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

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Post by mamcx »

DigitalJack wrote: post #26

I want to learn compiler development. My goal is to get enough of an understanding to be able to work on other people's compilers, such as SBCL. I'd like to: -Build a lisp that targets LLVM IR -Build an HDL out of lisp that can be compiled into a simulation, as well as be compiled to a netlist for synthesis. -Build a testbench toolkit out of that same lisp.

I'm in that path, but instead of python I want a ML/Python/Relational language.

I know alot now, yet I'm struggling in some areas. For example, how effective surface a FFI for the language 9I'm with F# so is kind of easy, but how do that in swift/rust where reflection/dynamic calls are not easy?)

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

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Post by mnemonicfx »

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…

I agree that plain form is important. Also your thinking on how children is learning. But, grammar is important. Memorising phrases only get me to be able to use phrases in a very specific situation. Once I am able to dissect a sentence and analyse how it's constructed, I am able to make similar form of sentences for a different purpose.

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

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Post by jdmoreira »

I'm planning to learn Swedish. I've been living in Sweden for one and an half year now and so far I've made zero effort to learn.

I plan to learn by myself with a combination of duolingo, babel, flash cards, traditional teaching books and audio cds.

My girlfriend is Swedish so I can train at home.

Any tips are welcome!

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

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Post by bobbyisgood »

I may just do the wim hof method sometime in the year. After a crazy 2016 where I let the information flood me, I feel that understanding and appreciation for things was low. My intuition says it might be better to focus on a thing a month or two (depending on how alien the thing is) to get to a place where the mind has adjusted its cache eviction policies and made the new item into L1/L2).

In terms of practical benefits, I still hunt for python idioms on a routine basis. Owning and flipping through a book occasionally comes to mind. Any suggestions? (I am pretty good with multiple years on the language across 2 and 3)

I would like to stop flirting with machine learning and just finish essential chapters from statistical inference and spend time on linear algebra. Then maybe I would try to understand backpropagation for real. Meanwhile, applications must continue to be built and I must learn effective techniques to preprocess data. I would like to do more work in Pandas and Hive.

I've found my notes to be a trustworthy friend. I need to set myself a reward system to inculcate a habit of writing more (daily thoughts, project ideas, blog...) (and on paper)

I would like to fingerpick a few songs I have in mind too.

This would be a good list if I go deep. Could I make space for haskell, clojure, scala? Probably not. Might just read Backus's functional language paper though.

One book to read every month - The Power of Now.

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

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Post by FLGMwt »

criddell wrote: post #174
hota_mazi wrote: post #80

I've learned too much stuff in 2016. My goal for 2017 is to learn fewer things and actually understand what I've learned better.

This might sound stupid, but do you ever feel like when you learn something new, you forget something old?

Heh, for me it's usually the opposite. Learning Ruby opened up C# for me in a big way.

Though I guess that's still pretty similar concepts. I don't know if my poor math and history retention is a result of me picking up knitting :p

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

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Post by Mz »

FLGMwt wrote: post #405
criddell wrote: post #174

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This might sound stupid, but do you ever feel like when you learn something new, you forget something old?

Heh, for me it's usually the opposite. Learning Ruby opened up C# for me in a big way. Though I guess that's still pretty similar concepts. I don't know if my poor math and history retention is a result of me picking up knitting :p

Knitting is the work of the devil!

(I only say that because I cannot figure it out.)

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

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Post by ranveeraggarwal »

arvind_devaraj wrote: post #297
ranveeraggarwal wrote: post #294

* Android. Built a really tiny but useful app after reading up tutorials from a gazillion places in a couple of weeks. I still don't have a very good hang of the architecture or the most optimal way to do things. Any recommendations on this this front would be very helpful. * Computer Graphics. This is one area of computer science I am really interested in and wrote my undergraduate dissertation in. I want to go back…

I gave a talk on Android and Graphics at Google, which you may find interesting. I am also learning python and machine learning http://coursehunt.net/info/graphics-programming/ http://coursehunt.net/info/android-programming/

Your slides have a good overview and can be very useful for 101-102 sessions :)

But this isn't what I'm looking for. I have a bird's eye view, I can build apps, I can make games. But that doesn't make me a good Android Developer or an expert in computer graphics. I need recommendations for texts/courses in these fields.

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Post by FLGMwt »

palerdot wrote: post #295

I want to learn to create a business however small from my own piece of software. This includes creating an useful software for people along with marketing and selling.So far I have struggled just to get eyeballs to my works. It has been a revelation to me on how difficult it is to market and eventually sell software.

I haven't enacted it, bit some solid advice I've seen is to put up canary sites for your ideas.

Spend some time on a good marketing page (which you'll have to do anyway) and have an newsletter sign up where a download link would be. You can get a feel for how many people are interested, and having a known audience can keep you motivated to keep working.

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Post by kamekame »

theweirdone wrote: post #319

I 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. :)

I spend thousands of hours learning Japanese. If you not live in Japan, it is a totally waste of time. My wife is from Japan, why I learned the language. But because of still living in Germany, I regret learning it. I could learn so many other things.

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

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Post by anderspitman »

blueintegral wrote: post #193

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.

I used to spend time learning languages as a hobby and have a hardcover copy of a book called "The Navajo Verb". I'd be happy to loan it to you.
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