Why I read Hacker News even though I understand very little of it
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Re: Why I read Hacker News even though I understand very little of it
#2Hey, this is good. And it inspired the guy to go deeper into some of the subjects!
Sometimes, a problem is that people only go to sponge learning...and then stop. As a professor of my friend's said...people are getting better and better at being able to talk about something for five minutes...then that's it. Thanks to wikipedia, lots of people can seem smart, but not actually understand something in depth.
I find XKCD also to blame for part of this. If I had a dollar for every time someone made a joke about the Axiom of Choice...
Re: Why I read Hacker News even though I understand very little of it
#3I did the exact thing with Slashdot, when I first got on the Internet in '98. And I'd read Linux Journal although much of that was over my head as well.
But slowly you learn, and get to know the stuff, and then it gets boring and so you check out something else you know little about. That's what happens to me.
I think you're on to a good strategy alex.
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Re: Why I read Hacker News even though I understand very little of it
#5Sponge learning is awesome, but you must always remember to act upon it. Knowing that CoffeeScript is hot in the web dev scene is great, but in the end it amounts to little more than industry gossip.
True understanding comes from actually trying to do it yourself, technologies stop being buzzwords and they become tools.
That said, kudos to the OP for trying to Learn Python the Hard Way!
Re: Why I read Hacker News even though I understand very little of it
#6Sponge learning is awesome, but you must always remember to act upon it. Knowing that CoffeeScript is hot in the web dev scene is great, but in the end it amounts to little more than industry gossip. True understanding comes from actually trying to do it yourself, technologies stop being buzzwords and they become tools. That said, kudos to the OP for trying to Learn Python the Hard Way!
Totally. Figuring out what to spend time on is definitely one of the hardest parts since there's so much out there. But reading and hacking on 4 chapters of the django book in a day taught me more than reading for a year.
Re: Why I read Hacker News even though I understand very little of it
#7Sponge learning is awesome, but you must always remember to act upon it. Knowing that CoffeeScript is hot in the web dev scene is great, but in the end it amounts to little more than industry gossip. True understanding comes from actually trying to do it yourself, technologies stop being buzzwords and they become tools. That said, kudos to the OP for trying to Learn Python the Hard Way!
Totally. Figuring out what to spend time on is definitely one of the hardest parts since there's so much out there. But reading and hacking on 4 chapters of the django book in a day taught me more than reading for a year.
Isn't that always the funny part of life? Whenever I have hack parties with my friends, I always end up learning everything at like 2:00 AM when we finally start in earnest. ;)
Re: Why I read Hacker News even though I understand very little of it
#8I'm right there with you. I have been an avid reader of HN for going on 2 years now. While I can't sit down and develop killer software from scratch, I am slowly learning more and more about technology and programming, and a lot of it is thanks to the great HN community.
I just started ready the updated edition of Learn Python The Hard way, and really enjoy it. It's the first book on programming that I have read that throws you right into the thick of things, get's you started writing code from the outset. Feel free to send me a message or email me if you want to bounce and ideas off of each other with Python or anything else, I get the impression we are both starting off on the same page. Should be a fun adventure!
Re: Why I read Hacker News even though I understand very little of it
#9Hey, this is good. And it inspired the guy to go deeper into some of the subjects! Sometimes, a problem is that people only go to sponge learning...and then stop. As a professor of my friend's said...people are getting better and better at being able to talk about something for five minutes...then that's it. Thanks to wikipedia, lots of people can seem smart, but not actually understand something in depth. I find XKC…
Good observation. Ironically there is an xkcd comic about this, too.
Frankly, I probably have to watch out myself to not fall into this trap. I'm not a CS major either and yes, its true I can probably bullshit for 5 minutes on many topics that I read about here or learned from friends.
Re: Why I read Hacker News even though I understand very little of it
#10 It's nice to know there are more of us spongers out there, some of us don't have a blog though suspicious look