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Re: Ask HN: What Are You Learning?

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Post by velyan » Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 9:34 PM UTC

solardev wrote: post #60

slekker wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been considering paying for an LLM to augment my learning, for when I get stuck or can't figure something out. In terms of courses I am looking at Khan Academy but also https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-01sc-single-variable-calculus... (haven't started so I cant speak for quality)

The LLMs completely changed education for me. Whether it's math or music theory or programming, I'd rank ChatGPT amongst the best teachers I've ever known. (There are amazing real-human ones too, but it's really hit and miss!). For $20/mo it's totally worth it, way cheaper than tutoring or buying more textbooks. But for infrequent use, probably the free plan is enough...? I tried MIT OCW but found the videos too long…

Would be very keen to know more about your learning experience and ideas to make it better. Would you be open to jump on a 15 mins call with me?

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Learning?

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Post by velyan » Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 9:36 PM UTC

jeanlucas wrote: post #89

I decided to learn React Native because the ecosystem seems mature enough for a project that I want to do.

What project do you wanna do? What resources are you learning from?

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Learning?

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Post by velyan » Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 9:45 PM UTC

djvdq wrote: post #82

ivansavz wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What are you using to review/relearn basic math? I'm asking because this is the space I'm working in, so I wonder what "products" people are hiring to do this "job." PS: Check out this concept map that shows the high school math concepts and topics that you can use as a "progress bar" for what there is to review: https://minireference.com/static/conceptmaps/math_concepts.p...

Tbh I don't have any specific path how to do it right now as I started doing this just recently. Currently it's something like: "oh, I don't remember how to do this, I'll check it on wikipedia/yt/ ". But this way I can't relearn things that I simply forgot that it exist. Thanks for the link!

I'm building a tool that helps with self-directed learning. Would you be keen to jump on a 15 mins call with me and help shape the product? https://calendly.com/vel-yan/15min

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Learning?

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Post by velyan » Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 9:48 PM UTC

SenHeng wrote: post #39

Book keeping. Recently officialised my freelancing business into a corporation and it's fascinating learning about all that finance stuff. I'm hoping to turn all that knowledge around into building tools and utilities for doing all the calculations.

Curious what resources / apps you're using for learning. I'm building a tool that helps with self-directed learning. Would you be keen to jump on a 15 mins call and help shape the product? https://calendly.com/vel-yan/15min

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Learning?

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Post by disqard » Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 10:15 PM UTC

sn9 wrote: post #76

maroonblazer wrote: post #55

Drawing/sketching. Apropos of the other HN article on the elder mathematician who credits his success by studying the simple things until he understands them really, really well, I'm practicing drawing boxes in any/every orientation in 3D space. This includes drawing two boxes connected by a common edge - imagine a box with a lid the same size as the box itself, slightly opened. For me this is profoundly difficult to…

I don't know if you're literally using this or you are unaware but coincidentally using similar methods, but this site is highly recommended [0]. [0] https://drawabox.com/

Just checked it out -- I love the emphasis on the journey, not the destination. The creator of that site evinces a lot of wisdom.

Thanks for the rec!

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Learning?

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Post by lylejantzi3rd » Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 10:31 PM UTC

voisin wrote: post #79

lylejantzi3rd wrote: post #6

Basic electronics, so I can build one of these and maybe extend it to three computers: https://github.com/jfedor2/screen-hopper/

What resources are you using to learn basic electronics?

Just the github repo at the moment, specifically the "How to make the device" page[0]. I had to search on youtube to learn what a breadboard does. I watched this one[1].

Do you (or anyone else) have any suggestions for hands-on resources? I have Practical Electronics for Inventors, but you don't build anything until Chapter 7 (Page 551). I learn better when I'm making things.

[0]: https://github.com/jfedor2/screen-hopper/blob/master/HARDWAR...

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE33WpRWrXs

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Learning?

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Post by aristofun » Mon, Apr 01, 2024, 12:17 AM UTC

History of religions, christianity in particular

Swift & swift ui

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Learning?

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Post by disqard » Mon, Apr 01, 2024, 1:08 AM UTC

adrift wrote: post #12

Graphics programming and the required math prerequisites.

It's a fun journey -- I hope you enjoy it! I never liked math, until I read Abrash's "Zen of Graphics Programming", and learned that graphics is chock-full of math :D

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Learning?

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Post by maximus-decimus » Mon, Apr 01, 2024, 1:19 AM UTC

I'm taking Casey Muratori's online class : https://www.computerenhance.com/p/table-of-contents

The goal of the course is to give people a feeling for how fast code can be by teaching how it runs at the cpu level. I like it so far.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Learning?

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Post by mlsu » Mon, Apr 01, 2024, 2:15 AM UTC

I'm learning PCB design, and embedded Rust to go along with it. Building a flight computer for an RC plane (I've been working on laying out and programming the computer for almost a year now -- haven't even started the airframe.)

It's been very fun. I keep saying that I'm going to do a blog series about it, once I get it in an MVP stage.

The state of embedded Rust is also progressing very quickly underneath me, which is nice. Writing drivers is much easier now than it was at the beginning of the project.