Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017? • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by dojomouse » Sun, Jan 01, 2017, 6:46 AM UTC

Finish working through 'AI - A modern approach'

Finish reading 'From AI to Zombies'

Get to a point with Rust that it's my go-to language for personal app development and general scripting. Super happy to see Rust feature so often on people's lists btw.

Get to a point with general Machine Learning understanding and proficiency that I feel I can usefully contribute to OpenAI work.

Build a retaining wall under my house, and have it still be retaining the things it's intended to retain come the end of the year...

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

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Post by 0xFFC » Sun, Jan 01, 2017, 11:44 AM UTC

Becoming C++ guru, I mean in professional way. My 2017 mean focus on C++ as much as possible, then apply for C++ job abroad ! (I think about going to Europe or US).

p.s. I have bachelor degree in CS, and my theoretical (specially in Design and Analysis of Algorithms and Operating Systems) foundation is rock solid, maybe same level of a last year graduate student from ordinary university (not top-notch of course). But I need to learn more about Compilers and Programming Languages and their underlying technology, and I have chosen C++ as language that I want to spend my career on. So 2017 for me means C++ ! (and a little bit of Rust).

Another things I really like to get my hands really dirty is build tools. I do use CMake for my personal projects, but I want to learn Autotools, Meson, gn, etc. Because I fucking hate build tools, so I think knowing more and more, is good idea to understand whats going on in build tools area.

p.s. I wish next year this time, I can look at past and proud myself! I wish, wish me success HN!

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

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Post by oxplot » Mon, Jan 09, 2017, 4:41 AM UTC

baddox wrote: post #265

oxplot wrote: post #113

After watching La La Land, I finally settled on the instrument I'd dabbled with for years - piano. So I enrolled in a music theory course and I'm gonna learn to play the piano along with it.

I'm no great pianist, but I've got a pretty decent grasp of music theory. Let me know if you come up with any questions.

Awesome — appreciate it.