classical.

Post-rock is mostly instrumental and some bands uses classical instruments to complement the guitar, bass and drum. It's an interesting mix

an example from a recent album I listened this week: https://besides.bandcamp.com/track/ich-bin-wieder-da-2

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

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Post by dev-ns8 »

bryanmgreen wrote: post #345
snarf21 wrote: post #113

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I've come to believe that introspection is the one true real superpower. Here is an exercise for the reader. Every year on your birthday, write down what you "know" to be true about life, work, love, politics, money, meaning, happiness, environment, etc. and then seal it. Now read what you wrote last year and see how dumb you used to be.

Right now I’m completing an “In My 20’s” document tracking numbers of big things (is: how many countries visited, music festivals attended, pieces of furniture built, jobs had, dollars saved, etc), feelings, observations, lessons and questions. It’s pretty powerful. I can track my progress, see the speedbumps, but I think the biggest thing is that despite having all this data, it is not predictive. I have zero idea w…

This comment, along with another on this thread and finally by a few statements from a friend made me want to pursue writing a server app to help with this endeavor. I always say Ok I'm going to start writing and introspecting on my life, but always quit shortly thereafter. My plan is to have a server run cron jobs to text / email me to help facilitate this writing and introspection

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

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Post by mehh »

sjapkee wrote: post #787
langitbiru wrote: post #223

Here are what I am learning in 2020. I try to be a holistic person. So I am learning technical skills, business skills, and social skills. Technical: Blockchain programming (mostly on Ethereum). I believe Ethereum is the future. Programmable money. How cool is that? However if you think blockchain is fad, you could replace it with cybersecurity. Business: Corporate finance (stocks, bonds, future contracts, options, e…

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I really really doubt it, the theory is reasonable, the implementation (Ethereum) is flawed.
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