Experiment with different ways to accept and process multi-layered "needs" for users. From text strings, to visual interface, to autosuggest. Trying sentence breakdown structure, with word2vec, topic breakdowns, graphs. Do you have suggestions on the most accurate NLP or best UX interfaces, or best storage architecture to try?
Ask HN: What do you look forward to doing in 2018?
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#52For 2017 I dropped all tech goals and focused 100% on relationships. I learned a lot about myself in the process, and for 2018 I hope to correct some of the social mistakes I keep making. Also, starting my first real job.
I'd be interested to hear more about what's going on that has led to these life changes?
The short version is that loneliness is crippling me, whereas in the past I used to find comfort in technology. For whatever reason this comfort is gone, and I long for human contact.
However by nature I am very introverted. Not socially anxious, just I get extremely tired around people, and in general can't hold a conversation about any non-tech topic. Also I am a cold/distant person with relative little emotions, not sure why. The couple of friends I had were similar to me, and we can be comfortably cold together. However I work with very warm and caring people from diverse backgrounds, and recognize that I love the qualities they posses. Rather then be happy with who I am, I figured it must be possible to 'train' emotions, so that I become an overall more positive person.
However as a result I now attend around at least 1 social event a week, which goes ok. But sometimes if there are multiple events planned close to each other, my sociability drops off a cliff, but I have trouble recognizing when it happens. Not sure if I should dial back and be happy with the progress I made, or keep going and try to focus on breaking this sociability wall I am hitting.
Re: Ask HN: What do you look forward to doing in 2018?
#531. Buy land & build a log cabin. I've been planning this for a year now. Finally have some money saved and now looking for land bordering a National Forest in my area. 2. Deploy my SAAS project on AWS. I've spent last few months learning how to script out stacks in AWS and run an ECS cluster. Just need to wrap this up.
Note that you don’t need to run a cluster anymore with AWS Fargate
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#54Focusing on learning more about tech in general, dedicating myself to some coding projects (right now I'm looking at Crafting Interpreters - http://www.craftinginterpreters.com/introduction.html), getting back into music and being more social overall.
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#551. Do fun things with my wife and daughter. 2. I switched to from Linux to macOS on the desktop in ~2007. I am now back to Linux on my home machine. I decided to stop complaining about bugs/problems and instead try to report every bug/problem that I encounter, when possible with a minimal test case, and a patch. So far, I have reported a small number of GNOME bugs and I hope to complain less and report/fix more in 20…
Rust NLP course sounds super interesting. I am dabbling in Rust. Could you share details/course links when it is available. Thanks
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#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd be interested to hear more about what's going on that has led to these life changes?
The short version is that loneliness is crippling me, whereas in the past I used to find comfort in technology. For whatever reason this comfort is gone, and I long for human contact. However by nature I am very introverted. Not socially anxious, just I get extremely tired around people, and in general can't hold a conversation about any non-tech topic. Also I am a cold/distant person with relative little emotions, n…
Have you considered that you may fall into the ASD range of Asperger? I mention this because what you described ticks a couple of the common traits. Understanding yourself better can help with your goals. Best of luck.
Re: Ask HN: What do you look forward to doing in 2018?
#57Finding a job. I'm in that awkward stage between "finishing uni" and "finding a job" and I'm starting to get (overly?) anxious about it.
In my final semester at Uni I applied for jobs, and for half my second semester I worked a flexible 15 to 30 hours a week and still finished with all As.
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#58I hope that people would understand one single truth: AI isn't everything.
Re: Ask HN: What do you look forward to doing in 2018?
#59Finding a job. I'm in that awkward stage between "finishing uni" and "finding a job" and I'm starting to get (overly?) anxious about it.
In my final semester at Uni I applied for jobs, and for half my second semester I worked a flexible 15 to 30 hours a week and still finished with all As.
I've been applying, but waiting to hear back is killing me :<
Re: Ask HN: What do you look forward to doing in 2018?
#60I recently transitioned from a Software engineering to Product Management role. So, learning these new skills(design/communication/planning) and improving at the job will be my top priority.
My current plan is to read a lot of books and focus on my writing skills. Other goal is to keep my tech chops up to date (so I can easily move back if I don't like this role).