How to do nothing!
I want to learn how to chill out and take it easy in stead of cramming every single minute of my day with something or the other.
Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?
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#352Cooking, Elixir/Phoenix, refreshing my French
Probably in that order.
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#353I want to learn Machine Learning from scratch. Please let me know all prerequisites for the same. Please help me learn.
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#354Earlier quoted context omitted.
As a fairly accomplished guitarist let be give you a piece of advice. If you want to learn the notes instead of learning them across the 6 strings, concentrate on learning them up and down the same string.
Thanks for advice, I am using similar approach too. Because I also try to learn the positions too, so if you ask me what note is on sixth string/8th fret I have to know it's C and then if you ask me where are the other C notes, I need to know other string/fret pairs.
A mnemonic that helped me was learning relative notes in 'shapes' on the fretboard.
The octave is 2 strings higher & 2 frets higher. The perfect fifth is 1 string higher & 2 frets higher. (Same shape as one of the movements of the knight/horse piece in chess :-) ) The minor third is same string & 3 frets higher OR 1 string higher & 2 frets lower. The major third is 1 string higher & 1 fret lower.
On a normal tuned E-Bass this is valid for every string and every fret. On Guitar you have to add "1 fret higher" if your start point is on string 1-4 (E to G) and the target is on string 5-6 (B, e) because the interval between string 4 and 5 is different (major third instead of perfect fourth).
Good Luck in 2017! My goal is also "continue learning Clojure and build stuff with it"
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#355The basics of what's required to become a quant for trading algorithm research. I already do a lot of linear algebra and calculus in my day job, and I love the challenge. I also have some experience with competitive predictive analysis during game AI competitions, which I turned out to have a knack for. I see Ito and related fields as the next level, and the money doesn't hurt either.
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#356Confidence - never thought it would be an issue when you're leading your own company. I quit a great job on the east coast in 2012, went to grad school and moved to Silicon Valley after graduation (2014) to work on my startup. I've been learning and building constantly for the past 4 years. I would rather my work speak for me, so I don't draw any attention to what I'm doing or to myself until I have great results to…
Lol - welcome to the club! (the confidence) find yourself a good business coach. You may burn through a few but that's all part of it.
I can relate to your comments, I was there about 18 months ago. You would be surprised just how many people talk about confidence (or lack thereof). Also, look for a good mentoring group. Find people that are on the same path (family / business / financial).
If I can help, my email is in my profile.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?
#357Confidence - never thought it would be an issue when you're leading your own company. I quit a great job on the east coast in 2012, went to grad school and moved to Silicon Valley after graduation (2014) to work on my startup. I've been learning and building constantly for the past 4 years. I would rather my work speak for me, so I don't draw any attention to what I'm doing or to myself until I have great results to…
I'm in a similar position. We should create a group for the subset of solo founders who are inclined toward product and not sales. It is a tough position to be in for sure (though I imagine the inverse has its own problems).
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#358How to do nothing! I want to learn how to chill out and take it easy in stead of cramming every single minute of my day with something or the other.
I suffer from the same problem, I started meditation this year and that's what helped me the most to combat this.
Hope This Helps.
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#359I want to: 1. Improve my English skills 2. learn more about basics CS knowledges like algorithms, data structures. 3. Figure out what is Machine Learning. Maybe learn some Discrete and Linear Algebra for better understanding, but first I'll write some code using frameworks.
I recently started to brush up on my Linear Algebra and found this very useful
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDPD3MizzM2xVF...
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#360I want to be more socially active in 2017. I graduated in 2013 , got a dev job and since then been living in a virtual world w/o any interaction whatsoever with people outside of professional environment. In 2017, I want to break this trance, get to know the real world and probably get a girlfriend. :)
Tinder helps.