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

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Post by nojvek »

signa11 wrote: post #253
deepaksurti wrote: post #222

Going back to the basics to solidify my foundation, one each quarter. Good Practice makes one a better engineer! Digital Electronics using [1] Operating Systems using [2] Functional Data Structures using [3] Graphics Algorithms [4] Any recommendations for these subjects sincerely appreciated. Thanks. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Design-Computer-Architecture-... [2] https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Operating-System…

> Digital Electronics using [1] Operating Systems using ... also, in case you are not aware of it, there is always the nand2tetris [ http://www.nand2tetris.org/ ] thingy (currently running on coursera btw). the book is also pretty good imho.

Thanks for posting the link. I just signed up for the course. Always wanted to learn how simple logic gates end up become all purpose CPU's. I've always thought that someday we'll have same concepts in a cell which becomes a full turing machine and anyone can grow it.

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

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Post by nojvek »

My goal for 2017 is to finish some of the projects I started in 2016.

1) VSCode extensions for code coverage and inline debugging decorators.

2) Rasberry Pi Self Driving Car. Autonomously navigate from A to B

3) VR Meditation app. You are a god and different sounds of "Om" creates beautiful landscapes and life.

From non-technical side I want to:

1) Keep up meditating everyday.

2) Write one chapter of my book a week.

3) Once my wrist recovers, go back and hit the gym.

4) Take some dancing and art classes.

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

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Post by sudshekhar »

nojvek wrote: post #423

My goal for 2017 is to finish some of the projects I started in 2016. 1) VSCode extensions for code coverage and inline debugging decorators. 2) Rasberry Pi Self Driving Car. Autonomously navigate from A to B 3) VR Meditation app. You are a god and different sounds of "Om" creates beautiful landscapes and life. From non-technical side I want to: 1) Keep up meditating everyday. 2) Write one chapter of my book a week.…

> 2) Rasberry Pi Self Driving Car. Autonomously navigate from A to B

This seems interesting. What are the resources you're using? Do share a blog post about it once you're finished!

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

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Post by afarrell »

vcool07 wrote: post #206

My goal is to learn enough tech to build an end to end web based application. Planning to learn python, then html/css, MySQL and move onto learning deployment with AWS.... let's see how it goes !

For python, this is the book that I learned from: http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english3e/ and this is a good book that teaches web development: http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1234000000754/index.ht... Both are free.

For learning deployment, first download vagrant and try deploying on a vagrant box. Then, get a digital ocean account (here's some free server time: https://m.do.co/c/6dade5c581b8) and deploy on that. This guide is a good walkthrough: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-...

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

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Post by deepnotderp »

radicality wrote: post #322
deepnotderp wrote: post #290

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, but my lingua franca is math, not programming, i'm a pretty bad programmer actually :( Did you find anything from a "practical mathematician" type of view?

Category theory for the working mathematician [1] would probably be a good fit? [1] http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~aar/papers/maclanecat.pdf

Awesome,I'll check it out!

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Post by afarrell »

iamgopal wrote: post #302

Good Habits. This dopamine addiction went on for too far long. Ruined my first two startups, lucky to have another to help me financially. Running, Avoiding Social Internet, NoFap and more time to family.

Install https://selfcontrolapp.com/, https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/momentum/laookkfkn..., and https://freedom.to/

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

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Post by afarrell »

shradha408 wrote: post #281

Here are the things I want to learn in 2017: 1) I want to learn Java and be an expert in it by the end of 2017. Also, some of the basic concepts of computer science. 2) I am going to start a new food website where I am going to create and share new recipes. I really want to learn so many new recipes and improve my cooking skills. 3)I am going to buy a Ukulele next week and I want to learn it so badly. This is going t…

> I really want to learn so many new recipes and improve my cooking skills.

Consider watching Alton Brown videos on youtube. I find he does a good job at explaining cooking at a lower layer of abstraction. Also, a big part of cooking is keeping your kitchen organized, so think of the physical layout of your cooking space as a UX/information architecture problem. If you have a disorganized kitchen and are trying to just follow a recipe, then you will feel overwhelmed as you aren't able to hold things in working memory.

Also, for recipes, check out https://paprikaapp.com/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/slowcooking/.

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

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Post by tim333 »

silvaben wrote: post #140

Growth hacking. I'd like to learn how to sell a SaaS product[1] to businesses. I'd also like to explore content strategy and marketing. As a software developer joining a new 2-person startup, this is uncharted territory for me. Looking forward to the experience. [1] https://www.metriculator.com

Vincent Dignan's stuff is quite jolly eg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYexcPB8WG0
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