My most recent life goal is to learn how to shave with a straight razor... Don't ask me why, just seems like a cool skill to learn and someday pass down to my sons.
Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?
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Re: Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?
#342I am still in a job that I hated like anything when I had to join it two year ago. I couldn't join Grad school this summer due to lack of money. So here are my goals in order of priority: 1. Build a small webapp so that first of all I can quit my job and have time to hack on what I like. 2. Get admission to a good Grad school next fall with full funding. 3. loose all the fat (a lot of it) that I have gained in past f…
Should have started long back ....but better late than never.
@Vineet you can try doing some research, Grad Schools value that a lot.
You can try joining some research institute in india (I know they are rare)
and have at least a paper submitted before you apply
A good idea would be to target WWW 2011 conference which is going to take place in hyderabad,
In my case I had 2 international publication in a reputed International chemical engineering journal on topics related to machine learning which helped me a lot despite of poor grades,
you can try applying to universities like NCSU, UNCC which are decent also provide good support,
Re: Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?
#343I am still in a job that I hated like anything when I had to join it two year ago. I couldn't join Grad school this summer due to lack of money. So here are my goals in order of priority: 1. Build a small webapp so that first of all I can quit my job and have time to hack on what I like. 2. Get admission to a good Grad school next fall with full funding. 3. loose all the fat (a lot of it) that I have gained in past f…
Should have started long back ....but better late than never.
As a reference point have a look at profile of my friend who is doing PhD on a full schol and is from a decent school (not IIT)
http://www.linkedin.com/in/nmahatme
he had done research while doing undergraduate degree and he got direct admit to PhD
Re: Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?
#344I'm trying to figure out: (1) how much time a newborn will actually demand from me and my wife, and (2) how we will fit in all the things we have decided must continue to happen (e.g. me still having a fulltime job, both of us getting regular exercise and a bit of downtime, etc).
I can tell you this - I have no memories from the first four months after the birth of my first child. It's just one big blur. Good thing we made lots of photos. The need to feed baby every 3 hours is going to have the profoundest effect on your lifestyle. A bit of the downtime is in fact going to be a bit , and not when you want it, but whenever you can. The regular exercise - I wouldn't be counting on it, not in fi…
I hear ya... I have no idea what happened in the last 4 months of 2006 and the first 6 months of 2007. My second son was born in August 2006 and he cried if he was awake until he was 8 months old.
Re: Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?
#345Build a house; specifically a wood/earth "natural house" and fit it out to be self sufficient (for monetary rather than eco reasons :)). Current road blocks: finding time to build, finding a site without NIMBY neighbours, planning permission (grrr)
I'm interested in this too and also for monetary reasons rather than the eco thing. Mostly what I've looked at so far are cob/straw houses. With these you are basically looking at a rubble/concrete base (which you can hopefully scavenge for free), clay/straw/sand for making the cob, and wood for the roof/window/doorframes etc. The best budget option for a roof seems to be turf, although that cuts down on the amount o…
I actually live in a stawbale house. It looks completely normal, except for 2' thick external walls and the stained concrete floors. I absolutely love it.
My dad/brother built it. One practical piece of advice, keep any walls that you are going to hang cabinets on standard framing walls. This will save you an huge amount of time and effort to get them to hang properly and look good. Also be careful how /where you run your water pipes. Straw (and probably other materials) really don't like water if you get a leak.
Re: Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?
#346Funding & national media attention for my political accountability startup. http://votereports.org/ (next 6 months)
Partner with a certain local government agency to make a major user-facing improvement. (next 2 years)
Start a school using an the updated version of the monitorial/lancasterian system of education. (next 20 years)
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#347Some really inspiring stuff in here. My short-term track/running/fitness goals: Break 4 minutes for 1500m, 2:00 for 800m. Currently at 4:06 and 2:00.1 (the latter is so heartbreaking!). Squat 250lbs (currently at 185, weighing 138). Educational goals: 4 publications in the next two years, complete PhD (CS). Get a solid grasp on differential calculus. Truly understand relativity and quantum mechanics. Any advice from…
Yeah, this is a nice thread. Amazing time on your running! I would like to do 800m under 3:00 minutes. Do you have any advice?
Re: Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?
#348My goal is to create a new programming language (sort of - in so far as I can talk about it). If monetized properly it would be worth billions. Questions is, should I incubate it myself, which will take longer, but be very financially rewarding, or work on it openly so that better minds than mine can make it better - but then no money for me... (except perhaps on the conference circuit!)
Re: Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?
#349My goal is to create a new programming language (sort of - in so far as I can talk about it). If monetized properly it would be worth billions. Questions is, should I incubate it myself, which will take longer, but be very financially rewarding, or work on it openly so that better minds than mine can make it better - but then no money for me... (except perhaps on the conference circuit!)
Is this a joke, or what?
Re: Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?
#350Attempting to get TX/RX Labs (http://www.txrxlabs.org), the first hackerspace in Houston, up and going. I've had lots of fun attempting to get a lawyer so we could get our 501(c)3 in the hopes that we can also get a larger workspace. I have gotten the webservers and website up in the nick of time, and I've got a bunch of stickers and t-shirts I will be selling at the Next HOPE and at DEFCON 18 for the group, and adding a party/membership drive in Houston on the same weekend as HOPE will probably get us enough members to get over a vital hump so we can offer more to our members.
I also get to go through the same drill with Locksport International (http://www.locksport.com). In fact, visit the Lockpicking Village at The Next HOPE and DEFCON, or Security Snobs (http://www.securitysnobs.com) and buy some lockpicks or t-shirts to help your fellow hackers!