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Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?

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Post by jonaf »

1. Rust. As a DevOps engineer with a lot of experience and interest developing and operating distributed databases, I have so many ideas and Rust is perfect for them.

2. Everything about building and using FPGAs to their potential.

3. machine learning / deep neural networks. I feel we are getting to a point where they are becoming more practical for a business to invest in.

4. How to survive parenthood, with #3 due in May, my son is 3 and my daughter is 2. I've been making it up as I go, but wow is it a lot of work!

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?

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Post by blueintegral »

Conversational Navajo. It's such an interesting language with an amazing history. I don't know any other languages right now besides English and a bit of Spanish, and I didn't grow up around any Navajo people. Despite a relatively small speaking population, there seems to be enough information online to learn at least enough to hold simple conversations.

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?

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Post by mguillemot »

DanBC wrote: post #173
mguillemot wrote: post #172

In 2017 I want to move my digital electronics skills from "patching together 30 years old ICs on a breadboard while playing with devkits" to "designing a simple board with modern components". I'm finally taking the plunge to SMD soldering, and the ultimate goal will be to make a fully functional JAMMA game board using a decent FPGA (a project I left incomplete 10 years ago, which has always bugged me).

I'd be interested to read a blog of your progress, especially if it includes mistakes you made and what you learnt from it.

I'll keep that in mind! (I'm sure there will be many mistakes on the road ^^')

In the meantime, my Twitter is in my profile, and I'm pretty sure I'll post a few snaps here and there :)

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?

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Post by mianos »

mikekchar wrote: post #190
foota wrote: post #95

I'd like to learn Japanese. I'm hoping to travel there in June after I graduate from college, and I figure it would help if I could talk to people (or try, at least). I'd also like to get better at Rust. I've written a few small projects in it at hackathons, but I've yet to get to the point where I'm comfortable writing in it. I'd like to get close to that. I'm taking a class prior to graduation in abstract algebra,…

Couple of quick pointers wrt Japanese. First, human languages take a long time to get good at. If we think that children learn faster than adults (which I think is not actually true, but it's a widely held belief), then it will take you 5 years to talk like a 5 year old, 10 years to talk like a 10 year old and 15-20 years to talk like an adult -- minimum. If you study very effectively, I think you can double this spe…

> If we think that children learn faster than adults (which I think is not actually true, but it's a widely held belief), Anecdotally, I saw my two children learn a foreign language in exactly the same place and over the same time as me. They learnt it to fluency in the same time I could barely communicate. Actually google 'scholarly articles on how children learn languages'. It's probably not just anecdotal.

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?

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Post by mhink »

smnplk wrote: post #112

+ learn the notes on the guitar neck + continue learning Clojure and build stuff with it + improve english speaking skills + read more, in english and native language + learn how to find clients outside of online freelance marketplaces + get away from ruby and rails + study more poker hands + learn to play chess better + learn about seo & marketing + bootstrapping a SASS product + make a few html5 games in clojurescr…

With regards to chess, some thoughts:

* /r/chess is a great community.

* Chess.com is also good, particularly for their analysis tools and tactics puzzles in the app.

* Lichess is my favorite for actually playing games with other people.

* Queen's Gambit is clearly the most fun opening as white.

* Chess can be one of the most infuriating games in existence.

* "The Immortal Game: A History of Chess" is one of the best non-fiction books I've read in awhile.

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?

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Post by jjoonathan »

mianos wrote: post #195
mikekchar wrote: post #190

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Couple of quick pointers wrt Japanese. First, human languages take a long time to get good at. If we think that children learn faster than adults (which I think is not actually true, but it's a widely held belief), then it will take you 5 years to talk like a 5 year old, 10 years to talk like a 10 year old and 15-20 years to talk like an adult -- minimum. If you study very effectively, I think you can double this spe…

> If we think that children learn faster than adults (which I think is not actually true, but it's a widely held belief), Anecdotally, I saw my two children learn a foreign language in exactly the same place and over the same time as me. They learnt it to fluency in the same time I could barely communicate. Actually google 'scholarly articles on how children learn languages'. It's probably not just anecdotal.

Controlling for time availability and motivation seems both crucial to getting relevant results and damn near impossible to pull off. I'd be happy to CMV but it's not the kind of thing I'm willing to spend a day doing a deep-dive over.

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?

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Post by pryelluw »

teejayvanslyke wrote: post #35

How to effectively market my consulting skills. I've been a web developer for over a decade now and I'm still not confident in my ability to bring in consistent work. The work comes, but I'd like to have more potential clients knocking. From what I can tell, the best way to achieve that is by consistently offering to help others with my skills. So I'm making it a point in the coming year to make blogging a part of my…

One of my 2017 goals is to help others market themselves better. Im also a consultant (code and marketing). Feel free to get in touch if youd like some help from me. Email in profile.
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